20 Years of 9-11: Memories of a Witness
Imagine you are 18-year-old college freshman, resident in NYC for one week. On your way to class, you are swept into the chaos of the World Trade Center’s twin tower attack. For Liz, this nightmare is the truth.Remembering the 9-11 disaster 20 years later, this one person performance examines the concept of memory: where it lives, what it does to us, and what it means. Join Liz as she shares…
707 Hazardous Moves
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$7 Girl
What is a “radical permissionist?” Mae West, a queer, trans sex worker, wants you to be one. In the lineage of Almanac’s ensemble-devised, autobiographical circus theatre pieces xoxo moongirl and The Edge, $7 Girl uses virtuosity, storytelling, aerial work, and expressive movement to bring audiences into social issues that are often underheard. This quirky and audacious piece explores sex in personal, political, and industrial contexts as Mae questions the possibility…
About Ready
Ready About! Prepare to Tack! Batten down the hatches, hearties works-in-progress are About Ready. Hey, it’s been a year, or two — and some ideas found the time and space to make it to full-length fruition, while others… aren’t quite there yet. Why shouldn’t they be in the fringe? Featuring short works, excerpts of new performances and ideas that don’t fit anywhere else, About Ready is the place to go to…
Animation Nation III
The Women’s Film Festival (September 16-26th), is excited to present our 3rd Fringe Festival program “Animation Nation III”. A compilation of animated films featuring a range of styles and topics. From the colorful & heartwarming “Luz” to the dark, harrowing world of “Incidents” we give you a taste of our best in animation.
Alice
Alice: not your child’s WonderlandAdapted by Dane Eissler & Jenna KuerziDirected by Dane Eissler You are invited to the party of a lifetime at a lavish estate along the Delaware River. As festivities devolve into debaucherous bacchanalia, Alice and her older sister hide from the adults, comforted by a familiar bedtime story. The two worlds clash and fuse into a topsy-turvy Wonderland as they seek out safety in a world…
10 x 10 – Walk Around Philadelphia
Where can you find a superfund toxic waste site next to a graveyard? Or a meat processing plant alongside an abandoned graffiti-covered pier? Pipelines, prisons, parks and… cows? On the perimeter of Philadelphia, of course. Walk Around Philadelphia invites you to discover the city by walking its edges. You can join a scheduled group, organize your own, or participate in the October 3rd virtual reportback.. For the 8th perimeter pilgrimage…
Bind
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 an exploration of how and why we sometimes choose to put ourselves at risk, physically and emotionally. This show contains explicit material. Ages 18 and up.
Borrowed Time featuring Jake Mattera, Hoffman, and NYTEshift
Borrowed Time is a comedy showcase featuring a mix of improv and stand-up. Each show features a different acts not produced by Crossroads, so it’s a chance to see some stuff you might not otherwise get to see. Tonight features improv teams Hoffman and NYTEShift and Stand-up from Jake Mattera!
Art Room Outdoors: REAP What You Show
For the Fringe 2021 performance season the Leah Stein Dance Company invites audiences to an interactive, outdoor event that will run for 4 hours in the parking lot of the Art Room Studio in South Philly. This event will provide space for guests to mingle after months of separation, witness live works from local artists, including former REAP artists, Ama Gora and L. Graciella Maiolatesi, and participate in guided improvisational…
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