Trenton Circus Squad Presents Building Bridges
Trenton Circus Squad believes that circus arts has the power to connect people and communities in a universal language of fun, curiosity, artistry and boldness. Join them in bringing their Big Top Tour experience to Philly Fringe!
Transhumance
Transhumance takes a surreal journey across the landscape of gender in search of a place to call home. NYC-based clown Ania Upstill playfully explores what it means to be a trans human. Winner of a Best Weekly Award for Circus and Physical Theatre at Adelaide Fringe in 2020, and recipient of four star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Directed by Philadelphia native Molly Houlahan. ‘A work of joy and playfulness…
Trans Party!
Join us for a Trans Party! Trans Party is a celebration of trans life, love, community, and other things we’ll decide together in this immersive, audience-run experience. Matthias has set up a party, and everyone’s brought gifts! Together we’ll unpack what it means to be a part of the trans community and shake away some of the fear and misconceptions that circulate about trans lives. A bold and loving exploration…
Train to Essex Junction
Two men, from different walks of life, connect on a long train ride from Pennsylvania to Vermont. Along the way, they discover they have more in common than they imagined. Inspired by an actual event in the playwright’s life Train to Essex Junction, shows how our underlying humanity surpasses any social or ecconomic differences we might experience.
Todorov’s Dirty Laundry
Improvised tragedy balanced on the edge of a knife. Each night, a freshly generated play centers upon a single unanswerable question: Did this widower see a ghost or is he going mad? Is the gossip about the new student true or slander? Drama so tense not even the cast knows how it will all end. Starring Isabel Beck-Roe Kelly Conrad Nick Gillette Jasmine Jiang Rob O’Neill Liam Paris Maal…
Todorov’s Clean Sheets
From the winner of the FringeArts Audience Choice Award for Best Comedy 2021Improvised comedy tumbling around the spin cycle. Each night, a freshly generated play centers upon a single unanswerable question: Did this child see an angel or is she full of sh*t? How lazy can this professor be without being fired? Comedy so unpredictable not even the cast knows how it will all end. Starring Isabel Beck-Roe Kelly Conrad…
Today, the sun is red.
Part fever dream and part dramatic essay, “Today, the sun is red” is a meditation on the climate crisis. The show unfolds as a lyrical monologue told by Kab, a twenty-something-year-old living in a global lockdown. In the year 2029, relentless wildfires destroy landscapes, degrade air quality, and endanger everyday survival. Going outside is a matter of life and death, and the government’s persecution of environmentalist writers only accelerates political…
Titus Andronicus: A Wilderness of Tigers
“Will it consume me?” – Titus Andronicus 3.1.63 How long can one be denied justice before they must take up arms to seek their own? A broken soldier, a humiliated queen, a savaged maiden, and a marginalized other all cry out for justice but are silenced. When the pursuit of justice is consumed by the desire for vengeance, chaos erupts, and Rome is embroiled in a bitter war of retribution. In A…
Tiny Witch
Tiny Witch is a one-witch adaptation of the old and much translated folktale, Bluebeard. Part cabaret, part fantasy fiction stand-up, Tiny Witch is a queer trans allegory, a ritual exorcism and just a damn silly time. Tiny Witch lives in a portal under your pillow. Every night they leave the 7th dimension and enter ours through this portal to battle away the nightmares that plague your subconscious with a broom they’ve…
CANCELED: Thom’s House
This show has been canceled. Thom Wall is a circus artist and researcher based in Germantown, PA. This Fringe season, instead of performing at a venue, he’s opening his home for tours of his collection of historic circus ephemera. Photos, props, a 2,500 year-old lekythos, and more. A show? A tour? Meet the artist? You decide!
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