A cat in a box
A Cat in a Box is a raw, deeply personal solo performance that takes the audience into one man’s difficult childhood and his journey toward healing. Through evocative monologues, Tom shares the emotional landscape of growing up in a household shadowed by his father’s alcoholism, anger, and absence of love. Set mostly in the memory-filled spaces of a family home, the show explores the fear of waiting for a drunken…
A Call to Prayer
The subtle body connects us globally by the threads of grief, joy, struggle, and awakening. “A Call to Prayer” by Zaquia Mahler Salinas is a moving meditation that pulls these threads through embodied ritual, inviting us to honor our pain and call into existence restoration and hope. With both universal themes and unique expressions of ritual and communion as a source material, this dance seeks to connect us to the…
94.4 WAIT FM presents The Waiting Room
Welcome to The Waiting Room, an immersive site-specific experience where the audience checks in with the host, fills out intake forms, receives a number, is given a pair of headphones to listen to their choice of three audio tracks, and waits for their number to be called. And waits. And waits. This show has a capacity of 30 audience members and it is exactly what it says, a waiting room….
9/11 Remembrance at the SRT Memorial
Come join us for a remembrance tribute marking the anniversary of the attack on 9/11/01. There will be music, a moment of silence, and a time for you to share your stories from that day. Located at a memorial to those from Philadelphia in the World Trade Center at the time of the attack. Mark the morning with us.
5 Stagehands Fall Out of a Closet (the goose crisis)
An avante-garde model, a professor of botanical poetry, and a paranormal investigator walk into a bar. Ouch. They proceed to the back of the Trestle Inn, where, hidden behind an ominous curtain, shapeshifter Grace Lazarz unleashes a bevy of lovably grotesque characters into the intimate Go-Go purgatory. Lazarz and director/collaborator, Michael Amendola, invite the audience to follow a whirligig of comic delirium while a chorus of 2 57 13 ……
CANCELED: 45 Minutes Before I Die
This show has been canceled. 45 Minutes Before I Die is a haunting solo performance that explores the mysterious space between wakefulness and oblivion—where sleep becomes a rehearsal for death, and the mind takes over in unpredictable ways. Each night, the protagonist experiences a 45-minute descent into an unconscious state, where control slips away and the brain begins to replay memories, emotions, and unspoken thoughts. This mirrors the scientific theory…
CANCELED: 2014
This show has been canceled. For this part, I want to speak to you directly, as I would when performing my piece: When I set out to craft this piece, I did so because I was inspired by hakawati storytelling from my own culture, and I felt that I had a duty to enshrine that art form in the canon of American theater. Traditionally, hakawati storytelling had no tech –…
2 Women 2 Mothers
In 2 Women, 2 Mothers, Vicki and Merry take a deep dive into the tribulations and triumphs of this complex relationship. In each of their two solo performances, they explore the transformative nature of mothers and daughters— what it means to be a daughter and a mother and sometimes both at the same time. In It’s About Time, Vicki navigates the challenging end-of-life journey she travels with her mother, while…
1000 Kates Shorts
This collecton of 10 short music videos is a selection of videos featured over the past five years at Night of 1000 Kates, an annual perofmance event in Philadelphia which uses Kate Bush’s craft to create all manner of ritual, revelry, camp and spectacle. For more information about the artists and the show, go to 1000Kates.com Kelly Croidan – Suspended in Gaffa Thunderhearts – “He’s Here” (The Man with the…
100 miles around the entire city from the comfort of your home!
Walk Around Philadelphia: Virtual Info Session Explore the city’s edge—from the comfort of home. Curious about Walk Around Philadelphia but not sure where to begin? Join us via Zoom for a dynamic and interactive session that will introduce you to this unique 100+ mile walking project, which invites participants to explore the city’s perimeter on foot. Whether you’re thinking about joining a future walk, wondering how it all works, or…
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