Sweet jeebus, is it really time for all the previews? Are you ready for your tastes? Are we actually prepared to throw these festivals? We better be. First preview plug is for this Friday at the Performance Garage, where shows taking place therein may be sampled. Suggested donation of $10, and you get the following:

The Maeko Film Project, previewing Whiskey and Elephants.

Infatuation Dance Company, previewing Inescapable Foreboding.

SmokeyScout Productions, previewing DEER HEAD: yet another—though equally hilarious, and perhaps even more so, as the first two—evening of outrageous short comedies by Josh McIlvain.

Lauren Williams and Xhale Dance Company, previewing Underneath the Surface.

Performance Garage’s Philly Fringe preview is Friday, August 26, 1515 Brandywine Street, Spring Garden. 8:00 pm, $10 suggested donation. Reception will follow the performances.

–Nicholas Gilewicz