Clémence et Virgile Présent: VOYAGE
Codependent charlatans mount a cabaret to hide in plain sight. Fleeing Paris after a tragic “accident,” these vaudevillians are washed up with no money and nowhere to stay. But The Muse calls–so they’ve booked a venue, stolen a band, and invited you! Come for the music, stay for the chaos, leave for your sanity.
Classical Open Mic Matinee
At the Classical Open Mic Matinee, we begin with some incredible professional musicians as guest artists, and then anyone can get up and perform up to 5 min of classical music. Pianist provided, no need to sign up. You never know what you’ll see at the Classical Open Mic Matinee! Come join the fun!
Clapping for Nature Together
What does it feel like to clap for the soil, a tree, the sky? As our planet continues to warm under extractive systems, Clapping for Nature Together offers a chance to gather, celebrate, and reconnect with the ecological communities that sustain us. This immersive, outdoor somatic workshop transforms the original Clapping for Nature performance into a collective, participatory experience — one where the line between performer and participant dissolves. Clapping,…
Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins
Internationally-touring storyteller Noam Osband brings his new show, “Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins,” to Philly Fringe for its Philadelphia debut at Studio 34. It’s a show about growing up with a father who was a mohel (Jewish ritual circumciser) who buried foreskins at home, failed efforts at finding paternal figures after his untimely death, and wrestling with circumcising his own kid. Weaving together…
Chronic Presents: cartas de amor a Puerto Rico
Chronic Presents: cartas de amor a Puerto Rico is an ode to Hispanic Culture and the mythology of Puerto Rican culture. Through various apparatus, we invite our audience to be guided along a mysterious journey of history, dance, and music. Dancers featured in this exhibition will represent the local Philadelphia circus scene. Living and exploring life through disability and accessibility needs— we transcend. Dancers will take you on a magical…
CHRONIC PAin au chocolat
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Changing My Major to Joan
As our trans ancestors are being erased from history, how can we secure the safety of our trans future? Join Boris and the spirit of Joan of Arc in the trans medieval powerpoint concert you never knew you needed. With humor, Nirvana, George Bernard Shaw, masks, and Friedrich Schiller, Boris explores the trials and tribulations of the queer experience.
Catching Fireflies: A New Queer Musical
Catching Fireflies is a folk musical that centers on a writer coming to terms with her gender identity amidst her queer friend group of artists stuck together in Philadelphia over the 2020 pandemic. Through intertwining love triangles, questioning of common queer stereotypes, & conversations between her authentic and physical self, our writer explores what it means to reach your full potential as an artist and an individual.
Catastrophe: A Beckettian Cabaret
Let’s toast to the collective existential dread together! Join Die-Cast for a darkly funny night of original music and classic shorts by Samuel Beckett performed by some of Philly’s finest actors. We have Beckett’s What Where, Cascando, Ohio Impromptu, and of course, Catastrophe, ready to make you laugh and weep at the absurdity of it all. Our band, featuring concertina, toy piano, ukulele bass, and a bunch of music boxes, is ready to serenade you with some strange and beautiful…
CASS
Cass is gifted with knowing the truth of the future, but cursed that no one will ever believe her. Can she change her tragic fate, or is it futile to even try? HUMBLE MATERIALS presents a modern re-telling of Cassandra’s mythology and Euripides’ TROJAN WOMEN, and asks us to consider the soothsayer’s role in contemporary culture. What lengths would we go to to change our stories? Humble Materials proudly partners with WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence to present…
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