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vapors
vapors
Thursday 8:30PM and Friday 7PM (September 1 and 2) Show Description: vapors is a science fiction dance theater piece about time travel. The dancers embody the past, present, and future while pausing and rewinding each other. Movement imagery comes from music box mechanics, cartoonish infomercials, the physics of freewill, and substances diffused in air. Built using...
1 event,
vapors
vapors
Thursday 8:30PM and Friday 7PM (September 1 and 2) Show Description: vapors is a science fiction dance theater piece about time travel. The dancers embody the past, present, and future while pausing and rewinding each other. Movement imagery comes from music box mechanics, cartoonish infomercials, the physics of freewill, and substances diffused in air. Built using...
3 events,
vapors
vapors
Thursday 8:30PM and Friday 7PM (September 1 and 2) Show Description: vapors is a science fiction dance theater piece about time travel. The dancers embody the past, present, and future while pausing and rewinding each other. Movement imagery comes from music box mechanics, cartoonish infomercials, the physics of freewill, and substances diffused in air. Built using...
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring is an up close and hyper-personal tongue-and-cheeky look at life’s hopes and disappointments. Buckle up to be taken on a rough and tumble, show and tell clown-dance-burlesque-theater and somewhere in between ride that acknowledges how pain is so close to pleasure, loss so close to love, and that...
Visions
Visions
Almanac presents visionary artists in this in this short work series. Sat, Sep 3 at 8:30pm at ICEBOX | Guest curated by Megan Mazerick Mon, Sep 12 at 6:00pm at ICEBOX | Ben Grinberg, Adam Kerbel, and Emmanuel Becerra Sun, Sep 11 at 7:00pm, Mon, Sep 12 at 9:00pm, and Tue, Sep 13 at 9:00pm...
3 events,
Jennifer Vanilla’s Castle in the Sky
Jennifer Vanilla’s Castle in the Sky
Jennifer Vanilla: a container, a portal, a joy delivery system, a self help regimen, a social mirror, a Times Square celebrity, a shark-toothed advertiser, a kicky talk show host, an ebullient mascot. Born in a dewdrop high up in the sky in an idyllic realm known as Jenniferia, the sexless humanoid alien opened a portal...
Spruce Street
Spruce Street
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like...
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring is an up close and hyper-personal tongue-and-cheeky look at life’s hopes and disappointments. Buckle up to be taken on a rough and tumble, show and tell clown-dance-burlesque-theater and somewhere in between ride that acknowledges how pain is so close to pleasure, loss so close to love, and that...
2 events,
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring is an up close and hyper-personal tongue-and-cheeky look at life’s hopes and disappointments. Buckle up to be taken on a rough and tumble, show and tell clown-dance-burlesque-theater and somewhere in between ride that acknowledges how pain is so close to pleasure, loss so close to love, and that...
high noon
high noon
you 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. using live electronic and folk music, archival video, dance and poetry, high noon casts a long shadow on the cowboy under the heat of an...
2 events,
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring is an up close and hyper-personal tongue-and-cheeky look at life’s hopes and disappointments. Buckle up to be taken on a rough and tumble, show and tell clown-dance-burlesque-theater and somewhere in between ride that acknowledges how pain is so close to pleasure, loss so close to love, and that...
high noon
high noon
you 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. using live electronic and folk music, archival video, dance and poetry, high noon casts a long shadow on the cowboy under the heat of an...
6 events,
Lewis Luvz Clark
Lewis Luvz Clark
In this solo-performance piece, Rebecca Posner is taking you on a riverboat tour of the mighty Missouri. But this tour is unlike other tours; she's going rogue! Experience a horny, attention-starved, new mom navigate the tragic story of the probable-possible-maybe-made-up-but-probably-not love affair between Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. She's taking history into her own hands...
Green Card Project
Green Card Project
Green Card Project. ...the applicant was becoming a well adjusted performer as they had to tell several stories to the audience of one (the officer), and also make sure that they are assuming the right personality for their "character". ...the applicant was never a good actor, or a theater enthusiast to begin with. They in fact would suffer from...
Surface Tension
Surface Tension
SEPTEMBER 11 at 10pm & SEPTEMBER 14 PERFORMANCE CANCELED Surface Tension takes a beautiful and daring look at a queer friendship. At points ecstatic, dark, searching, and joyful, this intimate circus show celebrates vulnerable connection through sincere juggling. Utilizing acrobatics, weight-sharing, object manipulation, and dance, Surface Tension addresses the fear of loss, the power of...
Baal & Dix
Baal & Dix
Meet Bertolt Brecht and Degenerate painter Otto Dix. Kinda. Fact or fantasy? Either way, they’re yours to devour. Sing rousing songs, witness delicate movement sequences, touch your muse, and queer the facts. Lift a stein at Philly’s only Authentic German Beer Hall and meet us in the bathroom. Baal & Dix is a new immersive work...
Your Show
Your Show
The non-binary son of God tries to convince their dad to use their pronouns. Which God? They aren't sure. He was an absent father. Heads up: this show uses rock and roll music and power points to blow your mind. For ages 18+ Interested in a not-necessarily-romantic way to connect over art? Select the Blind Date...
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring
Rough and Tumble: Pickled Peaches and Herring is an up close and hyper-personal tongue-and-cheeky look at life’s hopes and disappointments. Buckle up to be taken on a rough and tumble, show and tell clown-dance-burlesque-theater and somewhere in between ride that acknowledges how pain is so close to pleasure, loss so close to love, and that...
11 events,
Spruce Street
Spruce Street
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like...
Threnody
Threnody
Threnody is an original theatrical performance that hopes to understand, dissect and undercut our society’s relationship to individual grief, collective grief, and the ways in which we can inspire and support one another through hard times. Pay What You Can happy hour special for the 5pm show on Friday 9/9, tickets sold at the door...
10th Walk Around Philadelphia: virtual launch / info session
10th Walk Around Philadelphia: virtual launch / info session
Join us to launch the 10th Walk Around Philadelphia! ( This event is open to all, regardless of whether you've explored any of the city's edge yet! ) Since its 4-person artist residency origins in 2016, Walk Around Philadelphia has become a pilgrimage experience where hundreds (ranging in age from 12 to 94) have set out to explore the...
LUSTER
LUSTER
Lust for exposure and success turns… TRAGIC. Set in an underground shopping mall turned nightclub, Junk’s newest experience, Luster, reveals the twisted nature of reality show competition and begs the question, “Where do we draw the line?” A group of aspiring reality tv producers is looking to make their mark in the edgy new world...
LUSTER
LUSTER
Lust for exposure and success turns… TRAGIC. Set in an underground shopping mall turned nightclub, Junk’s newest experience, Luster, reveals the twisted nature of reality show competition and begs the question, “Where do we draw the line?” A group of aspiring reality tv producers is looking to make their mark in the edgy new world...
Green Card Project
Green Card Project
Green Card Project. ...the applicant was becoming a well adjusted performer as they had to tell several stories to the audience of one (the officer), and also make sure that they are assuming the right personality for their "character". ...the applicant was never a good actor, or a theater enthusiast to begin with. They in fact would suffer from...
GROUP PROJECT
GROUP PROJECT
On 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 is it time to take what they’ve learned and build a new world? Appropriate for ages 13+ Health & Safety Masks are required...
Threnody
Threnody
Threnody is an original theatrical performance that hopes to understand, dissect and undercut our society’s relationship to individual grief, collective grief, and the ways in which we can inspire and support one another through hard times. Pay What You Can happy hour special for the 5pm show on Friday 9/9, tickets sold at the door...
I Hear You and I’d Like to Respond
I Hear You and I’d Like to Respond
The 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 world. Award-winning "Fringe Favorite" and Cannonball Festival Producer Almanac’s newest -- and largest ever -- ensemble acrobatic show explores the lengths we’ll go to change...
Baal & Dix
Baal & Dix
Meet Bertolt Brecht and Degenerate painter Otto Dix. Kinda. Fact or fantasy? Either way, they’re yours to devour. Sing rousing songs, witness delicate movement sequences, touch your muse, and queer the facts. Lift a stein at Philly’s only Authentic German Beer Hall and meet us in the bathroom. Baal & Dix is a new immersive work...
17 events,
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
LUSTER
LUSTER
Lust for exposure and success turns… TRAGIC. Set in an underground shopping mall turned nightclub, Junk’s newest experience, Luster, reveals the twisted nature of reality show competition and begs the question, “Where do we draw the line?” A group of aspiring reality tv producers is looking to make their mark in the edgy new world...
Spruce Street
Spruce Street
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like...
Fair Trade
Fair Trade
NOTE: the Sep 14 and September 25 at 6:00pm and 6:40pm performances of this show have been canceled. Is Trust given freely, or earned over time? Is Fairness judged on a geological timescale or in the span of a second? How much can you get in exchange that birthday present you got from your least favorite...
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
Threnody
Threnody
Threnody is an original theatrical performance that hopes to understand, dissect and undercut our society’s relationship to individual grief, collective grief, and the ways in which we can inspire and support one another through hard times. Pay What You Can happy hour special for the 5pm show on Friday 9/9, tickets sold at the door...
GROUP PROJECT
GROUP PROJECT
On 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 is it time to take what they’ve learned and build a new world? Appropriate for ages 13+ Health & Safety Masks are required...
LUSTER
LUSTER
Lust for exposure and success turns… TRAGIC. Set in an underground shopping mall turned nightclub, Junk’s newest experience, Luster, reveals the twisted nature of reality show competition and begs the question, “Where do we draw the line?” A group of aspiring reality tv producers is looking to make their mark in the edgy new world...
Fair Trade
Fair Trade
NOTE: the Sep 14 and September 25 at 6:00pm and 6:40pm performances of this show have been canceled. Is Trust given freely, or earned over time? Is Fairness judged on a geological timescale or in the span of a second? How much can you get in exchange that birthday present you got from your least favorite...
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
15 events,
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
high noon
high noon
you 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. using live electronic and folk music, archival video, dance and poetry, high noon casts a long shadow on the cowboy under the heat of an...
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
GROUP PROJECT
GROUP PROJECT
On 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 is it time to take what they’ve learned and build a new world? Appropriate for ages 13+ Health & Safety Masks are required...
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table—Does That Work for You?—Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, 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 space Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking...
I.D.: Intimate Deceptions
I.D.: Intimate Deceptions
I.D.: Intimate Deception is an uncanny demonstration of sleight of hand, and psychological illusions performed in a close up setting. This 30 minute personal, blackbox show is not just about tricks, it's about how magic can be used as metaphors for time, the significance of numbers, and connecting with strangers in surprising ways. Appropriate for...
I.D.: Intimate Deceptions
I.D.: Intimate Deceptions
I.D.: Intimate Deception is an uncanny demonstration of sleight of hand, and psychological illusions performed in a close up setting. This 30 minute personal, blackbox show is not just about tricks, it's about how magic can be used as metaphors for time, the significance of numbers, and connecting with strangers in surprising ways. Appropriate for...
Recollection
Recollection
Shows on September 11 and 12 have been canceled. If you knew that one day you would lose all of your memories- would you approach each day differently? Through a devised, interactive dance-theater piece that incorporates the five senses, contact improvisation, recycled material, photographs, olives, original music, and suitcases, a group of wanderers will reinvent...
GROUP PROJECT
GROUP PROJECT
On 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 is it time to take what they’ve learned and build a new world? Appropriate for ages 13+ Health & Safety Masks are required...