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Sarah Beckham Chasnoff

Senior supervising psychologist at University of Minnesota Student Counseling Services and Twin Cities theater superfan who appears as an Art Hound on MPR News

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PODCASTS

Aug 6, 2026

Art Hounds: 5 shows to catch at the Minnesota Fringe Festival

Aug 6 · 4m

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From NPR News.

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My name is Sarah Beckham Chasnoff, and I'm from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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I love the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

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My wife and I joke that we put the festival in Fringe Festival.

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So I'm looking forward to these, uh, 12 zany days of theater that you typically don't see other places.

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They are short, one-hour performances, um, which really allows you to sample lots of different things throughout the day.

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And having gone for a few years, there certainly are performances that I am really looking forward to.

Art Hounds: Surreal drawings, sculpture strolls and a timely theatrical return

Jul 2 · 4m

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Art Homes.

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From NPR News.

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It's all this month at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.

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Hi, I'm Sarah Beckham Chasnoff, and I'm from Minneapolis, and I am an avid audience member of theater.

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Michael Torsch is just a local treasure.

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So he does a type of performance art that is very smart.

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and funny and simultaneously very accessible.

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I saw this piece in October of 2025 and it really was just so phenomenal.