Fresh Ink Shorts
FRESH INK SHORTS is an intriguing, fast-paced evening of new original short plays by award-winning writers — from one-minute amuse-bouches to more elaborate courses of the comic, the poignant, and the wondrous strange. The eight to ten shorts are performed by seven talented actors, coming together in various combinations to build each new world they’ll inhabit. The individual pieces are separated by provocative sound and light cues that provide a…
Forever Never Lasts
Have you ever played “telephone”? One person quietly whispers a message to the person beside them, who passes it on to the next, and so on, right down the line. Each time the message is relayed, there is a chance it will change through misunderstanding or mishearing. Other bits could be innocently altered, improved, or forgotten, and the original message might be very different from the last one told. And…
GO AHEAD
Have you pondered whether liveband karaoke and screaming songs about heartbreak while walking along the Delaware River can really change your life? GO AHEAD will playfully explore self-regulation, self-doubt, and self-acceptance through autobiographical story-telling and live music. The experience will simulate a live pub event by incorporating an actual *open-mic where artists can sign-up for slots as part of the proceedings. It also pays tribute to Jenny Lewis, the singer of…
Free Improv Jam
Are you a performer itching for some stage time? Are you someone new to this and looking to try improv for the first time ever? Come on out to our Free Improv Jam! All experience levels are welcome to sign up and hop on stage. Don’t have any improv experience? No worries! You’ll be paired with a more experienced improviser so you two can shine together. You’ll do a scene or two,…
Forgotten Solo
Forgotten Solo is a three-part durational performance work that calls upon repetition and temporal practices to engage with questions of embodied alienation, relationality and absence. The work takes the idea of forgotten as a felt experience of absence and seeks to uncover how this absence can be a site of embodied realization.
Funicular Circus
The Funicular Circus (from the Latin funis, for rope, as in funicular railroad) is a contemporary circus effort founded & directed by Dave Gillies based in Mt Airy on the spacious wooded grounds of Circus Campus. We combine traditional materials and techniques of wire walking with elements of sculpture and design. These are blended together with circus skills while implementing singing, music, poetry & yoga in our approach to walking…
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Envisions
Dancefusion, Philadelphia’s dynamic modern dance repertory company will present ENVISIONS in collaboration with The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble from New York City, known for radical works that dissolve the boundaries between theater and dance. The program will feature both companies in powerful works by Pauline Koner and Anna Sokolow. Dancefusion will present two masterpieces by Pauline Koner, a visionary dancer, choreographer, and pioneering maverick of modern dance. Concertino (1955) is set…
Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By the News
Extree! Extree! Read all about it! Comedy show discusses the news of the week and improvises hilarious scenes inspired by it! Extree host Geoff Jackson will present news articles and clips to the cast who will be seeing them for the first time. The cast will then use the news to inspire the hilariously improvised scenes right on the spot! Get caught up on the latest goings on of this…
DEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM: A GRAVEYARD CABARET
DEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM: A GRAVEYARD CABARET RATING: 5 STARShttBEST OF THE PHILADELPHIA FRINGE! (DC Metro Theater Arts)“…A beautiful, flamboyant, amazing, haunting, hilarious, stunning and wickedly entertaining funereal roller coaster”. “A show filled with nothing but highlights… REV Theatre Company’s Death Is A Cabaret Ol’ Chum is a show to die for! GO!” (DC Metro Arts) “A consistent favorite and top ticket-seller, REV rises for another year of…
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