September 18th – 21st

FringeArts: Hello! Thank you for taking time out of a VERY busy September to be on the Blog! Would you like to introduce yourself to our readers?

Sylvia Grosvold: Hello! My name is Sylvia Grosvold. I grew up in rainy Portland Oregon and am currently spending my post grad summer and fall traveling around the US with my show I Am Going To Die (And All They Gave Me Were These Lousy Cupcakes). I found the Philly fringe in my research on fringe festivals and opportunities for new works. 

FringeArts: Thank you for joining us Sylvia! We are SO glad that you found us! Would you tell us a bit about your show? 

Sylvia Grosvold: Our show is a highly interactive experience that invites the audience to help build the character they are here to see. It is a blend of scripted story and improvisation that follows someone (we will find out who) in their last moments as they recall their life and learn to accept their death. It’s a funny and edgy exploration of the thing that connects everyone of us – that someday our lives will come to an end.

FringeArts: Wow! That sounds really special! Also very special that this show will change for every audience in every city and state you bring it to! We’re excited to have you AND this show with us this September! Now, why have you chosen the path of an artist?

Sylvia Grosvold: I love stories and the people who choose to tell them. I think I found my way to acting because of my love of humans. Through theater we can explore the beautiful, frustrating, gross and glorious corners of humanity. It helps us connect to ourselves, each other and it lifts up the stories of people who haven’t been listened to. Above all acting is about connection — with the character, your collaborators, and the audience. In a life surrounded by the arts there is always something to learn and you will never be bored.

FringeArts: That’s beautiful Sylvia, thank you for sharing! We’re certainly never bored! Especially not during September! Getting a bit more specific, could you tell us what’s been special about workshopping THIS specific show? You mentioned that this is your post-grad fall; how has it been creating and presenting art at such an important intersection in your life?

Sylvia Grosvold: We workshopped our show during our final year at Ithaca college. I loved the opportunity to get feedback from my classmates and professors. I will never forget our last performance and the love and support I felt from all the beautiful people who showed up to see the show and wish us well as we went on to the next chapter. Theater students make the most fun and also the most terrifying audience to perform for but they were all in with the audience participation and big reactions. We couldn’t have done it without them.

FringeArts: Wow! Thats amazing! And because they were the first people the see it, you also get to carry all those people with you along your journey! Traveling to a lot of Fringe Festivals, you’re presenting your show a LOT, but you also (hopefully) have gotten to see a lot of other artist’s shows! What shows are you looking forward to seeing in Philadelphia this month?

Sylvia Grosvold: I’m looking forward to seeing Buen Camino! I worked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer on the production team for three shows in the same venue as Buen Camino. I spent a month passing by the posters but never got to see the performance. I can’t wait to see what’s its all about!

FringeArts: And again, I am reminded of the joy of traveling Fringe Shows! I’m glad you’re going to get to see it in Philadelphia! Ok! Final question! Whats your star sign, and do you think it feels representative of you as a person?

Sylvia Grosvold: I am an Aries and I do think it fits because I am a very fiery passionate person. Actually all my big three are fire signs.

FringeArts: You heard it here folks! Sylvia’s bringing the fire to this year’s Philadelphia Fringe Festival! Remember to come and see “I Am Going To Die (And All They Gave Me Were These Lousy Cupcakes)” September 18th through 21st! We know WE’LL be there!

September 19th – 21st

FringeArts: Hi there! Thank you for being on the blog! Could you please introduce yourself to our readers? 

Lizzy Arnold: Hi, I’m Lizzy Arnold! I’m an Actor, Director, and Interdisciplinary Artist that grew up in the Countryside in Williston, Florida and is currently based in Gainesville, FL. I heard about the Philadelphia Fringe Festival from a director based in NYC who had previously taken a show to a Fringe Festival.

FringeArts: We love having artists from all over the country (and all over the world too!)— WELCOME TO PHILADELPHIA! Would you like to tell us a bit about your show?

Lizzy Arnold:  Galatea invites you to explore the world through her eyes. Get to know the soul behind Pygmalion’s greatest work of art. GALATEA is a devised show that incorporates movement, dance, original music, reverse audio, and lots and lots of color! It’s a modern adaptation of the Greek myth Pygmalion and Galatea, told from Galatea’s perspective, and follows her gradual realization of imprisonment by her male creator, especially given her infancy to life. It explores the limited freedom of expression she experiences while under his control and follows her fight for independence. It also celebrates the diversity and union of women through the “Chorus”, the townswomen whom Pygmalion loathed and often compared to Galatea. They are nomadic, colorful, and wise, quickly becoming Galatea’s lifeline to freedom.

FringeArts: This sounds absolutely amazing. We’re so excited to see (and hear) you give a new voice to an old story! Do you think that this show is representative of some of the reasons that you’ve chosen to live as an artist? Or, perhaps to ask a LESS leading question, why have you chosen this daring life for yourself? 

Lizzy Arnold:  I just love to create! I also love collaborating with other artists to make the ideas in our heads a reality and produce something that is both unique and resonates with communities. It’s honestly cathartic to take feelings, experiences, or observations that changed me, and put them into an art piece or show that people related to, laughed from, or changed the way they view the world around them. I also love to live inside other worlds and use my imagination as much as possible, it’s so much fun!

FringeArts: Fabulous! Thank you for that thoughtful answer! Getting a bit more specific again, what has been the MOST special part of working on THIS show in particular? 

Lizzy Arnold:  I’ve been working on this show with some of my closest friends as well as people that I have gotten to know over this wonderful process! It’s been incredible seeing their artistry, flowing creativity, and wisdom while collaborating to make GALATEA. We’ve also shared lots of laughs, meals, and ideas that I’ll always keep close to my heart.

FringeArts: In a way, the beauty of the art that you have made is not just what occurs on the stage, but also what has occurred in your life BECAUSE of the creation process! Wow! You creating this piece has also brought you to Philadelphia! I wonder, what shows are you going to try to catch this month while you are here? 

Lizzy Arnold: I’m looking forward to seeing Catching Fireflies: a New Queer Musical and The Taylor Swift Unabomber Play

FringeArts: And we are SO excited for those too! Ok. There is one more question on my list. And it is an incredibly important one. ok… are you ready… If you could have any superpower in the world, what would you choose?

Lizzy Arnold: I would be able to control sounds and their frequency.

FringeArts: You would be REALLY good at being a sound designer for shows then! Thank you again Lizzy for being on the blog today! It means a lot! Readers! REMEMBER TO GET YOUR TICKETS TO GALATEA NOW!!!! It’s running September 19th. through 21st!

September 20th – 21st

FringeArts: Hello Hello! We’re lucky enough to have TWO artists from ONE show on the blog today! Tell us about yourselves!

Aaron Gold: We’re Christine Stoddard and Aaron Gold. We’re originally from Northern Virginia but have lived in New York City for a while now. About a decade ago, Christine participated in Digital Fringe as a visual artist. No idea how! But it felt good! Now it’s time for us to get on stage and create comedic chaos as Art Bitch and Uncle Cornelius.

FringeArts: Hello both of you! Thank you for being here! Could you tell us a bit about your show? 

Aaron Gold: Christine had a pretty insufferable classmate in her MFA visual arts program. As she got to know the New York art world better, she found a certain archetype. Eventually, she developed a character. She calls this self-obsessed nepo baby hack Art Bitch. Art Bitch grew a following online and eventually began terrorizing stages in New York City. She roped in the poor, unsuspecting Aaron Gold, who fell for her feminine wiles and also just really liked the weird stuff Art Bitch was doing. The lazy former classmate who inspired all this still has no idea.

FringeArts: Wow! maybe one day you two can honor the REAL Art Bitch at one of your shows! If she even wants to be honored… So! Why did you two choose to pursue the arts? 

Christine Stoddard: Joy! Play! A distraction from life’s miseries! And the chance to uplift and entertain others! There’s a lot of B.S. in the world.

FringeArts: There sure is a lot of B.S…. but a Fringe Festival makes all of it a little more manageable! Especially when there’s a show called “Art Bitch” in that festival! Speaking of Art Bitch, what’s been the best part of creating THIS specific show?

Aaron Gold: Giggling over gossip. Then running with ideas prompted by that gossip. Bouncing ideas off of each other that don’t just involve coming up with this week’s grocery list.

FringeArts: What fun! And are there any shows you two are looking forward to seeing this month in philly?

Christine Stoddard: The Great Philip Delphia Walking Tour (of Philly Delphia)!

FringeArts: You’re certainly going to get your steps in! And we hope that our readers will get THEIR steps in running (or walking) to your guys’ show ASAP! Thank you for being on the blog today you two!

September 20th

FringeArts: Hello Hello Hello! Hello All! We have a collective here on the blog today! Tell us about yourselves, about your group!

Street Road Artists: Street Road Artists’ Space was founded in 2011, focuses broadly on artwork that engages with questions around land ownership, and includes outdoor works and a gallery in a renovated 1930s cottage. Just an hour from Philadelphia, Street Road sits at the meeting point of farmland, Amish and horse country, preservation efforts, and creeping suburban sprawl. It’s a living laboratory where artists and audiences can rethink how we understand, imagine, use, and share land—past, present, and future.
Philly friends, join us for exhibitions, workshops, and conversations just outside the city—where global questions meet local landscapes.

Who’s who at the Street Road Artists Space you ask? 
• Emily Artinian – Founder of Street Road Artists Space, Emily is the driving force behind this experimental venue, connecting rural Pennsylvania with global ideas in art and writing.
• Carol Maurer – Artist and walking fellow-traveller, Carol brings a reflective, path-making spirit to Street Road’s projects.
• Emily Manko – The behind-the-scenes powerhouse at Street Road, Emily keeps everything running smoothly and adds her own creative spark.
• Hannah LeVasseur – Artist and plant enthusiast, Hannah is co-curator (with Keith Hartwig) of Becoming Succession at Street Road, exploring how farms, ferments, and art intertwine.
• Keith Hartwig – Artist, designer, and part of Philly’s Succession Fermentory and A Man Full of Trouble. Keith is a guest collaborator at Street Road and co-curator (with Hannah) of Becoming Succession. For A(mobile)DRIFT, he’ll lead the foraging stop, opening our senses to the wild botanicals around us.

FringeArts: Wow! This all sounds incredibly cool! Now that we know ALL of you, tell us about your show! 

Street Road Artists: Ready for something totally unique? Join us on September 20, 2025, at 1 pm for our playful, off-the-rails (in the best way) participatory project—A(mobile)DRIFT—from the heart of Philadelphia out to the charming fields around Cochranville, PA.

We’ll kick things off at A Man Full of Trouble, the cozy (and delightfully quirky) tasting room of Succession Fermentory in Old City Philly—part art project, part time capsule of local flavor. From there, we’re hopping aboard our drift-mobile (aka art bus) and heading west, from the buzzy city pulse to the open expanses of rural Pennsylvania.

During the ride, keep your eyes peeled, your sketchbooks open, and your camera ready—this isn’t just any bus trip. You’ll be invited to observe, sketch, photograph, and reflect on the shifting landscapes and what the journey reveals about how place shapes us, and vice versa.

Mid-journey, we’ll make a special stop led by Keith Hartwig of Succession Fermentory. Get hands-on: he’ll guide us in foraging wild botanicals—think curious leaves and roots that might end up in our creative brew. Your finds might even become part of the Becoming Succession exhibition back at Street Road!

When we arrive at Street Road Artists Space, you’ll be greeted with a reception for Becoming Succession, the new show that bubbles with stories of farms, ferments, and the land that binds us. Plus, your own sketches and observations will join other participants’ contributions on display—you become part of the artwork itself.

Finally, our drift ends as the bus brings us full circle—back to Philly around 7 pm, full of new sights, stories, and maybe even a few treasures from the field. All this for just $15, with pay-what-you-can options available.

Whether you’re an art wanderer, plant lover, or just someone wanting to shake up your weekend, A(mobile)DRIFT is a delightfully unexpected way to travel between worlds—literally and imaginatively.

FringeArts: We are TOTALLY ready for the unique journey you’re going to take us on! Totally ready! And we’re sure our readers are too! So! another question for the collective: whats the best part about being an artist? What has made you all continually choose this daring lifestyle? 

Street Road Artists: Being part of a community of creatives, that over the years just keeps getting wider, with relationships deepening. Creative connections within Philly and its wider region are exciting and so valuable.

FringeArts: Community truly is SO important! Getting a BIT more specific though, whats been the most generative part of the creative process for THIS show? 

Street Road Artists: This pressing question: do we need to sing ‘100 bottles of beer’ en route?!

FringeArts: Hmmmmmm. Well, I think we COULD… SHOULD WE? WILL WE? Our readers will simply have to come to the show to find out! Ok… I know there are a bunch of you, so if you all had to pick ONE show you’re excited to see during this month, what would it be? 

Street Road Artists: The shows we were lucky to get to see workshopped, when Obvious Agency hosted a night for our category – including the v cool After Worlds, Written by Taj Rauch, Presented by Wherehouse !

FringeArts: You heard it here folks! A unanimous vote has told us that you need to see BOTH After Worlds AND A(mobile)DRIFT! Ok! Final question. If you all were in a zombie apocalypse… Who would you be?

Street Road Artists: Probably the slightly eccentric outpost you stumble across, full of cryptic maps, suspiciously well-preserved mushroom houses, and a barn that may or may not contain the key to survival. We’d host strategy workshops, naturally.

FringeArts: Well… that makes sense! We’d hope that we ended up near your outpost because that seems to be the best hope ANYONE has of survival! Thank you SO much for being on the blog today and for taking part of this year’s Fringe Festival! We’re excited for ourselves and our readers to be immersed in your show!

September 20th – 21st

FringeArts: Hello friend! Thanks for being on the blog today! Would you like to introduce yourself to our readers?

Cecilia Corrigan:Hey, sweeties! I’m Cecilia Corrigan, and I’m a weird bimbo clown flower performer, writer and actor. Think part drag, part poetry, and part performance art. Philly is the little spicy incubator where I grew up making my first plays and weird performances in warehouses and basements around the city, including some at Fringe. It feels meaningful to be coming back to Philly like a prodigal thot daughter with my new monster baby along for the ride.

FringeArts: You know the classic saying! The Prodigal Thot Daughter Returns! And we’re so happy to have you back! Could you tell us about your show in this year’s Fringe?

Cecilia Corrigan: THE GAY DIVORCE is a nightmare romcom that looks at what it means to be embarrassing and cringe today–to want things or to hope for things a little too earnestly in a world that’s actively, cynically resistant to recognizing that earnestness. I’ve been calling the show itself “ecstatically cringe” because it leans into the cringe to unpack the patriarchal structures that haunt even queer, lesbian relationships. It glitterbombs the patriarchy with cringe.

In the show, I play a series of chaotic femme characters mined from the cultural ore of horror films, TikTok influencers, Barbie, and Pee-wee’s Playhouse (if Pee-wee were a basic girl with access to the thousands of years of trauma and wisdom of burned-up witches) – characters who all just want to feel successful or validated in the safety of their own queer utopias, however uncool and no matter the cost.

FringeArts: Wow! We’re ready to cringe! ECSTATICALLY! Do you want to tell us what has led you to choose the daring life of the artist for yourself!

Cecilia Corrigan: I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it.

FringeArts: fair enough! What then has been the most special thing about creating THIS show specifically?

Cecilia Corrigan: The day the show opened, we had decided that I needed a wig to play my Jesus character. And I was running around Crown Heights looking for a wig because there’s a bunch of wig stores there. I finally found a place where these nice ladies were able to help me. I told them I needed a brown wig, and they showed me one option after another, but nothing was quite right, you know? Finally, I pulled out this random red wig, and I was like, “What do you think about this? It’s actually for a Jesus costume.” She looked at me like I was crazy. But she still sold me the wig. So I hope that I’m making her proud with my Jesus with a long red bob.

FringeArts: I’m SURE she’s proud! Ginger Jesus is something we ALL need more of! Are there any shows in this year’s fringe that you’re excited to see in your free time?

Cecilia Corrigan: Some of my favorite comedians and collaborators are based in Philly. Plus a lot of amazing artists I know are traveling to Philly for Fringe, so it’s a very packed schedule. A couple shows that I’m especially excited about are Please by Gabi Shiner and Ben Franklin Sex Party by Sarah Knittel. I’m also just excited to see as much as I can!

FringeArts: Ditto to seeing as much as you can! Ok… final question… The most important question for our readers who are deciding if they want to come to see “The Gay Divorce”… If you could have ANYONE, living or dead, famous or irrelevant, come see your show, who would you choose? 

Cecilia Corrigan:  Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and all his queer sex worker friends. Or Joan of Arc, and I’d want her to come party with us afterwards.

FringeArts: Very cool. Very cool! Readers, remember to come and see Cecilia’s show on September 20th or 21st to meet Jesus! And Cecilia! Thank you for joining us on the blog!