DeepFake
DeepFakeAn immersive experience for one audience member at a time. Your company has been developing a product to allow anyone to create fake videos that look perfectly real. As the Head of PR, you will argue for your perspective on the use of generated images and AI, to make sure that launch is successful… or not. Part puzzle room, part quiet horror story. SOLD OUT RUN at the Denver Fringe,…
Where Echoes Remain
Ballet lives deep in the body, carefully etched into bones and hearts through years of repetition, rigor, and reverie. It is an art form of devotion and dreaming, of control and release. For many dancers, the relationship is complex. Even after time away, its resonating influence endures. Where Echoes Remain is a living collage of original ballet choreography and personal stories told by dancers. Developed through a reflective workshop process, memories become movement and…
Opening Night Party | Rashid Zakat: Revival!
Celebrate the opening of the 29th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival with us at Fringe Bar! Filmmaker and artist Rashid Zakat will perform Revival! A benevolent interruption in public space, Revival! feels like walking into a dance party and DJ set. This audio-visual meditation attempts to reimagine and practice what collective joy and resilience look like in times of crisis. Using aural- and image-based motifs from the African diaspora, the artist…
Great Bends
In a near-future teetering on the edge of climate catastrophe, Great Bends tells the story of three friends and former activists navigating the complexities of life, loss, and an uncertain future. Set against the backdrop of relentless flooding in their hometown of Great Bend, Kansas, the play delves into the personal impact of climate change and the ways it reshapes relationships, dreams, and identities. As Ness visits home, she reconnects…
CANCELED: Who Do You Think You Are?
This show has been canceled. Who Do You Think You Are? Is a question we may have asked ourselves or been asked in a condescending sort of way. Kind of like, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As if you’re not already being someone. Everyone is born with that something that makes them unique. Some talent, some passion, some heart’s desire that perhaps was never spoken…
Wake (film)
wake /wāk/ 1. To emerge from a state of sleep.2. To hold a vigil beside (someone who has died). Like the double entendre of its title, “Wake” is one part of a two-spirited project: a play and a film. The play will premiere at 59E59 Theaters in NYC in November 2025. Get your tickets here: https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/wake/The film is available online as part of the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival! Instead of buying…
The Women’s Film Festival 2025
The Women’s Film Festival is dedicated to empowering women in the film industry and bringing films “by, for or about” women to the Philadelphia area. We have a variety of programs and events throughout the year but our main focus is our annual film festival. What started as a 3 day festival with approximately 25 films has morphed into a 10 day festival screening approximately 100 films from all over…
THREE FOR ALL: “Happy Enough,” “Steering Wild,” and “Kukulkan”
THREE FOR ALL – A trio of short comic world premieres: “KUKULCAN” by Ivan Taub – The crooked owner of a scam extermination business hatches a scheme with his stripper girlfriend who has a tarnished heart of gold. They’re out to con their innocent helper’s long-lost, wealthy uncle in a high-stakes poker game. Plot twists and outlandish tales move to a climax where fears are dispelled, dreams fulfilled and laughs abound. …
Live Shibari Performance – Entwined Elysium: Cookie Crumble
Production: Entwined Elysium showcases shibari, the Japanese art of rope bondage, through mesmerizing performances that blend intricate rope techniques with graceful movement. These artistic displays emphasize the beauty of human connection, trust, and vulnerability, transforming rope into a medium for artistic expression and emotional storytelling. Each performance weaves together elements of tradition, creativity, and intimacy, creating a captivating and serene atmosphere for the audience. Show: For over a year, Trixie…
BUEN CAMINO
Susan has a perfect life, a perfect love, and perfect happiness. When she suddenly undergoes an unexpected loss, her perfect life ends. Consumed by excruciating pain, she finds it impossible to imagine any future worth living. Until, on an ordinary trip to the grocery store, she hears The Voice. The trouble is, Susan doesn’t believe in Voices. And yet, when The Voice tells her to walk the Camino de Santiago…
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