Matthew A. Everett
@matthewaeverett.bsky.social
Playwright, theater blogger, godfather, amateur guitarist/songwriter
(Because I am a completionist) MN Fringe 2025 - Day 11 in Brief - Sun. Aug. 10th - Death, Jewelry, Neon, Cancer, Diner, Hamluke and Closing Night swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(Because I am a completionist) MN Fringe 2025 - Day 11 in Brief - Sun. Aug. 10th - Death, Jewelry, Neon, Cancer, Diner, Hamluke and Closing Night swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe 2025 - Day 10 in Brief - Sat. Aug. 9th - Puzzles, Cartoons, Podcasts(?), Harpies, Softballs, Insomniacs, and Showstoppers swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Minnesota Fringe 2025 - Day 10 in Brief - Sat. Aug. 9th - Puzzles, Cartoons, Podcasts(?), Harpies, Softballs, Insomniacs, and Showstoppers swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe 2025 - Day 9 in Brief - Fake Rehearsals, Fake Relationships, Real Life High School Theater Cults, and So Many Colored Ping Pong Balls swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Minnesota Fringe 2025 - Day 9 in Brief - Fake Rehearsals, Fake Relationships, Real Life High School Theater Cults, and So Many Colored Ping Pong Balls swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe 2025 Review - Curly Hair Boy - Delightful Puppet-Fueled Adventure - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Minnesota Fringe 2025 Review - Curly Hair Boy - Delightful Puppet-Fueled Adventure - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Fringe 2025 - Day 8 in Brief - Thursday, August 7th - Goodbyes, Tattoos, Sexy Vampire Fanfiction, and more Cancer swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fringe 2025 - Day 8 in Brief - Thursday, August 7th - Goodbyes, Tattoos, Sexy Vampire Fanfiction, and more Cancer swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
MN Fringe show #38: A Good Cancer To Have (2nd viewing) - Sam Sweere's show has only gotten more confident (and funnier) since I saw its first performance a week ago (and I thought it was pretty great back then); the way his "theater brain" constructs a show fascinates (and entertains) me - 5 stars
August 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
MN Fringe show #38: A Good Cancer To Have (2nd viewing) - Sam Sweere's show has only gotten more confident (and funnier) since I saw its first performance a week ago (and I thought it was pretty great back then); the way his "theater brain" constructs a show fascinates (and entertains) me - 5 stars
MN Fringe show #37: Fangs and Bangs (and Sangs) - Nissa Nordland is a fearless mistress of ceremonies, embracing the absurdity of her teenage musings in journals, song and sexy vampire fanfiction, enlisting fellow actors and musicians to help bring it to awkward life with hilarious results - 5 stars
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
MN Fringe show #37: Fangs and Bangs (and Sangs) - Nissa Nordland is a fearless mistress of ceremonies, embracing the absurdity of her teenage musings in journals, song and sexy vampire fanfiction, enlisting fellow actors and musicians to help bring it to awkward life with hilarious results - 5 stars
MN Fringe show #36: The Temporary Tattoo Trio - this time, I get it; while I don't always "get" the oddball sensibility of an alleged Theatre Co.'s work, this awkward tale of fraying bonds of friendship and reluctant growing up, combined with amusing audience interaction, connects with me - 5 stars
August 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
MN Fringe show #36: The Temporary Tattoo Trio - this time, I get it; while I don't always "get" the oddball sensibility of an alleged Theatre Co.'s work, this awkward tale of fraying bonds of friendship and reluctant growing up, combined with amusing audience interaction, connects with me - 5 stars
Fringe 2025 Review - A Sad Carousel 2 - Inappropriate Humor for an Inappropriate Time - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fringe 2025 Review - A Sad Carousel 2 - Inappropriate Humor for an Inappropriate Time - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Fringe 2025 Review - Jon Bennett: American’t - Sneaky Comedy Show That Ties Together In Crazy Ways - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Fringe 2025 Review - Jon Bennett: American’t - Sneaky Comedy Show That Ties Together In Crazy Ways - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe 2025 Review - Mind Reader - A Fun Way To Be Mildly Freaked Out - 5 Stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Minnesota Fringe 2025 Review - Mind Reader - A Fun Way To Be Mildly Freaked Out - 5 Stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Fringe Review 2025 - All Your Shimmering Gold - Wild Shiny Gold Operatic Satire - 5-stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fringe Review 2025 - All Your Shimmering Gold - Wild Shiny Gold Operatic Satire - 5-stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe Day 7 in Brief - Wednesday, August 6th - Curly Hair Boy, Holy Tree, Custer and Scrambled Shakespeare swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Minnesota Fringe Day 7 in Brief - Wednesday, August 6th - Curly Hair Boy, Holy Tree, Custer and Scrambled Shakespeare swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Fringe 2025 Review - I Have Griefances - Funny, Profane Tribute to Family Members Battling Cancer (last show, tonight 8/6 at 8:30, Barker Center) - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Fringe 2025 Review - I Have Griefances - Funny, Profane Tribute to Family Members Battling Cancer (last show, tonight 8/6 at 8:30, Barker Center) - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
MN Fringe Day 6 in Brief: Directing, Abortion, Dance and Podcasting swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
MN Fringe Day 6 in Brief: Directing, Abortion, Dance and Podcasting swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Fringe 2025 Review - The Wickie - Inspired Clowning Goofiness - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Fringe 2025 Review - The Wickie - Inspired Clowning Goofiness - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Fringe 2025 Review - Songs Without Words (or, The Mendelssohn Play) - Two Geniuses In One - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fringe 2025 Review - Songs Without Words (or, The Mendelssohn Play) - Two Geniuses In One - 5 stars swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
MN Fringe Day 5 in Brief: Grief, Pratfalls, Horny Lesbians, and Joan of Arc swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MN Fringe Day 5 in Brief: Grief, Pratfalls, Horny Lesbians, and Joan of Arc swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
A friend whose judgment I trust was a big fan of Wells Farnham's last Fringe show, his new one "I Have Griefances" had 3 shows opening weekend, concluding w/shows tonight 8/4 5:30pm (I'm going), & Wed 8/6 8:30pm at Barker Center. If you're curious, don't wait minnesotafringe.org/shows/2025/i...
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A friend whose judgment I trust was a big fan of Wells Farnham's last Fringe show, his new one "I Have Griefances" had 3 shows opening weekend, concluding w/shows tonight 8/4 5:30pm (I'm going), & Wed 8/6 8:30pm at Barker Center. If you're curious, don't wait minnesotafringe.org/shows/2025/i...
MN Fringe Day 4 in Brief: Secrets, Carousels, Rangers, Gold, Crabs, Fools and Art - swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
MN Fringe Day 4 in Brief: Secrets, Carousels, Rangers, Gold, Crabs, Fools and Art - swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe Day 3 in Brief: Touring, Mind Reading, Composing, Lighthouse Keeping, FanFictioning, Cuttting and Reincarnating swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Minnesota Fringe Day 3 in Brief: Touring, Mind Reading, Composing, Lighthouse Keeping, FanFictioning, Cuttting and Reincarnating swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
Minnesota Fringe Day 2 in Brief: This, Insufferable Puppets, Clown Funeral and Jabberwocky swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
August 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Minnesota Fringe Day 2 in Brief: This, Insufferable Puppets, Clown Funeral and Jabberwocky swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2025/08/frin...
MN Fringe show #8: The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch: a show that knows what it's doing, but what is it doing? your interpretation of a presentation from a man clinging to his memories and the poem "Jabberwocky" in a degenerating spiral may vary; few answers, many questions; 4.5 stars
August 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
MN Fringe show #8: The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch: a show that knows what it's doing, but what is it doing? your interpretation of a presentation from a man clinging to his memories and the poem "Jabberwocky" in a degenerating spiral may vary; few answers, many questions; 4.5 stars
MN Fringe show #7: Clown Funeral - red noses for all! 4 distinctive clowns, a lecturing banana, a dolly cart that is also Dolly Parton, a corpse with a surprise, a reading of a will as insult comedy, audience singalongs, the most amusing funeral I've had the pleasure to attend (HONK!); 5 stars
August 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
MN Fringe show #7: Clown Funeral - red noses for all! 4 distinctive clowns, a lecturing banana, a dolly cart that is also Dolly Parton, a corpse with a surprise, a reading of a will as insult comedy, audience singalongs, the most amusing funeral I've had the pleasure to attend (HONK!); 5 stars
MN Fringe show #6: Simone Weil and the (Insufferable) Existentialist Breakfast Club - well, the title did warn me that the characters played by puppets would be insufferable (check); like the existentialists, I was left wondering: why am I here? what am I watching? what is the point? - 2.5 stars
August 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
MN Fringe show #6: Simone Weil and the (Insufferable) Existentialist Breakfast Club - well, the title did warn me that the characters played by puppets would be insufferable (check); like the existentialists, I was left wondering: why am I here? what am I watching? what is the point? - 2.5 stars