The Way the Light Hits the Puddle
As a witness, I invite you to slow down, listen, and allow yourself to move into a reflective state. The Way the Light Hits the Puddle is a dance performance that acts as a cathartic release, piling up grief and wringing it out like a wet towel that soaks the floor. This work is empathetic and explores ways of exhausting movement to better understand ourselves and the experience of those…
The Waterfront Journals by David Wojnarowicz
Step into the raw, poetic universe of The Waterfront Journals by David Wojnarowicz. Stories plucked from street corners and late-night diners blend haunting confessions and gritty lyricism. Journey through the forgotten landscapes of America’s fringes—encountering hustlers, dreamers, and survivors—that David navigated in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Their stories weave a tapestry of desperation, resilience, and longing. Directed and produced by RJ and Rachel Rushmore, The Waterfront Journals by David Wojnarowicz is a…
The Watcher Sleeps
There is no way out. James wakes in a room with no exit, drawn into a spectacle for the infringing dark. Forced to confront the man he has become, his reckoning is the entertainment that feeds an unending hunger. There is no way out. No tears, no excuses. Only what the silence can hold while The Watcher Sleeps. Welcome to the world premiere of The Watcher Sleeps, a Lovecraftian psychological…
The Waiting Room: A Clown’s Bureaucratic Journey
In “The Waiting Room,” audiences become fellow applicants alongside Toska the Clown in an increasingly absurdist bureaucratic processing center. What begins as a simple immigration application spirals into a surreal multi-day journey through institutional purgatory, where forms multiply endlessly, chairs rearrange themselves mysteriously, and memories become both currency and contraband. Through physical comedy, poetic object manipulation, and direct audience participation, this immersive solo performance explores themes of displacement, belonging, and…
The Superconductor
A physics lab has been working, some for months and some for years, to bring to life a theoretical superconductor that would change the face of physics. On this day their work remains the same, except for two important factors: one of their lead physicists is in the hospital, and they’re voting on whether or not to unionize. Winner of Cannonball and Philadelphia Theater Company’s Text and Dramaturgy Cohort,…
CANCELED: The Sokka Experiment
Sokka, the gifted artist from Northern Liberties/Fishtown will make his world premier live performance-art in the Fringe Arts Festival from Sep. 4-18th. Watch Sokka create his re-purposed sculptures live at 2nd and Poplar streets across from Standard Tap in Northern Liberties. Sokka sometimes works with a cube on his head. This represents his desire to break free of his confinement in his creations. Drop by anytime between 10AM and 10PM…
The SINSation
Welcome to The SINsation, the outrageous, unscripted reality show where everything is made up—except the drama! Season 2 is here, bigger, bolder, and even more wicked than before. This isn’t your average improv show. This is a character-driven improvised comedy, where seven women and non-binary performers embody the iconic and irresistible forces of the Seven Deadly Sins. But instead of lurking in the shadows, these sins strut, scheme, seduce, and…
The Silent Struggle (There, I Said It)
Journey alongside a college student riding the Mental Health Rollercoaster, including hairpin turns with dour psychologists, cheery game show hosts, and creepy infomercials. While tracking one young woman’s personal odyssey — with dark humor as well as unvarnished truths — The Silent Struggle (There, I Said It) solo performance also seeks to address systemic problems, including stigmas surrounding mental health issues and disparities in treatment for African Americans and other people…
The Return To Innocence Lost
The Return to Innocence Lost explores themes around generational trauma, conception, death, and rebirth. The work explores the complexities of navigating black livelihood in a society that demands their strength while simultaneously challenging their existence; A secret shared, a silence broken. A secret we share but hide within our walls, between sheets, and between mystique whispers the story is held. How do we return to our innocence?
The Queen in Purple
In 1979, a Philadelphia-set horror movie called The Queen in Purple premiered at the TLA. While marketed as Philly’s answer to Saturday Night Fever, the film put a macabre twist on the disco formula in the figure of The Purple Queen, a seductive specter with a mysterious agenda who appeared to the characters and challenged them to dance for their lives. Controversial at the time for its protagonist, a cross-dressing…
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