Our American Experiences
“Our American Experiences” is a festival in remembrance of the 20th anniversary of 9/11/01. It will begin with a solemn sharing of stories and music at 8:30 am at the WTC memorial on the SRT. Then from 11 am onward there will be concerts and story telling of our american experiences at 22nd and Spruce. Between concerts by local professional classical musicians, story telling for children and poetry readings by…
Publik Private
This bilingual solo performance grapples with history like a best frenemy. The Darb is an earnest millennial clown with one big hope: if they can connect to thier queer ancestors thier own role in life will become clear. The Darb unearths two gender non-conforming ancestors who’s lives they hope to learn something from. Le Monje Alferez is a conquistador at the turn of the 17th centuryfor who ran away from…
Package Deal
As a veteran solo performance artist, Jennifer Blaine has participated in many Philly Fringe Festivals, including the very first one in 1997! In her latest original work, Package Deal, she humorously explores the fragility of systems, the human body, and recounts being demoted as an aging womxn artist mother. Armed with her sense of humor, a multitude of characters, can her storytelling transform your world?
Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Morning, Afternoon, Evening, produced by Cannonball, is a dance/theater performance piece, set to premiere for this festival! Based on an original, symbolic poem which depicts the journey of a river, the poem is a discourse between the protagonist and her companion(s) as well as an inner dialogue. This theatrical interpretation utilizes one actor, in monologue, and 8 dancers who embody a physical manifestation of her thoughts and her surroundings, as…
Montreal Honeymooners
Early October, 1970. One young married couple is renting an upscale home in one of Montreal’s exclusive neighborhoods. Unwittingly, the couple resides next door to another upscale home where the senior British trade commissioner has been kidnapped by Quebec separatists. Inspector Clarence Wolfe eyes the couple with suspicion.
International Women’s Public Safety Clown Army
Please join Feminist Clown in Training Stephanie Parker as she holds a round table discussion on Public Safety in an effort to raise an International Women’s Public Safety Clown Army. Joining the discussion will be Sonja Pacho from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Margo Carr from Derry, Northern Ireland, Srilatha Rajamani from New York, New York, and Desiree Walsh from Toronto, Ontario.
Inter Terrestrial
Where does humanity belong in the hierarchy of the natural world. Are we a virus or is that some nonsense. Die-Cast will spend three weeks in residency at a 450-acre state park to create a site-specific installation. Fringe visitors can explore the physically dynamic performances and visual installation through a digital immersive experience. Die-Cast has been commissioned by Ipark to create a new work. I-Park is both an open-air and…
Lovers and Madmen: Visions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Romp with lovers. Rehearse with mechanicals. Revel with fairies. Revere the goddess. Something wicked stirs in the wood outside Athens. The Amazon queen, Hippolyta plots to liberate herself from her captor and would-be husband, Theseus. With only four nights before the royal wedding, Hippolyta takes flight into the forest to invoke the favor of an ancient goddess setting into motion a series of misadventures for the Athenian citizens and misfortunes…
Latinx 2044: A Hispanic Heritage Month Comedy Special
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month and Che Guerrero wants you to know it! Che has assembled some of the best latinx comics in the area for this special, one night only event. Come have a laugh and celebrate with us! “Latinx 2044 – looking to the future when we are the majority!” – Che Note: Parts of this show will be entirely in Spanish.
Life Traveler
Life Traveler Life—it’s all we’ve got. We can be full of life, devoid of life, notice life, ignore life; see life as time, see life as journey, Traveler—Mobility, this can be mental or spiritual. It usually physical, involves going someplace new and creating new memories Moving to a new place is to have a different perspective of your life, or other lives, and places as they have existed in history….
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