Kornfeld and Andrews
Seasoned performers, longtime instructors, and all-around swell guys Rick Andrews and Louis Kornfeld combine their improv powers for a longform show that’s as honest as it is hilarious. With a patient, nuanced style, they create a textured world filled with characters that will make you laugh and move you all at the same time. It’s comedy. It’s theater. It’s a performance you won’t soon forget.
Koal
Part climate-catastrophe, part clown show—Koal is a one-woman show for the end of the world. As wildfires tear through Australia, a baby koala, a coal miner and an Indigenous girl desperately strive to hold onto their homes before all burns and turns to ash. Koal is an interactive solo-show, performed by Jacinta Yelland and directed by Trey Lyford, that immerses the audience in the middle of the 2019 Australian bushfires….
Kissing Friends
Kissing Friends is an intimate theatrical experience of storybook narrations spoken/created in collaboration with the cast. The movement and dialogue fold in and out of reality and daydreams inside the overarching container of friendship in relation to intimacy. As the show continues to unfold the audience acts as the performers’ inner psyche, a mirror reflecting our dreams back at us. The viewers will experience these stories, along with flashy movements…
KIDS TELL TALES: a story-centric family experience
Children have the most vivid imaginations…who doesn’t love hearing the stories they come up with and the worlds they create? Join us with your kids for an Imagine More: Story Adventures storytelling project. You’re encouraged to participate in this interactive family experience. You and your child will explore fun ways to tell your stories, join in on skits, and enjoy boat loads of engaging activities! Kids Tell Tales will launch at 3 venues in…
KidRave
Techno, House, and Hyperpop for kiddos and their caregivers! Come tear up the dancefloor with your child at Philadelphia’s premier kids’ dance party.
Kevin McDonald & Friends
The amazing Kevin McDonald of the Kids In the Hall fame delights the audience with a hilarious stand-up set followed by a completely improvised block featuring several Crossroads performers that will have you howling. Come check out this living legend of comedy in Philly for one night only!
Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt
Kelly McCaughan (HBO, Apple TV+) presents Catholic Guilt. Does daddy Jesus’s naked body on the cross make you wet? So will this show (no, seriously – there’s water). So put on your waterproof panties and get ready to unpack losing our virginity in the most holy way, abortion, a bowling experience that leads to eternal damnation, and the list goes on…Through audience participation, cringey personal recounts, and stand-up adjacent clowny…
Keeping Watch
Keeping Watch is a visceral journey of coming out, daringly presented by dancer/choreographer Rush Johnston. On a journey that winds its way through growing up poor in South Carolina, the fear of revealing their queer and gender identity to family, and the general homophobia of the church, Keeping Watch is a soul bearing emotional gut punch that will stir your consciousness and emotions to their cores. Rush takes the audience…
KCBC X KCBCII: SUMMER SERIES
KCBC X KCBCII take on their 7th Annual Fringe Festival. KCBC, under the direction of Kimberly D. Landle will present an evening length show exploring a variety of themes. The company returns to the Cherry Street Pier on September 10th with 3 performances and 3 Choreographic World Premiers.
Just Like Hollywood
JUST LIKE HOLLYWOOD continues the decades-long collaboration between Melanie Stewart and John Clancy (KILL ME NOW, A SIMPLE FACT OF PAIN, STICKY) working at the crux of contemporary dance and theater practice. Joined by performers Kylie Westerbeck and Dane Eissler this new work centers on, explores and explodes the entrapment and degradation of a young woman in contemporary America. On a bare stage, using only props supplied by a demanding…
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