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Celebrate like you just turned 21 . . . because FringeArts just turned 21. Every night of the Fringe catch up with fellow festival goers and artists at the Festival Bar. Enjoy the new FringeArts beer, Fringe Benefit, a Belgium-style ale by Saint Benjamin Brewing Company! All shows are FREE and begin at 10:30pm Outside at the Haas Biergarten, inside at La Peg Sept 8 Festival Kick Off Ill Doots Good music with no rules.
Sept 16 Dance Explosion Dance party hosted by Rachel Camp and Emcee Elroy.
Sept 9 DJ Dame Luz’s Virgo Dance Party: Bey is Bae DJ, visual artist, and radical thinker pays tribute to Beyoncé.
Sept 21 Burlesque-N-Beyond, Philadelphia! the 10th Anniversary Showcase: SUGARHUSTLE Hosted by Christa D’agger and Melody Mangler and April O’Peel. Band: The Rectors
Sept 14 DJ LaRue Old school and vinyl DJ with modern-day controllerist creativity.
Sept 22 DJ Haram Presents Join 700 Bliss and other special guests for a queer dance party.
Sept 15 Get Pegged Cabaret Featuring sets by John Jarboe and German cabaret artist Dieter Rita Scholl.
Sept 23 A League of Her Own Band led by Emily Bate, Philadelphia-based singer, composer, and performer.
FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible
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24–55 FRINGEARTS CURATED 26 FringeArts Curated Venue Map
1–23 1 Festival Bar + Late Night 5 Tickets
40 MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival
27 FringeArts Curated Calendar
42 Worktable Kate McIntosh
29 FringeArts Bookstore + Camper Fringe
44 We Shall Not Be Moved Opera Philadelphia
30 Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories
46 Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret
32 17c Big Dance Theater
48 Close Music for Bodies Michael Kiley
34 Ghost Rings Half Straddle
50 A Period of Animate Existence Pig Iron Theatre Company
36 HOME Geoff Sobelle 38 A Billion Nights on Earth Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala
14 Day by Day Design: Masters Group Design Cover photo: Jeff Larson
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52 A Love Supreme Salva Sanchis, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas 54 Declassified Memory Fragment Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project
65–103 FRINGE AROUND THE CITY 65 Center City Fringe 73 Fairmount Fringe Includes Art Museum Area, Laurel Hill Cemetery + North Philly 77 Kenzo–Fishtown Fringe 81 Northern Liberties Fringe Includes Loft District
85 Northwest Philly Fringe Includes Germantown + Manayunk 89 Old City Fringe Includes Society Hill
124–135 126 Thank you 133 Index by Show 135 Index by Artist
93 South Philly Fringe Includes Queen Village, Bella Vista + Graduate Hospital 99 West Philly Fringe Includes University City + Powelton Village 103 Digital Fringe Shows on the World Wide Web
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TUESDAY SEPT 5 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 7:30pm The Drool Of Envy, 60min, QV / p96 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 8:00pm Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 9:00pm KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82
WEDNESDAY SEPT 6 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm Exhaust, ongoing, QV / p97 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70 7:00pm Monarch, 70min, QV / p97 7:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76
Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas), 60min, KS / p79 As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 Monarch, 70min, QV / p97 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 100min, OC / p92 “The Soul Speaks” An Improv Dance Performance, 15min, WP / p100 7:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70 Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 8:00pm (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 break my echo, 65min, FMT / p75 Funeral for Expectations, 50min, SP / p95 Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 Gli$ter, 90min, QV / p96 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 Life Lines, 90min, OC / p90 Love, Lenny (OR Bernstein’s Kaddish), 115min, CC / p70 Pericles, 115min, UC / p102 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87
8:00pm Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Hope Street, 90min, CC / p70 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 Life Lines, 90min, OC / p90 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 The No Know Show, 60min, FMT / p75 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71
8:30pm I’m Okay, Are You Okay?, 60min, CC / p67
8:30pm I’m Okay, Are You Okay?, 60min, CC / p67
Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
9:00pm KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82
THURSDAY SEPT 7 5:00pm To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 5:30pm The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy, 40min, OC / p91 Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:30pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 7:00pm 17c, 85min, OC / p33 (VIP opening)
9:00pm Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan, 70min, WP / p100 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92
FRIDAY SEPT 8 1:00pm As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 2:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 PRIDE PARADE!, 120min, CC / P68 The Tempest, 100min, FMT / p76 5:00pm I Will Cut You, ongoing, WP / p102 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69
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6:00pm Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan, 70min, WP / p100 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Things I Never Told My Mom, 70min, WP / p102 6:30pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas), 60min, KS / p79 As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 Scattershot, 60min, CC / p71 The Other, 60min, CC / p68 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 7:30pm Art of the Heel, 90min, CC / p68 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 It Takes One, 90min, SP / p96 Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 8:00pm 17c, 85min, OC / p33 A Case for Magic, 60min, UC / p100 An Incomplete List of All the Things I’m Going to Miss When the World is No Longer:, 75min, CC / p69 Borderlands, 45min, Loft District / p83 break my echo, 65min, FMT / p75 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 Ghost Rings, 65min, OC / p35 Go Get My Mom, 60min, NL / p82 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Hope Street, 90min, KS / p81 I Am the Machine Gunner, 60min, NL / p83 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 Liberty City Radio Theatre, 85min, QV / p94 Life Lines, 90min, OC / p90 (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 Partial Collaborations, 45min, KS / p78 Pericles, 115min, UC / p102 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 Then The Tail, 40min, KS / p78 Tongue & Groove, 65min, CC / p71 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 8:30pm I’m Okay, Are You Okay?, 60min, CC / p67 Me, More Normal, 50min, WP / p102 9:00pm KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 10:00pm The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy, 40min, OC / p91
Day by Day Neighborhood key: CC=Center City FMT=Fairmount QV=Queen Village SP=South Philly
The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102 10:30pm Late Night: Ill Doots, 90min, OC / p1 Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure, 60min, CC / p67 11:00pm The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102
SATURDAY SEPT 9 12:30pm The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy, 40min, OC / p91 1:00pm As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 Exhaust, ongoing, QV / p97 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 2:00pm 17c, 85min, OC / p33 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas), 60min, KS / p79 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 It Takes One, 90min, SP / p96 PRIDE PARADE!, 120min, CC / p68 2:30pm An Incomplete List of All the Things I’m Going to Miss When the World is No Longer:, 75min, CC / p69 3:00pm Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Life Lines, 90min, OC / p90 Pericles, 115min, UC / p102 Spilt Milk, 60min, NL / p82 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 The Other, 60min, CC / p68 Then The Tail, 40min, KS / p78 Things I Never Told My Mom, 70min, WP / p102 4:00pm The Tempest, 100min, FMT / p76 5:00pm O Monsters (screening), 70min, CC / p31 Simone R.P.T. 8, 90min, CC / p71 Tongue & Groove, 65min, CC / p71 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 5:30pm The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy, 40min, OC / p91 Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan, 70min, WP / p100 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Things I Never Told My Mom, 70min, WP / p102 6:30pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas), 60min, KS / p79
KS = Kensington UC= University City
NL=Northern Liberties WP=West Philly
As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 Black Berry, 95min, Graduate Hospital / p95 Funeral for Expectations, 50min, SP / p95 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 Spilt Milk, 60min, NL / p82 The Other, 60min, CC / p68 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 7:30pm Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 It Takes One, 90min, SP / p96 Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 8:00pm 17c, 85min, OC / p33 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 Gli$ter, 90min, QV / p96 Ghost Rings, 65min, OC / p35 Go Get My Mom, 60min, NL / p82 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Hope Street, 90min, KS / p81 I Am the Machine Gunner, 60min, NL / p83 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Life Lines, 90min, OC / p90 (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 Partial Collaborations, 45min, KS / p78 Pericles, 115min, UC / p102 Scattershot, 60min, CC / p71 Simone R.P.T. 8, 90min, CC / p71 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 Then The Tail, 40min, KS / p78 Tribute to 70’s rock artists, 90min, FMT / p75 United, 70min, OC / p92 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 8:30pm I’m Okay, Are You Okay?, 60min, CC / p67 Me, More Normal, 50min, WP / p102 9:00pm KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 10:00pm Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102 10:30pm Late Night: DJ Dame Luz’s Virgo Dance Party: Bey is Bae, 90min, OC / p1 11:30pm The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102
SUNDAY SEPT 10 Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Mirrors, 30min, NL / p82
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OC=Old City
1:00pm As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 Exhaust, ongoing, QV / p97 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 2:00pm Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 I’m Okay, Are You Okay?, 60min, CC / p67 It Takes One, 90min, SP / p96 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 PRIDE PARADE!, 120min, CC / P68 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 2:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Simone R.P.T. 8, 90min, CC / p71 3:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Black Berry, 95min, Graduate Hospital / p95 Mirrors, 30min, NL / p82 O Monsters (screening), 70min, CC / p31 Relâche: Not So Quiet City with Peter Evans, 100min, UC / p101 Spilt Milk, 60min, NL / p82 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 Then The Tail, 40min, KS / p78 Things I Never Told My Mom, 70min, WP / p102 The Vicissitudes of Travel, 90min, CC / p72 3:30pm Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 The Tempest, 100min, FMT / p76 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 5:00pm Scattershot, 60min, CC / p71 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 100min, OC / p92 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 The Meatball Chronicles, 90min, CC / p71 6:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70 Things I Never Told My Mom, 70min, WP / p102 6:30pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 7:00pm As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical, 170min, OC / p91 Drunk Dads Comedy Extravaganza, 90min, OC / p90 Funeral for Expectations, 50min, SP / p95 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 I have this many * * *, 45min, KS / p80 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71
Day by Day Neighborhood key: CC=Center City FMT=Fairmount QV=Queen Village SP=South Philly
7:30pm Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 The Drool Of Envy, 60min, QV / p96 8:00pm An Incomplete List of All the Things I’m Going to Miss When the World is No Longer:, 75min, CC / p69 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Game Show Show, 90min, KS / p80 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 I Am the Machine Gunner, 60min, NL / p83 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 Scattershot, 60min, CC / p71 8:30pm Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure, 60min, CC / p67 10:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
MONDAY SEPT 11
KS = Kensington UC= University City
NL=Northern Liberties WP=West Philly
Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 7:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 The Meatball Chronicles, 90min, CC / p71 8:00pm Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Last Ditch Playlist, 105min, FMT / p76 (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 8:30pm Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 9:00pm Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 10:00pm Madness ‘Round Midnight, 70min, OC / p91
WEDNESDAY SEPT 13 Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
4:00pm I have this many * * *, 45min, KS / p80
2:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69
4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
6:30pm Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90
5:00pm Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83
7:00pm Drunk Dads Comedy Extravaganza, 90min, OC / p90 I have this many * * *, 45min, KS / p80 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 7:30pm The Meatball Chronicles, 90min, CC / p71 8:00pm Booth Triptych: Parts I and II, ongoing, OC / p91 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 9:00pm AmeROCKin Justice, 90min, CC / p67 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92
TUESDAY SEPT 12 2:00pm Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Drunk Dads Comedy Extravaganza, 90min, OC / p90
5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm CCW’s Kaleidoscope Concert, 120min, FMT / p75 Exhaust, ongoing, QV / p97 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Interior, 45min, SP / p95 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 6:20pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 6:30pm Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 I, Peaseblossom, 60min, WP / p102 LEFT BEHIND, ongoing, OC / p91 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83 7:30pm Becoming Vegan, 60min, CC / p66 Death Is A Cabaret Ol’ Chum, 65min, Laurel Hill Cemetery / p 75 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Floydada, 90min, KS / p80 TOWN, 60min, CC / p67 8:00pm 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ, 60min, CC / p66
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OC=Old City
A List of Common Misconceptions, 90min, SP / p95 AmeROCKin Justice, 90min, CC / p67 Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan, 70min, WP / p100 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 HOME, 90min, CC / p37 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Last Ditch Playlist, 105min, FMT / p76 (miss) Julie, 90min, QV / p97 The No Know Show, 60min, FMT / p75 Reality in Retrograde, 60min, Germantown / p87 8:30pm Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 9:00pm Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 10:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90
THURSDAY SEPT 14 5:00pm #DogsOfFringeArts, ongoing, OC / p91 Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70 6:00pm Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan, 70min, WP / p100 Interior, 45min, SP / p95 Safe Haven, 70min, OC / p90 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 6:20pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas), 60min, KS / p79 Breath Beneath, 60min, UC / p101 Cotton&Gold, 80min, SP / p96 I, Peaseblossom, 60min, WP / p102 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 Psychotic Broadway, 75min, CC / p68 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 100min, OC / p92 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83 Tongue & Groove, 65min, CC / p71 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 7:30pm Becoming Vegan, 60min, CC / p66 Death Is A Cabaret Ol’ Chum, 65min, Laurel Hill Cemetery / p 75 The Drool Of Envy, 60min, QV / p96 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Floydada, 90min, KS / p80 STORM, 60min, FMT / p75 These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71
To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 TOWN, 60min, CC / p67 8:00pm 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ, 60min, CC / p66 A Billion Nights On Earth, 55min, OC / p39 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 Gli$ter, 90min, QV / p96 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 HOME, 90min, CC / p37 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 KITH, 60min, North Philly / p74 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 8:30pm Safe Haven, 70min, OC / p90 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 9:00pm Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 10:00pm The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102 10:30pm Late Night: DJ Larue, 90min, OC / p1
FRIDAY SEPT 15 Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 2:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Worktable, ongoing, SP / p43 5:00pm #DogsOfFringeArts, ongoing, OC / p91 Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 Safe Haven, 70min, OC / p90 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 6:20pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100
7:00pm 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ, 60min, CC / p66 A Billion Nights On Earth, 55min, OC / p39 Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas), 60min, KS / p79 Aunty Ben, 70min, CC / p69 Cotton&Gold, 80min, SP / p96 FIESTA OWLSONG, 120min, CC / p68 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 I, Peaseblossom, 60min, WP / p102 The Other, 60min, Germantown / p86 Running Numbers, 80min, Powelton Village / p102 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 7:30pm Becoming Vegan, 60min, CC / p66 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Death Is A Cabaret Ol’ Chum, 65min, Laurel Hill Cemetery / p 75 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Floydada, 90min, KS / p80 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art, 90min, CC / p70 KITH, 60min, North Philly / p74 Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71 TOWN, 60min, CC / p67 8:00pm A Case for Magic, 60min, UC / p100 A List of Common Misconceptions, 90min, SP / p95 Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan, 70min, WP / p100 Booth Triptych: Parts I and II, ongoing, OC / p91 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, KS / p78 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Gli$ter, 90min, QV / p96 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 HOME, 90min, CC / p37 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Last Ditch Playlist, 105min, FMT / p76 Movemakers Philly presents i.d., 50min, CC / p68 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 United, 70min, OC / p92 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 8:30pm Dream Sequence, 60min, CC / p66 Safe Haven, 70min, OC / p90 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82
10:00pm Dream Sequence, 60min, CC / p66 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83 10:30pm Late Night: Get Pegged Cabaret with John Jarboe and Dieter Rita Scholl, 90min, OC / p1 11:00pm The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102
SATURDAY SEPT 16 10:00am MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival Daytime Events, ongoing, various neighborhoods / p41 11:30am KITH, 60min, North Philly / p74 Noon Aunty Ben, 70min, CC / p69 Follow Me Through The Gates, 45min, OC / p91 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Worktable For Kids, ongoing, SP / p43 1:00pm Exhaust, ongoing, QV / p97 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 2:00pm 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ, 60min, CC / p66 A Billion Nights On Earth, 55min, OC / p39 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Follow Me Through The Gates, 45min, OC / p91 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 HOME, 90min, CC / p37 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 PRIDE PARADE!, 120min, CC / p68 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 Worktable, ongoing, SP / p43
9:00pm Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71
3:00pm #DogsOfFringeArts, ongoing, OC / p91 Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83 Aunty Ben, 70min, CC / p69 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 The Other, 60min, Germantown / p86 Running Numbers, 80min, Powelton Village / p102 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100
9:30pm Cotton&Gold, 80min, SP / p96 Monarch, 70min, QV / p97
3:30pm KITH, 60min, North Philly / p74 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70
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4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art, 90min, CC / p70 The Passion of Kellyanne, 45min, KS / p80 5:00pm Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83 O Monsters (screening), 70min, CC / p31 Radio Atlas, 70min, NL / p41 Silencing the Tides, 50min, SP / p95 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 Tongue & Groove, 65min, CC / p71 Trigger Warning, 120min, CC / p71 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm A Fable for the Living, ongoing, KS / p79 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 7:00pm A Billion Nights On Earth, 55min, OC / p39 Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Art of the Heel, 90min, CC / p68 Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU, 90min,, WP / p101 Cotton&Gold, 80min, SP / p96 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 I, Peaseblossom, 60min, WP / p102 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 The Other, 60min, Germantown / p86 Silencing the Tides, 50min, SP / p95 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 7:30pm Becoming Vegan, 60min, CC / p66 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Death Is A Cabaret Ol’ Chum, 65min, Laurel Hill Cemetery / p 75 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Floydada, 90min, KS / p80 KITH, 60min, North Philly / p74 Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71 TOWN, 60min, CC / p67 Tubas for the People, 120min, CC / p68 The Vicissitudes of Travel, 90min, CC / p72 8:00pm 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ, 60min, CC / p66 Alternative Theatre Festival 2017, 90min, UC / p101 Bevin Blectum with Radio Wonderland, 120min, NL / p41 Booth Triptych: Parts I and II, ongoing, OC / p91 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96
The Hand Job, 70min, Manayunk / p87 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 HOME, 90min, CC / p37 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Mistress of the Maze, 50min, SP / p95 Movemakers Philly presents i.d., 50min, CC / p68 The Passion of Kellyanne, 45min, KS / p80 Splintered Glass, 60min, FMT / p75 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 United, 70min, OC / p92 We Shall Not Be Moved, 125min, CC / p45 8:30pm Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 9:00pm Hope Street, 90min, Northeast Philly / p80 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102 Unitard – Tard Core, 65min, CC / p67 9:30pm Cotton&Gold, 80min, SP / p96 10:00pm AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE, 60min, KS / p79 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 10:30pm Late Night: Dance Explosion, 90min, OC / p1 11:30pm The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102 Midnight 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ, 60min, CC / p66
SUNDAY SEPT 17 10:00am MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival Daytime Events, ongoing, various neighborhoods / p41 11:00am A Billion Nights On Earth, 55min, OC / p39 Noon Aunty Ben, 70min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Mirrors, 30min, NL / p82 Worktable For Kids, ongoing, SP / p43 1:00pm Exhaust, ongoing, QV / p97 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 2:00pm Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 Mistress of the Maze, 50min, SP / p95 PRIDE PARADE!, 120min, CC / p68
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Silencing the Tides, 50min, SP / p95 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83 Worktable, ongoing, SP / p43 2:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 STORM, 60min, FMT / p75 3:00pm A Billion Nights On Earth, 55min, OC / p39 Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 A List of Common Misconceptions, 90min, SP / p95 Aunty Ben, 70min, CC / p69 Becoming Vegan, 60min, CC / p66 Bon Appétit! by Julia Child and Lee Hoiby, 25 min, Graduate Hospital / p96 O Monsters (screening), 70min, CC / p31 Lost in the Woods, 70min, NL / p83 Mirrors, 30min, NL / p82 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 TOWN, 60min, CC / p67 3:30pm Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Monarch, 70min, QV / p97 Silencing the Tides, 50min, SP / p95 4:30pm STORM, 60min, FMT / p75 5:00pm Mistress of the Maze, 50min, SP / p95 Movemakers Philly presents i.d., 50min, CC / p68 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 100min, OC / p92 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, 120min, Loft District / p82 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 6:15pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 7:00pm Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU, 90min, WP / p101 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art, 90min, CC / p70 Hello Blackout!, 70min, CC / p31 I, Peaseblossom, 60min, WP / p102 Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure, 60min, CC / p67 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 Strange Tenants, 90min, OC / p92 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please, 70min, Loft District / p83
Day by Day Neighborhood key: CC=Center City FMT=Fairmount QV=Queen Village SP=South Philly
Unitard – Tard Core, 65min, CC / p67 7:30pm Mesmerized, 60min, FMT / p74 8:00pm A List of Common Misconceptions, 90min, SP / p95 AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE, 60min, KS / p79 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70 The No Know Show, 60min, FMT / p75 We Shall Not Be Moved, 125min, CC / p45 Xiu Xiu with Mia Zabelka, 120min, NL / p41 9:00pm AmeROCKin Justice, 90min, CC / p67 9:30pm Monarch, 70min, QV / p97 10:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90
MONDAY SEPT 18 4:00pm Worktable, ongoing, SP / p43
KS = Kensington UC= University City
NL=Northern Liberties WP=West Philly
6:00pm #cocktail plays, 70min, NL / p83 Interior, 45min, SP / p95 KCBC x CVFFVDEUS, 60min, FMT / p74
8:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 The Turn of the Screw, 75min, CC / p71 Two-Man, One-Man, 60min, CC / p67
6:30pm Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90
8:30pm #cocktail plays, 70min, NL / p83 The Flat Earth, 60min, CC / p67
7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Moonage Daydream, 50min, CC / p70
9:00pm (insert thoughts here), 105min, CC / p68 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82
7:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 KCBC x CVFFVDEUS, 60min, FMT / p74 White Nights, 30min, Loft District / p83
9:30pm Ubu Faust, 35min, CC / p72
Who Rocks the Party: A Chat with Philly’s Best DJs, 90min, FMT / p76
8:00pm First Person Arts StorySlam: Old School, 120min, NL / p83 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret, 120min, OC / p47 Two-Man, One-Man, 60min, CC / p67 8:30pm #cocktail plays, 70min, NL / p83 9:00pm (insert thoughts here), 105min, CC / p68 White Nights, 30min, Loft District / p83
5:00pm Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70
WEDNESDAY SEPT 20
5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69
Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
6:30pm Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90
2:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
7:00pm Aunty Ben, 70min, CC / p69 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71
4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
7:30pm KCBC x CVFFVDEUS, 60min, FMT / p74 Vibraslapped!, 90min, QV / p94 8:00pm #cocktail plays, 70min, NL / p83 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 Great Again, 70min, SP / p96 (insert thoughts here), 105min, CC / p68 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 The No Know Show, 60min, FMT / p75 We Shall Not Be Moved, 125min, CC / p45 9:00pm KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82
TUESDAY SEPT 19 5:00pm #DogsOfFringeArts, ongoing, OC / p91 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69
OC=Old City
5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm #cocktail plays, 70min, NL / p83 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Interior, 45min, SP / p95 SOMETHING BLUE, ongoing, QV / p97 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 6:30pm Cymbeline, 90min, Bella Vista / p96 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Close Music For Bodies, 75min, OC / p49 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 Moonage Daydream, 50min, CC / p70 Poets as Grandparents, 90min, CC / p69 7:30pm Elysian Fields, 60min, CC / p66 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76
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10:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102 10:30pm Bind, 60min, CC / p69
THURSDAY SEPT 21 2:00pm Wedgwood on the Green, 60min, CC / p72 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 Interior, 45min, SP / p95 6:30pm Benthic Blast, 60min, OC / p91 Cymbeline, 90min, Bella Vista / p96 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Close Music For Bodies, 75min, OC / p49 Doppelbanger, 60min, KS / p79 FIESTA OWLSONG, 120min, KS / p79 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 Moonage Daydream, 50min, CC / p70 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 100min, OC / p92 7:30pm Elysian Fields, 60min, CC / p66 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art, 90min, CC / p70 These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71 WILD: A Clown Western, 90min, Manayunk / p86 8:00pm AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE, 60min, KS / p79 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, KS / p78 Dear Diary LOL, 60min, KS / p79 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 (insert thoughts here), 105min, CC / p68 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102
Day by Day Neighborhood key: CC=Center City FMT=Fairmount QV=Queen Village SP=South Philly
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 The Storytellers, 60min, KS / p78 The Turn of the Screw, 75min, CC / p71 We Shall Not Be Moved, 125min, CC / p45 8:30pm The Flat Earth, 60min, CC / p67 Wedgwood on the Green, 60min, CC / p72 9:00pm KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 9:30pm Ubu Faust, 35min, CC / p72 10:00pm Containertopia, 60min, KS / p79 The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102 10:30pm Bind, 60min, CC / p69 Late Night: Burlesque-N-Beyond, Philadelphia! the 10th Anniversary Showcase: SUGARHUSTLE, 90min, OC / p1
FRIDAY SEPT 22 Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 2:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Wedgwood on the Green, 60min, CC / p72 4:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 5:00pm I Will Cut You, ongoing, WP / p102 5:30pm Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale, 40min, CC / p69 6:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 SOMETHING BLUE, ongoing, QV / p97 . . . strand . . . , 50min, Grays Ferry / p100 6:30pm Close Music For Bodies, 75min, OC / p49 Cymbeline, 90min, Bella Vista / p96 7:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU, 90min, WP / p101 Elemental Forces, 70min, FMT / p74 FIESTA OWLSONG, 120min, KS / p79 Funeral for Expectations, 50min, SP / p95 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 Mirrors, 30min, NL / p82 Moonage Daydream, 50min, CC / p70 Onion Dances, 60min, Powelton Village / p100 Perspectives, 90min, CC / p70 Psychotic Broadway, 75min, CC / p68 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton, 75min, CC / p71 Triage, 90min, Grays Ferry / p101 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 Way With Words, 120min, Germantown / p86
KS = Kensington UC= University City
NL=Northern Liberties WP=West Philly
7:30pm Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?!, 60min, WP / p101 Elysian Fields, 60min, CC / p66 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76 Plight Release and the Diasporic Body, 70min, North Philly / p75 These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71 The Vicissitudes of Travel, 90min, CC / p72 WILD: A Clown Western, 90min, Manayunk / p86 8:00pm 3 Women, 75min, UC / p101 a disruption, 50min, UC / p101 A Love Supreme, 50min, OC / p53 A Period of Animate Existence, 75min, UC / p51 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, KS / p78 Dear Diary LOL, 60min, KS / p79 Every Day APOCALYPSE!, 80min, KS / p79 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Gli$ter, 90min, QV / p96 Iphigenia At Aulis, 100min, OC / p92 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, 80min, OC / p90 Liberty City Radio Theatre, 85min, QV / p94 Movemakers Philly presents i.d., 50min, CC / p68 Mujeres, 90min, SP / p95 Reality in Retrograde, 60min, Germantown / p87 SHOW ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE, 120min, QV / p95 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 The Storytellers, 60min, KS / p78 The Turn of the Screw, 75min, CC / p71 Tongue & Groove, 65min, CC / p71 United, 70min, OC / p92 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience, 60min, Germantown / p86 8:30pm Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, 70min, CC / p70 The Flat Earth, 60min, CC / p67 Wedgwood on the Green, 60min, CC / p72 9:00pm AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE, 60min, KS / p79 Containertopia, 60min, KS / p79 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 9:30pm Ubu Faust, 35min, CC / p72 10:00pm Dear Diary LOL, 60min, KS / p79 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102 The Vicissitudes of Travel, 90min, CC / p72 10:30pm Late Night: DJ Haram, 90min, OC / p1 11:00pm Bind, 60min, CC / p69 Doppelbanger, 60min, KS / p79 The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet, 130min, UC / p102 Two-Man, One-Man, 60min, CC / p67
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These Terrible Things, 70min, CC / p71 WILD: A Clown Western, 90min, Manayunk / p86
2:30pm Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, 65min, FMT / p76
8:00pm A Love Supreme, 50min, OC / p53 A Period of Animate Existence, 75min, UC / p51 Dear Diary LOL, 60min, KS / p79 Every Day APOCALYPSE!, 80min, KS / p79 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir, 80min, CC / p69 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Gli$ter, 90min, QV / p96 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 Labor of Love, 60min, QV / p94 Mirrors, 30min, NL / p82 Movemakers Philly presents i.d., 50min, CC / p68 Mujeres, 90min, SP / p95 Reality in Retrograde, 60min, Germantown / p87 SHOW ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE, 120min, QV / p95 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 The Storytellers, 60min, KS / p78 The Turn of the Screw, 75min, CC / p71 United, 70min, OC / p92 We Shall Not Be Moved, 125min, CC / p45
3:00pm Airswimming, 90min, CC / p69 Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83 Elysian Fields, 60min, CC / p66 Mujeres, 90min, SP / p95 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92 Triage, 90min, Grays Ferry / p101
8:30pm The Flat Earth, 60min, CC / p67 Wedgwood on the Green, 60min, CC / p72
5:30pm Bind, 60min, CC / p69
3:30pm Joan Crawford in Her Own Words, 90min, CC / p70 4:00pm Close Music For Bodies, 75min, OC / p49 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art, 90min, CC / p70 Onion Dances, 60min, Powelton Village / p100 5:00pm Alchemist, 50min, NL / p83
9:00pm Doppelbanger, 60min, KS / p79
6:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
9:30pm Ubu Faust, 35min, CC / p72
6:30pm Cymbeline, 90min, Bella Vista / p96
10:00pm AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE, 60min, KS / p79 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 The Omega Transport Video Club, 120min, WP / p102
7:00pm A Period of Animate Existence, 75min, UC / p51 Funeral for Expectations, 50min, SP / p95 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art, 90min, CC / p70 Mujeres, 90min, SP / p95 Onion Dances, 60min, Powelton Village / p100 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, 75min, OC / p92
10:30pm Puppet-delphia Fringe Slam, 95, CC / p70 Late Night: A League of Her Own, 90min, OC / p1 11:00pm Containertopia, 60min, KS / p79
8:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 KINK HAÜS, 60min, NL / p82 We Shall Not Be Moved, 125min, CC / p45
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10:00pm The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67
Noon The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 2:00pm A Love Supreme, 50min, OC / p53 A Period of Animate Existence, 75min, UC / p51 The Flat Earth, 60min, CC / p67 The FREN BANKLIN Experience!, 25min, your home / p67 GATZ, 80min, CC / p69 Perspectives, 90min, CC / p70 The Turn of the Screw, 75min, CC / p71 WILD: A Clown Western, 90min, Manayunk / p86
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THURSDAY OCT 12 8pm Declassified Memory Project, 70min, OC / p55
FRIDAY OCT 13 8pm Declassified Memory Project, 70min, OC / p55
SATURDAY OCT 14 8pm Declassified Memory Project, 70min, OC / p55
Tw e l v e d a y s , s e v e n o p e r a t i c h a p p e n i n g s , s i x v e n u e s across the city of Philadelphia, three world premieres, and superstar Festival Artist Sondra Radvanovsky!
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7 8pm Hello Blackout! (Preview) New Paradise Laboratories
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3 8pm Ghost Rings Half Straddle
7 3pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories
7 8pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 1 10:30pm Late Night at Festival Bar Festival Opening Night with Ill Doots
5pm Screening of O Monsters New Paradise Laboratories 7
8pm 17c Big Dance Theater 1
3 8pm Ghost Rings Half Straddle
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7 1pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 7 3pm Screening of O Monsters New Paradise Laboratories 7 7pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories
7 8pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 1 10:30pm Late Night at Festival Bar DJ Dame Luz’s Virgo Dance Party: Bey is Bae
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8pm A Billion Nights on Earth Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala
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12pm-2pm Worktable for Kids Kate McIntosh
7 6pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories
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7 9pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 1 10:30 Late Night at Festival Bar Get Pegged Cabaret
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3pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 7
5pm Radio Atlas Megapolis Festival 7 5pm O Monsters (screening) New Paradise Laboratories 1 7pm A Billion Nights on Earth Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala 7 8pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 8 8pm HOME Geoff Sobelle
8pm We Shall Not Be Moved Opera Philadelphia 6
5 12pm-2pm Worktable for Kids Kate McIntosh 7 1pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 5 2pm-6pm Worktable Kate McIntosh 1 3pm A Billion Nights on Earth Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala 7 3pm O Monsters (screening) New Paradise Laboratories 7 7pm Hello Blackout! New Paradise Laboratories 6 8pm We Shall Not Be Moved Opera Philadelphia
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6:30pm Close Music for Bodies Michael Kiley
4 7pm Close Music for Bodies Michael Kiley
6 8pm We Shall Not Be Moved Opera Philadelphia
1 8pm A Love Supreme Salva Sanchis & Anne Terese De Keersmaeker / Rosas
2pm A Period of Animate Existence Pig Iron Theater Company
1 2pm A Love Supreme Salva Sanchis & Anne Terese De Keersmaeker / Rosas
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Friday, Oct 13 8pm Declassified Memory Fragment Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project
Saturday, Oct 14 8pm Declassified Memory Fragment Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project
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8pm A Period of Animate Existence Pig Iron Theatre Company
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1 10:30pm Late Night at Festival Bar DJ Haram and 700 BLISS
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9 7pm A Period of Animate Existence Pig Iron Theatre Company
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LA PEG at FringeArts
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Restaurant. Bar. Haas Biergarten.
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FRINGEARTS BOOKSTORE at United By Blue
Artist talks and get-togethers. Browse books and publications by and about the artists in the 2017 Fringe Festival. Plus coffee and clothing. Find out about talks and artists’ events at fringearts.com/bookstore.
2nd and Race Streets
CAMPER FRINGE Shows in the camper. Enter the 1962 Nomad camper in the Haas Biergaten at FringeArts and discover intimate performances that blur the boundary between spectator and artist. Throughout the Festival, find out what’s happening at FringeArts.com/CamperFringe.
Photo: Rebecca Gudelunas
FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race)
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Family life before the Big Bang. New Paradise Laboratories provides a fresh take on the creation myth, infusing it with playful nonsense in an impossible setting—before, during, and after the Big Bang. A horrorfarce with philosophical overtones, Hello Blackout! follows the eccentric Kissimmees—triplets, their mother, an elusive father—at the beginning of time. The Kissimmees' journey acts as a pageant for the new American era, presenting a world where everything is unprecedented, and where we must learn to live happily with the unpredictability of the universe. Hello Blackout! is choreographed to a mind-bending musical score by composer Bhob Rainey and played by a live quintet of virtuosic musicians. Directed by Whit MacLaughlin, the cast includes Jeffrey Cousar, Kate Czajkowski, Emilie Krause, Kevin Meehan, and Matteo Scammell. World Premiere!
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Sept 5 + 6 at 8pm (previews) Sept 7 at 8pm (opening) Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 3pm + 8pm Sept 10 at 1pm + 7pm Sept 12 at 8pm Sept 13 + 14 at 9pm Sept 15 at 6pm + 9pm Sept 16 at 3pm + 8pm Sept 17 at 1pm + 7pm The Proscenium Theatre at The Drake 302 South Hicks Street 70 minutes
O Monsters Screenings O Monsters (2016) is a companion piece to Hello Blackout! Catch up on the whole story of the Kissimmee family with the O Monsters film screenings, also at The Drake. Major support for this project has been provided to New Paradise Laboratories by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Independence Foundation New Theatre Works Initiative.
Sept 9 at 5pm Sept 10 at 3pm Sept 16 at 5pm Sept 17 at 3pm $10 (general) $7 (member) FringeArts.com/523 Festival Co-Producers Richard & Peggy Greenawalt Photo: Plate 3
$29 (general) $20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/522 *Use the code "NPL" to get 30% off when you buy tickets to both Hello Blackout! performance and O Monsters screening.
“A blackout can be funny, infuriating, or frightening. It signifies that moment when you realize, again, that you can’t know what’s waiting for you just around the bend.” Whit MacLaughlin of New Paradise Laboratories
Major support for the research and development of O Monsters has been provided to New Paradise Laboratories by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Independence Foundation New Theatre Works Initiative and the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Dazzling! Nothing less than a theatrical meditation on the mysterious and dangerous universe human beings inhabit." The Philadelphia Inquirer
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17c Big Dance Theater
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This ensemble work of dance, theater, and music is built around the 17th-century diaries of Samuel Pepys, a man who sang, strummed, shopped, strove, bullied, and groped—and recorded all in his diary. A startling precursor to today’s social media culture, Pepys possessed a compulsion to assign realtime meaning to his daily existence. From his bunions to his infidelities to his perversions to his meetings with the king, he obsessively put his daily life on paper, or he felt lost. 17c dismantles this unchallenged historical figure, using the copious diaries, Margaret Cavendish’s 17th-century radical feminist play The Convent of Pleasure, three centuries of marginalia, and the ongoing annotations of web-based devotees. Led by co-artistic directors Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, Big Dance Theater is known for its inspired pairings of classic texts with contemporary movement, language, and visual design. Special Preview Performances
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Sept 7 at 7pm* (VIP opening)
*$75 includes show and after party with drinks and passed hors d’oeuvres. Plus goodies provided by Tröegs Independent Brewing and Insomnia Cookies.
Sept 8 at 8pm
$29 (general) $20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/555 Festival Producers Gene Bishop & Andrew Stone Festival Co-Producers Alex Alexander & Kathryn Doyle Eva & Michael Leeds Jane G. Pepper Lee Swiacki
17c is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Photos: Ian Douglas (top); Jeff Larson (bottom)
(Festival Kick Off with free Ill Doots concert at 10:30pm)
Sept 9 at 2pm + 8pm FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible 85 minutes
“I have always dragged the past into the present, as one cannot exist without the other.” Annie-B Parson of Big Dance Theater
“They consistently make contemporary magic from classical material. Brilliantly entertaining. They never fail to fascinate.” The New York Times
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A tale of friendship and the intricacies of family-making unfurls through a soaring pop song cycle with a mix of deadpan magical realism and feminist worldview. In a show structured and presented as a live concert, singers Erin Markey and Kristen Sieh—along with their not-always-trustworthy animal guides—form a rock group led by music director Chris Giarmo that’s like a family band of yesteryear. Tender and harrowingly funny, Ghost Rings traverses the multiple and messy layers of romance from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Playing with the possibilities of contemporary drama within a rock show, playwright–director Tina Satter weaves memories of her and her sister’s childhood alongside newly imagined stories that explore the powerful energy and great vulnerability of deep, personal relationships. The Brooklyn-based, Obie-winning Half Straddle (In the Pony Palace/Football) is led by artistic director Tina Satter, who writes and directs the company's shows. Music
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Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 8pm* Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible 65 minutes
$29 (general) 20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/511
Festival Co-Producers Larry H. & Ann Rosen Spector Photo: Maria Baranova
*Features American Sign Language interpretation by Hands Up Productions.
"Fantastical, odd and sometimes so tender it’s raw, Ghost Rings is a pop concert with a drama inside, about trying to make sense of the hole in your soul when the person you believed would stick around forever drifts away." The New York Times
“I was subconsciously exploring the idea of the energy between pairs—I was very interested in considering that kind of deep, deep romance that exists in totally non-sexual dynamics.” Tina Satter of Half Straddle
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On stage, a house appears. It goes up with the speed of timelapse photography. Residents move in, move out, get evicted, burn it down, loot it, rent it, remodel it, get married and divorced in it, grow up in it, die in it, haunt it—and all the while, they leave and live among traces of residents present, past, and future. HOME is a large-scale performance that mixes illusion, choreography, live music, construction, homespun engineering, and live documentary to create the messiness of life that transforms a house into a home. From Geoff Sobelle, creator of The Object Lesson, is a performance virtuosic in its theatricality yet startlingly down-to-earth in the lifelike world it creates around its audience. HOME is a glorious meditation on the transitory nature of dwelling, the constraints of time and money, the impossible structural demands of a house, and the absurdity— and at times the impossibility—of making a home. With a set by Steven Dufala, and a cast that includes Geoff Sobelle, Sophie Bortolussi, Jennifer Kidwell, Justin Rose, Ching Valdes-Aran, Elvis Perkins, and Josh Crouch. World Premiere!
Theater Sept 13–15 at 8pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 8pm Prince Theater 1412 Chestnut Street Wheelchair accessible 90 minutes
$35 (general) $24.50 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/599 Festival Star Producers Mark & Tobey Dichter Executive Producers David Seltzer & Lisa Roberts Festival Executive Producers Carol Klein & Lawrence Spitz Festival Co-Producers Shelley Green & Michael Golden
“Things appear, disappear, change, transform, erode, and by the time you’ve wrapped your head around it, things have changed again.” Geoff Sobelle
Funding for this presentation of HOME was provided in part by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation. HOME is funded in part by The Wyncote Foundation, Adam Max, and American Dance Institute. Photos: Maria Baranova
“Sobelle’s work is astonishing, his insights acutely funny, his timing impeccable and his physical execution admirable.” Robert Hurwitt, SFGate
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A journey into an alternative universe for audiences ages 6 to 96. A treasured stuffed whale goes missing, a portal to another dimension appears in the kitchen fridge, and a father and son set off on a spectacular quest through space and time. Objects on stage come alive and the father and son must rely on their creativity to survive the wild landscapes that open like giant pop-up books. Taking from classic children’s books, kabuki stagecraft, and spellbinding theatrics, A Billion Nights on Earth is an imaginative dive into the realms of parent–child relationships and their varying perspectives on reality. Visionary director Thaddeus Phillips and Obie-winning installation artist Steven Dufala conjure up an epic of ingenious stagecraft and live action, with a cinematic score by Colombian composer Juan Gabriel Turbay, and starring the real-life father/son acting duo Michael and Winslow Fegley. World Premiere!
Theater Sept 14 at 8pm Sept 15 at 7pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 7pm Sept 17 at 11am + 3pm FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible 55 minutes $29 (general) $20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/547
Festival Executive Producers Linda & David Glickstein Sarah & Kevin Kleinschmidt Festival Producers Edward & Anne Wagner Festival Co-Producer Nicholas Chuva Plagge Major support for this project has been provided to Thaddeus Phillips by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Additional funding provided by The Wyncote Foundation. PECO is the lead sponsor for this presentation of A Billion Nights on Earth.
“When you become a parent, you are reminded more than ever—as you explain to your child about the stars and planets—about the fantastic and sheer shock of how amazing and unexplainable it all is.” Thaddeus Phillips
“Phillips is one of the most creative theater artists in the country.” Juliet Witttman, Westword
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S I l L a v O i t P s A e F G E o i M ud A
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Adventurous audio makers and noise artisans.
“This is what gives sound art its incomprehensible name; and, this exemplifies sound art as a relevant and vigorous exercise.” Splice Today
Artists including documentarians, technologists, musicians, educators, urban planners, scientists, and radio producers come together to celebrate the audio medium and to encourage each other to push the boundaries of sound, art, and thought. FringeArts.com/575
Evening Events
Daytime Events
Radio Atlas Sept 16 at 5pm $13 (general) $9.10 (member) Radio Atlas is an English-language home for subtitled audio from around the world. A place to hear inventive documentaries, dramas, and works of sound art that have been made in languages you don’t necessarily speak.
Includes installations, workshops, and experimental music performances at galleries and venues in the city. Artists include: Alex Lewis, Amanda Gutierrez, Blevin Blectum, Brian House, Carl Adair, Edward Bear, Elana Gordon, Emily Cohen, Fereshteh Toosi, Jay Gregory, Jeff Towne, Jenn Grossman, Joan Schuman, Jocelyn Frank, Katya Gorker, Johann Diedrick, Karen Werner, Laura Deutch, Toby KaufmannBuhler, Lexie Stoia, Linda Gale Aubry, Meg Cramer, Mia Zabelka, Mike Bullock, Montgomery Kim, Olivia Bradley-Skill, Phoenix Lio(n), Scott Allison, Steve Teare, Tim Nohe, Tri-State Synthesizer Coalition, Victoria Estok.
Blevin Blectum with Radio Wonderland Sept 16 at 8pm $13 (general) $9.10 (member) Musician and Musician and multimedia multimediaartist artistBlevin Blevin Blectum combines combines sound, sound,imagery, imagery, and costume, costume, creating creatingeccentric eccentricand and mesmerizing performances performancesthat thatexplore explore topics from from science science fiction fictionto toornithology. ornithology. Radio Wonderland Wonderland (Joshua (JoshuaFried) Fried)turns turnslive live commercial FM FM radio radio into intorecombinant recombinantfunk funk by using live live sound sound processors processorsdisguised disguisedas a vintage as a vintage Buick Buick steering steering wheel—and wheel—and other gizmos. other gizmos.
See FringeArts.com/575 for schedule of daytime events and locations. Day Pass 1 Events Sept 16 from 10am–5pm Day Pass 2 Events Sept 17 from 10am–5pm
Xiu Xiu with Mia Zabelka Sept 17 at 8pm 7pm $18 (general) $12.60 (member) The musical collective Xiu Xiu is influenced by noise, modern classical, the dance floor, post punk, experimental, minimalism, Asian percussion, and American folk music—as well as film and literature. Mia Zabelka is a sound artist, composer, and experimental violinist and vocalist who constructs and explore the explores thelimits limitsofofsound soundand andmusic. music.
$30 Day Pass (general) $21 (member) $50 2-Day Pass (general) $35 (member)
Check FringeArts.com/575 for venue info.
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We provide the hammer, you do the rest. Worktable is a live installation that takes place in a series of rooms, which visitors engage with one at a time. Having signed up beforehand for a specific time slot, you enter and you can stay as long as you like. Once inside there are instructions, equipment, and safety goggles so you can get to work—it's up to you to decide how things come apart, and how they fall back together. Visitors choose a start time when purchasing tickets, slots are every 15 minutes during the hours of operation. Three spots are available per time slot. Please arrive promptly. Originally from New Zealand and trained in dance, Kate McIntosh is a Brussels-based artist who works across the boundaries of performance, theater, video, and installation. Visual Art Sept 15 from 4pm–10pm Sept 16 + 17 from 2pm–6pm Sept 18 from 4pm–10pm BOK, Boy’s Locker Room 1901 South 9th Street (at Mifflin) 45 minutes
WORKTABLE FOR KIDS Sept 16 + 17 from 12pm–2pm Each child needs to come with an adult, who enters the installation with them (maximum 2 children per adult). Ticket required for the children only during these hours. Minimum age: 6 years old
Festival Co-Producers Maureen & Christopher Plagge Lynne & Bert Strieb Photos: Kate McIntosh
$15 (general) $10.50 (member) FringeArts.com/569
“People react in so many different ways to Worktable—there are layers of curiosity and care and violence." Kate McIntosh
“Worktable is an enlightening and active meditation on the endless artistic cycle of tearing down and rebuilding.” Stephen Eckert, Contemporary Performance
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Presented in partnership with Opera Philadelphia as part of the O17 festival. On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five North Philly teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location of the former headquarters of the MOVE organization, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and eleven people dead, including five children. This self-defined family is inspired by the ghosts who inhabit this home and begin to see their squatting as a matter of destiny and resistance. The group, named the Family Stand, is headed by self-appointed leader Un/Sung, and crosses paths with Glenda, a Philadelphia police officer whose encounters with the family leads to a standoff that could threaten to repeat history. A fusion of disciplines and genres, the score of We Shall Not Be Moved blends funk, rock, hip-hop, and classical music into a vital, experiential sonic form. This timely exploration of past and present struggles combines spoken word; contemporary movement; video projection; classical, R&B, and jazz singing; and a brooding, often joyful score filled with place, purpose, and possibility. Co-commissioned and co-produced by Opera Philadelphia, The Apollo Theater, and Hackney Empire. Developed in partnership with Art Sanctuary. World Premiere!
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Sept 16–18 at 8pm Sept 21, 23 + 24 at 8pm Wilma Theater 265 South Broad Street (at Spruce) Wheelchair accessible 125 minutes
$75–$100 (general + member) FringeArts.com/519 Festival Producer Robert M. Dever Festival Co-Producers Arthur Kaplan & R. Duane Perry Bill & Joyce Kunkle Sissie & Herb Lipton Andrew & Bryna Scott Photo: Dave DiRentis
“They’re increasingly taking chances, offering unusual and new work along with repertory staples, and carving out a place for themselves as proponents of American opera.” The Washington Post
Major support for We Shall Not Be Moved has been provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additional support is provided by William Penn Foundation and The Wallace Foundation.
“We are plotting the course through treacherous terrain where musical forms, literary forms, and movement styles collide and, hopefully, fly.” Bill T. Jones
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GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET
“The Drag Queen King of Philadelphia.” The Philadelphia Inquirer
Music Sept 19 at 8pm FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible 120 minutes $30 (general) $21 (member) $15 (student and 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/505 Photo: Lindsay Browning, courtesy of Art-Reach
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C I S U M E S S O E I L D C O B R O F Kiley l e a h c i M
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Intimate, unfiltered voices become one. No microphones, no electronic meddling—only the resonant voices that come from the bodies of the performers are heard and felt. The audience is arranged about the entire floor of the theater. Singers move in geometric patterns throughout the audience, their movements become the sound design—like placing speakers about a room, only the speakers are mobile performers. A journey inward into the individual and outward to include the entire group—audience and performers—who share the space together as one greater entity. An immersive, artistic experience that taps the singing voices within us all, Close Music for Bodies connects its audiences to the transcendent gift of singing, and the sonic community of a group voice. Michael Kiley is a Philadelphia-based composer, sound designer, performer, and educator who works in dance, theater, and public installation. World Premiere!
Music Sept 20 + 21 at 7pm Sept 22 at 6:30pm Sept 23 at 6pm Sept 24 at 4pm Christ Church Neighborhood House 20 North American Street Wheelchair accessible 75 minutes
NOTE: The performance is presented in promenade, meaning the audience stands and walks for the duration. Specialty seating is available for those unable to do so. Audiences are asked to check their bags and remove their shoes. Festival Producers Martha Carey & Mark Tomlinson Festival Co-Producer Jo Buyske
Image: Fumi Olatunji, with photos by Adachi Pimentel
$29 (general) $20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/502
“My history with performing choral music is deeply tied to this work, compositionally and spiritually. Some of my most transcendent experiences occurred while playing a small part in a large group of voices.” Michael Kiley
Major support for this project has been provided to Michael Kiley by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Close Music for Bodies is a sponsored project of Bowerbird, Inc., made possible by a grant from Wyncote Foundation.
“Dramatic and beguiling.” The New York Times
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A PERIOD OF ANIMATE EXISTENCE FA Curated
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Children, elders, and machines contemplate the future in a time of dire predictions and rapid technological change in this work of symphonic theater conceived by composer/filmmaker Troy Herion, scenic designer Mimi Lien, and director Dan Rothenberg. An inspired, large-scale melding of music, design, and theater, A Period of Animate Existence investigates the intense, unnamable emotions that arise in a time of extinction. How do we consider questions of life in such a perilous time, an era called the “Sixth Extinction,” when up to fifty percent of all living species might die off? Pig Iron brings together three generations of choirs, a chamber orchestra, and physical actors in an epic synthesis of original music and theater, played out over five movements. The company’s largest production to date features more than eighty performers including The Crossing, Contemporaneous, and members of the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale and Philadelphia Girls Choir, and Philomusica. World Premiere!
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Sept 22 at 8pm Sept 23 at 2pm + 8pm Sept 24 at 2pm + 7pm Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Zellerbach Theater 3680 Walnut Street Wheelchair accessible 75 minutes
$39–$49 (general) $27.30–$34.30 (member) $15 (student and 25-and-under) A Period of Animate Existence is co-commissioned and coproduced by FringeArts and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. Festival Star Producers Al & Nancy Hirsig Festival Co-Producers Cat, Annie, & Steven Bohnenberger Stephen & Barbara Gold Christie Hartwell Nancy Lanham Photos: Maria Baranova
“Each movement is very different, with a unique ensemble, expressive language, and visual design. The different movements speak through different genres, with their own unique rules. It is a major artistic challenge, and that excites us.” Troy Herion, composer
Major support for this project has been provided to the Pig Iron Theatre Company by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Wyncote Foundation, the Cooper Foundation, and the Independence Foundation. Creative residencies for the project have been provided by SUNY-Purchase, Swarthmore College, EMPAC, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.
“Ever adventuresome, always brainy, often mischievous, never cowardly, they love to reinvent themselves with every show.” Broad Street Review
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A LOVE SUPREME Salva Sanchis, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas
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Four dancers surrender themselves to Coltrane’s spiritual ode to divine love, his 1965 jazz masterpiece A Love Supreme. The album was revolutionary for its carefully balanced interplay between improvisation and structure, meticulous form and raw energy, and for the powerful blend of styles expressed by the four soloists—John Coltrane (tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). This dynamic is transposed onto the dance: the choreographers bring improvised and composed materials, interweaving and absorbing them into one another. More than ten years after its initial creation, De Keersmaeker and Sanchis reworked A Love Supreme into a full-evening program danced by four new, young dancers. Each dancer takes on the specific style of one musician and his instrument, creating a strikingly vital performance that moves to the energy and intricacies of the original ensemble. De Keersmaeker’s choreography draws formal principles from geometry, numerical patterns, the natural world, and social structures. Sanchis’s work is characterized by the dialogue between improvisation and a set movement vocabulary. Dance Sept 22 + 23 at 8pm Sept 24 at 2pm
$35 (general) $24.50 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com/533
Festival Co-Producers Tony Forte & Ryan Hummel Lynne & Bert Strieb Judith Tannenbaum
Photos: Anne Van Aerschot
FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible 50 minutes
“In non-Western music, composition and improvisation are not mutually distinct concepts. Indeed, improvisation is composition in the immediacy of the moment.” Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
“Awakens the senses to the magic and the tenderness of the world. An hour full of grace and movement. Absolute magic.” Guy Duplat, La Libre Belgique
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Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project
DECLASSIFIED MEMORY FRAGMENT
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The act of “declassifying” is a process of revealing, exposing what is hidden from view and obscured, not spoken. Declassified Memory Fragment is a work of dance, live concert, and theater created as an open letter to life in countries—specifically Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe— where everyday life is subjected to restrictions and cultural expectations of secrecy and privacy, even within the family. An exploration of African lifestyles, cultures, beauty, complexities, and politics, the performance ranges from tremendous energy to haunting quiet, from beauty to terror. Led by an all-male cast from Burkina Faso, with an electrifying live band that at times supports and at other times takes center stage with the dancers, Declassified Memory Fragment caustically and humorously stages a two-tier society where craving for power simultaneously creates and unravels friendships—and yet a brotherhood remains. Olivier Tarpaga of Baker and Tarpaga Dance Project is a dancer, choreographer, musician, composer, songwriter, performing arts consultant and storyteller originally from Burkina Faso.
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October 12–14 at 8pm FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard Wheelchair accessible 70 minutes
“Our country has been independent from France since 1960 and there are many fragments of my childhood memories during this time of political instability. I wanted to bring this issue into the open air and expose it with an artistic approach.” Olivier Tarpaga
The presentation of Declassified Memory Fragment was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
“A forceful, individual brand of movement theater.” Los Angeles Times
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Nathalie Du Pasquier BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 13–DECEMBER 23, 2017
Support for this exhibition has been provided by 4Spaces Textiles Zurich Switzerland, Memphis Srl, Dorothy & Martin Bandier, Charles X Block, Carol & John Finley, Cheri & Steven Friedman, Christina Weiss Lurie, Amanda & Andrew Megibow, and Stephanie & David Simon.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Steffani Jemison, Tony Lewis, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Martine Syms, and poetry by Simone White
Speech/Acts
118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 icaphila.org Free. For All.
Support for Speech/Acts has been provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Edna W. Andrade Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, and Nancy & Leonard Amoroso. Marketing is supported by Pamela Toub Berkman & David J. Berkman and by Lisa A. & Steven A. Tananbaum. Free admission is courtesy of Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman.
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary Home Season in Philadelphia March 22-24, 2018 at Prince Theater "stunning... profoundly moving" - Huffington Post
"deeply spiritual... remarkable" Photo: RobLi Photography
- Dance Magazine
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2017–18 Season of Wow Compagnie Hervé Koubi October 12–15
Paul Taylor Dance Company November 2–5
Ronald K. Brown/Evidence A Dance Company December 14–17
BodyVox January 18–21
Ballets Jazz de Montréal February 15–18 Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Photo Courtesy Didier Philispart
Company Wang Ramirez March 15–18
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company with The Ahn Trio April 19–22
MOMIX May 10–13
Performances at the Prince Theater 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
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2 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ The Incredible Dreamz FringeArts.com/301 Incredible Dreamz is a comedy collective featuring The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie and The New Dreamz. Art-house comedy that’s equal parts personal and experimental. Their 2016 show INCREDIBLE DREAMZ was hailed as “an absurd offering of silly, surreal, funny shtick with a side of bologna roll.” (DC Metro Arts) $5–$10 / 60 minutes Space 1026 1026 Arch Street Sept 13 + 14 at 8pm Sept 15 at 7pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 8pm + midnight
16 Becoming Vegan Sarah Clemency/Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) FringeArts.com/302 Featuring catchy contemporary pop songs and a dancing hamburger, this world-premiere musical comedy examines the little lies we tell and their big consequences. Becoming Vegan is the story of two women united by their love for eggplants and each other with an explosive secret: one of them is a lying carnivore. $12 / 60 minutes Second Stage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Sept 13–16 at 7:30pm Sept 17 at 3pm
16 Dream Sequence Cambridge Footlights/Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) FringeArts.com/303 Join “the most renowned sketch troupe of them all” (The Independent, UK) transferring from the Edinburgh Fringe for free-flowing hilarity, excellent original writing & side-splitting character comedy. Don’t miss your chance to see this inventive new offering from the group that launched Monty Python and John Oliver! $15 / 60 minutes Mainstage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 15 at 8:30pm + 10pm
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16 Elysian Fields Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) FringeArts.com/304 Like no improv you have seen before! A new dramatic one-act play channeling the works of the great American playwright Tennessee Williams is created before your eyes each night. Enter a world of tortured, desperate characters—ripe with unfulfilled dreams, desires, and the struggle to find escape from a harsh reality. $12 / 60 minutes Second Stage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 20–23 at 7:30pm Sept 24 at 3pm
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16 The Flat Earth The Flat Earth/Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) FringeArts.com/307 Favorites of comedy festival audiences across North America (multiple Best & Producer Picks), The Flat Earth return to where it all began and present a bestof extravaganza showcasing material from a half-decade of remarkable success: sometimes dark, often silly, occasionally experimental, and always impeccably costumed. $12 / 60 minutes Mainstage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 20–23 at 8:30pm Sept 24 at 2pm
The FREN BANKLIN Experience! Fren Banklin FringeArts.com/305 Have you ever wondered about the REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY of your Philadelphia home? Allow Fren Banklin, the NOTORIOUSLY UNRELIABLE cousin of Ben Franklin, to visit your apartment, rowhouse, or other domicile and regale you with the fascinating stories buried beneath your floorboards! $17 / 25 minutes Available in all Philadelphia neighborhoods. Only one booking per timeslot per day. Days Sept 8, 10, 13 + 15–17 Sept 20 + 22–24 Time slots 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm + 10pm
16 I’m Okay, Are You Okay? Molly Scullion/Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) FringeArts.com/306 Molly Scullion’s I’m Okay, Are You Okay? is a one-woman comedy show about healing after trauma. Exploring some of the darkest times in her life, Molly Scullion brings forth a story about overcoming the past and finding strength and humor in pain. $12 / 60 minutes Mainstage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 6–9 at 8:30pm Sept 10 at 2pm
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16 TOWN Jolie Darrow & Jack O’Keeffe/Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) FringeArts.com/309 Welcome to TOWN. TOWN is in America, maybe. TOWN is an inviting place where nothing bad happens. The locals of TOWN are hiding plenty of secrets—silly secrets, sinister secrets, and they will all be revealed by the end of the metaphysical horror-comedy modeled after Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town. $12 / 60 minutes Second Stage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 13–16 at 7:30pm Sept 17 at 3pm
16 Two-Man, One-Man Benjamin Behrend and Patrick Romano FringeArts.com/310 Two-Man, One-Man is (technically) a three-man show— about two one-man shows—being performed as a two-man show. After a venue accidentally double books their respective one-man shows, Arnold, a pretentious artíste, and Miles, a goofy comedian, must unwillingly share the stage in this literal battle for the spotlight. $10 / 60 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19 + 20 at 8pm Sept 22 at 11pm
16 Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure Roll Play FringeArts.com/308 A fantasy role-playing game played on stage, live and in costume by a team of professional ComedySportz improvisers. Every night is a new adventure full of magic spells, mythical creatures, and epic quests all crafted from audience suggestions. Cheer along with every critical hit at Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure! $10 / 60 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 at 10:30pm Sept 10 at 8:30pm Sept 17 at 7pm
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5 Unitard – Tard Core Unitard Comedy Group FringeArts.com/311 Direct from their sold-out residency at Joe’s Pub in New York City, Unitard is here for you, with the perfect mental floss for your brain. Are you fed up with seeing stupidity and greed being celebrated in the media? Are you anxious and depressed about the state our country’s in? Do you need to laugh it all off? Unitard can help! “Shelarious!” RuPaul. $15–$20 / 65 minutes Tabu Lounge 200 South 12th Street Sept 16 at 9pm Sept 17 at 7pm
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7 AmeROCKin Justice Franky’s First Ladies FringeArts.com/312 A patriotic production embracing the freedom to express life through dance and music in this great country. The First Ladies bring you an All AmeROCKin experience to bring back the true meaning of being an American girl (or boy or woman or man). Indulge in a sensual dance show with pride, liberty, and justice for all! $20 / 90 minutes Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor Street Sept 11 at 9pm Sept 13 at 8pm Sept 17 at 9pm
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7 (insert thoughts here) Bradley’s Bucks FringeArts.com/313 Bradley’s Bucks are returning to the Philadelphia Fringe to transform the upstairs venue at Franky Bradley’s for the second time. In collaboration with Dave Kane, Head Chef of Franky Bradley’s, the Bucks will provide their audience with a proper dinner-theater experience! Drink, dine, and deviate around dance! $30–$50 / 105 minutes Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor Street Sept 18 at 8pm Sept 19 + 20 at 9pm Sept 21 at 8pm
18 Movemakers Philly presents i.d. Movemakers Philly FringeArts.com/314 Movemakers Philly, a hip hop dance school at 21st & Chestnut, presents a poetic experience of sound and movement for all ages. Watch video @ Movemakersphilly. com and join one of our performances to receive up to 40% off a monthly membership. Offer only applies to new members. $15 / 50 Minutes Movemakers Philly 2100 Chestnut Street, 2nd Floor Sept 15 + 16 at 8pm Sept 17 at 5pm Sept 22 at 8pm Sept 23 at 5pm + 8pm
INTERDISCIPLINARY
1 The Other Yes! And... Collaborative Arts’ Shadow Company FringeArts.com/315 The teens of the Shadow Company of Yes! And...Collaborative Arts are back with another original, innovative piece using the power of shadows, movement, and music. Dive into the world of The Other, a place where people have segregated themselves into us vs. them. Who have you made the other? $10 / 60 minutes Arch Street United Methodist Church 55 North Broad Street Sept 8 at 7pm Sept 9 at 3pm + 7pm See also p86, Northwest Philly Fringe, for additional venue and show times.
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13 PRIDE PARADE! Wesley Flash FringeArts.com/317 PRIDE PARADE! is an interactive walking tour featuring historic hot spots in Center City Philadelphia. During this immersive storytelling adventure, we’ll dance, sing, and chant as we honor and celebrate out & proud ancestors who marched before our time. Join the movement—remembering is resistance! $20 / 120 minutes Rittenhouse Square: Meet inside the park at 18th and Chancellor Streets. Look for the rainbow umbrella. Sept 8 at 4pm Sept 9, 10, 16 + 17 at 2pm
19 Psychotic Broadway Midge Mattel FringeArts.com/316 Welcome to Midge’s world of distorted reality and Broadway songs! It’s Midge’s day off from work. Pajamas are the dress code. Show tunes are the language. Come on out to have fun with Midge. You’ll hear what’s on her mind and experience her beautiful voice. The ticket cost includes dinner by Agno Grill. You can BYO too! $20 / 75 minutes Agno Grill 2104 Chestnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 + 22 at 7pm
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6 Art of the Heel Cookie Diorio FringeArts.com/318 Call it cabaret for a cause or philanthropic frivolity! Drag songstress Cookie Diorio uses her 6.5 inch platforms to promote social justice by hosting a series of showcases to benefit three local nonprofits making a difference in our community. Celebrate diversity with worldclass guest musical artists from opera to blues! $20 / 90 minutes William Way LGBT Community Center Wheelchair accessible 1315 Spruce Street Sept 8 at 7:30pm First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia 2125 Chestnut Street Sept 16 at 7pm Sept 23 at 6pm
12 FIESTA OWLSONG OWLSONG PRODUCTIONS / Alan Lewine and Ana María Ruimonte FringeArts.com/319 FIESTA OWLSONG features singer Ana María Ruimonte and jazz bassist/composer/arranger Alan Lewine and guests: Roses for Lecuona, songs of Cuba’s Ernesto Lecuona with special guest Huberal Herrera from Havana (9/15 + 9/22); Sephardic Treasures, jazz/ flamenco/medieval (9/23); Jazzes for Lecuona, straight ahead and Cubaninfluenced (9/22); El Carro de Amor, 17th century Spanish songs, puppets, and multimedia (9/21). Bilingual. $15–$30 / 120 minutes Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 15 at 7pm See also p79, Kenzo-Fishtown Fringe, for additional venue and showtimes
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7 Tubas for the People Tubular FringeArts.com/320 Have you ever found yourself wondering, “I wonder how hard tubas can rock?” We know you have. Who hasn’t? Tubular, aka The Greatest Tuba Cover Band on Planet Earth, is here with the answer to all of your existential musing. Singing voices and dancing shoes required. $10 / 120 minutes Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor Street Sept 16 at 7:30pm
Center City Fringe SPOKEN WORD
16 Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale Clayton Storyteller FringeArts.com/321 Clayton Storyteller (Brunswick, GA) has three different programs (A, B & C) of verse tales— ghostories, sci-fantasy, western, period pieces, urban horror, noir, relationship tales, light and dark nonsense pieces, and more. All end though with his signature tale, A Safe Sex Story (PG), also available as an illustrated chapbook with PPD. $10 / 40 minutes Second Stage at the Adrienne Wheelchair accessible 2030 Sansom Street Sept 5–23 at 5:30pm
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14 Poets as Grandparents Moonstone Arts Center FringeArts.com/322 Ryan Eckes is the author of five books and a professor at Temple University. Al Tacconelli is the author of three chapbooks and a painter. Richard S. Bank won an international Merit in Poetry award from the Atlanta Review. Open mic following. Free / 90 minutes Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Sept 20 at 7pm
3 Airswimming Half Key Theatre Company FringeArts.com/323 Set in 1920s England, Airswimming is based on the true story of two women imprisoned in a mental hospital for daring to challenge society’s definition of womanhood. However, through sheer force of will, friendship, and a penchant for Doris Day, they redefine their world and resist confinement for over fifty years. $20 / 90 minutes Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5 825 Walnut Street Sept 8 + 9 at 7pm Sept 10 at 3pm Sept 12–16 at 7pm Sept 17 at 3pm Sept 19–23 at 7pm Sept 24 at 3pm
9 An Incomplete List of All the Things I’m Going to Miss When the World is No Longer: Dante Green FringeArts.com/324 You’re invited to the last sh*t show of the year, to revel in the deaths, divorces, deception, and miserable isolation of life. We’ve all been through some stuff and thrown some parties, and it just seems fitting to go out with a bang. There will be drugs. (In rep with Simone R.P.T. 8.) $10 / 75 minutes Gershman Hall, Blackbox Theater 401 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 2:30pm Sept 10 at 8pm
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6 Aunty Ben ReNew Theatre Company FringeArts.com/325 Aunty Ben is a play for children 8+ (and adults). The story revolves around nine-year-old Tracy and her relationship with her favorite Uncle Ben, who happens to be a drag queen. Aunty Ben is a playful exploration of gender issues and acceptance, and a celebration of diversity, dignity, and marching to the beat of your own drum. $20 / 70 minutes William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce Street Sept 15 at 7pm Sept 16 + 17 at 12pm + 3pm Sept 18 at 7pm
10 Bind Corinna Burns FringeArts.com/326 In 1993, Corinna Burns dropped out of college and moved into the city of Philadelphia. Then she went a little wild, and took an unusual job. Bind is the story of that time. This show contains explicit material. $15 / 60 minutes The Proscenium Theatre at the Drake 302 South Hicks Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 20 + 21 at 10:30pm Sept 22 at 11pm Sept 24 at 5:30pm
10 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir Tribe of Fools FringeArts.com/328 A luddite private eye stumbles onto a virtual reality conspiracy when a new app allows you to live out your wildest fantasies . . . at a cost. Fishtown explores our addiction to technology and our loneliness in an over-connected world, and asks, what constitutes reality? It’s Chinatown meets Black Mirror meets Roger Rabbit. $15–$25 / 80 minutes The Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake 302 South Hicks Street Sept 8 + 9 at 8pm Sept 10 at 2pm + 8pm Sept 11 + 14–16 at 8pm Sept 17 at 2pm + 8pm Sept 18 + 21–23 at 8pm
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17 GATZ Harrison Stengle FringeArts.com/330 Philadelphia, year 2025, the tempo of the city had changed sharply. The buildings were higher, the parties were bigger, the morals were looser and the kush was cheaper, the restlessness approached hysteria. From the makers of the off-off Broadway show “Sword of the Unicorn” comes GATZ a “Great Gatsby” modernist parody. $20 / 80 Minutes Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 2111 Sansom Street Sept 8 + 9 at 7pm Sept 10 at 2pm Sept 13, 15 + 16 at 7pm Sept 17 at 2pm Sept 20 + 22–23 at 7pm Sept 24 at 2pm
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14 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art Karen Getz and Dawn Falato FringeArts.com/331 A playromp for grownups. Have a beer and a yummy snack. Draw a picture and make a new friend. Join the play, a musical in which you are already perfectly cast. Sing old songs. Remember your secret dances. Grow up with us and help SAVE THE WORLD. Also, geese!! $20 / 90 minutes Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square Wheelchair accessible Sept 15 at 7:30pm Sept 16 at 4pm Sept 17 at 7pm Sept 21 at 7:30pm Sept 24 at 4pm + 7pm
11 Hope Street Christine Rich FringeArts.com/332 In 1919, three teenage friends from Philly run away to New York City with stolen money for a last week of boyhood freedom. This is a one-person show combining storytelling and stand-up comedy to bring to life the family legends of my Irish ancestors, whose first address in America was on Philly’s Hope Street. $15–$20 / 90 minutes Skinner Studio at Plays & Players 1714 Delancey Place Sept 6 at 8pm See also p80, Kenzo-Fishtown Fringe, for additional venues and show times.
5 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words JCProductions FringeArts.com/333 An intimate evening with the ultimate movie star, as she has a cocktail (or ten) and dishes Hollywood, motherhood, and famous feuds in a script created entirely from her own interviews and books. The original production was hailed as “a tour de force!” by PGN and called “comedy/drama at its flooziest” by Philly Weekly. $20 / 90 minutes Tabu Lounge 200 South 12th Street Sept 7 + 9 at 7pm Sept 10 at 3:30pm Sept 14 + 16 at 7pm Sept 17 at 3:30pm Sept 21 + 23 at 7pm Sept 24 at 3:30pm
15 Love, Lenny (OR Bernstein’s Kaddish) Steven Fisher FringeArts.com/334 “You’re going to die a bitter and lonely, old man,” predicts Felicia Bernstein—a shocking curse to place on America’s most beloved musician. We discover the reason for her curse at the climax of an enthralling journey through the fascinating life of Leonard Bernstein. A new play with music by Steven Fisher. $20 / 115 minutes Trinity Center for Urban Life 2212 Spruce Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 7 at 8pm
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14 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn Iron Age Theatre/Radical Acts FringeArts.com/335 Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho is back! On the eve of Marx’s 200th birthday, with Das Kapital turning 150, Bob Weick returns to the Philly Fringe, where the national tour began in 2004! “Inspiring, relevant, powerful,” Marx in Soho shows a humane alternative to the capitalism that rules our government and our world. RESIST! $15/ 70 minutes Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square Wheelchair accessible Sept 6 at 6pm Sept 7 at 7:30pm Sept 10 at 6pm Sept 14 at 5:30pm Sept 16 at 3:30pm Sept 17 at 8pm Sept 18 at 5pm Sept 22 at 8:30pm
12 Moonage Daydream Ego Actus FringeArts.com/336 A woman looks back on how rock god David Bowie was her imaginary spiritual guide, helping her make it through the 1980s to become the artist she is today. $20 / 50 minutes Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19–23 at 7pm
20 Perspectives AIM Academy Drama FringeArts.com/337 “You look at me. What do you see? You don’t know who I am.” Young writers share their perspectives on body shaming, gender identity, anxiety, online personas, loss, and ADHD and invite the audience to join them as they confront preconceived ideas, assumptions and judgments. Free / 90 minutes The Galleries at Moore 1960 Race Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 22 + 23 at 7pm Sept 24 at 2pm
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10 Puppet-delphia Fringe Slam Leila and Pantea Productions FringeArts.com/338 Watch puppets and their humans get risky and frisky at this late-night variety puppet show. Presenting a wide range of short puppet acts, from silly to bawdy to sublime, this ADULTS ONLY show will unleash the world of puppetry on Philly. With musical acts, special guest stars, and puppeteers from Philly, New York City, and beyond! $10 / 95 minutes The Proscenium Theatre at the Drake 302 South Hicks Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 23 at 10:30pm
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7 Scattershot Poison Apple Initiative FringeArts.com/339 As violence rages outside in the streets, four women sit in a waiting room preparing for a very particular test. A dark comedy about hierarchy, inevitability, and animal instinct. $15 / 60 minutes Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor Street Sept 8 at 7pm Sept 9 at 8pm Sept 10 at 5pm + 8pm
9 Simone R.P.T. 8 Lyell Hintz FringeArts.com/340 Imagine emerging from a virtual upbringing designed to instill specific qualities within a “perfect” personality. Simone R.P.T. 8 follows Simone as she is prepped to have her personality extracted for mass consumption, within a world that normalizes genetic modification. In rep with An Incomplete List. $10 / 90 minutes Gershman Hall, Blackbox Theater 401 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 9 at 5pm + 8pm Sept 10 at 2:30pm
16 The Meatball Chronicles Debrianna Mansini FringeArts.com/342 The Meatball Chronicles is a comical, honest, and occasionally heartbreaking story of Mansini’s immigrant family and her complicated relationships, woven through her family recipe for meatballs. You’ll leave with an inspiration to rise above and an insatiable hunger for Italian food! $20 / 90 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 at 5:30pm Sept 11 + 12 at 7:30pm
11 Trigger Warning Prime Theatre Syndicate FringeArts.com/343 In a modern take on an oldfashioned sewing circle, five women come together with a proposal to stop rape on their college campus: design and create an anti-rape device. They ask for help from each other, demand honesty from each other, and in the end, learn to lean on each other when they need it most. $20 / 120 minutes The Skinner Studio at Plays and Players 1714 Delancey Place Sept 9 at 1pm + 5pm + 9pm Sept 10 at 2pm + 7pm Sept 11 + 12 at 7pm Sept 13 at 6:30pm Sept 14 at 7pm Sept 15 at 9pm Sept 16 at 1pm + 5pm
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10 The Turn of the Screw Leila and Pantea Productions FringeArts.com/344 A provocative tale of suspense, horror, and repressed sexuality, The Turn of the Screw is a ghost story originally penned by Henry James in 1898, adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Hatcher. It is not a tale for the faint of heart, but a tale for the brave who can stand to wait it out in the dark. $10–$12 / 75 minutes The Proscenium Theatre at the Drake 302 South Hicks Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 20–23 at 8pm Sept 24 at 2pm
8 These Terrible Things The Berserker Residents/ The University of the Arts FringeArts.com/346 Rather than create something new, The Berserker Residents have teamed with The University of the Arts to stage an old-ass play. Come see Lord Ham Hillerson’s accidentally bone-chilling play Cracker and Shiv. Student performer Julya VanDerSloot says: “I hate this show. These assholes are forcing us to [word limit reached]. $10 / 70 minutes Caplan Studio Theater at The University of the Arts 211 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 + 15 at 7:30pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 7:30pm Sept 21 + 22 at 7:30pm Sept 23 at 2pm + 7:30pm
14 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton Iron Age Theatre FringeArts.com/347 Murdered by Chicago Police at twenty-one as he lay by his pregnant lover, visionary Black Panther Fred Hampton preached a humane, compassionate revolution against racist brutality, child hunger, poverty, and capitalism. Fred cries “Power to the People” in Rich Bradford’s world premiere play reviving a critical voice for justice. $20 / 75 minutes Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square Wheelchair accessible Sept 6 at 8pm Sept 7 at 5pm Sept 10 at 4pm Sept 14 at 7:30pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 5pm Sept 17 at 6pm Sept 18 + 22 at 7pm
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16 Tongue & Groove Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater FringeArts.com/348 Inspired by personal information anonymously submitted by the audience, this Fringe-favorite ensemble instantly creates a montage of hilarious and heartbreaking scenes and monologues! Full show description: tongue-groove.com. “Hilarious . . . and fearless,” Philly Weekly; “Acted with soul-baring sincerity, intelligence, and humor. Go see this!” City Paper. $18 / 65 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 5pm Sept 14 at 7pm Sept 16 at 5pm Sept 22 at 8pm Sept 23 at 5pm
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10 Ubu Faust Broderick Jones with Leila and Pantea Productions FringeArts.com/349 It’s Ubu Faust! Ubu assumes the role of Faust in this raucous, rapid-fire bastardization of Punch and Judy. Contains boorish villainy, laughable special effects, gratuitous wordplay, and puppet sexuality. Minimal audience participation. (Except in one bit) (Well, three)(But they’re painless) Premiered at Asheville Fringe. $8 / 35 minutes The Proscenium Theatre at the Drake 302 South Hicks Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 20–23 at 9:30pm
14 The Vicissitudes of Travel Jennifer Blaine and Karen Getz FringeArts.com/345 Desperate to hold onto the brother she loves, “Sister” charters a guided tour through his brain surgery to “capture” him before it’s too late. Climb aboard this multi-character solo show adventure through tangled neurons, misplaced subjective memories, and visual art, to grasp the ephemeral ties of love that bind us all. $20 / 90 minutes Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 at 3pm Sept 16 at 7:30pm Sept 22 at 7:30pm + 10pm
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11 Wedgwood on the Green Drip Symphony FringeArts.com/350 A story in light and sound. A performance in and out of the round. Follow a young man up the fire escape, through the sliding glass doors, to a world where curiosity consumes innocence, where friendships crystallize in the pressure of responsibility and misfortune. Drip Symphony debuts with Wedgwood on the Green. $15 / 60 minutes The Skinner Studio at Plays & Players 1714 Delancey Place Sept 21–23 at 2pm + 8:30pm
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8 Mesmerized Frank Perri Live FringeArts.com/356 Expand what you thought was possible in this comedy hypnosis show run fully on audience participation. A profoundly hilarious event where you and your friends could be the stars of the show! $19 / 60 minutes WOW Philly 923–929 North Watts Street Sept 7–10 at 7:30pm Sept 15–17 at 7:30pm
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6 Elemental Forces Dancefusion FringeArts.com/357 Dancefusion, Philadelphia’s dynamic modern dance repertory company, will present Elemental Forces, exploring the energy that brings us together, featuring the company in four powerful works, Songs (1956) by Mary Anthony, Weathervane by Janet Pilla Marini, Waterwise by Jennifer Yackel, and a new work by Masad Qawishabazz. $25 / 70 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 22 at 7pm Sept 23 at 3pm + 6pm
6 KCBC x CVFFVDEUS Kimberly D. Landle & Caff Adeus FringeArts.com/358 The Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company and Studio CVFFVDEUS will be making their Fringe Festival debut with three new pieces performed by KCBC and the students of KCBC2, choreographed by Kimberly D. Landle. Alongside these performances, Caff Adeus will be presenting a new photography exhibition, Woolvs. $20 / 60 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 18 at 7:30pm Sept 19 at 6pm + 7:30pm
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9 KITH 3 PONY SHOW/ keila cordova dances FringeArts.com/359 “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” (Aristotle) We were once like family. But now? It’s hard to hold a stranger’s hand. Even if you’ve known them all your life. You can’t go home. Join 3 PONY SHOW for KITH, a mapping of our bodies’ human story of chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, and kinship. $18 / 60 minutes Conwell Dance Theater, Temple University 1801 North Broad Street Sept 14 at 8pm Sept 15 at 7:30pm Sept 16 at 11:30am + 3:30pm + 7:30pm
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9 Plight Release and the Diasporic Body Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround Temple University Reflection/ Response 2017 FringeArts.com/360 Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround will premiere Everyday Saturday and also feature Jesus & Egun, proclaimed by Eva Yaa Asantawaa as a choreographic world she would want to live in permanently. These works from Jones’s newest series, Plight Release and the Diasporic Body, bask in blackness as everyday, diasporic phenomena. $20 / 70 minutes Conwell Dance Theater, Temple University 1801 North Broad Street Sept 22 + 23 at 7:30pm
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1 Death is a Cabaret Ol’ Chum REV Theatre Company FringeArts.com/364 “BEST OF 2016 PHILLY FRINGE!” DC Metro Arts “Fantastic performances with killer pipes . . . spine tingling . . . dead-on sexy.” Phindie “A consistent favorite and top ticket seller, REV rises for another year of graveyard frivolity. Head to the cemetery for free cocktails and cabaret that spooks and stirs the soul.” Philly Voice $25 / 65 minutes Laurel Hill Cemetery 3822 Ridge Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 13–16 at 7:30pm (Rain Date: Sept 17 at 7:30pm)
6 Splintered Glass Courtney Hunter and Guest Artists FringeArts.com/361 Splintered Glass explores the human desire to understand what lies beyond the surface of reality as we know it. It examines the ethics of artificial intelligence, challenges the apparent facades of our world, and brings iconic Philadelphia sculptures to life. All we see has something beyond it, will you take a look? $20 / 60 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 at 8pm
6 STORM Asya Zlatina and Dancers FringeArts.com/362 STORM fleshes out Gustav Holst’s powerful Planets Suite, coming up on a 100-year anniversary of its 1918 premiere. The characters in STORM exhibit extreme emotional states, but ultimately represent the varying beautiful and petrifying emotions which can be found in a single human being. $15 / 60 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 at 7:30pm Sept 17 at 2:30pm + 4:30pm
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6 break my echo Duende FringeArts.com/365 “We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anais Nin Three pairs of award-winning composers and choreographers respond to a melody from Stockhausen’s zodiac-inspired Tierkreis. Acclaimed musicians from new music groups So Percussion and yMusic join for a performance exploring the nature of perspective. $15 / 65 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 7 + 8 at 8pm
2 The No Know Show Brian Shapiro Presents FringeArts.com/366 Now is the time to celebrate selfabsorption! In this joyful loungey show, hear a tale of unbridled ambition and inverted curiosity that will harden the most thinskinned narcissist in us all. You’ll turn green with envy while being catapulted into a world where a most alarming discovery is made . . . other people matter. Oh my! $15 / 60 minutes Paris Wine Bar 2303 Fairmount Avenue Sept 6, 13, 17 + 18 at 8pm
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6 Tribute to 70’s Rock Artists Rock on Pointe Dance Company FringeArts.com/363 Rock on Pointe Dance Company puts music from the 1970s on pointe. We will dance, en pointe, to songs by Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Ambrosia and more. Complimentary “Sweet Cherry Wine” (is that part of a song?) toast for anyone over 21. Come join us for a great evening. $23 / 90 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 9 at 8pm
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3 CCW’s Kaleidoscope Concert Center For Creative Works - Pop Pop Pop Records FringeArts.com/367 CCW’s Kaleidoscope Concert will feature the musical projects of the CCW artists who have been working in our newly built recording studio. They are excited to be releasing solo albums on their very own record label, Pop Pop Pop Records. Please join us for a meet and greet with the artists before and after the show. Free / 120 minutes Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 13 at 6pm
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7 Who Rocks the Party: A Chat with Philly’s Best DJs The Anderson Street Project and XO Evangeline FringeArts.com/368 The Anderson Street Project and XO Evangeline will be teaming up to host a chat with members the most integral and most underappreciated component of Philadelphia’s nightlife scene: DJs. We will be chatting about Philly’s ever-changing nightlife scene, the critical role of DJs in the digital age, and much more. Free / 90 minutes SOUTH Kitchen and Jazz Parlor 600 North Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19 at 5:30pm
5 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium FringeArts.com/369 The collapse of reality, a tragedy of language: classic Absurdism freshly conceived! Ionesco awash in a world gone awry—causality means nothing, numbers don’t add up, names have no validity, existence is surreal. A comedy for our time, at Bethany Mission Gallery, the ultimate evening of Idiopathic outsider art! $15–$25 / 65 minutes Bethany Mission Gallery 1527 Brandywine Street Sept 5–9 at 7:30pm Sept 10 at 2:30pm Sept 12–16 at 7:30pm Sept 17 at 2:30pm Sept 19–23 at 7:30pm Sept 24 at 2:30pm
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6 Last Ditch Playlist Brad Baron FringeArts.com/370 How do you put back together a broken heart? Climb inside Aaron’s head where all his memories are shuffled like songs in a playlist. Dance through these memories as he reflects on his rocky romance with Wes and searches for the right words to say. Told in a series of nonchronological vignettes that scan memories both real and invented, Last Ditch Playlist is a modern mixtape eulogizing love lost and 11 found. A new play by Brad Baron. $21–$24 / 105 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 12, 13 + 15 at 8pm
4 The Tempest Indecorous Theatre Productions FringeArts.com/371 An ensemble-crafted twist using Shakespeare’s original text of The Tempest, set against the beautiful backdrop of Fairmount’s Spring Gardens Community Garden. Bring a picnic and enjoy this movement-based production playing with minimalism and magic in nature. $15 / 100 minutes The Spring Gardens Community Garden 18th + Wallace Streets Sept 8–10 at 4pm
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3 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play Happy Hour Live, LLC FringeArts.com/372 Two parts sketch comedy, one part drinking games: Mixed and served! Come party with us for a night you might remember with interactive drinking games between comedic romps about the drinking experience. Ticket includes your first beer from Evil Genius! $20 / 90 minutes Evil Genius Beer Company 1727 North Front Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 15, 21 + 22 at 8pm
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2 Partial Collaborations Denise J. Murphy FringeArts.com/373 The work is a series of real and imagined conversations, experiences and collaborations between the dancers and a selection of 20th-century female choreographers. $10 / 45 minutes Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Sept 8 + 9 at 8pm
6 The Storytellers Joy Madden FringeArts.com/375 Choreographer Joy Madden and a spirited company of dancers weave together dance, music and storytelling to tell the beguiling tale of heartbreak, humor, and overcrowding in an Irish Catholic family. $15 / 60 minutes The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street Sept 21–23 at 8pm
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6 Then The Tail allendance FringeArts.com/374 This site-specific work challenges how we hear and listen to our natural language. Creating space to change our focus from meaning to sound. Then The Tail was created for The Iron Factory and made in collaboration with choreographer Lora Allen, sound designer Adam Vidiksis, and dancers Elizabeth Weinstein, Ashley Lippolis, CrystalNicole, and Andrea Lanzetti. $20 / 40 minutes The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 3pm + 8pm Sept 10 at 3pm
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4 AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE Alexandra Tatarsky FringeArts.com/376 A delirious anti-narrative of American emptiness, violence, and nonsense—part exorcism and part enema! With styrofoam wings, Xmas lights, and ketchup. “Phyllis Diller meets Artaud!” “Like Kellyanne Conway woke up from a coma after overdosing on sleeping pills and reading too much Gertrude Stein.” $15 / 60 minutes Berks Warehouse 1801 North Howard Street Sept 16 at 10pm Sept 17 at 8pm Sept 21 at 8pm Sept 22 at 9pm Sept 23 at 10pm
5 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas) Carl(os) Roa, José Avilés, Elyas Harris FringeArts.com/377 Andean Mountains is a digital journey through the mountains. Above all, it is a piece about personal geography: the way we relate to our place of origin versus where we’ve relocated. Featuring a performance by a juicy Colombian bear, the piece is both a Google Street View tour as well as an exploration of culture loss. $15 / 60 minutes Taller Puertorriqueño 2600 North 5th Street Sept 7 at 7pm ($10 preview) Sept 8 at 7pm Sept 9 at 2pm* + 7pm Sept 14 + 15 at 7pm *Talkback
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5 FIESTA OWLSONG OWLSONG PRODUCTIONS / Alan Lewine and Ana María Ruimonte FringeArts.com/378 FIESTA OWLSONG features singer Ana María Ruimonte and jazz bassist/composer/arranger Alan Lewine and guests: Roses for Lecuona, songs of Cuba’s Ernesto Lecuona with special guest Huberal Herrera from Havana (9/15 + 9/22); Sephardic Treasures, jazz/flamenco/medieval (9/23); Jazzes for Lecuona, straight ahead and Cuban-influenced (9/22); El Carro de Amor, 17th century Spanish songs, puppets, and multimedia (9/21). Bilingual. $15–$30 / 120 minutes Taller Puertorriqueño 2600 North 5th Street Sept 21–23 at 7pm See also p68, Center City Fringe, for additional venue and Sept 15 show time.
7 A Fable for the Living Group IV FringeArts.com/379 A Fable for the Living, adapted for the stage by Group IV, explores the multilayered realms of existence while combating the stigma around death. After the sudden death of her lover, a woman works through her trauma by reconnecting with her loved one in unimaginable ways. This show is an immersive, cyclical piece. Performed continuously during gallery hours. Free / 50 minutes (ongoing) Little Berlin 2430 Coral Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 from 6pm–10pm
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2 Containertopia Casual FreyDay (Julia Frey and Sam Day Harmet) FringeArts.com/380 An experimental vaudeville in Tiny Living. With synthesizer-heavy Weimar cabaret tunes, original music, and projection-based set design, our multimedia cabaret explores and exposes the popular trend of the micro-apartment. A new model for sustainability or crass profiteering? Is it salvation or shtick? $20 / 60 minutes Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Sept 21 at 10pm Sept 22 at 9pm Sept 23 at 5pm + 11pm
1 Dear Diary LOL AntiGravity Theatre Project FringeArts.com/381 This devising ensemble presents a theatrical excavation of their middle school diaries by staging the unaltered words found inside. We invite you to cringe/laugh/ cry at the most earnest desires, deepest fears, secret shames, and most terrible poetry born from coming of age as girls circa the early 2000s. Free / 60 minutes The Maas Space 1325 North Randolph Street Sept 21 at 8pm Sept 22 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 23 at 8pm
2 Doppelbanger Nick Jonczak FringeArts.com/382 Do I want to be him, or do I want to be with him? In this multimedia solo piece combining physical theater and personal narrative, Jonczak reshapes his body one piece at a time with his favorite parts of ex-lovers. $20 / 60 minutes Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Sept 21 at 7pm Sept 22 at 11pm Sept 23 at 9pm
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8 Every Day APOCALYPSE! Lone Brick Theatre Company FringeArts.com/383 The death rays and nukes of outrageous fortune are aimed squarely at a struggling theater group when an irate son of God condemns the company to face a new apocalyptic scenario every day, for eternity. Can they learn to get along in order to save the world, not to mention the world’s worst production of Hamlet? $15 / 80 minutes The Collective Philadelphia 3245 Amber Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 22 + 23 at 8pm
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1 Floydada Peculiar Works Project FringeArts.com/384 1927: Dalia, a prodigal artist, abruptly returns home to a chilly reception from Ada, the sister she abandoned in the small town of Floydada, Texas. How can Dalia break through the ice and save their relationship? Turn their family store into a Dada cabaret for their rural neighbors! “Enthralling.” charged.fm. $20 / 90 minutes Maas Building, The 5th Side 1320 North 5th Street Sept 13–16 at 7:30pm
1 Game Show Show Found Theater Company FringeArts.com/385 Prizes! Bonus rounds! Catastrophe! Commercial breaks? Found Theater presents an absurd new work set in the world of a televised quiz show. Join the contestants as they chase their dreams beyond reality—where the wrong answer could mean the difference between life and death. $15 / 90 minutes Maas Building, The Maas Space 1325 North Randolph Street Sept 6–8 at 8pm Sept 9 + 10 at 2pm + 8pm
9 10 Hope Street Christine Rich FringeArts.com/386 In 1919, three teenage friends from Philly run away to New York City with stolen money for a last week of boyhood freedom. This is a oneperson show combining storytelling and stand-up comedy to bring to life the family legends of my Irish ancestors, whose first address in America was on Philly’s Hope Street. $15–$20 / 90 minutes Portside Arts Center 2531 East Lehigh Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 + 9 at 8pm
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2 The Passion of Kellyanne LiveFeedNYC FringeArts.com/388 How does Kellyanne Conway sleep at night? What is she thinking as she gazes into the mirror, affixing her perma-grin to face the media maelstrom she pushed into the White House? Drive into the pine barrens of NJ to peek into the soul of the blueberry-packing, Jesus-loving girl who became the GOP’s smiling wonder. $15 / 45 minutes Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Sept 16 at 4pm + 8pm
6 I have this many * * * Mariana Catalina / Andy Sowers FringeArts.com/387 I Have This Many * * * imagines a dissonant space where the desire to be understood by another human battles the tragic impossibility of that undertaking. Through inside humor and blatant physical cries for understanding, three acquaintances/best friends collide realities, unraveling the selves they thought they knew. $11 / 45 mins The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street Sept 10 at 7pm Sept 11 at 4pm + 7pm
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5 Go Get My Mom CrySpace Comedy FringeArts.com/389 An uproariously funny stand-up special, featuring wild stories and brutally honest commentary brought to you in three unique styles. Erik Beringer, John Barnes, and David Vaughn Straughn are three Virginia-based comics coming to Philadelphia for their final stop on a five-city tour. Must be 21 for entry. $10 / 60 Minutes Ruba Club 416 Green Street Sept 8 + 9 at 8pm
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3 KINK HAÜS Gunnar Montana FringeArts.com/390 Gunnar Montana transports us once again, this time to a brutal underground nightclub where no fucks are given, and fierceness is always welcome. Fantasy, fetish, and carnal desire are all in fashion so leave your inhibitions at home because inside KINK HAÜS, anything goes. That is, if you can get past the doorman. $35 / 60 minutes The Latvian Society 531 North 7th Street Sept 5–9 at 9pm Sept 10 at 8pm Sept 13–15 at 9pm Sept 16 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 17 at 8pm Sept 18, 20 + 21 at 9pm Sept 22 at 9pm* Sept 23 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 24 at 8pm *$45, includes champagne reception with cast and crew
2 Mirrors Alessandra Mullin featuring Clete Shields FringeArts.com Witness contemporary ballet and motionless beauty captured by an enclosing sculpture garden. This collaborative performance and exhibition, with dancer/ choreographer Alessandra Mullin and sculptor Clete Shields, sheds light upon the dance between suspended and grounded forms of art. $15 / 30 minutes Tracey Inc 910 Fairmount Avenue Sept 10 + 17 at 12pm + 3pm Sept 22 at 7pm Sept 23 at 3pm + 8pm
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6 Spilt Milk Ella Cuda / Whitney Casal FringeArts.com/391 Prepare for the showdown. Gaze at your opponent: ready, aim . . . but hold on, it’s not what you think. Perhaps the conflict is just in your head. We each have our own story in a narrative we all share. Engage in finding common ground among the many versions of spilt milk. $10 / 60 minutes Riva Health and Wellness 1 Brown Street, Suite C Wheelchair accessible Sept 9 at 3pm + 7pm Sept 10 at 3pm
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1 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold Elephant Room Productions FringeArts.com/392 How would you feel if your entire life was summed up by a single number? A suicide statistic. This exhibit of living art allows patrons to explore the stories behind the numbers. Ten testimonies, ten playwrights, ten artistic mediums. You are not just a number; neither were they. Join us. Hear them. Break the silence. Feel free to come and go as you please. $15–$20 / 120 minutes (ongoing) Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 12–15 at 6pm + 8:30pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 6pm + 8:30pm Sept 17 at 2pm + 6pm
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1 White Nights Hua Hua Zhang/Visual Expressions FringeArts.com/393 Inspired by a Chinese poem, White Nights examines the universal question: How can we find peace of mind in our ever-changing society? The project is a series of dreams that focus on the self’s interactions with the world as it struggles with this question. This 30-minute preview will share a limited portion of the show. $10 / 30 minutes Asian Arts Initiative, Dance Studio C 1219 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19 at 7:30pm + 9pm
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8 First Person Arts StorySlam: Old School First Person Arts FringeArts.com/394 Got five minutes? Come lend an ear or share an experience! Audience storytellers take to the stage with real-life stories on the theme “Old School.” The winner gets a $100 prize plus a spot in the season finale Grand Slam lineup at the 16th Annual First Person Arts Festival (November 2017). $10 / 120 minutes Punch Line Philly 33 East Laurel Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19 at 8pm
7 #cocktail plays Juniper Productions FringeArts.com/395 Take three actors, the dramatic space at the Philadelphia Distilling company . . . and write a play! Four Philadelphia playwrights mix it up to create freshly infused work. Join us up to an hour before the show to enjoy a cocktail crafted for the show by Distillery mixologists. $20 / 70 minutes Philadelphia Distilling 25 East Allen Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 18 at 8pm Sept 19 + 20 at 6pm + 8:30pm
10 Alchemist Chris Davis & Mary Tuomanen FringeArts.com/396 Veteran Fringe artists Mary Tuomanen (The Body Lautrec, Hello! Sadness!, Marcus/Emma) and Chris Davis (Bortle 8, One Man Apocalypse Now) have been friends for sixteen years. This is the first play they have written together, and the first play they have performed together. It’s called Alchemist. We hope you like it. $15 / 50 minutes One Shot Coffee 217 West George Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 13–15 at 5pm Sept 16, 23 + 24 at 3pm + 5pm
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1 Borderlands Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed FringeArts.com/397 “To survive the Borderlands you must live sin fronteras be a crossroads.” —Gloria Anzaldúa. Come break the fourth wall as Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed explores the personal journeys of immigration and homecoming from prison. Devised and performed by formerly incarcerated Philly women who have reentered society. Free / 45 minutes Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street Sept 8 at 8pm
9 I Am the Machine Gunner Sarah Gardner, John Hawthorne + Sterling Melcher FringeArts.com/398 A young street criminal tries to digest bullets, blood, fire, fear, waves, piss—his grandfather’s war stories and his own brutal existence. We make a lot of noise and try to make sense of the violence of the 20th century. A play by contemporary Russian playwright Yury Klavdiev, accompanied by a new original score. Free / 60 minutes Firth & Wilson Transport Cycles 1105 Frankford Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 8–10 at 8pm
4 Lost in the Woods A Moment for Music FringeArts.com/399 Lost in the Woods is the journey of two starving children who must find their way in a world that threatens to both empower and devour them. This family-friendly romp through Hansel and Gretel’s forest is a multimedia adventure featuring classical, jazz, and pop singing, lip-sync, and dance. $20 / 70 minutes German Society of Pennsylvania 611 Spring Garden Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 17 at 3pm
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1 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please The Greenfield Collective FringeArts.com/400 “There’s you, there’s me, and there’s Tilda.” Set in the childhood bedroom of an unusual pair of twin siblings, Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please is a mash-up of theater, dance, and performance art, exploring obsession, celebrity stalking, adolescence, and the acceptability of love—even in its strangest forms. $20 / 70 minutes Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 13 + 14 at 7pm Sept 15 at 7pm + 10pm Sept 16 at 7pm Sept 17 at 2pm + 7pm
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6 WILD: A Clown Western Shoe Box Company FringeArts.com/401 Harmonicas. Rugged individualists. Standoffs where gunfighters stare at each other for a while and then shoot. These are the staples of a classic Western. WILD is a devised clown Western that goofs them all up. Come witness our twisted descent into a bizarro comedy frontier. $17 / 90 minutes Venice Island Performing Arts Center 7 Lock Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 21–23 at 7:30pm Sept 24 at 2pm
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4 The Other Yes! And... Collaborative Arts’ Shadow Company FringeArts.com/402 The teens of the Shadow Company of Yes! And... Collaborative Arts are back with another original, innovative piece using the power of shadows, movement and music. Dive into the world of “The Other,” a place where people have segregated themselves into us vs. them. Who have you made the other? $10 / 60 minutes Yes! And…Collaborative Arts 21 West Washington Lane Sept 15 at 7pm Sept 16 at 3pm + 7pm See p68, Center City Fringe, for additional venue and show times.
1 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience The Colored Girls Museum FringeArts.com/403 TCGM takes community matters into her own hands converting the three-story Victorian memoir museum into a Social Care Experience. Her new exhibits redefine the concept and practice of “urgent care” from triage to aftercare. Curators artist and ordinaries construct Colored Girlhood as an imaginative and powerful space. $15 / 60 minutes The Colored Girls Museum 4613 Newhall Street Sept 8, 9 + 15 at 7pm + 8pm Sept 16 at 6pm + 7pm Sept 22 at 7pm + 8pm Sept 23 at 6pm + 7pm
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3 Way With Words Veronica Bowlan and Andrew Christman FringeArts.com/404 Way with Words is an interactive poetry and visual art event. You are invited to write and read poetry, paint, and collage—or just sit back and take it all in! There will be musical performances and a reading of the book created at the event. Memory and the “urban wilderness” of Germantown will be our muse. Free / 120 minutes Herman St. Studios 20 Herman Street Sept 22 at 7pm Sept 23 at 2pm
Northwest Philly Fringe THEATER
5 The Hand Job Manayunk Theatre Company FringeArts.com/405 Who REALLY killed Kennedy? Was 9/11 an inside job? Is Trump in bed with the Russians? Who cares in the face of the greatest conspiracy theory of all time: The White Hand in the Window! Where does it come from? Why is it smoking? Who owns this hand?! Join Jean to find out. You won’t want to miss this “sleight of hand.” $10–$15 / 70 minutes St John the Baptist Church 146 Rector Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 6–8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 13–16 at 8pm
2 Reality in Retrograde Ellen Skilton FringeArts.com/406 A recovering good girl explores the ways that everything flipflops when you change the lens. Suddenly, amnesia clears, power dynamics become visible, and our shared, flawed, sacred humanity comes into focus. A one-woman show that culminates in an audience experience. Playful, poignant, and powerful from start to finish. $15 / 60 minutes St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 5421 Germantown Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 13, 22 + 23 at 8pm
SAVE THE DATE
October 8, 2017 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. A celebration of Art + Design, Creativity, Culture, Fashion and Food on the streets of America’s Most Historic Square Mile. oldcitydistrict.org
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9 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes Almanac Dance Circus Theatre FringeArts.com/407 From the company behind Exile 2588 comes a re-envisioning of Almanac’s acclaimed tale of sublime human idiocy, isolationist seafarer cults, and the absurdity of believing too hard. Breathtaking acrobatics and earnest theatricality combine with brand new live music. What do people do when they find themselves lost at sea? $25 / 80 minutes Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 6–8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 10pm Sept 10 at 2pm Sept 11 at 6:30pm Sept 12 at 2pm Sept 13 + 15 at 10pm Sept 16 at 2pm Sept 17 at 10pm Sept 18 + 19 at 6:30pm Sept 21 + 22 at 8pm Sept 23 at 5pm
6 Life Lines Tangle Movement Arts FringeArts.com/408 Seven women collide and are changed forever. In this dynamic circus-theater show, strangers meet their match, empty rooms listen in, and women find their power in flight. Tangle’s acrobats climb trapezes and aerial silks as they face sudden changes, spark chain reactions, and test the hidden threads that bind us. $14–$20 / 90 minutes Christ Church Neighborhood House 20 North American Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 6–8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 3pm + 8pm
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4 Drunk Dads Comedy Extravaganza The Sunday Funnies FringeArts.com/409 We know them, we love them, see lovable drunk dads come out for a night of truth and fun advice that can only come with a six pack of beer and a shot of honesty. It’s a game! It’s a panel! It’s a GD shitshow! #DrunkDadsPhilly Free / 120 minutes Upstairs at Buffalo Billiards 118 Chestnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10–12 at 7pm
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8 Safe Haven American Express FringeArts.com/410 An improvisational comedy show that puts the audience in the shoes of refugees. $10–$12 / 70 minutes Arch Street Meetinghouse 320 Arch Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 at 6pm + 8:30pm Sept 15 at 6pm + 8:30pm
Old City Fringe HAPPENINGS
11 #DogsOfFringeArts FringeArts FringeArts.com/412 Now’s your chance to meet the #DogsOfFringeArts in living color! With so much to see in the festival, managing your time can be RUFF, but canine interaction can lower blood pressure and extend overall longevity. Pay what you dare to donate, and enjoy Yappy Hour drink specials with the cutest pups around! PWYW / Ongoing Haas Biergarten, FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 + 15 from 5–8pm Sept 16 from 3–7pm Sept 19 from 5–8pm
11 Booth Triptych: Parts I and II Gatto+Hirano FringeArts.com/411 The booth returns to Haas Biergarten! Part I (Four Minute Booth): Experience a beautifully simple and personal connection with a stranger. Silent mutual gaze + four minutes = increase in empathy and love . . . and introducing Part II: A private space to send a personal message into outer space via high-powered radio waves. Free / Ongoing Haas Biergarten, FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard Wheelchair accessible Sept 11, 15 + 16 at 8–11pm
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6 The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy Noa Schnitzer FringeArts.com/413 Unwrapping forms of prayer. A solo performance ignited by a reflection on her upbringing as an orthodox Jew. Noa and her many selves journey with their audience into a world of shadow puppetry, aerial acrobatics, goofy poetry, dance, light, dark, and the humanity that connects us all. $15 / 40 minutes Christ Church Neighborhood House 20 North American Street Sept 7 at 5:30pm Sept 8 at 10pm Sept 9 at 12:30pm + 5:30pm
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9 Madness ’Round Midnight Orchestra 2001 FringeArts.com/415 Orchestra 2001 performs two contemporary classical music masterpieces: “Eine kleine Mitternachtmusik” by George Crumb, based on Thelonius Monk’s “ ’Round Midnight” and featuring pianist Marcantonio Barone; and baritone Randall Scarlata with conductor Jayce Ogren in “Eight Songs for a Mad King” by Peter Maxwell Davies. $20 / 70 minutes Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 12 at 10pm
5 LEFT BEHIND Carol Wisker FringeArts.com/414 A month-long sculptural installation focusing on migration, loss and memory. Special events: Opening on September 1st; Film, Poetry and Conversation September 13, 7pm –8:30pm. Film on immigration running time is six minutes. Exhibition runs Wednesday, Aug 31–Sunday, October 1. Free / Gallery Hours Monday through Sunday 12pm–5pm 3rd Street Gallery 45 North 2nd Street
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3 As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical Heart of a Lion Productions FringeArts.com/416 Fish out of water, Jozef Rothstein, enters the shark infested waters of Tinseltown with the hopes of landing a career on the silver screen. But does this aspiring actor turned waiter have what it takes to rise above the in and out crowd of the deli scene to make his Hollywood dreams come true? $22 / 170 minutes Independence Seaport Museum 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard Wheelchair accessible Sept 7 at 7pm Sept 8–10 at 1pm + 7pm
9 Benthic Blast SpArc Services’ Shaky Shaky Players FringeArts.com/417 Land, sea, and air—the Shaky Shaky Players are everywhere! Cruise through a multidimensional dive with TacoSharks and America’s favorite heroic duo, Tom Bosley and the Creature From the Black Lagoon. But first, get your head shaved and eat some Chow Fun while enjoying a Nautical Cabaret. Then stay for a dance party! $12 / 60 minutes Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 21 at 6:30pm
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12 Follow Me Through The Gates Dragon’s Eye Theatre FringeArts.com/329 The company that made plays at Smith Playhouse brings you a new imaginative, interactive adventure, this time through Independence Library. Help Grandfather, Ty, Azsori, and their favorite librarian on a quest to remain true to your roots and true to your friends. For kids ages 5 to 10 and their adults. PWYW / 45 minutes Independence Library 18 South 7th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 + 23 at noon + 2pm
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OLD CITY FRINGE 2 Iphigenia At Aulis The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective FringeArts.com/437 A nation on the brink of war. A family on the edge of collapse. An army poised to strike, but unable to sail—unless their great general sacrifices his daughter. The PAC (The Sea Plays, Creditors) returns to the Fringe aboard the historic USS Olympia to present Euripides’s heartbreaking tragedy of human folly. $25 / 100 minutes Cruiser Olympia 211 South Columbus Boulevard Sept 7–9 at 8pm Sept 12 at 7pm Sept 13–16 + 18–22 at 8pm
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1 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui DBAD Productions FringeArts.com/419 After fleeing Germany in 1933 Bertolt Brecht wrote this play for American audiences about a Hitler-like character rising to power in gangster-run Chicago. In November 2016, Brecht’s vision became shockingly real. $10 / 100 minutes The Shambles 104 Lombard Street Sept 7 at 7pm Sept 10 at 5pm Sept 14 at 7pm Sept 17 at 5pm Sept 21 at 7pm
10 Strange Tenants Sam Tower + Ensemble FringeArts.com/418 Four estranged friends meet in hopes of a pleasant reunion, but are faced with a mysterious disappearance. Childhood secrets are guarded and promises are betrayed. Hitchcock is evoked. Hypnotizing movement and a blistering soundscape take the audience on a sinister adventure in this dance theater psycho thriller. $20 / 90 minutes Power Plant Productions Basement 233 North Bread Street Sept 7 + 8 at 9pm Sept 10 at 7pm Sept 11–15 at 9pm Sept 17 at 7pm
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7 United The Revivalists FringeArts.com/420 On September 9, 1776, in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress renamed the Colonies the United States of America. Experience the spirit that fueled a rebellion that birthed a nation as only a Revivalist can! Be immersed in the songs and stories of our folk tradition and stand United with us as we declare our independence. $15 / 70 minutes The Betsy Ross House 239 Arch Street Sept 9, 15 + 16 at 8pm Sept 22 + 23 at 8pm
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12 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act Blue Mercury Theatre FringeArts.com/341 Athol Fugard’s provocative play depicts the love affair between a black man and a white woman in apartheid South Africa. They share their deepest longings while battling the oppressive laws of society and their own unconscious prejudices. A cry for social change from a dangerous love that dares to defy all the rules. $15 / 75 minutes Independence Library 18 South 7th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 7–9 at 8pm Sept 10 at 3pm + 7pm Sept 14–16 at 8pm Sept 17 at 3pm + 7pm Sept 21–23 at 8pm Sept 24 at 3pm + 7pm
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10 Labor of Love Waitstaff Sketch Comedy FringeArts.com/421 What the world needs now is laughter sweet laughter. And liquor. Uproarious comedy lovingly written and performed by “Philly’s hottest sketch troupe” (Philadelphia Inquirer) in the city’s funkiest cabaret space with the best bar in town! These festival favorites sell out quickly. Reserve your tickets TODAY! $20 / 60 minutes L’Etage Cabaret 624 South 6th Street Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 6pm + 8pm Sept 10, 12–15 + 17 at 8pm Sept 19, 20, 22 + 23 at 8pm
13 Liberty City Radio Theatre Liberty City Radio Theatre FringeArts.com/422 Liberty City Radio Theatre is a live “new style old time” radio show, with actors on stage taking on multiple roles recreating the golden era of the theater of the mind, with newly written and adapted episodes for the modern audiences complete with onstage sound effects, live music and lots of laughs. $15 / 85 minutes Headhouse Cafe 122–124 Lombard Street Sept 8 + 22 at 8pm
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10 Vibraslapped! Mean Wendy Band FringeArts.com/423 This award-winning comedy quintet always puts on a musically sound performance that boasts plenty of catchy tunes that make audiences laugh self-consciously. Vibraslapped! takes Mean Wendy Band’s already silly sketch-based humor to a behind-the-music level that may be as excessive as said auxiliary percussion. $10 / 90 minutes L’Etage Cabaret 624 South 6th Street Sept 18 at 7:30pm
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2 Edge of the Rock The Rock School for Dance Education FringeArts.com/424 Exciting, energetic young talent from around the world perform classical and contemporary vignettes that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Alumni from The Rock School go on to join the most prestigious dance companies worldwide. See the dance stars of tomorrow, today! $10 / 45 minutes The Rock School for Dance Education 1101 South Broad Street Sept 23 at 2pm
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18 Interior Leah Stein Dance Company FringeArts.com/425 Dancer/choreographer Leah Stein and violinist/composer Diane Monroe invite audiences to join them in an intimate, nuanced, and surprising duet. How does the body, these bodies, and voices respond to events close and far, embody absence and presence, and activate the immediate moment? $20 / 45 minutes Our Lady of Mt Carmel Parish, School Building 2329 South 3rd Street Sept 13 + 14 at 6pm Sept 19–21 + 23 at 6pm
17 Mistress of the Maze WeftWorks FringeArts.com/426 A thousand years before the Greeks wove the tale of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, Ariadne was Mistress of the Maze. Masks, movement, and music interpret this new/ancient story of a Minoan goddess whose dominion extended over the sacred labyrinth and its strange half-human and animal hybrid inhabitants. $15 / 50 minutes CHI Movement Arts Center 1316 South 9th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 at 8pm Sept 17 at 2pm + 5pm
17 Mujeres Gavino + Carbonell FringeArts.com/427 Mujeres is a compilation of dance works by female choreographers Gavino and Carbonell. Gavino’s HERstory explores pre-colonial matrilineal bloodlines from the perspective of an indigenous Filipina. Carbonell’s Milk delves into motherhood, investigating sustenance passed from mother to child. $20 / 90 minutes CHI Movement for the Arts 1316 South 9th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 22 + 23 at 8pm Sept 24 at 3pm + 7pm
20 Silencing the Tides Olive Prince Dance FringeArts.com/428 An intimate experience of evocative dance asking you to witness what it means as an individual to stand up and go against the tide. Exploring the tidal forces in life, women become bodies of water close enough to touch. Joined by visual artist Carrie Powell, who creates a sculpture of laundry the dance resides in. $18 / 50 minutes Ballroom Philadelphia 1207 Gerritt Street Sept 16 at 5pm + 7pm Sept 17 at 2pm + 4pm
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16 A List of Common Misconceptions SEXx Interactive & Polyglamorous Productions FringeArts.com/430 Mary Magdalene wasn’t a sex worker, chastity belts weren’t really a thing in the Middle Ages, the word “fuck’ was never an acronym. These are some Common Misconceptions about sexuality and we’ll dive into many more, using the framework of a wacky after-school special that includes burlesque, drag, theater, and more. $15 / 90 minutes Adobe Cafe 1919 East Passyunk Avenue Sept 13 + 15 at 8pm Sept 17 at 3pm + 8pm
3 Black Berry Terrell Green FringeArts.com/429 Teen lovers Berryanna and Rouzbeh must fight to stay together during a political time when citizenship and commitment are tested, both personally and nationally. With a newly elected leader declaring war on Iran and removing all Iranian immigrants, Berry and Rouzbeh fight for their freedom, future, and their fruit. After both performances, the themes of immigration and a woman’s right to choose will be discussed in a community-run conversation. $10 / 95 minutes Arts Sanctuary 628 South 16th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 9 at 7pm Sept 10 at 3pm
1 Funeral for Expectations Julia Brandenberger FringeArts.com/604 It is with deep sympathy that I inform you of the passing of Expectations, who measured success. Your presence is requested at the funeral. A procession will lead you into a dark room, through landscapes fun and goofy, dark and deep. You will be invited to share of your own experiences with Expectations at the service. $15 / 50 minutes Headlong Dance Theater 1170 South Broad Street Sept 7 at 8pm Sept 9 + 10 at 7pm Sept 22–24 at 7pm
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15 SHOW ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE Aubrie Costello + Co. FringeArts.com/431 Silken secrets unravel in this collaborative film, dance, and art installation exploring a love lost. Silk graffiti artist Aubrie Costello, dancers Leslie Davidson and Jessica Noel, filmmaker Lendl Tellington, music producer Josh Hey, and others, meditate on love’s complexities and nuances—from its dawning to its darkening. $20 / 120 minutes Philly P.A.C.K. 729 S 4th Street Sept 22 + 23 at 8pm
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4 “Bon Appétit!” by Julia Child and Lee Hoiby Aurora Classical of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia FringeArts.com/432 “Bon Appétit!” is a comic culinary extravaganza that taps the wit and antics of one of America’s best-loved television personalities! Written by Lee Hoiby and sung by Susan Weinman, it is comprised of music draped over the words and gestures of Julia Child, the mother-of-all-foodies! Cake and coffee included. Cash bar. $20 / 25 minutes The Bainbridge Club 1529 Bainbridge Street Sept 17 at 3pm
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7 Stranger in a Strange Land Rachael Basescu, Erin Brittain, Grant Mech + Akiko Hosaki FringeArts.com/433 Songs by composers and poets whose careers took them away from their homeland. The program will include selected songs by Chopin sung in Polish, as well as an array of songs from other 19th, 20th, and 21st century poets and composers. $10 / 75 minutes Christ’s Presbyterian Church 1020 South 10th Street Sept 23 at 3pm
21 Cotton&Gold AMH Productions FringeArts.com/434 Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Black Wall Street, is brought to new life in this Afro-Futuristic piece on struggle and resilience. When Loron Sr loses his community of Rankin to the clutches of MetroCorp, he escapes to Tulsa for answers and he is not alone. Join the Golden People of Tulsa as they fight against the ideological threat of The Elite in Metropolis. Artwork: Jameelah Platt. PWYC $5–$20 / 80 minutes Circle of Hope 2214 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 at 7pm Sept 15 + 16 at 7pm + 9:30pm
6 Cymbeline Revolution Shakespeare FringeArts.com/435 Join RevShakes for its fourth annual free Fall Shakespeare in Hawthorne Park! Barrymore Award winning director James Ijames helms a cast of seven diverse performers as they tackle conflicting ways of life, cultural traditions, and differences that can separate or bring us together. Cymbeline runs beyond Fringe until October 1. Free / 90 minutes Hawthorne Park 1200 Catherine Street Sept 20 + 21 at 6:30pm (previews) Sept 22–24 at 6:30pm
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11 The Drool of Envy Noemi Charlotte Thieves FringeArts.com/441 Come for a green room drink with trans DJ Charlotte the Charlatan of “Radio Silence,” as she sits with her guest and personal Jesus, Mary Lamb, lead vocal of Mary & the Stones, hot off her latest, Make Love Like Me. She plays Mary’s music faves: asking big Qs, digging for big As. Biggest one, who would she rather be? $10 / 60 minutes Tattooed Mom 530 South Street Sept 5, 10 + 14 at 7:30pm
12 Gli$ter The Hum'n'bards FringeArts.com/471 Join The Banker and his tribe of Sad American Clowns as they weave the story of Shylock, Portia, and Bassanio, all struggling to find common ground in a world controlled by judgment and greed. Featuring an original score, GLI$TER will transport you to a sexy, glitter-fueled world where The Banker always wins. PWYW / 90 minutes The Tusk, Upstairs at The Woolly Mammoth 430 South Street Sept 7 + 9 at 8pm Sept 14 + 15 at 8pm Sept 22 + 23 at 8pm
19 Great Again The Antidote FringeArts.com/436 Nostalgic for the good old days? Yearning for a time when America was truly great? Why not visit the home of Rock & Doris Stone? Stroll to the beat of American Bandstand. Laugh along with the gender normativity of Nick at Nite. And wash down all that misogyny with a swell piece of apple pie. Fresh from the oven! Golly! $15 / 70 minutes 10th + McKean Streets Exact address provided after ticket purchase. Sept 6 + 7 at 8pm Sept 9–11 + 14–18 at 8pm
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5 It Takes One Joshua D. Simpson & Ethan Abrams FringeArts.com/438 It Takes One is a deeper look into Stephen Sondheim’s classic Into the Woods. Sondheim and Lapine created these characters who are so lifelike that you almost forget they’re fairytales. This solo piece asks what happens when we step back to realize that we all are each of these characters in our own woods. Free for University of the Arts students. $10 / 90 minutes Arts Bank Cabaret at The University of the Arts 601 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 at 7:30pm Sept 9 at 2pm + 7:30pm Sept 10 at 2pm
South CenterPhilly City Fringe THEATER
14 (miss) Julie Svaha Theatre Collective FringeArts.com/439 When the Count’s away, everyone’s gonna play in this physical, ensemble-driven adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Svaha invites you to get lost in the midsummer festivities as the action unfolds around you. As the encroaching public gaze closes in, Julie must crawl through the mud, blood and shit to find wholeness. $15 / 90 minutes Bainbridge Green 414 Bainbridge Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 7–13 at 8pm
8 Monarch Christine Doidge, Amanda Holston + James Miller FringeArts.com/440 Monarch is a show in which one peasant and an audience of newly hired servants play out the deadly struggle between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, in a piece that explores power, rivalry, and an audience’s inability to properly wash a petticoat. Floors will be scrubbed. Linens will be laundered. Heads will roll. PWYD / 75 minutes Fleisher Art Memorial 719 Catherine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 6 + 7 at 7pm Sept 15 at 9:30pm Sept 17 at 4pm + 9:30pm
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9 Exhaust Eamon DeFabbia Kane FringeArts.com/442 A mixed media, solo exhibition featuring playful investigations of fragments of architecture and found objects. With an inventive use of materials, these objects and installations transcend recognizable forms, destroying old patterns to create new ones. Free / Ongoing Da Vinci Art Alliance 704 Catharine Street Sept 6 from 6pm–8pm Sept 9 + 10 from 1pm–5pm Sept 13 from 6pm–8pm Sept 16 + 17 from 1pm–5pm
9 SOMETHING BLUE Paige L. Morris FringeArts.com/443 A solo exhibition by Paige Lizbeth Morris, inspired by gender specific stereotypes in present day monogamous relationships. The work challenges society’s perception of women in romantic settings, revealing the power of objects by activating familiar feelings through narratives of love, loss, hope, and regret. Free / Ongoing DaVinci Art Alliance 704 Catharine Street Sept 20–Oct 1 Weds from 6pm–8pm Sat + Sun from 1pm–5pm Sept 22 from 6pm–9pm (reception)
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1 Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan Krish Mohan FringeArts.com/445 What makes us happy? Comedian Krish Mohan explores the idea of Happiness and perceptions of mental illness in today’s society. He is removing stigmas associated with immigration, drugs, gun control, racism and being accountable for the problems we’ve created, all revolving around the subject of mental health. $10 / 70 minutes Art Church of West Philadelphia 5219 Webster Street Sept 7 at 9pm Sept 8 + 9 at 6pm Sept 13 at 8pm Sept 14 at 6pm Sept 15 at 8pm
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6 A Case for Magic Robert Malissa Master Magician FringeArts.com/444 Award-winning magician, Robert Malissa, puts the art of the trick on trial. He will lie, cheat, and smile as he presents sleight of hand, mentalism, and deceptive swindles, while making a case for the craft of deception. A fair and balanced examination of the art, for lovers of magic and their ambivalent friends. $10 / 60 minutes The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 + 15 at 8pm
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11 Onion Dances Talia Mason FringeArts.com/446 Imagine walking through your grandparents’ home, each room filled with vivid memories—your great-grandmother writing a novel, your grandmother riding a motorcycle, your mother believing she lived and died in the Holocaust. Shifting between memory and reality, these musings are gauzy, crisp, Jewish, blurry, and honest. $15 / 60 minutes Community Education Center 3500 Lancaster Avenue Sept 22 at 7pm Sept 23 + 24 at 4pm + 7pm
1 “The Soul Speaks” An Improv Dance Performance Bizzarro Bill FringeArts.com/447 An improv dance performance in its purest form. Performance is purely of the soul and purely of the state of improv, no prior choreography or prior thoughts of the performance shall commence. No prior thoughts regarding the performance shall take place. The music shall be selected only thirty seconds prior to show time. Free / 15 minutes Art Church of West Philadelphia 5219 Webster Street Sept 7 at 7pm
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3 ...strand... Brian Sanders’ Junk FringeArts.com/448 Set forth with this FringeArts favorite on a journey unto the …strand…, the troupe’s latest immersive, site-specific production. Don your headsets and field gear; seek out along a self-guided adventure through the urban wilds. What seems, remains to be seen. Worlds; eras, scrape, collide and, unfold us into our future. Instructions for your ticket type at www.strand.tours. $35–$75 / 50 minutes Dupont Crescent Trail Grays Ferry Crescent Trail Park Sept 7 + 8 at 6:30pm Sept 9 + 10 at 3pm + 6:25pm Sept 13–15 at 6:20pm Sept 16 + 17 at 3pm + 6:15pm Sept 20–22 at 6:05pm Sept 23 at 3pm + 6:06pm
West Philly Fringe INTERDISCIPLINARY
10 Breath Beneath PRISM Quartet, Inc. / Drexel University FringeArts.com/449 Breath Beneath explores the intersection of music, interactive technology, and durational visual art. PRISM Quartet (saxophones) joins forces with two intrepid creative teams: filmmaker/ designer Mark DeChiazza and composer/programmer Dan Trueman, plus filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer Julia Wolfe. $15 / 60 minutes URBN Center Annex, Black Box Theater 3401 Filbert Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 at 7pm
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2 Triage Bent Antennae Productions FringeArts.com/465 Congratulations, you’ve been selected to appear in the studio audience for a brand-new reality competition: Triage! Watch our contestants Beth and Chris sing, solve, seduce, and strut their way to the grand prize. So brush up on alternative-truth trivia and escape that bunker; it’s time to Get This Mess Sorted!™ $15 / 70 minutes Panorama 5213 Grays Ave Sept 22 + 23 at 7pm Sept 24 at 3pm
9 a disruption John Patrick Stewart FringeArts.com/450 a disruption is a fifty-minute musical performance of swirling, sputtering percussive dissonance. It is the latest composition by John Patrick Stewart and written for three cellists, four pianists, and four percussionists. The piece is performed in-the-round, placing the audience in the center of the radially distributed musicians. $20 / 50 minutes Penn Museum, Chinese Rotunda 3260 South Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 22 at 8pm
9 Relâche: Not So Quiet City with Peter Evans Relâche Ensemble FringeArts.com/451 New music with celebrated avant-garde trumpeter/composer Peter Evans. As well as Evans’ own compositions, he and the ensemble will add improv to “Quiet City” by Aaron Copland, a work also featuring the English Horn of Relâche’s Lloyd Shorter. And in addition, films from Philadelphia’s Rough Cut Festival with live music. $20 / 100 minutes Penn Museum 3260 South Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 at 3pm
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6 3 Women Alexis J. Walker FringeArts.com/452 Three short plays about women and the spaces they make for others, in spite of themselves. $20 / 75 minutes The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 22 at 8pm
8 Alternative Theatre Festival 2017 iNtuitons Experimental Theatre FringeArts.com/453 Alternative Theatre Festival (ATF) is our annual, experimental festival of experimental student playwrights at the University of Pennsylvania. The festival hosts a collection of original one-act plays and performances, guaranteed to leave you feeling alternated. $5 / 90 minutes Platt Student Performing Arts House 160 Stouffer Commons 3702 Spruce Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 at 8pm
1 6 Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU Humble Mumbles FringeArts.com/454 Two Jewish American activists. One sordid Jewish-Palestinian romance. One oppressive state! What will the heroines learn about Zionism, mismatched queer desires, cycles of abuse, political guilt-based objectification, and fantasies and realities of domination and submission? Find out more, in this rousing “comedy.” $5 suggested / 90 minutes The Art Church of West Philadelphia 5219 Webster Street Sept 16 + 22 at 7pm
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1 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?! Sibylline Theatre Company & Dreamcatcher Entertainment FringeArts.com/455 Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Bill Forchion and Billy Higgins team up for a hilarious, touching tale of how they crossed oceans, braved deserts, tore the fabric of time and space—and designed the newest fall fashion with it—to bring a precious gift to those in need. $15–$18 / 60 minutes Art Church of West Philadelphia 5219 Webster Street Sept 8 at 7:30pm Sept 9 at 2pm + 7:30pm Sept 10 at 7:30pm Sept 15 at 7:30pm Sept 16 at 2pm + 7:30pm Sept 17 at 2pm Sept 22 at 7:30pm Sept 23 at 2pm + 7:30pm
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7 The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet On the Rocks FringeArts.com/460 Daniel is pretty gay, but he’s marrying Nora. Nora is a virgin who wants her wedding night to be a sexual awakening. Shit gets fucked up. A song, a dance, an image, a poem all wrapped in a sloppy burrito of a play about glamping, hookers, the Easter Bunny, cocaine, Emma Stone, hauntings, and the horrors of commitment. $20 / 130 Minutes The Beard Cave at St. Mary’s Church 3916 Locust Walk Sept 8 at 11pm Sept 9 at 11:30pm Sept 14 at 10pm Sept 15 at 11pm Sept 16 at 11:30pm Sept 20 + 21 at 10pm Sept 22 at 11pm
4 I, Peaseblossom Curio Theatre Company FringeArts.com/456 I, Peaseblossom is the story of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream told through the fevered dreams of a neglected fairy. It is a funny, interactive, and sometimes anarchic piece of theater that excels in establishing a relationship between the audience and the performer. Free / 60 minutes The Woodlands 4000 Woodland Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 13–17 at 7pm
1 Me, More Normal Tenara & Krista FringeArts.com/457 Me, More Normal is a play that explores the spectrum of acceptable behavior. Tenara meditates on her childhood growing up with a brother with autism, and her dawning understanding that the world is quick to label what is normal and what is not. Free / 50 minutes Art Church of West Philadelphia 5219 Webster Street Sept 8 + 9 at 8:30pm
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12 Running Numbers Theatre in the X FringeArts.com/459 Written by Cheyenne Barboza. Directed by Christina May. Inspired by the poem, “Financial Aid” by Carvens Lissaint, Running Numbers is a drama about an inner-city high school senior whose dreams and desperation of going to college and overcoming his environment lead him to fast cash and dangerous situations. Free / 80 minutes United Bank Building 3750 Lancaster Avenue Sept 15 at 7pm Sept 16 at 3pm
5 Things I Never Told My Mom RMayFlowers and I. Danette Productions FringeArts.com/461 What’s something you never told your mom? Why? We’ve gathered hilarious and heartbreaking stories from all over the country to celebrate and reveal our relationships with the women who have molded us. Responses from our audiences will be incorporated, making each show unique. Bring your mom or like-amom for a free gift. $15 / 70 minutes Inner Rhythms Music & Therapy Center 4145 Chestnut Street Sept 8 at 6pm Sept 9 + 10 at 3pm + 6pm
6 Pericles Die-Cast FringeArts.com/458 Pericles is a man who cannot find safe harbor from the storms of fate. Original music and movement help create a dark world of assassins, brothels, and shipwrecks for audiences to explore. This rarely produced Shakespearean epic marks the premiere of Die-Cast, founded by designer Thom Weaver and director Brenna Geffers. $20 / 115 minutes The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 7 + 8 at 8pm Sept 9 at 3pm + 8pm
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13 I Will Cut You Cara Mafuta Raboteau FringeArts.com/488 Artist/acupuncturist, Cara Mafuta Raboteau, weaves fibers, objects, and sound together in an installation. Experience some of the fine lines that exist between comfort and violence, health and illness, and the sacred and mundane—within both the individual and society. Live musical performance by Charlie Raboteau at 6pm on Sept 8 opening. Free / Ongoing Art on the Avenue 3808 Lancaster Avenue Sept 8–22, gallery hours Sept 8 at 5pm–8pm (opening) Sept 22 at 5pm–8pm Check FringeArts.com/488 for gallery hours
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1 The Omega Transport Video Club The Omega Transport Video Club FringeArts.com/462 The Omega Transport Video Club is a tracking adjustment for your cerebellum. Also, it is hosted cinematic experience, highlighting the very strangest cinema available. At each show, experience one of four spectacularly eccentric feature films, an address from Doctor Ray Cathode, and a free prize with every ticket. $10 / 120 minutes The Art Church of West Philadelphia 5219 Webster Street Sept 8 + 9 at 10pm Sept 14 at 8pm Sept 15 at 10pm Sept 16 at 9pm Sept 21 at 8pm Sept 22 + 23 at 10pm
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A1 Mira Treatman FringeArts.com/950 Experience: A dance on a 30-foot drywall structure. Attempted human flight. Casually walking up a wall. Radically formal, free range reverence for the past. The poetry is just a series of punchlines. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
As We Know It Cara Blouin, Maura Krause + Lucas Nguyen FringeArts.com/951 There are many ways our civilization could end. What if you could experience more than one? A single operative is sent to record each apocalypse as it happens, in each doomed timestream, and for some reason, always in Philadelphia. As We Know It is an audio archive of those recordings: a podcast about the end of our world. Our archivist’s first Collective Terminal Event: Necrotic Flesh Disorder, colloquially known as—zombies. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
BRANDED. John Tarquinio FringeArts.com/952 BRANDED is an experimental short that explores the realm of consciousness within an overstimulated subject. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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DHRoME 1 TOLVA (Sam Congdon) FringeArts.com/953 DHRoME 1 [Digital Hyper-Real Multimedia Experiment] is the first iteration of an ongoing project in multimedia experience design. DHRoME 1 is a webpage that contains single-channel video documentation of TOLVA performing a one-hour live ambient music improvisation. The video was then manipulated and modified. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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Digital Mean Streets Len Stuart FringeArts.com/977 Len Stuart is a professional graphic designer from Southern NJ. He owns SWDTech Games, a video game development company where his art is used in the games his company creates. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Interfaith Voices Abigail Holtzman FringeArts.com/954 Interfaith Voices is an independent public radio show and podcast based in Washington, DC. “The Soundscapes of Faith” is our award-winning celebration of sacred sound, based on the idea that every faith tradition has its own sonic signature—from the murmur of a Buddhist mantra to the hum of the Hindu om. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Encore! Jess Conda FringeArts.com/978 Encore! Real Talk. Real Fans. Real Theater. bratproductionsphilly.org. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Kongputational Doodles Sally Kong FringeArts.com/955 Daily Computational Doodles: Playing with the algorithmic unpredictability to code doodles with unique personalities Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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KTG Talks Chris O’Rourke FringeArts.com/956 KTG Talks is a podcast about the arts and the individuals who help to make art happen. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Leo P. Hylan III Multimedia Artist FringeArts.com/957 Leo Hylan is a multimedia artist working in a plethora of media including programming, photography, filmmaking, video art (installation and VJ), and electronic music / sound. Based in the Baltimore / Washington area, Leo has shown internationally, but primarily exhibits his work throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He received his B.F.A. in New Media from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and both an M.A.T. in Arts Education and an M.F.A in Digital Arts from Goucher College. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Links in the Landscape Ellen Chenoweth FringeArts.com/958 This homage to Philadelphia performing arts history expands to five new sites for the 2017 Digital Fringe Festival. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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Pond Ellen Duong FringeArts.com/959 An immersive aquatic environment that is created with procedural modeling, texturing, and animation techniques. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse James Bradford FringeArts.com/960 What happens when the world ends and a ragtag group of LGBTQI Survivors band together to fight off zombies and bigots? Join them as they find weapons, courage and the right outfits and save the world. If they can’t change minds, at least they can destroy some brains. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Rising Above the Beauty of Life Dolores Miller FringeArts.com/988 Video poems and essays for hope, healing, and overcoming obstacles. Beautiful warrior Dolores M. Miller shares “Sweet Children of War,” “I Left that Shore,” “The Power of Love,” “I’m Laying Down the Warrior Weapons,” and “Each Early Morning Light.” Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Socially Conscious Friends Irina Varina FringeArts.com/961 In the past couple of years I’ve become increasingly aware of unfair things happening in the world (lucky me). I’ve also bingewatched Friends (a lot). I started to notice moments in the show reflecting current conversations in my head/the world. Each of the 17 days of the festival, I’ll post one of these moments. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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This Is Boring jenny&john FringeArts.com/963 Being bored sucks. But why does it suck so much? And has it always sucked, or is it especially sucky now? We don’t have the answers, but check out our link; at least you’ll be less bored. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
Weight of Water TangenT Art Collaborative/ williamCromar FringeArts.com/964 A meditation on toxicity and trust inspired by groundwater contamination in the Philadelphia metropolitan region. Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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Survived By Anna Kroll FringeArts.com/962 We are survived by the words by and about us. We live and die and then there is the story of our life and death, written down and shared, if we are so lucky. What will be written? What would you write? Ongoing / Goes live Sept 7
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...strand... Worlds; eras, scrape, collide and, unfold us into our future.
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Worlds; eras, scrape, collide and, unfold us into our future.
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MUJERES ANI GAVINO & EVALINA CARBONELL CHI Movement Arts Center 1316 S. 9th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147 Sept 22 at 8:00pm Sept 23 at 8:00pm Sept 24 at 3:00pm Sept 24 at 7:00pm
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Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the Temple University Dance Department Presents:
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PLIGHT RELEASE and the DIASPORIC BODY LELA AISHA JONES | FLYGROUND
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Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions
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How can we find peace of mind in our ever-changing society? Inspired by a Chinese poem, puppet artist Hua Hua Zhang honors the tradition of puppetry and pushes the limits of ancient puppet arts into the contemporary realm through collaboration with creative artists from around the world. It integrates cross-cultural aesthetics, adapted materials, installation, improvisation, and a mix of Eastern and Western sounds. www.visualexpressions.org
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#cocktail play / p83 #DogsOfFringeArts / p91 2 INCREDIBLE 2 DREAMZ / p66 3 Women / p101 17c / p33 A Billion Nights on Earth / p39 A Case for Magic / p100 a disruption / p101 A Fable for the Living / p79 A Love Supreme / p53 A Period of Animate Existence / p51 A1 / p104 Airswimming / p69 Alchemist / p83 Alternative Theatre Festival 2017 / p101 AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE / p79 AmeROCKin Justice / p67 Andean Mountains (Montañas Andinas) / p79 An Incomplete List of All the Things I’m Going to Miss When the World is No Longer: / p69 Approaching Happiness with Krish Mohan / p100 Art of the Heel / p68 As the Matzo Ball Turns ~ The Musical / p91 As We Know It / p104 Aunty Ben / p68 Bad Activist: Sex Politics, Palestine and YOU / p101 Becoming Vegan / p66 Benthic Blast / p91 Bind / p68 Bill & Billy: How Did We Get Here?! / p101 Black Berry / p95 Booth Triptych: Parts I and II / p91 “Bon Appétit!” by Julia Child and Lee Hoiby / p96 Borderlands / p83 Branded / p104 break my echo / p75 Breath Beneath / p101 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play / p78 CCW’s Kaleidoscope Concert / p75 Close Music for Bodies / p49 Containertopia / p79 Cotton&Gold / p96 The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy / p91 Cymbeline / p96 Dear Diary LOL / p79 Death Is A Cabaret Ol’ Chum / p75 Declassified Memory Fragment / p55 DHRoME 1 / p104 Digital Mean Streets / p105 Don’t Be Cruel to Your Puppy . . . Lemme Give YOU a Twisted Tale / p69 Dopplebanger / p79 Dream Sequence / p66 The Drool of Envy / p96 Drunk Dads Comedy Extravaganza / p90 Edge of the Rock / p94 Elemental Forces / p74 Elysian Fields / p66 Encore! / p105 Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano / p76 Every Day APOCALYPSE! / p79 Exhaust / p97 FIESTA OWLSONG / p68 + p79 First Person Arts StorySlam: Old School / p83
Fishtown – A Hipster Noir / p69 The Flat Earth / p67 Floydada / p80 Follow Me Through The Gates / p91 The FREN BANKLIN Experience! / p67 Funeral for Expectations / p95 Game Show Show / p80 GATZ / p69 Ghost Rings / p35 Gli$ter / p96 Go Get My Mom / p82 Gorgeousity – The Army of Love and Art / p70 Great Again / p96 The Groom’s a Fag; The Bride’s a Cunt; The Best Man’s a Whore; and the Maiden of Honor (Just) Hung Herself in the Closet / p101 The Hand Job / p87 Hello Blackout! / p31 HOME / p37 Hope Street / p70 + p80 I Am the Machine Gunner / p83 I have this many * * * / p80 I, Peaseblossom / p101 I’m Okay, Are You Okay? / p67 (insert thoughts here) / p68 Interfaith Voices / p105 Interior / p95 Iphigenia At Aulis / p92 It Takes One / p96 I Will Cut You / p101 Joan Crawford in Her Own Words / p70 Kongputational Doodles / p105 KCBC x CVFFVDEUS / p74 KINK HAUS / p82 KITH / p74 KTG Talks / p105 Labor of Love / p94 Last Ditch Playlist / p76 Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes / p90 LEFT BEHIND / p91 Leo P. Hylan III / p105 Liberty City Radio Theatre / p94 Life Lines / p90 Links in the Landscape / p105 List of Common Misconceptions / p95 Lost in the Woods / p83 Love, Lenny (OR Bernstein’s Kaddish) / p70 Madness ‘Round Midnight / p91 Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret / p47 Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn / p70 Me, More Normal / p101 The Meatball Chronicles MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival / p41 Mesmerized / p74 (miss) Julie / p97 Mirrors / p82 Mistress of the Maze / p95 Monarch / p97 Moonage Daydream / p70 Movemakers Philly presents i.d. / p68 Mujeres / p95 The No Know Show / p75 The Omega Transport Video Club / p101 Onion Dances / p100 The Other / p68 + p86 Partial Collaborations / p78 The Passion of Kellyanne / p80 FringeArts Curated shows are bolded.
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Pericles / p101 Perspectives / p70 Plight Release and the Diasporic Body / p75 Poets as Grandparents / p69 Pond / p105 Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse / p106 PRIDE PARADE! / p68 Psychotic Broadway / p68 Puppet-delphia Fringe Slam / p70 Reality in Retrograde / p87 Relâche: Not So Quiet City with Peter Evans / p101 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui / p92 Rising Above the Beauty of Life / p106 Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure / p67 Running Numbers / p101 Safe Haven / p90 Scattershot / p70 SHOW ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE / p95 Silencing the Tides / p95 Simone R.P.T. 8 / p71 Socially Conscious Friends / p106 Something Blue / p97 “The Soul Speaks” an Improv Dance Performance / p100 Spilt Milk / p82 Splintered Glass / p75 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act / p92 The Storytellers / p78 STORM / p75 ...strand... / p100 Stranger in a Strange Land / p96 Strange Tenants / p92 Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold / p82 Survived By / p106 The Tempest / p76 Then The Tail / p78 These Terrible Things / p70 Things I Never Told My Mom / p101 This is Boring / p106 Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please / p83 To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton / p70 Tongue & Groove / p70 TOWN / p67 Triage / p101 Tribute to 70’s Rock Artists / p75 Trigger Warning Tubas for the People / p68 The Turn of the Screw / p70 Two-Man, One-Man Ubu Faust / p71 Unitard – Tard Core / p67 United / p92 Urgent Care: A Social Care Experience / p86 The Vicissitudes of Travel / p71 Way With Words / p86 We Shall Not Be Moved / p45 Wedgwood on the Green / p70 Weight of Water / p106 White Nights / p83 Who Rocks the Party: A Chat with Philly’s Best DJs / p76 WILD: A Clown Western / p86 Worktable / p43 Vibraslapped! / p94
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A Moment for Music / p83 A new play with music by Steven Fisher A League of Her Own / p1 AIM Academy Drama / p70 Alessandra Mullin featuring Clete Shields Alexandra Tatarsky / p79 Alexis J Walker / p101 allendance / p78 Almanac Dance Circus Theatre / p90 American Express / p90 AMH Productions / p96 Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / p53 The Anderson Street Project and XO Evangeline / p76 The Antidote / p96 AntiGravity Theatre Project / p79 Asya Zlatina and Dancers / p75 Aubrie Costello + Co. / p95 Aurora Classical of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia / p96 Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project / p55 Benjamin Behrend and Patrick Romano / p67 Bent Antennae Productions / p101 The Berserker Residents / p71 Big Dance Theater / p33 Bizzarro Bill / p100 Blevin Blectum / p41 Blue Mercury Theatre / p92 Brad Baron / p76 Bradley’s Bucks / p68 Brian Shapiro Presents / p75 Broderick Jones with Leila and Pantea Productions / p72 Cambridge Footlights / p66 Cara Mafuta Raboteau / p102 Carl(os) Roa, José Avilés, Elyas Harris / p79 Carol Wisker / p91 Casual FreyDay (Julia Frey and Sam Day Harmet) / p79 Center For Creative Works – Pop Pop Pop Records / p75 Chris Davis & Mary Tuomanen / p83 Christine Doidge, Amanda Holston + James Miller / p97 Christine Rich / p70 + p80 Clayton Storyteller / p69 The Colored Girls Museum / p86 Cookie Diorio / p68 Corinna Burns / p69 Courtney Hunter and Guest Artists / p75 CrySpace Comedy / p82 Curio Theatre Company / p102 Dancefusion / p74 Dante Green / p69 DBAD Productions / p92 Debrianna Mansini / p71 Denise Murphy / p78 Die-Cast / p102 Dieter Rita Scholl DJ Dame Luz / p1 DJ Haram / p1 DJ LaRue / p1 Dragon’s Eye Theatre / p91 Dreamcatcher Entertainment / p101 Drip Symphony / p72 duende / p75 Eamon DeFabbia Kane / p97 Ego Actus / p70 Elephant Room Productions / p82
Ella Cuda / Whitney Casal / p82 Ellen Skilton / p86 Erik Beringer First Person Arts / p83 The Flat Earth / p67 Found Theater Company / p80 Frank Perri Live / p74 Franky’s First Ladies / p67 Fren Banklin / p67 Fringe FringeArts / p91 Gatto+Hirano / p91 Gavino + Carbonell / p95 The Greenfield Collective / p83 Geoff Sobelle / p37 Group IV / p79 Gunnar Montana / p82 Half Key Theatre Company / p69 Half Straddle / p35 Happy Hour Live, LLC / p78 Harrison Stengle / p69 Heart of a Lion Productions / p91 Hua Hua Zhang/Viusal Expressions / p83 Humble Mumbles / p101 The Hum’n’bards / p96 The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium / p76 Ill Doots / p1 The Incredible Dreamz / p66 Indecorous Theatre Productions / p76 iNtuitons Experimental Theatre / p101 Iron Age Theatre / p70 + p71 JCProductions / p70 Jennifer Blaine and Karen Getz / p72 John Jarboe / p1 John Patrick Stewart / p101 Jolie Darrow & Jack O’Keeffe / p67 Joshua D. Simpson & Ethan Abrams / p96 Joy Madden / p78 Julia Brandenberger / p95 Juniper Productions / p83 JUNK / p100 Karen Getz and Dawn Falato / p70 Kate McIntosh / p43 Keily cordova dances / p74 Kimberly D. Landle & Caff Adeus / p74 Krish Mohan / p100 Leah Stein Dance Company / p95 Leila and Pantea Productions / p70 + p71 Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround / p75 Liberty City Radio Theatre / p94 LiveFeedNYC / p80 Lone Brick Theatre Company / p79 Lyell Hintz / p71 Manayunk Theatre Company / p86 Mariana Catalna / Andy Sowers / p80 Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret / p47 Mean Wendy Band / p94 MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival / p41 Mia Zabelka / p41 Michael Kiley / p49 Midge Mattel / p68 Molly Scullion / p67 Moonstone Arts Center / p69 Movemakers Philly / p68 New Paradise Laboratories / p31 Nick Jonczak / p79 Noa Schnitzer / p91 Noemi Charlotte Thieves / p96 FringeArts Curated shows are bolded.
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Olive Prince Dance / p95 The Omega Transport Video Club / p102 On the Rocks / p102 Opera Philadelphia / p45 Orchestra 2001 / p91 OWLSONG PRODUCTIONS / Alan Lewine and AnaMa Ruimonte / p68 + p79 Paige L. Morris / p97 Peculiar Works Project / p80 Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed / p83 Philly Improv Theater (PHIT Comedy) / p66 + p67 The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective / p92 Pig Iron Theatre Company/ p51 Poison Apple Initiative / p71 PONY SHOW / p74 Prime Theatre Syndicate / p71 PRISM Quartet / p101 Rachael Basescu, Erin Brittain, Grant Mech, and Akiko Hosaki / p96 Radical Acts / p70 Radio Atlas / p41 Radio Wonderland / p41 Relâche Ensemble / p101 ReNew Theatre Company / p69 REV Theatre Company / p75 The Revivalists / p92 Revolution Shakespeare / p96 Richard S. Bank, Al Tacconelli, & Ry RMayFlowers and I. Danette Productions / p102 Robert Malissa Master Magician / p100 Rock on Pointe Dance Company / p75 The Rock School for Dance Education / p94 Roll Play / p67 Rosas / p53 Sam Tower + Ensemble / p92 Sarah Clemency / p66 Sarah Gardner, John Hawthorne + Sterling Melcher / p83 SEXx Interactive & Polyglamorous Productions / p95 Shoe Box Company / p86 Sibylline Theatre Company / p101 SpArc Services’ Shaky Shaky Player / p91 Steven Fisher / p70 The Sunday Funnies / p90 Svaha Theatre Collective / p97 Talia Mason / p100 Tangle Movement Arts / p90 Tenara & Krista / p102 Terrell Green / p95 Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala / p39 Theatre in the X / p102 Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater / p71 Tribe of Fools / p69 Tubular / p68 Unitard Comedy Group / p67 Veronica Bowlan and Andrew Christman / p86 WaitStaff Sketch Comedy / p94 WeftWorks / p95 Wesley Flash / p68 Xiu Xiu / p41 Yes! And... Collaborative Arts’ Shadow Company / p68 + p86
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