The Philadelphia Matter Screening at Neighborhood House
Award-winning choreographer/director/writer David Gordon has assembled a virtual “Pick Up Performance Co” of more than 30 Philadelphia performers for a new hour-long screen work specifically for the FringeArts Festival, The Philadelphia Matter – 1972/2020. The work is being made via remote video material shot by the performers with iPhones to sophisticated cameras – Gordon then dissected, assembled, and collaged this movement with visual scores and archival works in collaboration with…
Intergalactic Barbei
Intergalactic Barbei:a One Drag Performance Spectacle! Featuring myself André Henson presenting my drag aesthetic known as Alzéi Barbéi, from my most humble and creative point of view, from story telling, to audience interaction, to dance, and captivating emotion with each performance. It’s the bound to “give what it’s supposed to gave,” and leave you wanting more! With immaculate influences ranging from Barbarella in 1968 to the 90’s fashion era, with…
The Secretaries
The year is 1994, and the small town of Big Bone, Oregon, much like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, is filled with secrets. Every month a lumberjack disappears, and some say they’ve all been killed by a cult of murderous secretaries. Patty Johnson is the new girl at the Cooney Lumber Mill, and she quickly finds herself in the midst of a mystery. The Secretaries is a darkly hilarious satire of…
The Sculpture Gallery
The Scultpure Gallery is ready to exhibit in the sanctuary of the beautiful Circus Campus in Germantown. The show begins while you’re waiting to enter the grand hall of larger than life structures. Meet with the curator: your benevolent, charismatic guide. She’ll help you figure out who gets to be included within the artwork and tailor the show for your ideal experience. Every show will be alittle different based on…
Invitation to Play: A Cabaret for the Musical Mannequin
During the shutdown last year Jennifer Blaine began to write a musical, Mannequin. Even under enforced limitations, she discovered a new aspect of her creativity. We invite you to discover yours too. Join us for this interactive evening to playfully explore some Mannequin songs, themes from the musical, and sing together so we can animate once again. With special accompaniment performed by Steven Crino, and vocals by Diamond Franklin, Samantha…
Mixtape
Cirque du Nuit/Alterra presents MIXTAPE: a curated blend of immersive, interactive, and unique entertainment! Every night is different, with performances ranging from aerial circus to investigatory theatre to interactive clown burlesque (and more!) Come enjoy light bites, the incredible ambiance of the garden at the Maas Building, and an ever-changing salon of interdisciplinary interactive works from new and veteran artists, who will challenge you to think critically, be involved, be…
IF WE WIN
Creative Researcher Yannick Trapman-O’Brien wants your answer to what might not be a hypothetical question: “What would you do if you won the lottery?”IF WE WIN is a hands-on theater-thought-experiment in which you just might (but are statistically highly unlikely) to find out. Three participants at a time are asked to share their answers to that question as the kick-off to an exploration of Money, Wealth, and the ways they having…
QvK
This fall, The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective (PAC) will present a free original play featuring Shakespearean speeches and swordplay as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. QvK, PAC’s 10th Fringe production, will be performed at Bardascino Park. Over the course of the 45-minute show, actors engage in a monologue battle, performing famous speeches from classical plays and competing to win the audience’s vote of supremacy. As the competition goes on, the…
shared spaces / distant voices
“Now and Not Yet” by Whitney Casal –It was a constant rearranging:Of her thoughts,Her expectations, Her furniture… And none of the configurations made sense, But at least they made space. “Transition” by Sofi Seta –“Transition” proposes to reach the world of dreams and nightmares as a representation of contradictions, fears and struggles as human species. In this dream universe, what happens when I can listen, but I can’t move? or…
Saving Wonderland
*Winner of No Proscenium’s 2020 Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Live Action Gaming* Wonderland is in trouble and it’s up to the entire audience to save it! Powered by Gamiotics (the future of interactive entertainment), join your fellow audience members to play as Alice in this fantastical re-thinking of the popular classic. Harnessing the power of your phone, you’ll interact with beloved characters, work together to solve mind-bending…
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