Continuing our HPFS Splash blog series, we’ll be taking the tops off the metaphorical fire hydrants* and spilling out the information you want to know from our High Pressure Fire Service (HPFS) artists about their HPFS shows, local inspirations, and living in Philly.

Today’s big questions: Where do you like to disconnect, and what are you reading?

Favorite Places to Disconnect:

“The Korean Spa”
–Alice Yorke, The Appointment

“Best Buy”
–The Berserker Residents, Broccoli, Roosevelt and Mr. House!

“My room in my pajamas”
–Jess Conda, A Hard Time

“My deck which overlooks the whole city.”
–Alex Torra, The Sincerity Project #3 (2019)

“Outdoors, listening to music.”
–Michael McClendon, A Fierce Kind of Love

“The shower”
–Camae Ayewa, Circuit City

What our HPFS artists are reading (though maybe not in the shower…):

“Waiting for Godot was a very proto starting point for us. The piece has some texture from this early research, a few moments of quiet seeking came from this time.”
–Jess Conda, A Hard Time

“Edmund Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”
–Alex Torra, The Sincerity Project #3 (2019)

“Recurrence Plot by Rasheedah Phillips”
–Camae Ayewa, Circuit City

“The Very Merry Xmas Carol Holiday Adventure Show, a Play by The Berserker Residents”
–The Berserker Residents, Broccoli, Roosevelt and Mr. House!

“Roland Johnson’s Lost in a Desert World”
–Suli Holum and David Bradley, A Fierce Kind of Love

Read last week’s HPFS Splash: Making Art in Philadelphia, and stay tuned for next week’s splash!

*High Pressure Fire Service (HPFS) takes its name from FringeArts’ historic building, the first high pressure pump house in the country. Opened in 1903, the station pumped water from the Delaware River to fire hydrants across Philadelphia, connecting the city and helping it grow and thrive. This history of creativity and connectivity is at the very heart of the High Pressure Fire Service festival. You can see the old HPFS fire hydrants across the city between the Delaware and the Schuylkill Rivers and between South Street to Girard Avenue. You may even see them of them sporting a fancy new HPFS sticker. Tag us on Instagram @fringearts if you see one!

Click here to learn more about all of our High Pressure Fire Service shows.