Find a Venue for Your Show
MAAS Studio
A unique and flexible performance space set in a historic Philadelphia Olde Kensington industrial building at 1320 N 5th St. Equipped with lighting, audio and visual equipment, MAAS is perfect for all kinds of theater, movement, dance and musical performances, and provides plenty of personality.
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- 1300 sq ft performance space (roughly 36ft x 35ft)
- Flexible seating for up to 70+ audience members
- Ceiling height of 9ft – 15ft (sloped)
- Striking Philadelphia historic industrial setting – including exposed brick, wooden floors and original factory wood beams & steel trolley winches
- Optional stage available, customizable dimensions. Largest configuration is 10ft x 12ft
- In-house lighting grid featuring x12 Chauvet DJ SlimPAR H6 LEDs & x2 Source Fours
- In-house projector
- In-house stereo system with adaptors available for various devices
- x 2 PA systems including x2 QSC-12 speakers, mixing boards, DI boxes, cables, x2 wireless mics, wired mics and mic stands
- Small green room available directly adjacent to performance space
- Upright piano
- Disco ball!
- Radiant underfloor heating, x2 AC and heating minisplit units
- Full in-house furniture inventory including x100 wooden chairs, folding tables, cocktail tables, hightop stools, coolers/ice buckets
- Access to small galley kitchen
- Loading bay directly outside entrance
- Small, attractive first-floor lobby available for check in, ticketing, coat rack etc
- Optional AV/tech staff, production management and marketing help available
- Second floor, stair-access only – not ADA accessible. One bathroom on second floor.
The Deep End
An artist-run performance space in the Grays Ferry at 1313 S 33rd St. Located inside the beautifully preserved Queen Memorial Building, you can find flexibility and community in this creativity-inspiring venue.
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- The Deep End has 4 4×8′ wooden platforms that can be used as either raised stage space or risers for audience.
- 8-channel PA system that is very simple to use (zero audio-tech experience needed!)
- Homemade 6-channel lighting board that you can plug lights into (regular lamps with edison plugs– NOT stage pins). This is also very simple to use and requires zero knowledge of lighting boards.
- We do NOT have any kind of equipment that works with QLab or similar programs, and our DIY dimmer board is completely manual (like, imagine a dimmer board made before computers)
- We have a handful of clip lights and similarly basic lighting instruments you may borrow, but we encourage folks to bring their own.
- We have 100 folding chairs for seating
- The venue has a parking lot that can be used freely by artists and audiences.
- Private entrance and easy load-in
- 9 stairs to entrance, 18 to bathrooms once inside
Performance Garage
An elegant dance space in Spring Garden at 1515 Brandywine Street. Replete with a large sprung marley dance floor, lighting and sound booth, beautiful lobby and dressing rooms. Performances take place in the theater with audiences of up to 110, or in the intimate dance studio with audiences of up to 30
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- Audience risers with Premiere Wenger seating (capacity of 110)
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New sprung marley floor (52′ x 30′) designed for bare feet and dance footwear
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Masonite floor available for tap dance, heeled shoes, and street shoes
- Front desk, lobby, coat closet and reception area (with a movable wall connecting theater to the lobby area)
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Tech booth with performance lighting, audio and video projection system
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Concert quality speakers with optional Bluetooth connectivity
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Adjacent dressing room with dressing tables, refrigerator, washer, dryer, (2) bathrooms with showers
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White cyclorama full stage projection surface (removable)
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Black scrim (removable)
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Dance lighting rep plot with LED cyclorama lights
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(8) moveable mirrors / black flats
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(4) 8-foot ballet barres
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Kimball Vienna Series Grand Piano
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HVAC system
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Production manager on-site, renters may bring additional production staff as needed
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Dance studio (41′ x 31′) available for more intimate performances (capacity of 30)
Glen Foerd
- Artist Friendly Rates for Indoor & Outdoor Space
- Plenty of Weekday Evening Availability!
- Steinway baby grand piano
- Pipe organ
- Projector and projector screen that can be set up inside or outside.
- Performers are responsible for their own A/V equipment.
ComedySportz
An intimate fixed seating black box located at 2030 Sansom St. Perfect for comedy of all types, as well as any theatrical performance with minimal need for a backstage area.
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The theater is 1375 sq ft with a 12′ x 10′ stage (7” rise, non-movable)
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The theater seats 100
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Includes: lights, sound, AC/Heat, private bathrooms
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HD Projector and screen also available
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Rentals available by the hour, day, week or month
Philly PACK
A white-box performance space in Pennsport at 233 Federal. This one-of-a-kind venue features two clear garage doors, that can fully open to allow for a unique indoor-outdoor performance space. Transform this space using the array of colorful lights, projector, and handmade skeletal rehearsal blocks.
- Maximum Capacity is 150 in a thrust configuration
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Separate audience vestibule
- Theatrical lighting grid with spot lights
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Professional sound system
- Large dressing room
Old First Reformed Church
A flexible sanctuary space, serving fringe-loving Old City at 151 N 4th Street. This is NOT your grandparents church (unless your grandparents are super cool.)
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- A recently renovated sanctuary space inside a gorgeous historic building
- Flexible seating for 100+, including comfortable chairs and pews
- Amazing acoustics
- Sound system (including 2 wired mics, 1 wireless, and 2 lavs)
- Built-in high quality streaming capabilities
- Secondary rehearsal space available
- Grand Piano
- Organ
Resource Sharing Committee Venue Database
For a comprehensive list of theatrical venues in the Greater Philadelphia area, consult the Venue Database compiled by the Resource Sharing Committee.
2024 Festival Venues
Take a look at the venues used in past years and feel free to reach out to Fringe Festival Manager, Simon, Simon@fringearts.com, with any questions.
You can find maps with venues from 2024 – 2021 here.
