Spruce Street
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one…
Science, Engineering & Art: A Juggler’s Perspective
An eye-opening show. This production focuses on Greg’s journey from professional engineer to world renowned juggler. Science, Engineering & Art gracefully transitions between inspirational, real-world anecdotes and amazing, kinetic creations. Every moment of this lecture gives the audience perspective on how science and art unite. It illustrates the process of using the knowledge you have to pursue your passions.
Scoring the End
Settlements of dust fall on the expanse of a passing afternoon. On a day like today, where there is no sun, the day is only passing. Given the debris on the windowsill, it’s likely that a new genre of days are on the way. By which, I don’t mean spring, but new days altogether. Some new, unfounded name, and in essence, unnameable altogether. Nothing is here for the purpose of…
SELL ME: I Am from North Korea
SELL ME: I am from North Korea written & performed by Sora Baek Click here to watch a clip SELL ME: I Am From North Korea is inspired by the true stories of North Korean defectors who risk everything to escape one of Earth’s most repressive regimes. Sora masterfully delivers a brutally honest performance filled with vulnerability, humor, and boundless energy as she explores the nature of diversity, social justice, human rights,…
SILVER & BEBBIE
Silver and Bebbie go together like rice and beans. Like rollerskating and lemonade. Like secret handshakes and made-up languages. Anything can happen when you have a friend you can make anything with. Like a name that fits you. Silvia Birdsall is an 8 year old musician, dancer, knitter, and lover of cats. She’ll stubbornly tell you that though her babysitter Evelyn Langley looks like a grownup, she’s actually only…
Scarlet Letter
What does Georgia O’Keefe, Sylvia Plath, Marguerite Newburgh, and Alice Parker all have in common? Buckle your seatbelts, dial up the time machine, and join Humble Materials at Philly PACK garage for SCARLET LETTER: a dance-theatre, time-traveling adventure. Humble Materials is a physical theatre collective in residence at Philly PACK. They produce small-budget, large-impact, femme-centric work.
Romeo & Juliet in a Bar
NOTE: Event is pay what you can, bar is cash only! You know ’em, you love ’em, you’ve probably seen some bad versions of ’em. Catch Romeo & Juliet like you’ve never seen it before as these beautiful, foolish, desperately in love kids race towardsdoom in the madcap Shakespeare On Tap style. The actors talk to you, you can talk back, and drinking is encouraged (but no pressure, you do…
Rx and Chill
Experience a live installation where you receive, and prescribe, unorthodox therapy based on Abyss: The Greatest Proposal Ever — a dramatic narrative short film about the wild adventures of an Army Officer who gets stranded by SEPTA when a botched TV audition shakes up his wedding plans.
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring is an up close and hyper-personal tongue and cheeky look at life’s hopes and disappointments. Buckle up to be taken on a rough and tumble, show and tell clown-dance-burlesque-theater and somewhere in between ride that acknowledges how pain is so close to pleasure; loss so close to love. Asked about her work, Lillian cites the writing of David Whyte and bell hooks who…
Ronnie, The Musical
Ronnie is a snail. In this one act musical, Ronnie lives in a shower drain, and one day, climbs out into the bathtub. In this new world, he discovers a life full of light, soap, cucumbers, and water falling from the sky. And you’re in luck, because he’s taking you along for the journey. Come see life thorugh the eyes of a snail inside a bathtub.
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