Macie Rasmussen

Could Be Worse Listening to the intimate details of friends’ dates and hook-ups is fun. Watching Scarlett d. Jones recite stories from her book “The Year of Sluttery: A Journey of Sex, Self, and Singlehood” — pages of which are printed out on a music stand in front of her — for “The Year of Sluttery” show is slightly cringey.

You Can Skip It “Ping Prov” is more like a party game for friends than a show for an audience. A rotating cast of three improv groups perform unrelated games at the start of each show, then all group members gather for the main event: Actors shout out a person or object they want to become, hurl a ping pong ball at a Solo cup and only enter a scene if the ball goes in.

Worth Considering Cora Casper’s debut Minnesota Fringe festival show, “Insomnia Dogs,” follows a group of friends on a quest to stay awake and unlock their creative potential by eliminating the space between dreams and reality. While the show’s narrative is difficult to grasp at times — and several subplots lack context or are left abruptly unresolved — the originality of unpredictable scenes and dialogue is commendable.