Faire Play
Can a 15th century storyteller “authentically” depict the lands of their ancestors? Within the frame story of a storyteller preparing a performance for the Royal Court that evening, the storyteller recounts the tale of an adventuring hero who gets stranded in a village that treats the far-traveled hero as “other.” However, when a vicious Cloud Beast threatens the village, the hero is called upon to save them. Travel through time…
Family Acid Trip
Family Acid Trip is a collaborative work of experimental theater and music about a family trying to heal themselves through a shared psychedelic experience. Utilizing elements/influences of clowning, liturgical chant, bouffon, musical theatre, folk music, and noise, the show will explore themes of ego death, decomposition, rebirth, rewilding, and bird calls. The family finds themselves in the perfect spot, a field beside a river, where the natural world speaks vividly…
Faygele Romp in a Field of Wheat
Fantastical queer Jewish romp through a biblical landscape of gay intimacy. Join us as we use dance to travel through space and time to visit with Judaism’s lesbian icons, Ruth and Naomi. They’ve got wisdom to share about Jewish, queer, feminine intimacy. Set during the springtime Hebrew month of Sivan, during the ancient grain harvest festival of Shavuot, the show reflects on queer Jewish pleasure as spiritual practice and connection…
Everyone Loves Dick
Dick Ripper left a sleepy trailer park in Lubbock, TX for a new life in Las Vegas. The rearview mirror was aglow with the bridges he burned as his foot stomped on the accelerator of his unregistered Ford LTD. Dick drove across the desert, keeping hydrated with an ever-warming case of Miller High Life, and a single bottle of water. He ripped a tiny piece of the stuff from the…
Evidence of Things Unseen
Immersive, Surprising, Unexpected: “Evidence of Things Unseen” is an experience that uses magic effects as metaphor. Audience members will experience an uncanny demonstration of sleight of hand, and psychological illusions, in a setting where is there is no smoke, no mirrors Just Pure Magic.
Exiles, originally by James Joyce
The Dead Playwrights’ Society’s “The Exiled” is a dramatic portrayal of overlapping love triangles, marital discord, and the self centered, even criminal, events in which men will engage, leading to shattered relationships. James Joyce’s original -sexual- desperate -duplicitous- play, “Exiles”, depicting debauchery and duping in Ireland, and written 110 years ago, has been adapted for four performances at the 2023 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. “The Exiled” is set in 1972, and is recast as the story of a…
CANCELED: Ecogospel
This show has been canceled. Ecogospel is a staged interpretation of an art pop album that explores the stages of grief and hope in response to the climate crisis and envisioning a regenerative world. With the support of a philosophical cactus, a new form of cross-species acupuncture treatment, and interviews with the greater community, the artist Hanaé undergoes a spiritual quest towards rebirth and renewed purpose. Set in the isolation…
Eve
In this folk-musical retelling of the well known Bible story, Eve’s heart wanders away from the man she was created for and toward a mysterious being in the garden. This story will explore the expectations behind relationships, free will’s double edged sword, and self-sacrifice in the name of love. Written by Kat Siciliano.
Earth: A Guide
Humans are interesting creatures, and Earth is a singular place to see. This is a lecture – how to blend in on Earth, based on my own experiences. Don’t get found out.
Art Song Daydreams
Hayley Elizabeth Collins, mezzo-soprano, and collaborative pianist, Michael Confalone, welcome all to witness what happens when you combine two of Hayley’s favorite things, poetry and music! Art song is the combination of these two art forms, and is widely used in the classical voice world alongside opera, choir, and small ensembles. Together we’ll speak through poetry, look at the words written with a critical eye, and Hayley will sing what…
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