Kyle B. Dekker and Malcolm D. Dekker on stage at the Minnesota Fringe in:

A Completely Serious and Not At All Comedic Review of Farts, Flatus, and Flatulence, AKA The Fart Show

Professors Poot and Toot, who are completely serious and not at all comedic scientists welcome you to a completely serious and factual presentation of flatulence in both biology and its practical uses.

Digital Program

Cast and Crew

Malcolm D. Dekker

Professor Poot/Show Creator

Malcolm (he/him) has been attending shows at the Minnesota Fringe since he was 18 months old. He loves physical theater and comedy so much his giggles have been heard from the audience many times at Fringe Venues. After seeing three shows one Saturday at the 2023 Fringe said he wanted to do his own show about "The History of Farts, and it should have classical music in it." Two years of pitching ideas and two shots at the Fringe Lottery and Malcom's vision has arrived on stage! This is Malcolm's stage debut. Malcolm loves Lego, physics, and video games. He will be a 7th grader in the SPPS system this fall.

Kyle B. Dekker

Professor Toot

This will be Kyle's (He/him) 7th Minnesota Fringe Festival, and 13th Fringe Festival overall. Previous shows include He-Man Is The Devil: A Satanic Panic Tale, Audacious Ignatius: Lost In Atlantis, and Waiting For Gygax. Locally he's worked with Rogues Gallery Arts ( Fractured Remembrances, Charcoal Moon, Sleepy Hollow) and most recently Phantom Chorus Theatre (Dealing With Dragons). This fall you can find him collaborating with Phantom Chorus and LandmanLand in the Twin Cities Horror Festival, or on the grounds of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and a street performer telling the worst jokes you've ever heard.

Maddie Ripperger

Director

Maddie Ripperger is a theatre educator, director, and actor based in Minneapolis. She is excited to be back collaborating with Kyle after performing as Fritz in Shadows Under Wabasha at TC Horror Fest. Twin Cities directing credits include Willy Wonka Jr., Puffs, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Little Women, Annie, SpongeBob the Musical Youth Edition and A Wrinkle in Time. As an actor, Maddie has been seen as Pinocchio in Pinocchio (Lakeshore Players Theatre), Portia in Something Rotten (The Phipps Center for the Arts), and Harriet in Miss Woodhouse Presents (Aethem Theatre Company). This is her MN Fringe Debut! Many thanks to Kyle for this opportunity, and of course her husband Marty who helps make the magic possible.

James LK Fairbairn

Narrator

James LK Fairbairn (he/him) is a Minnesota-born writer, actor, comedian, artist, and middling sword fighter. Catch his work in many places, including The Minnesota Renaissance Festival and Vilification Tennis.

Special Thanks

Mounds Historic Theater in St. Paul, and Phoenix Theater in Minneapolis for rehearsal space. Kristina Jansons and Phantom Chorus Theater with tools to help build props, Jacob Gulliver for postcard photo and editing.