ASL Interpretation, Audio Description, Scripted Captioning
Location
Schedule and Tickets
Schedule: 07/31
Festival Costs: Festival Button: $10 Regular Tickets: $25 Button Discount Tickets: $20 Passholder Reservations: $5 5-Show Passes: $90 (eligible for $5 Button Discount) Access patron admission to 7 AD & 7 ASL shows: Free. To reach the box office directly, call 612-517-3787 or email boxoffice@fringefestival.org.
About the Show
July 31 - August 10, 2025
The 32nd annual Minnesota Fringe celebrates the performing arts by presenting hundreds of performances by dozens of companies and individuals at venues in the Twin Cities!
Select shows offer American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting, Audio Description (AD), or Open Captioning (OC). Fringe also includes a list of primarily non-verbal or dance shows as self-identified by the artist.
Festival Links:
2025 Accessible Fringe details and show listings: https://minnesotafringe.org/2025/access
2025 Fringe shows: https://minnesotafringe.org/shows/2025
Fringe schedule by dates and times: https://minnesotafringe.org/schedule-grid/2025
Ticket information: https://minnesotafringe.org/box-office, 612-517-3787 or boxoffice@fringefestival.org.
Fringe Details: Fringe shows start and end on time, lasting up to 60 minutes each with a 30-minute break in between shows. (Mon.-Fri. 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00; Sat.-Sun. 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, with no 10:00 show on August 10.) Box Offices near the entrance of all venues open a half hour before each show.
Free Admission to Access Performances: Audience members requiring ASL and AD access services are eligible to claim FREE tickets at seven ASL-interpreted performances and seven Audio Described shows. At each venue box office, identify yourself as an audience member using access services. An access provider will greet you and offer early entry and priority seating. These free tickets will be available until 5 minutes prior to show start. If the show is a potential sell-out, patrons can make a Passholder Reservation ($5) online to guarantee a seat at that performance.
Accessibility & Transportation: Fringe Festival venues are physically accessible to patrons with mobility disabilities. See individual venue pages for specific accessible entrance and parking info. Fringe will assist patrons self-identifying with a disability with local transportation costs to any show where ASL or AD services are being provided. Contact the Fringe at least 24 hours prior to the show time (dawn@fringefestival.org) so arrangements can be made.
Festival Buttons: A $10 Festival Button reduces the admission cost to Fringe shows by $5 each and is good for neighborhood discounts during the festival and theater deals through next July. If you see more than one show, the button will pay for itself through ticket discounts. Multi-show passes may be purchased at the Information Booth in the Rarig Center. Other details at https://minnesotafringe.org/box-office.
Tickets: Arrange ticketing at boxoffice@fringefestival.org. When you buy or redeem your ticket, pass or reservation at the box office, you will receive a seat token which you then present to the usher to enter the theater. Box offices are cashless, so bring a credit card/check to purchase, or present your Multi-Show Pass, Show Comp, or Ticket Voucher to redeem. Tickets for specific shows may be purchased online until midnight the day before a performance, or at the venue starting 30 minutes before the show.
AUDIO DESCRIBED SHOWS:
Describers: August 3: Elana Centor; August 7 & 9: Laurie Pape Hadley
Sunday, August 3 at 1:00 PM: The Gentlemen’s Pratfall Club at Theatre in the Round
Sunday, August 3 at 5:30 PM: simone weil and the (insufferable) existentialist breakfast club at Theatre in the Round
Sunday, August 3 at 7:00 PM: Breach at Theatre in the Round
Thursday, August 7 at 7:00 PM: A Sad Carousel 2: The Timely Death of Herschel Douscheburg at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
Thursday, August 7 at 8:30 PM: Tompkins Squares at Rarig Kilburn Theatre
Saturday, August 9 at 5:30 PM: The Spirit Moves You To Color The Unseen at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
AUDIO DESCRIPTION CANCELLED for this show: Saturday, August 9 at 10:00 PM: Fall of the High School Valedictorian at Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
ASL-INTERPRETED SHOWS:
Interpreters: August 2: Janae Farnham; others scheduled by ASLIS.
Saturday, August 2 at 1:00 PM: Neon Breeze at The Southern Theatre
Saturday, August 2 at 2:30 PM: Hamluke at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
Sunday, August 3 at 5:30 PM: Salt at Barbara Barker Center for Dance
Sunday, August 3 at 8:30 PM: The Temporary Tattoo Trio at Rarig Kilburn Theatre
Saturday, August 9 at 5:30 PM: Journey to Joy, Again at Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
Saturday, August 9 at 8:30 PM: An Exorcism, Don'tcha Know? at Barbara Barker Center for Dance
Sunday, August 10 at 7:00 PM: Someone Always Pays at Barbara Barker Center for Dance
CAPTIONED SHOWS:
Captioned by Laura Wiebers.
Thursday, July 31 at 10:00 PM: Songs Without Words (or, The Mendelssohn Play) at Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre
Saturday, August 2 at 4:00 PM: The Lasso Way: A Musical at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
Saturday, August 2 at 7:00 PM: The Book of Mordor at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
Sunday, August 10 at 2:30 PM: 503 at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre
Sunday, August 10 at 4:00 PM: Joan of Arc for Miss Teen Queen USA at Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre