‘City Sway’ Film Premiere
Chill Room Records Presents: ‘City Sway’ Premiere Come join us at the premiere viewing for the short film, City Sway. Trinidadian-styled food by Candice’s will be provided with donations welcomed. You don’t wanna miss it! Doors will open at 9:15 at the Yellow Bicycle Theatre located across from Love Park at 1435 Arch St. Fl. 2, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Tickets are $10 online; $15 at the door About the Film:…
Bugboro
Grab the kids and get in, we’re going into town! Come visit Bugboro, the buzziest, busiest bug colony this side of the Schuylkill, and meet the big personalities of our tiny community. We’re a small, simple settlement built by the bugs who live here, from Momma Mary Spider and her home-grown hand-picked market, to Gillian Grasshopper’s library shack of stories, to Stinky Stinkbug’s Tiny Trash Truck, to a slew of…
Circus Phantasmagoria
What transpires in the human mind during the final seconds of life? Step into Circus Phantasmagoria, an odyssey into the profound mysteries of life, death, and the boundless universe of the mind. This immersive and interactive experience, created by Alterra Productions in collaboration with the Friends of Laurel Hill, is an invitation to wander the labyrinthine corridors of the human mind via the physical pathways of Laurel Hill East Cemetery….
Banana
Is he man? Or is he banana? The Cavendish banana is stuck in a shipping box, with only his sexy, more flavorful cousin Gros Michel to help him escape. But does the Cavendish even want to leave? Stand-up, physical comedy, magic, striptease and more in this OffFest-nominated “comedic tour de force” (The Interrobang), a solo absurdist clown show exploring themes of isolation, denial, and human connection, using comedy as a…
Cheetah Banks
Treading the peripheries of narrative and performance, Cheetah Banks is a 60-minute solo where three different characters embody codes of power, gender, and desire using dance, movement, sound, and objects, paving a path that is equal parts absurd, harrowing, and unpredictable. Born in Florida in the 1980s, Cheetah Banks has gone to Barcelona to visit, but since their driver’s license has expired, cannot return to Florida. Cheetah’s sister asks what…
All That Fall (a play for radio) by Samuel Beckett
“Beckett at his most Irish and accessible… at his most beguiling.” – The Guardian “…a triumph…for the singular art of Beckett, who always finds the ecstasy in our agony.” – The NY Times Springing out of memories of his native Foxrock, near Dublin, All That Fall charts the journey of Maddy Rooney along a country road to the railway station to meet her blind husband off a train. On the…
Ashes Ashes
Shuttling between 80s New York and 50s Hiroshima, this new play explores imagined encounters between a Japanese-American reporter, a Japanese survivor-turned-prostitute, and the pilot and co-pilot of the Enola Gay. An exploration of the costs of total war and the minds of its apologists. Originally slated to premiere at Theater for the New City on August 6, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the bombing.
50 Faces
How many faces do you have? Bikini Body’d & Josh Kosh show us how we NEED more than one to navigate all the expectations of life.
$7 Girl
What is a “radical permissionist?” Mae West, a queer, trans sex worker, wants you to be one. In the lineage of Almanac’s ensemble-devised, autobiographical circus theatre pieces xoxo moongirl and The Edge, $7 Girl uses virtuosity, storytelling, innovative aerial work, and improvisation to bring audiences into social issues that are often unheard. This quirky and audacious piece explores sex in personal, political, and industrial contexts as Mae questions the possibility of a world in…
Covid Queertet
Covid Queertet is a new play from Kutztown University professor and playwright, Dr. Deryl Johnson. The play explores the question of “Who controls your identity after your death?” The World Premier debuts at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 21, Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia. Set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the evening takes an ominous turn when four actors begin to examine the artistic works, identities…
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