The popular, long running works-in-progress series on the first Monday of every month.
Come see a roster of Philly’s most talented artists perform new material from shows they are working on in this fast-paced sampling of contemporary theater, dance, performance art, and everything in between. Scratch Night features short performances by four-to-six companies/artists, offering an inside look at the future of performance.
60 minutes
FREE / Suggested Donation
January Lineup:
Abbot Adam: Evensong
No Face Performance Group
Coming to FringeArts this March!
Earth and all stars! Loud rushing planets! Prepare for the vernal equinox with a liturgy of evening prayer brought to you by Sisters Sibyl and Sistine. Abbot Adam: Evensong is a concert event combining canticle, confessional, karaoke and more.
Dust
Megan Bridge / <fidget>
Coming to FringeArts this April!
A choreographic staging of Dust, an experimental opera by composer Robert Ashley. The full work, with a cast of five dancers, has movement inspired by the working methods of choreographers Deborah Hay and Lucinda Childs, who is Bridge’s choreographic mentor for this project.
Jean and Terry: Your Guides Through Dark Light and Nebulous
Kelly Bond & Melissa Krodman
Time is unraveling. An awakening is occurring. The mountain gods are whispering. I can feel it coming in the air tonight. A craggy mountaintop is appearing. The front window of a neat, white house is broken. And through the broken window we see another house with a broken window, and through that broken window we see another house with a broken window, and through that broken window we see another house…
The Sticky Note Piece
Michael Mayo & Camilla Dely
Two bodies invade public space with reclaimed popular culture, iconic politics, and yellow sticky-notes. Originally performed in three site-specific variations at a bus stop, a theater lobby, and Race Street Pier, The Sticky Note Piece is performed in a theater for the first time.
*Please note that La Peg will be closed for a private event on January 5. To enter the theater, please use the doors on the west side of the building. There will be a bar inside of the theater for Scratch Night.