MINNESOTA FRINGEAfter 27 years of significant growth, the 2020 Festival will showcase over 500 performances in professional theaters across the Minneapolis and St. Paul for over 35,000 attendees. Amidst many changes over the past quarter century, Minnesota Fringe remains steadfastly committed to its core principles of providingproducing opportunities for artists of a wide variety of backgrounds, abilities and experience levels; and creating novel ways of engaging with the performing arts; and continued accessibility to the arts for all.
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Festival Overview
Type of FestivalThe 2020 Minnesota Fringe Festival will include 9 Fringe-managed venues in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as well as Independently Produced shows in theaters and spaces across the Twin Cities.
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About our AudienceFestival patrons fill over 35,000 seats each year and represent the full spectrum of age, race, ethnicity, gender identification, ability, and geography. Attendees are loyal and passionate, which is no surprise in a region known for its performing arts scene. Minnesota Fringe takes place in a metropolitan area often ranked in the top 3 nationally for seats per capita and in a state that is home to more than 400 theaters with citizens that consistently demonstrate their support for the arts.
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Festival StatsTicket prices to the 2020 Festival is $15 (adult) and $7 (child) for a single show. Patrons will also have the option to purchase limited discount admission packages in various increments that equal either $13 or $11 per seat. Minnesota Fringe pays festival artists 65% of their box office receipts.
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Artist Information
How Artists are AcceptedIn the interest of fairness, Fringe Festival artists are selected by random luck of the draw through an un-juried and un-curated lottery process. Anyone can apply to be a festival artist and, if the application is chosen in the lottery, they have a guaranteed slot that year. If their lottery number isn't chosen, artists are placed on a waiting list for openings in case other selected performers need to drop out. Independent Producers need only to register on the Minnesota Fringe website at any time between March 1 and June 15. A venue, insurance, and small producing fee are due at time of registration.
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Benefits of ApplyingProducers in Minnesota Fringe benefit from venue rental, workshops, unified auditions, publicity, professional technicians, house managers, and access to an artist liaison. Additionally, artists receive unlimited access to the entire festival plus comps to give out for their own show. All participants are eligible to win one of several Golden Lanyard Awards: Audience Picks (3 recipients): Vote for your favorite production of the Festival! 'Spirit of the Fringe (1 recipient): Vote for the "Fringiest" production you saw in this year's Festival! Who made the boldest choices, took the most risks? Which piece took audiences on an adventure? 1 award will be given. Venue Picks (9 recipients): The top selling production at each traditional venue (based on the first 4 performances).Fringe with Benefits Member Pick (1 recipient): A special award for our year-round champions, Fringe with Benefits members, to select their favorite production. Artist Picks (3 recipients): Vote for one favorite company/production showcasing artistic achievement -- a prestigious, peer-given award! Underdog (First Year Producer) Award (1 recipient): Vote for the company -- producing at Minnesota Fringe for the first time -- which has taken the boldest risks, been the most ambitious newbie, and wowed you with their first show! Staff-driven Awards Members of the year-round Fringe team will recognize a production based on their organizational role... and/or their own fringe-tastic, creative prerogatives! Golden Lanyard Award winners get a lottery advantage in the following year if they choose to apply to the subsequent festival.
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Costs and DealsApplication fee for the Fringe Festival Lottery is $30 per tier (up to 3 tiers). Production fees for Fringe lottery selected artists are based on tier (house size): Tier 1 - Up to 99 seats $400 Tier 2 - 100-199 seats $450 Tier 3 - 200+ seats $500 Independent Producers do not need to apply to the lottery. Registration is open March 1-June 15. Production fees for Fringe IP artists are based on timing: Before March 15 - $250 Before April 15 - $300 Before May 15 - $400 Before June 15 - $500
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Tech InformationAll Fringe managed venues are fully equipped theater spaces staffed with a lighting designer and sound technician as well as a complete front of house staff.
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Performance ScheduleAll Fringe managed venues are fully equipped theater spaces staffed with a lighting designer and sound technician as well as a complete front of house staff. Independent Producers can stage any length show they please, but must start on the typical Fringe grid show start times.
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OtherTraditionally, Fringe selects, staffs, and manages every venue in our Festival. In 2020, we're inviting producers to select any venue in the metro to join the festivities. Have a favorite space you already perform? Got an idea for a non-traditional performance? Didn’t get chosen in the lottery? No worries. You can still be part of the Festival. IP Submissions will open March 1.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTAMINNESOTA FRINGE
79 - 13th Avenue NE Suite #112 Minneapolis, MN 55413 One visit to Minneapolis and you’ll quickly see we’re all about art—right from the nation’s first-ever sculpture garden to the world-class museums, and even the bizarre House of Balls. Don’t leave without catching a show on the Hennepin Theatre District, or seeing the five-story Kobra mural of Bob Dylan. Tour a glass factory in Northeast then ride over to Artcrank, the bike poster show put on by Minneapolis’s finest designers. This isn’t an art scene. It’s our creative community. WWW.MINNESOTAFRINGE.ORG |
Important Dates for this Fringe
2020 - Current Year
Festival DatesJuly 30 - August 9, 2020
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Application DatesDecember 1, 2019 - February 13, 2020
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2019 - Past Year for Perspective
Festival DatesAugust 1-11, 2010
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Application DatesDecember 1, 2019 - February 14, 2019
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2021 - Future Year
Festival DatesAugust 5 - 15, 2021
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Application DatesDecember 1, 2020 - February 15, 2021
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Past Festivals
CHECK OUT SHOWS FROM THE PAST MINNESOTA FRINGE! https://www.minnesotafringe.org/2019/shows
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