GHOSTED
“With every wish, there comes a curse,” Bruce Springsteen. GHOSTED is a solo show about forbidden love, loss, shame, and redemption. One woman tells a story, 35 years in the making. Solo performers connect with audiences through shared experiences. The protagonist, influenced by the words of Bruce Springsteen, meets her soul mate at a hotel in Allentown, PA, that might be haunted. And, with the help of a few characters, who might be…
GHOST RIDE or the play that blows away
GHOST RIDE or the play that blows away is an immersive performance that puts the audience on bicycles, following a food delivery worker into the afterlife. The piece is a love song to the bicycle that addresses issues of bicycle safety and transportation justice, as well as being a meditation on life and loss. The play will be staged on a 3 mile ride along a protected bike lane on…
Getting Creative with Jennifer Blaine
Philly Fringe favorite Jennifer Blaine, known for her hysterical characters & transformational solo shows, breaks the 4th wall to boost y/our CREATIVITY. Through topical stand-up, interactive fun & coaching — she partners w/ the audience to “keep this show funny & touching throughout.” TimeOut NY What if you could have a creative shift or breakthrough while being entertained?!?! Getting Creative is a TRANSFORMATIVE PERFORMANCE where Blaine assists you to break…
Geometry: Conversations with Euclid
Geometry: A Conversation with Euclid follows a girl’s relationship with geometry through her life using circus as a medium. Come explore and learn with her as she first discovers geometry in elementary school, struggles with it in high school, and finally understands and expands her view in college. Using cyr wheel as the medium to explore different concepts in geometry, we will touch on different mathematical concepts as we reimagine…
G(r)een
G(r)een: Inspired by the personal experience of coping with a speech impediment, G(r)een follows a brave child who loves nature, but struggles to describe it. This playful story encourages us all to accept ourselves as we are, and find unlikely friendships under the kitchen sink. The Sunday 9/15 performance of G(r)een at 5 PM has been cancelled.
Fuzzy Forms Tyler School of Art 2nd Year MFA show
This exhibition showcases work from the class of 2025 MFA students at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Fuzzy Forms explores unconventional modes of perception and experience through trans-abstraction, material poetics, and community engagement. Through dynamic and evolving works, artists navigate intricate landscapes of queerness disrupting established systems and inviting viewers to explore new realms of understanding. By engaging with active modes of abstraction, the artists construct queer systems and…
FUZZY BULLDOZER
We’ve been waiting for this special moment, and we are all finally together. But we’ve waited too long to face you. You’re not ready. Are we? We need you to come with us. We can’t do it without you. We need you to believe it. What do you say? FUZZY BULLDOZER is a selves portrait in an evening-length experimental dance. It is (im)patiently waiting, optimistic, cushily pushing because it wants…
FutureJam ’94
FutureJam ’94 is a dance piece about utopian futures that never happen, 90s nostalgia, and our collective loss of attention. The 1990s saw a future that was ahead of time. A highspeed world that was driven by innovation and forward progress; all problems were solved and pieces of history floated in front of a white background ready for us to dissect. Meanwhile, tech companies were developing ways to monetize the…
Future Ghosts Ensemble
Thrumming drums and circuit-drench strings swirl with howling winds. A journey through immersive, experimental soundscapes with electronic augmentation, The Future Ghosts Ensemble will premiere “My Skin Is Not My Own” by Joshua Marquez in addition to a cacophony of collaborative improvisations. The Future Ghosts Ensemble are a diverse cast from Philadelphia’s improvisation and new music scenes comprised of guitarist/composer Joshua Marquez, bassist Pete Dennis, saxophonist Noa Even, and percussionists Anne…
Funeral For The Death Machines
Told from the perspective of the Gun and the Bullet on their last night on Earth, “A Funeral for The Death Machines” is an immersive musical experience moving from Gospel to House music, transitioning these objects from a symbol of harm to ones of transformation. Originally part of the Future Without Guns exhibition earlier this year, the piece in an invitation to lay our weapons to rest, if only for…
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