2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival: FRINGIES
2025 FRINGIES WINNERS
Here are the fan-favorites of the 2025 Fringe Festival as decided by our lovely Fringe-goers!
Five Star Award:
The show with the most five star votes
Urinal, Theater By Development
Theater:
Queerano, or A Very Great Mischief, Wolfsmouth Players Company
Dance:
Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People, Rhonda Moore + Ben Grinberg | Almanac Projects
Comedy:
Haute Glue, Rose Luardo
Immersive:
Jake Strong’s Magic Show, Jake Strong Magic
Circus:
Lunarium, Skylark Circus Arts
Music:
The Beginning of the End: a rock opera by Bad Salmon, Bad Salmon
Art for Young Audiences:
Ants on a Log Family Concert, Ants on a Log
Storytelling:
It’s Giving…Single, Malaika Carpenter
Cabaret:
Dan Kitrosser is KAREN TENDERNESS in QUEER WINDOW!, Asteroid B612
Visual Arts:
Working Title, See/Hear Now Enterprises Worldwide
Film:
The Women’s Film Festival 2025, The Women’s Film Festival
*BRAND NEW AWARD*
Clown:
“Be Good!” with Paulette, Daniel Maseda
Honorable Mentions
Time Loops, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walk, Robert Malissa/Philly Magic Tours
Baby Everything, Lee Minora
Genetics, Amina Nefertari
Pennsylvania Semiconscious Liberation Army, Nick Gillette Improv
Alice Tierney, Opera on Tap Philadelphia
The Queen in Purple, Formed in Fright
Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins, Noam Osband/Lester W Productions
Get It Together, Woulder
Egg Project, Nicole Burgio & Miranda Jo Kramer
Miz Prophet Tells All, CCP Theater Program
Acute Exposure, The Lemonade Stand
Mommy & Momma or The Queerspawn Play, Em Harnett
Dogberry & Verges Are Scared, Slippery Trout Productions & Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Week 1 Frontrunners
Theater:
Get It Together / Woulder
Dogberry & Verges Are Scared / Slippery Trout Productions & Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Urinal / Theatre By Development
Plum / Shay Overstone
Roadkill Bambi / Artsake Theatre Company
Music:
Alice Tierney / Opera on Tap Philadelphia
Dance:
yellow-pink, wrinkled, & glistening / evie bondon
Within the Fall / Nell Adkins & Helen Sher
contrarian / Shosh Isaacs
Comedy:
Haute Glue / Rose Luardo
Spoken Word & Storytelling:
Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins / Noam Osband/Lester W Productions
Cabaret & Nightlife:
Dan Kitrosser is KAREN TENDERNESS in QUEER WINDOW! / Asteroid B612
Visual Art:
Working Title / See/Hear Now Enterprises Worldwide
Week 2 Frontrunners
Theater:
Queerano, or A Very Great Mischief /Wolfsmouth Players Company
Get It Together / Woulder
Urinal / Theatre By Development
Dogberry & Verges Are Scared / Slippery Trout Productions & Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
A Marine Walks Up to the Pearly Gates / Yellow Bicycle Company
Lions / Lightning Rod Special
Music:
Family Vacation / John Giltner and Gene Farbe
Dance:
BABYBABYBABY /Laila J. Franklin
Comedy:
Haute Glue /Rose Luardo
5 Stagehands Fall Out of a Closet (the goose crisis) / Grace Lazarz and Michael Amendola
Circus:
Lunarium / Skylark Circus Arts
Cabaret & Nightlife:
Dan Kitrosser is KAREN TENDERNESS in QUEER WINDOW /Asteroid B612
Immersive / Interactive Experience:
Pennsylvania Semiconscious Liberation Army / Nick Gillette Improv
Art for Young Audiences:
Ants on a Log Family Concert / Ants on a Log
Week 3 Frontrunners
Theater:
Egg Project / Nicole Burgio & Miranda Jo Kramer
The Boo Hag / HooDoo Technique
Mommy & Momma or The Queerspawn Play / Em Harnett
Queerano, or A Very Great Mischief / Wolfsmouth Players Company
Music:
The Beginning of the End: a rock opera by Bad Salmon / Bad Salmon
Dance:
Can You Feel It? The Performative Dance Show / Nylah Jackson
Film:
The Women’s Film Festival 2025 / The Women’s Film Festival
Comedy & Improv:
The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walk /Robert Malissa/Philly Magic Tours
5 Stagehands Fall Out of a Closet (the goose crisis) / Grace Lazarz and Michael Amendola
Be Good! with Paulette / Daniel Maseda
Circus:
Strange Root /Julia Baccellieri
Ashes and Iron /Daisie Cardona
Happy To Be Here! / Jan Damm
Cabaret & Nightlife:
KISS ME DEADLY – A BLOODY BRILLIANT VAMPIRE CABARET / REV Theatre Company
Immersive / Interactive Experience:
Great Bends / Floorwork Arts Collective
Visual Arts:
Working Title /See/Hear Now Enterprises Worldwide
Week 4 Frontrunners
Theater:
Traffic Cam / Panoptic Productions
Miz Prophet Tells All / CCP Theater Program
Acute Exposure / The Lemonade Stand
Baby Everything / Lee Minora
Music:
audiOhm Sound Bath / Brett Zweiman
Dance:
Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People / Rhonda Moore + Ben Grinberg | Almanac Projects
Elaborate Measures / Jeffrey Sykes
Film:
Bicycle Shorts Film Festival / Yellow Bicycle Theater
Comedy & Improv:
The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walk /Robert Malissa/Philly Magic Tours
Improv Comedy: The N Crowd / The N Crowd
Be Good! with Paulette / Daniel Maseda
Circus:
Time Loops /Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
Immersive / Interactive Experience:
Pennsylvania Semiconscious Liberation Army / Nick Gillette Improv
Jake Strong’s Magic Show / Jake Strong Magic
Spoken word and Storytelling:
It’s Giving…Single / Malaika Carpenter
The Queen in Purple / Formed in Fright
How I Learned (Not) To Drive / Jesse Bradley-Amore
