Fresh Ink

What Momentum does for choreographers (see above), Fresh Ink does for playwrights. Among our top picks is Boldly Going Nowhere, a one-man, five-character study put on by Theatre Latté Da veteran Tod Petersen. As wear-tested at the Minnesota Fringe Festival two years back, it demonstrated Petersen’s uncanny ability to pick up the speech patterns and mannerisms of, say, a debutante dabbling in lesbianism or a television addict who exiles himself to his parent’s basement. Also on the docket is a tribute to Gene Pitney, who penned the classic “Only Love Can Break A Heart,” performed by Gary Rue, a musician who was once a roadie for Pitney; a stand-up routine by ex-Twin Citizen Amy Anderson; and more. 528 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; 612-339-4944; www.illusiontheater.org