The Garden: River’s Edge is a guided experience for 6 audience members at a time, leading participants on an intimate and expansive journey of connection, reflection, and gentle acts of participation.  

Since its premiere in 2013, The Garden has lived in many forms, locations, and languages.  More than a performance, The Garden is a series of experiential, site-specific encounters that engages with the venue and manifests differently in each location. In this newest version of The Garden, audiences are led through the historic spaces of Arch Street Meeting House via prompts on headset, interacting with the architecture, the dancers, and one another through a series of playful and tender encounters. 

During the performance ofThe Garden: River’s Edge, each audience member is invited to explore a distinct path of their own. Due to the infrastructure of a historic building, most of the paths require limited stair walking. One path does not require stairs and is wheelchair accessible. We can accommodate up to two audience members on this path at a time.  

The Garden: River’s Edge also offers options for Audio Description and ASL interpretation. To reserve these paths,  please select “Accessible Path” at checkout and choose the access offering(s) you would like from the drop-down menu.

The Garden: River’s Edge is performed by Nichole Canuso, Eun Jung Choi, Beau Hancock, Simon C. Kiley, Rhonda Moore, Chelsea Murphy, Chloe Marie Newton, and Dylan Smythe.

Performance Information

September 7–22, 2024

Pricing

$50 Supporter
$30 Standard
$15 Students & 25-and-Unders
$2 FringeACCESS

FringeArts Member discounts & benefits available

Venue

Arch Street Meeting House
320 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

About the Artists

Supporters

The Garden: River’s Edge has been supported by funding and development assistance from: FringeArts, the Wyncote Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Suzanne Roberts Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, and the NCDC Leadership Circle.  

Festival Producers
Ed and Anne Wagner

Festival Co-Producers
Shelley Green and Michael Golden

Accessibility

During a performance of The Garden: River’s Edge, each audience member is invited to explore one of five distinct paths within the Arch Street Meeting House. Due to the infrastructure of a historic building, four of the paths require limited use of stairs. The Garden: River’s Edge also offers a wheelchair accessible path, as well as options for Audio Description and ASL interpretation. To reserve these paths, please select “Accessible Path” at checkout and choose the access offering(s) you would like from the check-box menu.

You will wear over the ear headphones on your ears and there will be gentle instructions to guide you from place to place. As part of the performance, you will interact with dancers and other audience members. Please note that all interactions will be from a distance and the level of physical activity will be minimal.

• Disposable headphone covers are available and can be requested at check in.
• If you would like to reserve the wheelchair accessible path and/or other accessible offerings, please select “Accessible Path” when you reserve your ticket.
• ASL interpretation will be available for all three shows on 9/15.
• Arch Street Meeting House has a designated area for service animal relief.
• Audience members with disabilities who are supported by a Personal Care Assistant (PCA) will receive a complimentary ticket for their PCA. Please check the “Companion Seating” box when you purchase your ticket to indicate you will be bringing your PCA

The Garden: River’s Edge also offers options for Audio Description (for all shows) and ASL interpretation (on 9/15 and 9/21). To reserve these paths, please select “Accessible Path” at checkout and choose the access offering(s) you would like from the drop-down menu. Italian audio description paths are limitedly available, please call the box office ahead of the show.

Health & Safety

Masks are optional, vaccines are not required. More information about FringeArts COVID policies can be found here.