Take a Left at the Giant Cow: A Beginner’s Guide to North Dakota

If the three-minute preview we saw in late June (as part of the Fringe For All sneak peek) was a representative sample, this will be a show that typifies fringey humor—you know, jocular and yet acerbic, delivered with wit and plenty of pop-culture references. Last year, the North Dakota show’s originators, Curt Lund and Laura Bidgood, had a Fringe hit on their hands with the hilarious comedy, Two Queers and a Chubby. This time around, the NoDak natives take aim at a different, but no less susceptible target: their unglamorous home state. They’ve cooked up a script woven with childhood memories and droll observations, making light of everything from North Dakota’s plummeting population to its lack of celebrity exports. 651-209-6799; www.fringefestival.org