ANARCHY!
Burn it down. Build it UP! The revolution continues in this immersive production filled with aerials, fierce dancing , and raw theatrical truth. This show is for the troublemakers and those who continue to RESIST! ANARCHY! was created to call attention to the ugly parts of our nation while imagining a future where everyone comes together to improve the world. A circus dance production that will keep your attention from…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Bar
This forest is full of fools! Lost lovers, fighting fairies, and failed theatre majors are all tossed together for a night of hijinks you’ll never forget. Enjoy Shakespeare’s classic comedy in the madcap Shakespeare on Tap style. Real actors. No director. One rehearsal. In a bar.
A Map of Traces
Composed of a series of movement vignettes, “A Map of Traces” evolves through visions of sharp juxtaposition, quiet storytellings, and repetitious chantings that build, break, and birth the next breath. This work draws inspiration from fractured memory, and aims to make a mess, confronting isolation as a trauma response.
A Dream Within A Dream
Leslie Elkins and Foursome Performance return to the Fringe Festival and make their Cannonball debut with A Dream Within A Dream, where dance-theater improvisation meets classical piano performance. What is? What may be? A dancer and pianist improvise a conversation in real time. Between them, a murder of crows grappling with the improbable extinction of idiots. The performance asks what we risk and what we surrender through music and movement…
9/11 Memorial – 25th Anniversary
Come join us for a remembrance tribute for the 25th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. There will be music, a moment of silence, and a time for you to share your stories from that day. Located at a memorial to those from Philadelphia in the WTC at the time of the attack. Mark the morning with us.
400 Miles from Regular
“400 Miles from Regular” is a one-person show about a woman in mid-life who has decided it’s now or never to become who she truly is. Can she finally summon the courage to stand up to her controlling soon to be ex-husband, her toxically positive sister, and her video-game addicted teenage son. Can she surprise herself and walk away to an uncertain future? “400 Miles from Regular” is the galvanizing…
35 Bucks and a Trio of Broads
Three women gather funds for a play production and dream about what 35 bucks can accomplish in an apocalyptic era. Blending literature, art, philosophy, and wit, these broads hope to conquer their economic disadvantages as they envision a future that celebrates and honors women’s voices and revives lost heroines. The play features references and readings for women artists, including Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir, and more. …
2nd Hand Circus
Step right up to the 2nd Hand Spectacular! For two nights, Thunderbird Hall becomes a thrift store circus. Join Philadelphia’s 2nd Hand Circus for an evening of acrobatics, juggling, clown, contortion, carnival games, and treasures from the bargain bin. Built from found objects and thrifted materials, this original show explores value, waste, and second chances. Through contemporary circus and physical theater, performers create acts inspired by discarded items, fast fashion,…
1A Clown’s Way: A Clown’s Guide to Falling in Line
Madi Distefano has a lesson for you. As the United States government becomes an absolute clown show, one deranged and desperate clown teaches an incoming circus class. This shitshow is our circus, these are our monkeys. In this experimental solo workshop production, one of the founding fringe artists returns with an original new piece. Directed by 13-time Barrymore nominee and Best Director winner (X2) Matt Pfeiffer, 1A Clown’s Way reunites…
“Without Consent”
Inferno Productions Presents the World Premiere of Without Consent by David Robson A wealthy Main Line socialite interviews a prospective nurse to care for her husband, a disgraced media mogul. As the interview unfolds, both women conceal their true motives, and what begins as a cat-and-mouse game builds to shocking twists neither woman sees coming. Featuring: Lorraine Barrett and Cathy Simpson Director: Gene Terruso Some debts can only be collected…
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