The best -- and worst -- of the Fringe Festival

Minnesota Fringe Festival
Each year the Minnesota Fringe Festival brings together over one thousand artists for 11 days of new theater, dance and art.
MPR Photo/Marianne Combs

As the 15th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival moves into its second weekend, Morning Edition Arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola is still getting used to daylight again.

He saw 20 shows during the festival's opening weekend and talked with Cathy Wurzer about the best and worst of what he's seen, along with a few suggestions for the Fringe novice.

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