Last Thursday was the start of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, an 11-day mega-event featuring over 100 one-hour-long theater productions on stages including the Rarig Center, Open Eye, Mixed Blood, and Strike Theater. Day 1: Thursday at Theatre in the Round and Southern TheaterA Dark Gotham Knight’s DreamBy: Big Blue TheaterElevator Pitch: Shakespeare! By: The Other ProductionsElevator Pitch: A group of trans/nonbinary/gender-fluid drag queens prep for a show that will end in tragedy. When I saw this show on Friday night the audience rose for a standing ovation—the only one I saw at the fest. Improvised Love Is Blind–Minnesota Fringe EditionBy: DallaDanna ProductionsElevator Pitch: A group of improv performers speed-run a season of Love Is Blind.