Must see
“Duluth: An Improvised Midwest Murder” showcases what the performers know — and don’t know — about small-town Minnesota. In the first show, presented Friday evening, they explore a serial sandwich-making, smut-loving, womanizing killer as well as someone tainting sugar beets with meth on the loose in Ada, a town of 1,700 in northwestern Minnesota.
The players adapt quickly with mixed results but big laughs, and they speak in the heaviest Minnesota accents imaginable. The scene changes can be hard to distinguish, because players remain in the same dress throughout, but the lightning changes help. Still, the klutziness is what’s funny.
Presented by Duluth Improv at Rarig Nolte Xperimental; 7 p.m. Aug. 2, 10 p.m. Aug. 7, 1 p.m. Aug. 9, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 10
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The Minnesota Fringe Festival is presenting nearly 100 hourlong stage acts from July 31 through Aug. 10 around Minneapolis. Visit MinnesotaFringe.org for ticket and show information.
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