Heart Ripped Out Twice and So Can You!
During the pandemic, Linnea found out she had some tumors. That really sucked. When one major surgery failed, she had to have her chest sawed open and her brain radiated to get them out. That also very much sucked. And then she kinda almost died from an infection. Which, too, hella sucked. And then she had a real hard breakup. Really painful. Like 10 out of 10 pain. A whole…
HAIR
a HAIR-raising experience of movement being influenced, manipulated and exaggerated from the hair on the dancers heads. Acting as a catalyst for the movement, HAIR essentially explores the physicality of one’s head of hair as it’s own form of movement within the body. How can our hair become the dance and our bodies act as a respondent?
GROUP PROJECT
GROUP PROJECT – Sept. 8 – 18, 2022Directed and Devised by Lindsay GossOn the day of the big test, a high school classroom spirals into chaos. Teachers are missing and none of the questions make sense. Will the students play along? Or is it time to take what they’ve learned and build a new world?
Free Improv Basics Class
Learn the basics of improv in this free and fun class! You’ll learn the core concepts of improv from one of Philly’s best instructors, meet new people, and have some fun while doing it. No experience necessary. Non-performers are encouraged to join the fun! Attendees will get a code good for $50 off an upcoming Crossroads class! Unable to get tickets on the Fringe site? Head on over to XroadsComedy.com.
Green Card Project
Green Card Project. …the applicant was becoming a well adjusted performer as they had to tell several stories to the audience of one (the officer), and also make sure that they are assuming the right personality for their “character”. …the applicant was never a good actor, or a theater enthusiast to begin with. They in fact would suffer from stage fright every time they were tasked with something as minimal as announcing a short statement to a group of…
Fragments from the Maelstrom
Artist and photographer, Phineas K. Gage pulls back the thin veil of reality to peer into Forgotten Lore Theatre’s immersive world, Evermore. In his unique style, Gage’s images and abstractions give voice to a dark and inexpressible reality devised from the interwoven imaginations of some of history’s greatest literary minds. Phineas K Gage (Jared Bernatowicz) is a photographer and artist local to the Greater Philadelphia. Phineas is also a mental…
good luck
good luck: a regathering is an immersive performance and act of radical hospitality in the form of a 5-course, sit-down, seed to farm to table meal to be shared with strangers and loved ones. Regathering is a response to the hunger to re/build worlds in this time of social, economic, racial, health, and ecological crises. Ushering in the Equinox and its late harvest, we will mark the ways we’ve centered…
Fresh Ink Shorts
FRESH INK SHORTS is an intriguing, fast-paced evening of new original short plays by award-winning writers — from one-minute amuse-bouches to more elaborate courses of the comic, the poignant, and the wondrous strange. The eight to ten shorts are performed by seven talented actors, coming together in various combinations to build each new world they’ll inhabit. The individual pieces are separated by provocative sound and light cues that provide a…
Forever Never Lasts
Have you ever played “telephone”? One person quietly whispers a message to the person beside them, who passes it on to the next, and so on, right down the line. Each time the message is relayed, there is a chance it will change through misunderstanding or mishearing. Other bits could be innocently altered, improved, or forgotten, and the original message might be very different from the last one told. And…
GO AHEAD
Have you pondered whether liveband karaoke and screaming songs about heartbreak while walking along the Delaware River can really change your life? GO AHEAD will playfully explore self-regulation, self-doubt, and self-acceptance through autobiographical story-telling and live music. The experience will simulate a live pub event by incorporating an actual *open-mic where artists can sign-up for slots as part of the proceedings. It also pays tribute to Jenny Lewis, the singer of…
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