Pink Lemonade

We want to build a carnival ride of child-like wonder (*BOING BOING BOING* *POP*). Our props and bodies will be manipulated, thrown, flounced, shaped, caught, dropped, flown, rolled, and morphed in order for us to share our thoughts, emotions, memories, and stories (YEEE! HOW EXCITING!). Our show will focus on playfulness and exploration (NOTHING TOO DEEP OR SERIOUS) utilizing simple story telling, lots of juggling, sky-high aerial ventures, partner movement,…

Outside Your Expectations

Outside of Your Expectations is a healing, interactive, art exhibition in the form of a video installation and live performance. It explores social constructs that are put upon Black women and the ways that it can affect their mental health. Through West African’s fast pace motions, Umfundalai’s contemporary African reflective storytelling gestures, and Hip Hop’s dynamic grooves, this video installation and performance depicts a mental fight. The fight against the…

Open Page

Leah Stein Dance Company / The Art Room StudioOutdoor event featuring LSDC Artists + community with featured performances, Deep Listening,interactive practices, food+drink,mixing in between performances. WHAT: Open Page, an immersive gathering of performance and video WHEN: Sunday, September 25th 3:00-6:00pmWHERE: The Art Room Studio + Parking Lot, 2329 S. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, 19148 Leah Stein Dance Company invites audiences to an interactive, multimedia event that will run for three hours…

Oedipus in Seattle

Oedipus in Seattle is an auto-theatre mash-up of Oedipus Rex and Sleepless in Seattle. In this unconventional adaptation, two different actors take the stage each night without having rehearsed or read the script. Instructions from a voice in their headphones will guide them through the piece as they assume the roles of Oedipus, Jocasta, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, with the casting decided by random chance. Oedipus in Seattle is…

HOMO FEMINA (Live show at CYKLOPEN))

In a reduced space depoliticized of all visibility and legislation: she, the Fémina, lies. Stripped of all rights to exert her nature, in pursuit of her survival. Not included by him, the Homo, without visualization as a subject, hidden, omitted, overshadowed.It occurs in every corner of the world, every day, at every hour, victim of invisibility and pedagogical exercise of Violence. A subtle Violence that also kills us.This piece is…

One Man’s Trash: A Repurposed Circus

Residing behind bins and beneath trash can lids, inventive acrobats, high-flying aerialists, and quirky clowns welcome you into their world for a junkyard adventure . Inhabiting a space of discovery and fun, this repurposed circus turns trash into treasure. Dive into our dumpsters to see how we recycle, reuse, and reinvent rubbish into a circus extravaganza. Cirque Us proudly presents One Man’s Trash!  Cirque Us is a Boston based circus…

Not Yet Rated: An Improvised Rom-Com

Using the well-tread tropes of romantic comedies, the hilarious cast will create a completely improvised, unlikely love story right before your eyes. Featuring hopeless romantics, klutzes, uptight bosses, players, journalists on assignment, free spirits, and more! No script. No props. No idea what’s gonna happen. Can’t find tickets on the Fringe site? Check out XroadsComedy.com. 

OVERBOARD!

Located in the beautiful Maas Garden Bar, the OVERBOARD! Cabaret is Cannonball’s FREE nightly offering of music, circus, comedy, storytelling, strange anthems to pirate lords and ecstatic participatory rituals that are sure to be the perfect end to your night at the Fringe. Check out the Cannonball website for the details of each night’s cabaret, as well as Cannonball’s mainstage shows, community events, workshops, and more! www.cannonballfestival.org

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Nitty Gritty: A Philly Themed Storytelling Show

Come hear some of Philly’s best storytellers regale you with their favorite stories about what it’s like living in Philly. We can’t promise you’ll hear about Wawa, dirt bikes, cheesesteaks, the ackamee, or any other jawn… but we can’t rule it out either. Hosted by the fantastic Geoff Jackson. LINE-UP TBA Geoff Jackson is a comedian, host, podcaster and storyteller. He was born on the shores of the Red Sea and as a child he was…