When Did Everything Change?
Songwriter and sound artist Dylan Gilbert is a recent Philadelphia transplant who has spent the last two decades performing and releasing work that challenges preconceived notions about live performance and genre. WHEN DID EVERYTHING CHANGE celebrates the release of Gilberts new art rock inspired album of the same name. The album is the final installment of a trilogy of albums that began with the experimental-electronic ILL BE THE LAKEBED in…
This Could’ve Been a TikTok: A Live Comedy Presentation
A one-man comedy show featuring extensive use of the PowerPoint. Bits include: A Definitive Ranking of 9 ACME Markets Restrooms I Went to in South Jersey, The 10 Best Places in Disney World to Acknowledge Your Own Mortality, and The Millennial’s Guide to the Apocalypse.
There Is Only War
What awaits us in the grim darkness of the distant future? Are you cheating? Is this fun? A father and son show about war and games for an audience of four, at a table in Philly Game Shop, Center City’s premier gaming space. Directed by MK Tuomanen. Suitable for ages 13 and up.
Where Sunflowers Dance
Where Sunflowers Dance is a semi-autobiographical solo performance based on the coming out saga of Malik Thee Poet. This performance weaves together spoken word storytelling and improv for an entertaining journey through the mind and life of a gay Black 30-something as he strives to navigate the nuances of adult life, family, sex, sexuality, career, and culture. Follow Malik through time and various identities as he works to integrate the…
Where There is Hope, There is Light…
Where There is Hope, There is Light is a reflective ceremony on rituals and their connection with the human condition.How ritual acts provide a sense of foundation, significance, and trust in the all-too-familiar moments of uncertainty. How the vicarious ritual of collective gathering that is being an audience member provides an occasion for connection, inspiration, and revelation. Accompanied by violinist, Noah Julian, this collaborative duet merges hypnotic melodies, mesmerizing acrobatics,…
The Voice of Philadelphia Legends
Dave NobleSoul takes listeners on a journey through the legendary music of Philadelphia, sharing stories of his adolescent years in the music scene and how The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) came to be. Join for a fun, sweet, and heated hour of music outdoors in the park. Tracing the evolution of the city’s unique approach to music-making that became internationally admired between the 1970s and 1990s, the artist sings tributes…
The Trash Sommeliers
The Trash Sommeliers: An interactive musical where your trash is the star of the show.The Trash Somms are drinking tea at the garbage dump at the end of the universe when they happen upon a piece of trash that smells like possibility. Could this be a timeline where there is still hope to change hearts and minds, and transform perceptions of trash to prevent the world’s decay? Equipped only with…
The Toxic Avenger – The Musical
New Jersey’s first Superhero takes the stage in this monster of a comedy based on the classic cult film. Based on Lloyd Kaufman’s cult film and winner of an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, The Toxic Avenger – The Musical is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all: an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and two guys who play……
The Tire Swing
A one-act circus opera, about reconnecting with child-like joy as an adult, and making peace with one’s childhood in order to move forward in life. Audiences will experience a contemporary opera, sung from new heights, and in an immersive way. They will follow an adult woman as she takes a journey through her childhood backyard to find a part of herself that went missing for a long time.
Whore’s Eye View
Whore’s Eye View is a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective. Equal parts stand up comedy, history lecture, and personal storytelling, Kaytlin Bailey masterfully unpacks the age-old stigma surrounding the oldest profession. “Bailey’s terrific writing and comic delivery made this review engaging, and her reflections upon connections between history and her own identity including awareness of her privileges elevate Whore’s Eye View. The show…
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