CANCELED: WABAAM! Redamancy
This show has been canceled. How can you be lonely in front of a crowd of people? Redamancy (a love returned in full) just might answer that question. Exploring loneliness and intimacy in equal measure, Redamancy sees circus and dance collide into something unashamedly raw. Lost souls find each other through aerials, acrobatics, clowning, and dance in a celebration of vulnerability and authenticity!
VILE
Are you sad? Me too, bestie. Welcome to VILE, a wild award-winning solo show from Francesca Montanile Lyons. VILE blends clown and bouffon in an exploration of muddling through depression, surviving rape culture, and drowning in modernity. Expect a riot of absurdity, tenderness, and the kind of laughter that feels more like a cathartic gag reflex. Ingredients include: greasy toes, green cellophane, a balloon penis, and a side of BDSM….
Venomous, a mythical dance for a modern world
Her story is more than two thousand years old, but what would Medusa say if she had a chance to speak for herself? Jessica Fudim’s solo, “Venomous,” combines contemporary dance, video projection, whimsical props, amped-up party dancing, and moments of audience collaboration that move Medusa’s story beyond that of a snake-headed monster and dig into the complexities of whose voice is centered within the stories we tell.
Urinal
In the fluorescent-lit stall of their high school bathroom, three teens decide to spend the rest of their senior year doing what they love most—smoking weed and making beats. The bathroom is their hideout—part refuge, part recording studio, part escape hatch from the world. But when a pair of prized shoes goes missing, the trio is thrown into a spiral of suspicion, haunting stalls, and intense confrontations. Loyalty is tested,…
Urge
Urge is an evening length dance performance, premiering original works, “Seductive, Never Ceasing, Whispering, Clamoring, Murmuring, Inviting” by India Scott and “The Search” by Shelby Bakota. Scott’s work is an exploration of women in literature who were drawn to the ocean in their final moments. It largely focuses on the ideas of suffering and sacrifice. Bakota’s work explores loss, replacement, discovery, and despair. Any question can be answered. “The Search”…
Taarof at the Storefront
..and yet another report on this band that called themselves, Taarof. At this point, I collect a check at a PO Box in King of Prussia in exchange for writing notes and whatnot about this obscure band. New update is that they have decided to put out a recording in some format, but I haven’t seen anything. I was in Québec when they were trying to record materials in a…
CANCELED: umm… you got McDonald’s money?
This show has been canceled. With the electricity of a cabaret and the intimacy of a piano bar, UMM… YOU GOT MCDONALDS MONEY?, blends raw emotional honesty and theatrical storytelling into a hilariously dark comedy that charts the evolution through one of the most difficult chapters of my life. Part karaoke, part intimate confessional, this solo show is a tender and wry look at depression, letting go, and embracing change…
Two Queers In Wigs: 2 solo performances about gender
In this split bill, local BIPOC queer theatre artists Nico Montalvo and Tim Shu will show off their queerness and present two two effervescent solo performances ‘Lin-Manuel gets an Oscar’ and ‘Nina Nina Nina’. These pieces aim to directly tackle the struggles of growing up as queer brown & yellow individuals in an increasingly hostile world. During a time when people are trying to have queer culture and ethnic minorities…
TRAPS
TRAPS is a futuristic tragicomedy that confronts questions of progress within the domestic sphere. It asks the audience what it means to be human and how much human-ness we can bear. Xora Odelle is a participant in Philly Fringe Postcards, peer-to-peer review experiment created for the 2025 Fringe by Savannah Reich.
TRANS SHAKESPEARE POWER HOUR
A dead soldier wakes up on the battlefield to discover he has been double-cast. An ambitious bastard daughter fashions himself into a son and heir. Dido and Cleopatra have a one-night stand. With works drawing from Henry IV, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, & more, TRANS SHAKESPEARE POWER HOUR is a collection of short plays by trans playwrights that imagine, invent, and experiment with the works of William Shakespeare.
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