"Salt": A Play Against War
Debuting in the Minnesota Fringe Fest (August 2—9)
Dear Readers,
The time is upon us: You can now buy tickets to see my play Salt at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Fest! Please do buy tickets ahead of time, and share the link with your friends (or forward them this email). There will be five performances, and we dearly wish to avoid performing for an empty audience!
Salt is the third play I’ve written (after Sinkhole Play, which I co-wrote with my darling friend Eliana, and The Many Hagiographies of St. Cycles of South Minneapolis) and the first one that I’ve directed (in collaboration with my intrepid Assistant Director, Haze). It is also the first play of mine to be given a rather major platform! I am ecstatic and terrified and in love with my entire cast.
Pictured: Myself and Haze, having a very serious directors’ meeting sleepover-style on her bed.
Here are some things you can expect to see in Salt:
A lightly speculative near-future setting in which the U.S. government has reinstated the military draft
Grief in many forms
Discourse about non/violent direct action
Questions without answers, hypotheses yet to be tested
Two (2!) characters named Emma
Leftists behaving insufferably
Leftists trying their best
A gay kiss
The very first Fringe Festival was brought to life in Edinburgh, Scotland, where in 1947, theater artists making work outside formal institutions decided to put on their shows on the margins of the more “elite” Edinburgh International Festival. My play’s ideas and characters are fringe, indeed, and presenting them to audiences largely unfamiliar with my work and politics is a leap of faith. Will it all work out, or will rotten fruit be thrown at the stage? Come see for yourself! Bring tomatoes!
Note: If you want to see my play but are concerned about ticket affordability, please contact me! There are some workarounds to make it cheaper, including volunteering at the festival for free tickets or buying bulk tickets at a discount to share among friends.
—Griffy xx
I would very much like to attend a performance of your play. Unfortunately, I'm not anywhere near where the play is being put on. When I read a piece of this earlier this year, I was very interested in the lives of all the characters and the group dynamic. Griffy has conjured up a world that deserves notice. Griffy's concern for the welfare of ordinary people is one of the great things about who she is.