Fortune's Fool Theatre

Daniel Pinkerton & Ariel Leaf, artistic directors

For THIRTEEN YEARS Fortune’s Fool Theatre has been dedicated to exposing Twin Cities audiences to unfamiliar theatrical works, with an emphasis on Minnesota writers. With imagination and verve, we produce world premieres and plays that are rarely performed in the Twin Cities. Our production of Caryl Churchill's masterpiece THE SKRIKER (2018) was our biggest, wildest production ever. It garnered rave reviews, attracted enthusiastic audiences, and was honored at the 2018 Minnesota Theatre Awards for BEST OVERALL DESIGN.

We pleased to announce that we have been awarded an Arts Activities Support grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council in support of our production of DOG ACT, a post-apocalyptic vaudeville by Liz Duffy Adams. This Midwest premiere will be performed at Gremlin Theatre from December 7-22 and directed by Ben Layne. The cast will feature Ariel Leaf and Joe Weiner as vaudevillians who travel across the wasteland of America, singing, dancing, and watching out for foul-mouthed and possibly cannibalistic scavengers.

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Our 2018 production of THE SKRIKER was honored by the 2018 MN Theater Awards for BEST OVERALL DESIGN! Seán McArdle for set, Joanna McLarnan for lighting, Terri Ristow for properties, Tracey Swenson for costumes, and Ariel Leaf for makeup. JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING A WONDERFUL, IMAGINATIVE TEAM!

Daniel and Ariel just can't seem to stop working. Check out a list of Semi-Foolish Things --- projects they are pursuing with other artists and theatres.

​Daniel Pinkerton & Ariel Leaf, artistic directors

Daniel Pinkerton & Ariel Leaf, artistic directors