It’s Philly Fringe Season! There are shows to see every day this month. Explore the lineup + get tickets.
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, featuring the Bearded Ladies Hosts!
Art for Young Audiences, Cabaret & Nightlife, Drag, Music, Party
Connect
The Layaway, Saturdays at 9pm
A speakeasy for hard times
Yearning for a lie-down, a light libation, and a whole lot of queer art? Welcome to the Layaway, a speakeasy for hard times. Tucked deep inside the historic Wanamaker Building, the Bearded Ladies are carving a cozy space to let your hair down. From acoustic daydreams to organ(ic) rapture to genderqueer tomfoolery, this intimate series will recharge your batteries, refill your cocktail, and maybe even nourish your world-weary soul. Meet us at The Layaway, where joy stored today becomes a little sparkle for the coming season!
The Kids Department, Sundays at 3pm
Family Programming
Join your favorite Bearded Ladies’ hosts on Sunday afternoons at the Kids Department: a performance series tailor-made for our youngest fans! Enjoy family-friendly live music, interactive performances, and endless opportunities for imagination and play. Plus, it’s the perfect time for grown-ups to take a well-earned Time Out. For kids & kids at heart! Family Programming is PWYC for adults; Kids attend FREE.
Hosts: Jess Conda, Eric Jaffe, Jarbeaux and Sam Rise.
Presented in partnership with Opera Philadelphia’s “Pipe Up!” Series
Support
Funding for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret is provided by The Mellon Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Knight Foundation, the Lida Foundation, the Philadelphia Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation and Barbara Teichert.
The Layaway is made possible by the generous support of Barbara Teichert and the Wyncote Foundation
Icon Producer
The Honickman Family
Executive Producers
Arthur Kaplan + Duane Perry
Co-Producers
Marty Maynard
Rosanne Sarkissian
September 13, 2025 9.00pm
LindoYes!, VinChelle, and Daniel de Jesús
Hosted by Jess Conda
The Fine Print: Kick off The Layaway’s opening night in style, with spoken word, Drag Royalty, and some of the most luscious cello you've ever heard!
1301 Chestnut St
General Admission: $25 (PWYW)
PWYC Options
September 14, 2025 3.00pm
ABBAsolutely fABBAlous & Biddy Bee
Hosted by Sam Rise
The Fine Print: Become the Dancing Queen with an acoustic set of ABBA’s greatest hits & a drag performance for ALL AGES!
1301 Chestnut St
General Admission: $25 (PWYW)
September 20, 2025 9.00pm
Gabriel Anthony-Muhammad, AniMalayaWorks, Jaylene Clark Owens, and Solomon Temple
Hosted by Sam Rise
The Fine Print: Storytelling and sound - join us for spoken word, dance theater, and classical & contemporary musical stylings!
1301 Chestnut St
General Admission: $25 (PWYW)
September 21, 2025 3.00pm
Ants on a Log
Hosted by Sam Rise
The Fine Print: An afternoon of delightful social justice music for children and other childlike people from Philly’s award winning duo!
1301 Chestnut St
General Admission: $25 (PWYW)
September 27, 2025 9.00pm
Santi Castro and Denise King, featuring the Return of Jarbeaux!
Hosted by Eric Jaffe
This Performance will feature an ASL interpreter.
The Fine Print: An evening of jazz, somatic rituals, organ-ic rapture and the long-awaited Return of Jarbeaux!
performance will also feature a performance on the iconic Wurlitzer Theater Organ in The Layaway space by Fred Haas! Thank you to Friends of the Wanamaker Organ for making our Pipe Dream a reality!
1301 Chestnut St
General Admission: $25 (PWYW)
September 28, 2025 3.00pm
Jarbeaux
Hosted by Jarbeaux
The Fine Print: Fresh from her sabbeardical to Paris, Jarbeaux is serving up an afternoon of music, interactivity, and lots of glitter!
1301 Chestnut St
General Admission: $25 (PWYW)
About the Artist
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret is a queer arts organization that sits on your lap and sings you a story. Whether it’s an opera, a home-made cabaret, a musical walking tour, or a show on a truck, we employ song, spectacle, storytelling, and heart to welcome audiences into moments of joy, healing, and subversion. Through sharing our original pieces and creating bespoke platforms for performance at home in Philadelphia,
nationally, and abroad, we nurture artistic connection for a community of misfits, rabble-rousers, chanteuses and the people who love and need them. Their work has been seen all over Philadelphia including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Eastern State Penitentiary, Opera Philadelphia, the Wilma Theater, FringeArts, and the Delaware River Waterfront and they have brought their cabaret revolution to Miami, Seattle, Paris,
Washington DC, New Zealand, Provincetown, Maryland and Delaware. In New York their work has been seen at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, La MaMa Etc, Works & Process at the Guggenheim and Lincoln Center. Their signature programs The Beardmobile and LATE NIGHT SNACKS together have provided a stage for over 500 queer and nightlife artists.
- Sally OlloveDirector & Lead Curator
- Rebecca KanachDesign Dramaturg
- Wi-Moto NyokaAssociate Producer
- Doug GreeneScenic/Space Designer
- Bless RudisillLighting Designer
- Nat MerrillSound Designer
- Lian BrodyStage Manager
- Kolmel W. LoveProject Technical Director
- Carlos Diaz StoopProducer
- Jackie SoroGraphic Designer & Co-Curator
- Taylor JedlinskiAssistant Sound Designer
- Taylor JedlinskiProduction Manager
- Lian BrodyStage Manager
- Ophelia Evans
- Natali Merrill and Taylor JedlinskiAudio Engineer
- Nick Wacksman and Cait FosterLight Board Operator/Programmer
- Gladys Nobriga and Xander SetchkoSpotlight Operator
- Tait AdamsRigging Consultant
- Nadirah CrescenteAssistant to Mr. Doug
Accessibility & Content Considerations
Contact the Fringe Festival Box Office for up to date accessibility information.
Audience Interaction
Covid-19 Safety policy
This event does not require masks to be worn
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140 N. Columbus Blvd.
(at Race St.)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Directions
Tickets: 215.413.1318
Admin Office: 215.413.9006
