Make Me Out of Clay
A dancer transforms into a golem – a supernatural vigilante made of riverbed clay – tasked with protecting the most vulnerable. In Make Me Out of Clay, 30-something Jewish enby, Ella-Gabriel, draws on Jewish folklore to reckon with violence and colonialism, past and present. Through movement, text, and ritual they grapple with their great-grandfather’s role in settling Jewish refugees on stolen land and reconsider the definitions of strength and survival…
Make Bank
For a brief time during the 2023 Fringe Festival, guests are invited to join a band of currency-crazed visual and performing artists as they occupy The Manufacturers’ National Bank in Old City. Closed to the public since 1985, this space has been transformed into the den, cave, and sewer of Meg Saligman and her newest four-story mural. Come experience the intersection of art-making and currency with Brother Can You Spare…
Magic Trash Day: Down in the Dumps
“Magic Trash Day” is an interactive performance created for and with Philadelphia youth focused on differentiation and acceptance of difficult emotions, such as grief, loss, and longing. The story follows a kid who finds a magic piece of trash that helps them metabolize their feelings around loss, longing, and sadness. The creative process includes story-sharing and trash art making workshops with youth in Philadelphia, in which the theater creators transform…
Magic Lagoon
Stop lingering in the lagoon, lulled by the shallows. 2023. Time to tell the truth. Through movement, story, music, and clown, this duo of anti-oppression facilitators, camp counselors & former athletes brings you on a warm and sobering deep dive. Do you trust us? Magic Lagoon asks us what ancestral lineages and current conditions can we face and transform to lay foundations for more just + easeful futures? How can…
CANCELED: MACBETH: A Ghost Story
This event has been canceled. The ultimate ghost story comes to life in the place of the dead at Laurel Hill East. Dive into the weïrd with Macbeth: A Ghost Story for the eeriest Shakespeare has to offer in this tale of loyalty and love, free will and fate, death and the things beyond death that come reaching back for us. JUST THE FACTS: What: MACBETH: A Ghost Story Who:…
MACBETH IN A BAR
You’re probably used to thinking of Shakespeare as a boring, old, dead guy who wrote boring, old, dead plays. But Shakespeare’s theatre was a f*cking madhouse: the audience was an unruly bunch who came for the bear-baiting and stayed to check out the tragedy. They got drunk, bought snacks, and yelled back at the actors all the way to the bloody end. Actors rehearsed only the fights and dances. They…
Late Night Snacks
In partnership with Opera Philadelphia as part of Festival O23 The Bearded Ladies Cabaret returns for our third annual LATE NIGHT SNACKS, the unapologetically queer performance art pop up that makes everyone a little bit gay. Featuring a wardrobe’s worth of artists from opera singers to drag queens, cabaret stars to art clowns, and everything in between, LATE NIGHT SNACKS is here to convert you. Whether you come once, come…
Last One Standing
‘Last One Standing’ is an experience that wants you to think about what it would be like to be the last one of a specific group. There a a lot of things in our current world that have the capacity to isolate us, so how can we connect our own feelings of loneliness and emptyness to those of others, and show empathy? Listen to the story of your chosen ‘last…
LA PULGA PUTA
Welcome to La Pulga Puta. Rooted in tradition and ritual within the Mexican community, you go here very early on the weekend and get good ass deals while eating some bomb ass food. The aroma of elotes, carne asada, grilled onions, gorditas, aguas frescas makes your mouth water. What sets this mercado apart is the lineup of performances taking place in the middle of the food court. Expect to witness…
Krystal Younglove: The Strangelove Sideshow Spectacle
Come one, come all! Come big, come small! You won’t want to miss the Strangelove Sideshow Spectacle – One night only!! Spotlighting Krystal Younglove: The Indestructible Lady. This classic 10-in-1 circus sideshow will leave you breathless with its squeamish-inducing delights. Watch in amazement as Krystal uses bone shattering animal traps, walks on glass, eats fire, demonstrates invulnerability on a bed of nails, performs feats of strength, and hammers nails into…
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