Case 84: Adopted in the U.S.A.
Case 84: Adopted in the U.S.A. On Friday, Sept. 22nd, Pokropski will perform an encore of the set. A comedy show meets a TED Talk, Case 84 sheds light on the underrepresented experience of adoptees. Over the course of an hour and aided by visuals ranging from family photos to images of Superman, Edward answers all the questions he gets about being adopted. The show is an immersive journey through Edward’s…
Black Box
September, 2002. A dancer visits her late husband’s station, sparking an affair. A 9/11 fireman hides from his wife and himself. His son struggles alone, caught between an army recruiter and an uncle obsessed with the missing black boxes. Originally written for the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, this play was adapted for the screen and shot in Philly and NYC on and around the 20th anniversary of the attacks after…
BLACK NERDZ ARE EAZY / YEA, SHE HEAVY
WTF! Staged reading of two original theatre + music pieces, BLACK NERDZ ARE EAZY: A Black Play On Punk Music and YEA, SHE HEAVY: A Black Play On Heavy Metal Music. BLACK NERDZ ARE EAZY and YEA, SHE HEAVY both tell the origin stories of two fictional bands in Philly, one an all-Black male punk rock band and the other an all-Black female heavy metal band. Oh, and in both…
BLACK WOOD
Gunnar Montana transports us once again, this time to a haunting, stirring, supernatural forest known as BLACK WOOD. A deep dive into suspense and the unknown, guests of BLACK WOOD will experience a wicked journey of femme-fatale storytelling. BLACK WOOD will once again show fans the darker side of Gunnar Montana Productions, with an immersive theater experience that has it all – witches, scorned lovers, and creatures of the night; back…
Bite The Dust
Your 2021 Fringie winners are back – this time taking on the big one: the final farewell, the big adios, the kick of the bucket – DEATH! In Bite the Dust, inFLUX dives into the fascinations and fears that bubble to the surface as we confront life’s biggest unknown. Join Bill Morty, a friendly volunteer art docent, as he attempts to confront his impending death. As he struggles to cope,…
Birth. Sparkle. Death.
Hannah is a rising star. Hannah has a rare brain disorder. Hannah is disabled. A stand up/cabaret/video installation mash-up diving down the kaleidoscopic, surrealist rabbit hole of the stages grief that come with the life altering diagnosis. Filled with trippy, defective medications, bloody brain surgeries, and know-nothing doctors. She is left unlatched and alone inside of the one thing that is broken: her own mind. With each original song, new…
Bird on a Wire
A stubborn pigeon won’t find a new perch and the circus artist is at her wits’ end trying to begin her daring performance. A whimsical blend of circus and puppetry, Bird on a Wire delivers astonishing wire-walking, absurd humor, and an unlikely duet to charm audiences of all ages. Promo Photo Credit: Michelle Bates
Flamenco Y Más “Postcards From Spain”
Flamenco Y Más, is a local company of dancers & musicians with a children’s ensemble that perform in festivals, operas and ballets. Our new interactive concert is “Postcards from Spain”, which will bring to life iconic scenes from Andalucia through Traditional Flamenco and Classical Spanish Dance. Prepare to be taken on a Music and Dance journey throughout the Iberian Peninsula as we have families participate with dance, movement, song and…
Fix Me
An Egyptian Muslim dancer, an American Jewish acrobat, finding, loving, and using each other. Fix Me is a full-length dance theater piece that explores queer male impulses across disparate cultural contexts and sheds light on the precariousness of intimacy, free expression, and relationships. The duet uses dance, physical theatre and acrobatics to tackles a universal cause and concern, sharing their side of the struggle with one another and merging two individual…
Fight
Follow the rocky nine months of an unexpected pregnancy. When a young, broken couple becomes responsible for a pure and innocent life– the FIGHT begins. As fears of parenthood are confronted through bickering and addiction, the two discover that Hope will only shape their future if well fought for.
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