FISH
Funmi Adejobi swims in FISH, a one-woman clown show that follows the journey of a fish who wants to be a human. To do that, fish has got to learn how to walk, talk, and – most human of all – how to worry. FISH is directed and co-devised by Chris Manley.
Fires on the Plain
Experience a bold theatrical adaptation of one of Japan’s most powerful war novels: Ōoka Shōhei’s classic Fires on the Plain reimagined for the stage. This solo performance brings to life the harrowing journey of a soldier lost in the chaos of World War II. Through multiple roles, one actor explores the depths of war, solitude, and human survival. Explores themes of faith, dignity and humanity through the loneliness, hunger and…
Finish-line Festivities w/ Walk Around Philadelphia
Raise a glass with the Walk Around Philadelphia community as we celebrate the completion of the fall perimeter-walk cycle! For veteran walkers, it’s a well-earned happy-hour to swap border tales, reconnect with walking buddies, and reflect on what you discovered along the 100-mile edge of the city. For curious newcomers, it’s the perfect low-key gateway into the project: meet people who just circled Philadelphia, browse route maps and photos, and…
Fatherland
It’s Springtime, 1940. And you are a German-American. For the Burger family, Frank, Trudi and their daughter, Kristin living in Jersey City, New Jersey this is a time of quiet desperation. Outwardly loyal to America, the homeland, but inwardly proud of the economic miracle in Germany, the Fatherland. Since 2015, Lights, Theatre, Action! a Washington DC based troupe has been presenting controversial American history plays written by Virginia playwright, James…
Fascist Groove
History repeats itself. First as punk, now as punk-performance-lecture on life in the UK from 1979–1989. With music.
Family Vacation
It’s vacation time for the family! Come join your mother, your cousins, yours aunt whose birthday you forget every year, and all the families soon to be ex girlfriends. It’s a safari of your dearest loved ones you only see twice a year. Let’s unpack family trauma while sipping a Mai Tai by the pool. John Miller Giltner is a participant in Philly Fringe Postcards, peer-to-peer review experiment created for…
Family Portrait
Nuclear family failed us queers, painfully and comically. We yap endlessly about chosen family, the commune utopia in Vermont, co-parenting, and polyamory. We U-Haul our relationships. We meet strangers seeking collective living on FB marketplace, move in, and fall in love in three months’ time. Can this be the foundation of queer family? Platonic partnerships. Long distance friendship. Transient roommates. The domestic intimacy of trash day, crosswords and stoop cigs….
Family Law Comedy Special
Family Law Comedy Special showcases one custody hearing in a court where anything goes. A divorced mother seeks to get custody of her daughter back from her ex-husband, but the judge is very hungry, attorneys want to talk about pilates, and the mom has a controversial food blog. Who will win custody of the child? We won’t know until the judge has her Chinese takeout delivered. All attendees of the…
Falling – a disabled love story
One accident, two stories: one you’ve heard a thousand times, one you’ve never heard before. Falling is an uncomfortably sexy and hilariously vulnerable stumble through Aaron’s misadventures searching for love, lust, and life after disability. Come to see if he falls on stage or if he falls in love! Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Most Thought Provoking Show – The Scotsman “sweet, sharp, and provocative.” – The Guardian “an intelligent original.” –…
Extended Techniques, Abbreviated
Extended Techniques, Abbreviated is an exploration of what a solo instrumental performance can be. Featuring a variety of solo pieces for various instruments, each performance will stretch what it means to “play” an instrument, and question what is considered “music.” Through improvisation, composition, household objects, and various frameworks, music will be made in unpredictable ways. Eric McGarry and Jake Kaplan are in demand musicians and composers based in the Philadelphia…
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