Creature: A Movement Meditation
The InternetA short dance film and an invitation to move: this creature draws you out, barefoot, into wet grass, squidgy mud, running water. Let your feet, then your body, respond to...
HOMO FEMINA
The InternetIn a reduced space depoliticized of all visibility and legislation: she, the Fémina, lies. Stripped of all rights to exert her nature, in pursuit of her survival. Not included by...
SELL ME: I Am from North Korea
The InternetSELL ME: I am from North Korea written & performed by Sora Baek Click here to watch a clip SELL ME: I Am From North Korea is inspired by the true stories...
Maybe Tomorrow
The InternetEarly one morning a few hours before Hurricane Hanna hits Corpus Christi, Texas. One still life with moving parts. One short story about three folks fishing at Bob Hall Pier...
creativeWorks
The InternetWe are foraging the cosmos for pretty things, relics of beauty, or just plain old byproducts of well-intentioned effort. Forget what your neighbor says, we live in an age of...
“Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!)
The InternetA comic culinary extravaganza that taps the wit and antics of one of America’s best-loved television personalities, Julia Child, the mother-of-all-foodies! Imagine what would happen if SHE had to do...
The Book of Snorin’ – Sleep Apnea the Musical
The InternetAfter a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here. This hilarious show follows Australian comedian Stew...
Medicine Meditation
The InternetMedicine Meditation: Water is part ritual, part visual/sound installation, and part workshop with touch points in science, spirituality, ancestry, and healing. Participants are given meditation prompts and invited to contribute...
Rx and Chill
The InternetExperience a live installation where you receive, and prescribe, unorthodox therapy based on Abyss: The Greatest Proposal Ever -- a dramatic narrative short film about the wild adventures of an...
high noon
Icebox Project Space 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphiayou swallow the cowboy. yonder demands. in this speculative work of dance-theatre, a group of interdisciplinary Black queer and trans* artists take on america’s poisonous lust for the lone ranger....
Bower Bird
The MAAS Building Studio 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaNOTE: the Monday, Sep 26 performance has been canceled. BOWER BIRD is a multidisciplinary theater event featuring dance, film, and a design contest. If you’ve ever wondered what your favorite...
Tree Confessions
Harrowgate Park 3455 Kensington Ave, PhiladelphiaTrees talk! In a landmark study, a scientist learned everything about how trees communicate — or did she? One tree tells the story of what really happened. Presenting the world’s...
In High Germany
and The Parting Glass
Fergie's Pub
1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
The Irish Heritage Theatre presents Keith J. Conallen performing two plays by Dermot Bolger. In High Germany, Eoin, an Irishman living in Germany, recalls a story of friendship and nostalgia...
Roll Play: An Improvised Adventure
Csz Philadelphia at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom St, PhiladelphiaDungeons & Dragons meets improv comedy! ROLL PLAY is a live, interactive, fully-improvised love letter to tabletop RPGs and the fantasy genre. Guided by a mysterious Dungeon Master, four...
NOT RIGHT NOW
Pig Iron Theatre Company Studio B 1417 N 2nd St, PhiladelphiaJoin playwright James Christy Jr. on his journey towards greater self-awareness through mindfulness meditation. Spoiler alert: he will fail. If you’ve ever tried to meditate and found your mind wandering,...
Larry’s Late Show
The Adrienne Theater Mainstage 2030 Sansom St, PhiladelphiaLarry’s Late Show is a murder mystery comedy filled with audience participation, hilarious hijinks, conniving characters, and loads of fun. No two shows will be the same, and the audience...
GROUP PROJECT
Randall Theater at Temple University 2020 N 13th St, PhiladelphiaOn the day of the big test, a high school classroom spirals into chaos. Teachers are missing and none of the questions make sense. Will the students play along? Or...
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Allens Lane Art Center 601 W Allens Lane, PhiladelphiaSet in the isolated mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, Martin McDonagh’s award-winning play tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a lonely woman in her early forties,...
Effigy
Philly Improv Theater - Second Stage, upstairs 2030 Sansom Street, PhiladelphiaA forgotten Founding Father, a black Union soldier, and a modern-day campus trapped between precedent and progress. How does the telling of our history change it – or change us?...
Song Bridge
The MAAS Building Studio 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaYou were a child, and that child is still in you. Without looking at the past and forgiving little you, there’s no way future you can get past the past....
You shouldn’t be doing what you’re doing on that Ladder
Icebox Project Space 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia"You shouldn't be doing what your doing on that Ladder" deputed in February 2020 and now returns to tackle the instability of mental health in 2022. Using three different sized...
Late Night Snacks
The Switch 421 N 7th St, PhiladelphiaA mixed-plate performance that’s 50% cabaret destination, 50% neighborhood jawn, and 100% good to the last bite. The Bearded Ladies Cabaret shares a new selection of guilty pleasures, soul nourishment,...
Afternoon Snacks: Johnny Shortcake
The Switch 421 N 7th St, PhiladelphiaJohnny Shortcake is a funky kids band that celebrates silliness and friendship, teaches important life lessons, and feels like one big disco party. With irresistible songs such as "Cupcake Tuesday,...
The Tower
The Painted Mug Cafe 1527 Jackson St, PhiladelphiaThe Tower is an immersive musical experience that explores and celebrates our universe from an emotional, spiritual, and scientific perspective, and seeks intimacy with whatever forces came together to create...
Ladies at a Gay Girls’ Bar, 1938-1969
Tattooed Mom 530 South Street, Philadelphia20th-century fem(me)/butch lesbian bars come to life in a solo dance/theatre performance. Maggie Cee explores her years as a teenage gay rights activist, her own identity, and fem history -...
FOOD
FringeArts 140 N Columbus Blvd, PhiladelphiaJUST ADDED: $15 balcony seats. Available for purchase at the door before each remaining performance of FOOD! Why do we eat what we eat? Where does it come from? Do we...
Free Improv Basics Class
Theatre Exile 1340 S 13th Street, PhiladelphiaLearn the basics of improv in this free and fun class! You'll learn the core concepts of improv from one of Philly's best instructors, meet new people, and have some...
Tree Confessions
Harrowgate Park 3455 Kensington Ave, PhiladelphiaTrees talk! In a landmark study, a scientist learned everything about how trees communicate — or did she? One tree tells the story of what really happened. Presenting the world’s...
Feeling Red
The MAAS Building Garden 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaFeeling Red brings color to movement and dance. Choreographer, Savi Stevenoski, sees color when listening to music. A phenomenon know as synesthesia. Red is deep and soulful. Red is a...
Mafia Anonymous; The Women Speak.
The MAAS Building Studio 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaWritten and Performed by Pina Nella is the leader of a Women's Mafia Anonymous group. It is rumored that Nella's dad did business with the Mafia. Each woman at this...
Eat Me Baladi
Icebox Project Space 1400 N. American Street, PhiladelphiaAn evening of two artistic explorations that investigate the intersections between sexuality, sensuality, and Palestinian identity through the body, movement/dance and food. Leila Delicious & Mette Loulou von Kohl will...
PEDESTRIAN CIRCUS
The MAAS Building Studio 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaPedestrian Circus is a one-human show spanning many discovery zones. Characters and self-perception are shaken and stirred. A fantastic voyage where we feast on a hot wet fantasy of persona...
Tree Confessions
Harrowgate Park 3455 Kensington Ave, PhiladelphiaTrees talk! In a landmark study, a scientist learned everything about how trees communicate — or did she? One tree tells the story of what really happened. Presenting the world’s...
Free Improv Jam
Theatre Exile 1340 S 13th Street, PhiladelphiaAre you a performer itching for some stage time? Are you someone new to this and looking to try improv for the first time ever? Come on out to our Free Improv...
Lindsey Noel: I’m a Magician
Circus Campus 6452 Greene St, PhiladelphiaEver wonder what it's like to be a professional trickster? Or to have to kindly lie for living? Or how it feels to be a woman in a male dominated...
Oedipus in Seattle
The MAAS Building Studio 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaOedipus in Seattle is an auto-theatre mash-up of Oedipus Rex and Sleepless in Seattle. In this unconventional adaptation, two different actors take the stage each night without having rehearsed or...
Daughter of the Sea
The MAAS Building Garden 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaLaura Lizcano will be presenting a preview of the music from her upcoming album Daughter of the Sea as a series of three intimate performances, featuring Erin Busch on cello,...
The Path of Pins
or the Path of Needles
Rigby Mansion
523 Church Ln, Philadelphia
NOTE: the Sunday, Sep 25 performance has been canceled due to rain. Welcome, pregnant one, to our sunset reality. Here at the edge of day and night, awake and asleep,...
Vehement
Multiple LocationsVEHEMENT is an evocative dance show that is a love letter to all our former selves. A troupe of 6 dancers clad in stiletto heels will perform 12 new works...
Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By the News
Theatre Exile 1340 S 13th Street, PhiladelphiaExtree! Extree! Read all about it! Comedy show discusses the news of the week and improvises hilarious scenes inspired by it! Extree host Geoff Jackson will present news articles and...
I Hear You and I’d Like to Respond
Icebox Project Space 1400 N. American Street, PhiladelphiaThe performances on September 9, 10, 11, and 15 have been canceled. A circus of words, a flight to nowhere, a desperate attempt to make meaning in an unrelentingly confusing...
Rising from a Thousand Thrones
106 W Ridley Ave, Ridley Park, PA 106 W Ridley Ave, Ridley ParkVictor Frankenstein created a monster. Mary Shelley composed a son. In 1816, the daemon of paper and ink became a child of flesh and blood, but now that child is...
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The InternetIn this one on one telephone performance, you'll meet the voice of someone who wants to tell you a story. A short story, by Oscar Wilde, set to the rhythm...
Tree Confessions
Harrowgate Park 3455 Kensington Ave, PhiladelphiaTrees talk! In a landmark study, a scientist learned everything about how trees communicate — or did she? One tree tells the story of what really happened. Presenting the world’s...
BATH HOUSE
The Latvian Society 531 N. 7th St, PhiladelphiaDesigned as a temple to the fluid nature of sexuality, BATH HOUSE is a deeply sensory immersive theatrical experience dripping with erotic energy from start to finish. BATH HOUSE fuses...
Brain Bros Presents: Uber Chronicles
Alterra Productions 4700 Wissahickon Ave, PhiladelphiaWhat does a guy do after Ubering from since before the pandemic to present day? Share stories and anecdotes about it, of course! From the story of how I broke...
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Multiple LocationsYes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine A table-top show about diners and the people inhabiting those...
Sweet Honey Chiffon Invites you to Fête de la Ville Natale
The MAAS Building Studio 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaFête de la Ville Natale is a variety cabaret show comprised of classic burlesque, song, and poetry celebrating the beauty of black and brown queer bodies. For ages 18+ This...
Fresh Ink Shorts
The Skinner Studio at Plays and Players 1714 Delancey Place, PhiladelphiaFRESH INK SHORTS is an intriguing, fast-paced evening of new original short plays by award-winning writers -- from one-minute amuse-bouches to more elaborate courses of the comic, the poignant, and...
Late Night Snacks
The Switch 421 N 7th St, PhiladelphiaA mixed-plate performance that’s 50% cabaret destination, 50% neighborhood jawn, and 100% good to the last bite. The Bearded Ladies Cabaret shares a new selection of guilty pleasures, soul nourishment,...
Rising from a Thousand Thrones
106 W Ridley Ave, Ridley Park, PA 106 W Ridley Ave, Ridley ParkVictor Frankenstein created a monster. Mary Shelley composed a son. In 1816, the daemon of paper and ink became a child of flesh and blood, but now that child is...
Lindsey Noel: I’m a Magician
Circus Campus 6452 Greene St, PhiladelphiaEver wonder what it's like to be a professional trickster? Or to have to kindly lie for living? Or how it feels to be a woman in a male dominated...
Next Chapter
The InternetIn this one on one telephone performance, you'll meet the voice of someone who wants to tell you a story. A short story, by Oscar Wilde, set to the rhythm...
Latinx 2044: A Hispanic Heritage Month Comedy Special
Theatre Exile 1340 S 13th Street, PhiladelphiaSeptember is Hispanic Heritage Month and Che Guerrero wants you to know it! Che has assembled some of the best latinx comics in the area for this special, one night...
Next Chapter
The InternetIn this one on one telephone performance, you'll meet the voice of someone who wants to tell you a story. A short story, by Oscar Wilde, set to the rhythm...
OVERBOARD!
The MAAS Building Garden 1320 N 5th St, PhiladelphiaLocated in the beautiful Maas Garden Bar, the OVERBOARD! Cabaret is Cannonball's FREE nightly offering of music, circus, comedy, storytelling, strange anthems to pirate lords and ecstatic participatory rituals that are...
Rising from a Thousand Thrones
106 W Ridley Ave, Ridley Park, PA 106 W Ridley Ave, Ridley ParkVictor Frankenstein created a monster. Mary Shelley composed a son. In 1816, the daemon of paper and ink became a child of flesh and blood, but now that child is...
Real PlaNet Life
Vox Populi 319 North 11th Street, PhiladelphiaReal PlaNet Life is a reality TV show made by and for aliens. It’s Real Housewives meets E.T. meets the Muppets. Following a screening of one of the show’s most...
Next Chapter
The InternetIn this one on one telephone performance, you'll meet the voice of someone who wants to tell you a story. A short story, by Oscar Wilde, set to the rhythm...
Next Chapter
The InternetIn this one on one telephone performance, you'll meet the voice of someone who wants to tell you a story. A short story, by Oscar Wilde, set to the rhythm...