Rogues’ Gallery
Everyone has a story to tell. A phone call from a stranger may hold the key to an opportunity for a fresh start. A cabaret singer does not like the janitor at her club. An aggrieved husband seeks revenge on the man who seduced his wife. A homeowner is taken off guard by something discovered in his new house. A journalist becomes infatuated with a writer, leaving her fiancé behind….
Returning to Normal Through Improv
After 14 months of lockdowns, quarantines, and closures Philly is starting to open up! Restrictions are being lifted and the gradual process of returning to “normal” is beginning. Come remember what it’s like interacting with real human beings in this one day improv workshop! Brush up on your social skills, learn to loosen up, meet some new people, and have some fun while you’re doing it! You’ll also learn the…
PADA PRESENTS The Greatest Showman
Pennsylvania Academy of Dance Arts takes on its first ever Fringe Festival.
Plein Air Guitar
THE TOOLS REMAIN Derek Ayres’ new watercolors have something to do with the concept of “personal archeology” and a feeling of his mortality, or at least the mortality of his own culture. Parallel to the gods of ancient Greece or Rome, the gods of his 13-year-old self walked the earth: Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley, Angus Young. And just like the ancient gods, only a few artifacts remain. Often only the…
RagTag: A Circus in Stitches
Have you ever stopped to think about the threads which make up the fabric of everyday life? How sometimes they feel so perfectly knit together, while at other times they feel more like a tangled web of knots? Every fiber has a source, but what prevents it from completely unraveling? Woven together, these loose ends create a new story. Follow our RagTag group of threadbare, yarn-spinning characters as they explore…
Portrait of a Lady
Is baroque style about formal elegance? Or about emotion, atmosphere or drama? All of the above! We’ve been diving deep into rediscovered performance practices, and finding that music can be like impassioned and eloquent speech and can tell stories and paint pictures. Who is the lady in the picture and what story does she tell? Performed on eighteenth century instruments, the viola da gamba, harpsichord and theorbo will take on…
Quarantined Ill At Ease: Covid-19 Allstars
Join Sonja Pacho and Stephanie Parker every Monday night of the festival as they welcome many of their favorite comedians from Philadelphia’s own IRL Ill At Ease & virtual Quarantined Ill At Ease comedy open mics. The virtual bar opens at 7:30, the show will begin at 8:00 p.m.
Our American Experiences
“Our American Experiences” is a festival in remembrance of the 20th anniversary of 9/11/01. It will begin with a solemn sharing of stories and music at 8:30 am at the WTC memorial on the SRT. Then from 11 am onward there will be concerts and story telling of our american experiences at 22nd and Spruce. Between concerts by local professional classical musicians, story telling for children and poetry readings by…
Publik Private
This bilingual solo performance grapples with history like a best frenemy. The Darb is an earnest millennial clown with one big hope: if they can connect to thier queer ancestors thier own role in life will become clear. The Darb unearths two gender non-conforming ancestors who’s lives they hope to learn something from. Le Monje Alferez is a conquistador at the turn of the 17th centuryfor who ran away from…
Package Deal
As a veteran solo performance artist, Jennifer Blaine has participated in many Philly Fringe Festivals, including the very first one in 1997! In her latest original work, Package Deal, she humorously explores the fragility of systems, the human body, and recounts being demoted as an aging womxn artist mother. Armed with her sense of humor, a multitude of characters, can her storytelling transform your world?
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