The eighteenth annual Minnesota Fringe Festival kicks off tonight. It's a showcase of 168 different productions. Each was selected at random to participate in the festival through a lottery process.
Caroline Toll, a local physician, is no stranger to Fringe. She has been going for about eight years. She also met her husband, Nick Vetter at the Fringe festival.
As festival veterans, Toll and Vetter plan an ambitious schedule at this year's performing arts showcase.
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Fringe Festival fans Nick Vetter and Caroline Toll met at the performing arts showcase eight years ago.MPR Photo/Tim NelsonView full galleryCaroline Toll and Nick Vetter chat with fellow Fringe Festival attendees, including Stuart Holland, at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The Minneapolis couple met at the Fringe Festival and have been attending the theater event for years.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonCaroline Toll and Nick Vetter chat with fellow Fringe Festival attendees while waiting for a show at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The Minneapolis couple met at the Fringe Festival and have been attending the theater event for years.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonMike Fotis and the Danger Committee's "Comedy = Tragedy + Someone Else" is shown at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonStaff members sell tickets to Fringe Festival attendees waiting in line at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonA staff member counts Fringe Festival tickets at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The Minneapolis couple met at the Fringe Festival and have been attending the theater event for years.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonMike Fotis and the Danger Committee's "Comedy = Tragedy + Someone Else" kicked off the Fringe Festival at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson"Red Hamlet" attendees file into their seats at Theater Garage in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonGage Wallace, left, Kara Davidson and other members of the Red Theater Collective from Omaha, Neb. present "Red Hamlet" at Theater Garage in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.MPR Photo/Jeffrey ThompsonGage Wallace takes a smoking break before the Fringe Festival presentation of "Red Hamlet" at Theater Garage in Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson