Noah’s No-Show Show
It’s opening night of a brand new play. With the cast and crew missing, can one actor take on every role and bring the performance to life? Well, Noah is going to try! This solo improvised comedy turns an audience-suggested title into a spontaneous work of theatre. When you arrive, you’ll submit a written suggestion of an original play title. Maybe it’s the title of the play you’ve always wanted…
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialist classic premiered in Paris in May 1944, near the World War II apex of Germany’s occupation. This spring, off-off-Broadway veteran Alice Camarota realized her longtime dream of directing the play, with a successful two-week run at The NuBox in Hell’s Kitchen, NY City. Now, the same cast and creative team again bring the play to life for Philly Fringe at Yellow Bicycle Theater, across the street from…
Night of a 1000 Knocks
Jeff and Buttons have a brand-new show. If these two idiots work out their differences, that is. Jeff has an awesome idea that will change theater as we know it: it’s called Knock-Knock Jokes. Buttons has not been paying attention in rehearsals. Also, he’d rather do silly bits like Fart Laugh and Punch Jeff. Luckily, they have a big bag of bits to present to the audience…for a small fee….
Night Just Before the Forest by Bernard-Marie Koltès
Philadelphia Fringe Festival Includes Bernard-Marie Koltès Pennsylvania Premiere NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FOREST (written in 1977) was Koltès’ first widely acclaimed play. He is considered to be heir to Samuel Beckett, Jean Cocteau and Jean Genet and his plays have been translated into more than 36 languages. Koltès died of complications from AIDS in 1989. NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FOREST is described as “An unstoppable monologue that must be uttered….
NE-FAiRY-OUS!
The best revenge is a happy ending you can rub in their stupid faces! NE-FAiRY-OUS! is a multi-media, musical solo show about a fairy changeling who is abused & left alone with no friends, talents, or control over her emotions or bodily secretions (sweat & tears). Desperate to find joy, she goes on an absurd quest through musicals, game shows, & cartoons to find her happy ending. Clap if you…
My Pussy Hurts Too
Two (aged and aging) queens stand by a gloryhole, bitching about the absurd drama that is their lives, and wait for salvation that never cums. Finally, a light emerges from the most unlikely of places… but will it offer the release they’ve so desperately been looking for? A transgressive dance-theater riff on Waiting for Godot, MY PUSSY HURTS TOO makes existential fun from facing a dire present and an even…
My Own Private Final Destination
“First they say you’re crazy, then they fight you, then all of a sudden, you change the world.” Star of film and television Alexandra McVicker makes the difficult but respectable decision to return to her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to portray herself in a play she wrote about her own life. Although no one else seems to share her creative vision, she selflessly puts her own life experience on the…
My Big Fang Vampire Wedding
You are invited – For a very special early start to your Spooky Season, come to Ulana’s Ukrainian (rhymes with Transylvanian!) Nightclub in South Philly, and drink with Dracula (he won’t suck – or maybe he will!) and toast the Count and his singing brides at their wedding reception!MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING is immersive cabaret, with a live (as in back from the dead!) band, and music from Donna…
Museum of Black Joy Presents: Variance, Ritual for A Home
Variance, Ritual for a Home: A video projection experience, considering the life and rituals that belong to a home, allowing the viewer to see through walls and share in the interior expression of a Black family as they navigate an often hostile exterior world. The Colored Girls Museum is the architectural site and spiritual home of the ritual performance, which combines AR Portraits to enliven the garden, video projection onto…
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing: the originator of Enemies-To-Lovers. A story of old friends, misunderstandings, snarky banter, and complicated love.
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