2026 Philly Fringe Postcards

Philly Fringe Postcards is a peer-to-peer review project for the 2026 Fringe, edited by Jack McManus and Savannah Reich.

A cohort of participating artists each wrote a “postcard” to one other artist about their work. The postcards are not intended to be traditional reviews, but a short open letter from an artist to another artist about their show. Artists responded 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 wrote a postcard to someone and received a postcard from someone else. The goal is to share one of the juiciest parts of the Fringe; conversations between artists about their work. 

Follow along here, and at @phillyfringepostcards on IG!

Savannah Reich on Rose Luardo

Savannah Reich on Rose Luardo

  Oh, Rose: I was excited when I got an email from one of our cohort artists saying that they had gotten sick and were unable to make it to...

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David Robson on Jennifer Blaine

David Robson on Jennifer Blaine

  Dear Jennifer, I came to Mister John’s Music expecting a feminist comedy show, but nothing prepared this cis normie for the brash, silly,...

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Kym Priess on Jim Julien

Kym Priess on Jim Julien

  Dear Jim, First off, I love a pre-show sitch—no attachment to a grand reveal. I personally get obsessed with that in my own work, but you...

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Soleil Kohl on Katarina Kojic

Soleil Kohl on Katarina Kojic

  Dear Katarina (and the whole PhotoProv cast), What a delight to see one of my first performing loves, improv, in a brand new light. Entering...

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Valentina Miller on Tima Ozen

Valentina Miller on Tima Ozen

  Dear Tima, This September I had the pleasure of attending your FringeArts event “Sky Song, a Solo Woodwind Performance by Andrew Urbina,”...

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Thomas Choinacky on Soleil Kohl

Thomas Choinacky on Soleil Kohl

  Dear Soleil- As I walked into the theater you were deep in a dysfunctional dance that flipped through a mix of physically exhausting...

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Jack McManus on Savannah Reich

Jack McManus on Savannah Reich

  Dear Savannah, I rushed over to see your show directly from a performance of Notice Me Gwyneth, one of the pieces I directed in the Fringe...

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Jessica Noel on Imani Lee Williams

Jessica Noel on Imani Lee Williams

  Dear Imani:  “You know what freedom is to me? NO FEAR!” —Nina Simone in Imani Williams’ IDEAS OF GRANDEUR. Ideas of Grandeur had a profound...

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Spencer Boyce on Noam Osband

Spencer Boyce on Noam Osband

  Hi Noam!  When I was first assigned your show as my Philly Fringe Postcard, I had no idea the ride it would end up taking me on. From being...

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Tima Ozen on William Trevino

Tima Ozen on William Trevino

  William, LIGEIA was such an evocative and intimate experience for me. I knew going in that it was a one-person performance, but I was still...

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Jim Julien on Jessica Noel

Jim Julien on Jessica Noel

  Dear Jess, (and Amy, Carolyn, Yasmin, Lisa and Kat), I was very intrigued to see “The Call of The Wild.” I had assumed that the show would be...

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Chizo Nwagwu on Michelle Nguyen

Chizo Nwagwu on Michelle Nguyen

  Dear Michelle, You should be incredibly proud of “The Deer Ones”: you brought the audience along from the moment you stepped onstage to be...

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Todd Sullivan on Connor Hogan

Todd Sullivan on Connor Hogan

  Dear Connor (and Brooke and Elena), When I sat down to watch Offstage Onstage: Everything You Didn’t See the Greeks Do, I didn’t...

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