Philly Fringe Postcards
Introducing Philly Fringe Postcards, a peer-to-peer review experiment created for the 2025 Fringe by Savannah Reich.
For this year’s festival, a cohort of up to 25 participating artists will each write a “postcard” to one other artist about their work. Each postcard will not be a traditional review, but a short open letter from an artist to another artist about their show. I’ve asked the artists to respond to questions like, what do you want to say to that creator after seeing their work? What connections did it make in your mind? How did you feel when you walked away?
Every artist in the cohort will write a postcard to someone and receive a postcard from someone else. The goal is to share one of the juiciest parts of the Fringe; conversations between artists about their work.
We’ll be posting postcards throughout the Fringe. Follow along here, and at @phillyfringepostcards on IG!
Xora Odelle on Britt Anderson
Dear Britt, I must confess that my knowledge of Greek mythology has withered since graduating high school, and that leading up to Arachne’s opening...
Dan Kitrosser on PJ Witkowski
Dear PJ (aka Bambi), First of all, no one plays a drunk, nihilistic (dead?) deer like you. This past Sunday, I walked from my home in East Passyunk,...
Britt Anderson on Rose Luardo
Rose, When I walked into the opening party for your exhibition, you screamed, “THIS IS AN AMAZING HUMAN!”, gave me a hug, introduced me to your two...
Becky Bondurant on Dan Kitrosser
Dear Karen Tenderness (and Dan), My name comes with cultural baggage. A radio hit in my middle-school era spawned frequent valley girl inflected...
Jake Lucas on Susan Edsall
Hello Susan! I got to see your show Thursday; I sat in the back with my best friend, you probably heard us laughing. I got absolutely drenched in...
Susan Edsall on Noam Osband
Dear Noam, Thank you for your wildly funny and wholeheartedly optimistic story. I had no idea what to expect when I walked into a yoga studio to see...
PJ Witkowski on John Miller Giltner
Dearest John Miller Giltner, Family Vacation started for me before I even entered The Trestle Inn. It truly started when I passed a tall,...
Jim Julien on Anne Brashier
Dear Anne and all the Carnival of Feelings crew, I was excited and a little nervous to attend the Carnival of Feelings. I have been struggling with...
Savannah Reich on Madeline Shuron
This postcard was written as an example of the form to share with the 2025 Postcards Cohort. I went to see an excerpt of Madeline Shuron’s...
Savannah Reich on AZ Espinoza
This postcard was written as an example of the form to share with the 2025 Postcards Cohort. I went to see a reading of AZ’s play...
