SkyVault troupe selected for Fringe Festival

The Minnesota Skyvault Theatre Co. will perform its adaptation of Shakespeare's "On the Road the Verona" at the Minnesota Fringe Festival next month. From left, Josiah Novinger, Molly Kiley, Ashley Harding, Logan Guo, Olivia O’Neil, Margaret Slater, Aidan Driscoll and Rebekah Novinger.

By Tom Weber, <a href="mailto:weber@postbulletin.com">weber@postbulletin.com</a>

July 26, 2016 at 6:53 PM

Rochester-based Minnesota SkyVault Theatre has won the lottery.

SkyVault was selected in the annual Minnesota Fringe Festival lottery to be one of 169 acts and troupes that will perform during the festival, which runs Aug. 4-14.

There are usually about 500 applicants for slots in festival. Rather than playing favorites, Fringe Festival organizers use a lottery to determine who gets to perform. This year, SkyVault's name was picked.

For the festival, the SkyVault troupe is writing an original adaptation of Shakespeare, "On the Road to Verona," said Kathy Kuhlmann, Words Players/Minnesota SkyVault executive director.

In the show, a group of Shakespeare's traveling companions find a collection of lost Shakespeare prose works, and decide to bring them to the stage. The story unfolds with audience participation, accompanied by original folk and jazz music.

SkyVault performances at the Fringe Festival are at 10 p.m. Aug. 4, 1 p.m. Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Aug. 8, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 10, and 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13. All performances are on the Stoll Thrust Stage at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center , 330 21st Ave. S, Minneapolis. Weekday passes are $16, good for four shows. Weekend passes are $22, good for seven shows.