The Curse of Yig trailer for 2009 Minnesota Fringe Festival

After sold out performances of H.P. Lovecrafts The Rats in the Walls in 2006, Tim Uren returns to the Minnesota Fringe Festival with another tale of terror from the renowned horror author. In 1928, Zealia Bishop enlisted Lovecraft's help in writing an original short story about pioneers in the American Southwest who encounter strange tales of a malevolent spirit, the Father of Serpents. The Curse of Yig, the blood-chilling result of Bishop and Lovecrafts collaboration, was first published in Weird Tales, and now will be presented on stage at the Mixed Blood Theatre as part of the 2009 Minnesota Fringe Festival, which runs from July 30th through August 9th.

The Curse of Yig is the story of a young academic who, in 1929, visits the Guthrie Asylum in Oklahoma to explore the native tribal belief in the snake god, Yig. There she is confronted by a bizarre creature, the sole living survivor of the nightmarish Halloween of 1889. As she learns the tragic tale of Walker and Audrey Davis¬— early residents of the Oklahoma Territory— she too begins to fall under the spell of an unrelenting fear that time cannot diminish.

This performance features actors Tim Uren and Amy Schweickhardt, reuniting after their work together on Hardcover Theaters London After Midnight series and Johnny Boccas Sex Farce for Swingin Lovers. This year marks Urens 11th year performing in the Minnesota Fringe Festival having appeared in such shows as An Inconvenient Squirrel, Macbeths Awesome Scottish Castle Party, 10000 Comic Books, and Look Ma No Pants. He also contributes his talents to Fantasy Flight Games as a game content developer. Schweickhardt has recently appeared in Spiders Web at the Park Square Theatre, Three Days of Rain at the Paul Bunyan Playhouse, and The Flickering Wall at The Illusion Theater. She has worked with the Minnesota Shakespeare Project in both their production of King Lear and their Fringe production, 12 Dancing Princesses.

The Curse of Yig will appear at The Mixed Blood Theatre, located at 1501 South 4th Street, Minneapolis. The performances are Friday, July 31st at 10:00 pm; Saturday, August 1st at 2:30 pm; Sunday, August 2nd at 8:30 pm; Friday, August 7th at 10:00 pm; and Saturday, August 8th at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $12, or $10 for students and seniors. A Fringe Button is required for admission to all Fringe shows and is a one-time purchase of $4. For more information about the Minnesota Fringe Festival and information about reserving tickets, visit fringefestival.org. For more information about Tim Uren or for a high-resolution production photo, please visit www.10000comicbooks.com

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