Audience Paths
Every year, audiences ask us “what should I see?”
First you should check out our Special Presentation Track Winners.
Next, you should go look at our Producer shows.
And if you’re still wondering what to see, these are the shows we’d put at the top of your list.
If this is your first time at a fringe festival, these are the shows you should see!
They'll give you a taste of all the different kinds of events on offer at Cannonball: theatre, circus, dance, and more!
Week 1
BETTY (MK Tuomanen, Shelby Richardson, Paul Kruse)
DICKIE DICKIE
DICKY DONNIE
Fringe veteran MK Tuomanen and Minneapolis artists Shelby Richardson and Paul Kruse merge clown, drag, and rich visual design.
First Time Fringer
Julia Baccellieri
STRANGE ROOT
In life and death, Joice Heth, an enslaved woman, built PT Barnum's empire. This Black Horror circus imagines Joice Heth coming back to life on stage and killing him.
Week 2
Nick Gillette Improv
VOYNICH
An Homeric tale of loss and redemption performed in an unknown language.
Leslie Elkins & Foursome Performance
A DREAM WITHIN
A DREAM
What is? What may be? A dancer and pianist improvise a conversation in real time.
Week 3
Dana Lee Block
SHATTERPROOF
This hilarious and heart-breaking story follows my brilliant comedian brother who went on the road to try and outrun schizophrenia.
Junru Wang
BODY AS AN ARCHIVE
A deeply autobiographical journey that traces the artist’s childhood shaped by military circus training and joining Cirque du Soleil at nine.
You're hungry for experiences that push the boundaries of performance into uncharted territory,
and these artists are the trailblazers. Come see where they take you, if you dare.
Week 1
Red Rae
FIRE PORTAL
Fire Portal uses fire as a destructive symbol and as a means of manifestation.
EXPERIMENTALIST
Miss Gender
INVITED DRESS:
THE “PORNO”
H0T SH3MAL3 BARES ALL L1VE!
Week 2
Justin Jane
BAD CLAY
A performance art experiment that wrestles with the intersection of Ceramics and Performance.
MoonSquid Nights
THE DEER ONES
An interactive exploration of childhood memories.
Week 3
AURA
SEX & DEATH
Virtual Reality simulation of the Afterlife and three actions on desire, intimacy, and radical tenderness.
Skye Fort, Charles Manion, and Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson
WHAT SHE
REALLY WANTS
An introspective riff on the Beast Games, "What She Really Wants" is a search for meaning under pressure.
Sure sure, you like art and all, but what you love is a good laugh.
These shows will have you begging for amnesia just so you can experience the whole thing over again.
Week 1
Murder Most Felt
A MURDER MOST FELT
A dark and stormy night and veteran detective Jack Russell has been murdered.
MISCHIEF MAKER
John Miller Giltner and Gene Farbe
John Miller Giltner's
A Christmas Carol
Turmoil has come to the ghosts of A Christmas Carol.
Week 2
Variety Pack: Chaz T. Martin and R. Eric Thomas
TAROAST
Chaz and Eric get read to filth by the cards. And each other.
Whisper Theatre
WELL-BALANCED DADS
Grab your finger guns, comb your ‘stache, and brace yourselves for the Well-Balanced Dads!
Week 3
Rising Sun
Performance Company
F***ED UP FAIRYTALES
Wild, interactive 21+ theatrical experience where twisted fairytales, drinking games, audience challenges, and live gameplay collide.
TSTMRKT + INDECLINE
TAKE YOUR SHOT
Welcome to the most unhinged seminar of your life.