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A year after her mother’s death, a poet in recovery moves home to Philadelphia to get a divorce and begin again. Set during the ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, Days of Awe blends poetry, storytelling, and chutzpah into a lyrical reckoning with grief, desire, and the inheritances we carry.
From sleepless West Philly stoops, to a Chicago rehab center in fluorescent winter and the ghost-lit borderlands of the Pale of Settlement, this solo show traverses geographies and generations, tracing a lineage of Jewish women through silence, survival, and return.
Told with equal parts reverence and irreverence, Days of Awe draws on family history and Jewish ritual to ask how we can carry loss while allowing ourselves to fall back in love with the world.
Cannonball is the largest hub of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, championing a revolutionary artist-led model that prioritizes equity, experimentation, and community connection. Now in its sixth year, Cannonball presents more than 100 artists across five stages, representing nearly 30 percent of the overall Philadelphia Fringe Festival. From rebellious circus and delicious dance to fearless theater and activist art, Cannonball pushes the boundaries of live performance while creating a vibrant, artist-centered ecosystem for independent performance makers and adventurous audiences alike.
PWYC Options $5+
Venue: Asian Arts Initiative Third Floor
1219 Vine Street
General Admission: $25
PWYC Options
1219 Vine Street
General Admission: $25
PWYC Options
1219 Vine Street
General Admission: $25
PWYC Options
Leila Einhorn is a poet, educator, and bibliophile born and raised in the Philadelphia area. She previously served as an editorial assistant for the Colorado Review, co-founded the Philadelphia Free Poetry Workshop in West Philly, and has worked as a nonprofit communications manager, indie bookseller, synagogue janitor, and sex educator. Her writing explores memory, recovery, and the messiness of ordinary life.
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Adult Language
Contains references to suicide, eating disorders, cancer
This event does not require masks to be worn