THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
Humble Materials & guest artist Natalie Fletcher (body-painter / Skin Wars season 1 winner) join forces in a post-pandemic adaptation of Charlotte Perkins-Gilman’s THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. Our unreliable narrator, Jane, embarks on a quest to “cure” her mental illness despite her exhausting wallpaper. Humble Materials is a physical theatre collective in residence at Philly PACK. They produce small-budget, large-impact, femme-centric work. Founded in 2021, Humble Materials has produced WHITE DRESS…
The Van Gogh Shogh
Free show. Bring cash. Very special investment opportunity. A little bit karaoke, a little bit sip n’ paint, and a little bit The Barnes. Basically a bunch of moving projections of beautiful paintings by a tortured Dutchman who died a while ago. Good stuff people with taste and culture like.
The Torch Runners
The Torch Runners is a Dance Theatre piece that explores embodied ideas of personal legacy. Dancers express their history and hopes for the future through movement, spoken word and shenanigans. As my first piece coming out of bachelors I wanted to explore the questions us newly graduates find ourselves in. In particular when it comes to personal legacy what mark do we want to leave on the world? Are we…
The Tea
You are cordially invited to join drag performer Ania Upstill as they draw from their love of history and botany to recreate Robert Fortune, the real-life botanist who stole tea from China. Hear him spill the tea on his dirty dealings, and get your own fortune read in tea leaves by Fortune himself! Tea, ubiquitously associated with the British Empire, was not at all British in origin. The story of how tea…
The Tale of the Slaughtered Hog
The Tale of the Slaughtered Hog is a lively and raucous performance that weaves together Paige Phillips’ memories of growing up in coal country West Virginia with radical Appalachian histories. It is a sweeping narrative that encourages national allyship, highlighting patterns of labor exploitation and wealth inequality. Audiences learn about the Coal Wars, a series of armed labor conflicts led by a group of multiethnic and multiracial miners. Phillips, a…
The Stank Upon A Time: A Story About Funk
Urban Movement Arts and Philly Kerplop present “The Stank Upon A Time: A Story About Funk.” This show is a wonky and very unorthodox lecture demonstration on funk music and its related dances. You won’t be told what you want nor what you are expecting to hear about Funk. Prose that spans between paying homage to James Brown to no holds barred commentary on politics and identity are the backdrop…
The Softest Part of Her
The Softest Part of Her is a one-woman show that engages, evokes and embodies unapologetic liberation. Through movement, spoken word and storytelling, the audience is invited to tap into their softest part. Prepare your soul for a vulnerable journey of love, healing, and pleasure.
CANCELED: The Slaughtered Hog
This performance has been canceled. Join us for a public procession, spit-roast, and comedic takedown of capitalism. A giant sculpture of a hog leads the way to a festive evening of food, drinks, and local comedians. Bring your best punchlines to add to the mix. At 5:45 PM, start at the Icebox Project Space for the the half-mile procession.At 6:30 PM, come to the MAAS building for food, drinks, and…
The Secret Life of Gym Girls
Anna Azizzy’s “The Secret Life of Gym Girls” is an absurd and hilarious multimedia performance depicting a fictional gymnastics team, their coach, and moms. The characters’ experiences exaggerate the artist’s as a former gymnast and queer person. Azizzy reimagines their team’s stories, giving them secrets and exposing their most shameful (queer and unusual) desires. The piece combines tactile elements of the gymnastics gym with the homogeneity of a digital world,…
The Ledge
Two sisters arrive on a rock in the middle of the ocean. They are grieving. It is a funeral, but also a reunion. In Irish and Scottish folklore, selkies are seals that can transform into women on the 13th day of the month. They remove their skins and hide them away. They assume their human forms until they adorn their seal skins once again. If their skins are lost or…
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