Happy Hour On The Fringe: Live
Drinks are on us! Starting on August 12th, happening every Monday evening through September 30th, come to FringeArts for a chance to connect with fellow artists and engage in meaningful conversations, all over free drinks and light snacks. These events are open to all artists participating in the 2024 Fringe Festival. Please be sure to RSVP ahead of time to help us prepare! September 2nd – ArtistsU: Celebrating (and Surviving) your…
“Written in My Heart”: James Joyce and Irish Authors
“When I die Dublin will be written in my heart,” James Joyce proclaimed of his homeland. Ireland has inspired storytellers for centuries, and the Rosenbach is home to an incredible collection of their work. In this program we’ll explore a wide array of holdings, including Bram Stoker’s handwritten notes for his gothic classic Dracula, correspondence from the iconic and incomparable Oscar Wilde, and, of course, one of our most famous…
Hundred Acre Park
Get lost in nature with Pooh, Piglet, and all your favorite friends in a new musical adaptation of A.A. Milnes original Winnie-the-Pooh novels, where the Hundred Acre Wood becomes the Hundred Acre Park! Playful puppetry will bring these lovable toys to life once again for a new generation of young ones growing up in a city like Philadelphia! This production reimagines the characters for the modern child living in a…
blckgoorue
2023. Diagnosis. Monthly grief rituals. I’m tender. And clownful on the hot seat. The smallest things can feel bigger than life.I should see someone. A goorue. “[But] it never goes {the other} [a]way.”hahahahahah/ (silence)My favorite combination. Walk run walk run/ stay perfectly still. Fail.I will see some of you on the other side. The rest of you, where would you like to meet?
My Uncle Sam
Born in Russia in 1891, Sami Silverstein joined a wave of turn-of-the-century immigrants who came to America seeking a better life. Growing up in Brooklyn, he took an interest in mechanics and became a test pilot during the early days of aviation. After a near-death experience, he returned to his love of building bicycles which eventually landed him on a vaudeville stage as Sam Barton of the Barton Bros. act….
The Infinite Possibility of Jane & The Grail of Salt
The Infinite Possibility of Jane If you are waiting for the apocalypse, you will recognize this place as the waiting room. Jane is your host, and the gatekeeper to the realm of the dead. While we wait for the earth to judge us, permit our passage home, and reclaim our bodies, Jane wants to know why the rules of social etiquette only apply to other humans. The Grail of Salt…
the indigo blue diaries: a (re)mixed media performance installation
the indigo blue diaries: a (re)mixed media performance installation combines movement, sound, text, and image to tell the story of 3 generations of women who must confront family secrets on the eve of a hurricane.
OVERBOARD!
OVERBOARD! is BACK at Cannonball! Come for a weekly variety cabaret with offerings from sideshow, circus, storytelling, ecstatic camp counsellor rants, pirate rituals, and everything in between. Jump in with us, we’re going OVERBOARD! Catch OVERBOARD at Cannonball every Sunday at 8PM starting on Sunday, September 8. OVERBOARD venues will be announced soon! Sunday, September 8, 8pm – Venue TBASunday, September 15, 8pm – Venue TBASunday, September 22, 8pm –…
SMOOTH, a solo queer noir musical, bitch
THE DICS ARE MISSING! All of the private eyes have disappeared, in SMOOTH, Fringie Award Winner Dan Kitrosser’s new queer musical send-up (and take down) of the Film Noir. Mildred Von Der Fulpuss is nervous but hiding something when she knocks on the door of the last private dic in the seedy neighborhood of Skidmarcke to try and track down her husband. But you see, PI WIlly Blough hasn’t taken…
SMASH!: Black Circus Edition
SMASH! Is the exciting conclusion to Black Circus Week. Stay after for a toast and a dance party! SMASH! returns, this time featuring eight intrepid Black Circus Artists from across the country. Paired as strangers during a micro-residency, SMASH! shows what happens when artists meet for the first time. Will seeds be planted for a future creative relationships, or will they resort to… juggling? Participating artists:Chris RooneyRaymond DiamondAlanna La PrimadonnaJayla…
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