The 19th Annual Minnesota Fringe Festival runs from Thursday, August 2 through Sunday, August 12, 2012

Here's the rundown:

*There are 165 different productions this year, on 15 stages in Minneapolis and St Paul.
*All shows no more than 60 minutes
*Get ticket information, show details, reviews, etc on the Fringe web site: fringefestival.org
*Tickets: $12 plus $4 admission button; kids' tickets (12 and under) are $5 and don't require a button; discounts and multi-show passes available. Tickets on sale at fringefestival.org and at the box office 30 minutes before performance.

About us: Minnesota Fringe is an annual performing arts festival in Minneapolis-St. Paul. For eleven days, over a thousand artists present works in every discipline and genre. No one selects the participating shows. Instead, a lottery determines which of nearly 400 applicants win production slots in the festival.