2015 Fringe Festival Guide

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Festival Late Night

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Festival Late Night at FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race Street)

FringeArts Theater SUNDAY, SEPT 6

$20

9pm Laraaji Alternative tunings and innovative electronics.

10pm Suphala Western classical, Indian classical, jazz, folk, and soul from versatile tabla artist.

MONDAY, SEPT 14

9pm Jaamil Kosoko presents Black Male Revisited Mini retrospective of the artist’s collection of past works, filled with poetry, live music, wild theatrical antics, and live sculpture.

TUESDAY, SEPT 15

SATURDAY, SEPT 12

$25

9pm MCRAD ‘80s hardcore band brings on speed punk with flavors of metal, reggae, and jazz.

10pm Spank Rock Committed to creating music that is experimental, soulful, and wild.

$20

8pm Nyugen Smith Multimedia, sculpture, video, and performance artist.

9:30pm Saul Williams Poet and hip hop artist who created MartyrLoserKing, a digital dialogue between the First and Third Worlds.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 16

SUNDAY, SEPT 13

$15

9pm Chris Forsyth Lauded guitarist and composer whose work assimilates art-rock textures with vernacular American influences.

9:45pm Marissa Perel Brooklyn-based artist functions within dance, performance art, and installation.

FRIDAY, SEPT 18

$15

$30

9pm Xenia Rubinos Jamming to recordings of her own voice, keyboards, and a creaky door.

10pm Helado Negro An elegant combination of carefully crafted sounds in accordance to a hypnotizing aura.

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$25

9pm Tendai Maraire’s Chimurenga Renaissance Blending hip-hop and African music.

SATURDAY, SEPT 19 Closing Night

$15

9pm Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret Martha been slaying audiences at her drag-show cabaret for seven years now; her alter ego, thespian Dito Van Reigersberg, is co-founder of Pig Iron Theatre Company.

FringeArts Late Night

Curated by King Britt/ Kate Watson-Wallace (anonymous bodies) All shows are free.

La Peg/Haas Biergarten at FringeArts FRIDAY, SEPT 4 Opening Night 10:30pm Red 40 & The Last Groovement A little naughty, a little trashy, and a lot of funk sexy.

Midnight DJ Sideswipe Spins funk and soul.

SATURDAY, SEPT 5 10:30pm DJ Botany 500 Milkcrates Cafe owner brings out the ultimate in rare groove beauty.

SUNDAY, SEPT 6 10:30pm DJ Lil Dave Channels the far reaches of the soul.

(From Illvibe Collective) TUESDAY, SEPT 8 10:30pm Tim Motzer (DJ Set) Philly-based guitarist and composer crisscrosses jazz, fusion, prog, hip-hop, soul, and electronica.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 9 10:30pm Kyle Andrews (DJ Set) Undisputed secret mayor of Philadelphia brings his eclectic soul flavors on his birthday night!

THURSDAY, SEPT 10

TUESDAY, SEPT 15

10:30pm Joe Patituchi (DJ Set) Data Garden’s founder brings his alternative electronic selections for all of us to bathe in.

10:30pm King Britt (DJ Set) A cultural mix for eclectic tastes from the master of sound.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 16

FRIDAY, SEPT 11 10:30pm Ian St Laurent (DJ Set) Rare grooves. Remixes. Love songs.

SATURDAY, SEPT 12

10:30pm DJ Rashaan Bass-heavy international grooves, Afro-tropical psychedelic dubs, sweaty tribal rhythms.

THURSDAY, SEPT 17

10:30pm Ron Crawford (DJ Set) Philadelphia based DJ and sneaker culture icon.

SUNDAY, SEPT 13

10pm DJ Matthew Law Feastival After Party with Race Street closed off!

FRIDAY, SEPT 18

10:30pm Pia Ercole (DJ Set) Where voice, electronic music, and analog synths meet.

MONDAY, SEPT 14 8pm Ann Liv Young’s Sherry Truck The “Sherry Truck” is an eco-friendly, mobile performance space with pink lattes, cakes, T-shirts, high heels, and “therapy” sessions.

10:30pm Kate Watson-Wallace (DJ Set) Promising an assortment of sonic excellence.

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10pm DJ Underdog Multifaceted mixes from a force of the D.C. Metropolitan scene.

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“The Fringe Festival celebrates the intrepid spirit of the city’s artists alongside FringeArts Curated, our selection of some of the most provocative national and international innovators in performing arts. The question is always, what will emerge from this collision of boundarybreaking shows? For 16 days audiences experience an explosion of artistic expression, creating a new map of our world—and possible worlds—as drawn by artists. I am forever curious what that world will look like.”

Nick Stuccio President and producing director FringeArts

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2015 Fringe Festival

Table of Contents 4

Festival Late Night

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Tickets

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Day by Day

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FringeArts Curated

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FringeArts Curated Venue Map FringeArts Curated Schedule

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After the Rehearsal/Persona / Toneelgroep Amsterdam

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A Doll’s House / Jo Strømgren Kompani

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There / Jo Strømgren Kompani

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The Border / Jo Strømgren Kompani

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ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE / Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental + CINEtica

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Available Light / John Adams, Lucinda Childs, Frank Gehry

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Still Standing You / Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido | CAMPO

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Underground Railroad Game / Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special

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SWAMP IS ON / The Dr. Dog Pop Detachment + The Pig Iron Psychedelic Signals Auxiliary

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Suite n˚2 / Encyclopédie de la Parole | Joris Lacoste

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Soul Project / David Zambrano

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The Extra People / Ant Hampton

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Fringe by Neighborhood

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Center City Fringe

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Fairmount Fringe / includes Art Museum Area, Brewerytown + Laurel Hill Cemetery

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Fishtown–Kensington Fringe / includes Port Richmond

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Northern Liberties Fringe / includes Loft District

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Northwest Philly Fringe / includes Germantown, Mount Airy, Manayunk + Elkins Park

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Old City Fringe / includes Society Hill

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South Philly Fringe / includes Queen Village, Bella Vista + Graduate Hospital

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West Philly Fringe / includes University City + Powelton Village

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Digital Fringe / Shows on the World Wide Web

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Thank you Index by Show Index by Artist

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All shows now on sale at FringeArts.com

Tickets Box Office Pre-Festival Hours August 25–31 • 11am–5pm

Box Office Festival Hours September 1–19 • 11am–8pm

Box Office FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Philadelphia, PA 19106 Phone: 215.413.1318 FringeArts.com

Membership Members save 30% on all shows!

• Join before you buy tickets.

• Discount applies to Fringe Festival and year-round FringeArts programming.

• Plus priority seating and ticket exchange options.

• Visit FringeArts.com or call 215.413.1318 to join.

How to Buy Tickets From the Website Requires a credit card.

1. Go to FringeArts.com.

2. Browse, search, or use the shows filter function to select the show you want.

3. Select a performance date/time and number of tickets. Your selection will appear in your CART. 4. Repeat for each show/ performance you wish to attend.

5. Click on CHECKOUT and purchase!

6. You will receive an email order confirmation with your e-ticket attached.

7. Please print your e-ticket for admission, or display your ticket on your smartphone/tablet.

At the Box Office • The Fringe Festival Box Office opens August 25.

• In person you may buy tickets with cash or credit card. We do not accept checks.

• During Box Office hours you may purchase tickets by phone using a credit card.

• Tickets for FringeArts Curated performances are on sale at the Box Office up to show time.

• Tickets for all other Fringe performances are on sale up to 2 hours before show time.

• You will receive an email order confirmation that includes a PDF of your e-tickets.

• Box Office can also print tickets.

At the Performance Venue • Tickets are available at the venue starting 1 hour prior to performance for FringeArts Curated shows, and 30 minutes prior to performances for all other Fringe shows.

• Cash + credit cards only at FringeArts Curated shows.

• Most other venues are cash only.

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How to Use Your E-Tickets There are no tickets to pick up.

Bring your printed e-ticket or display the QR code on your smartphone or tablet. Tickets are required at the door.

Students + 25-and-under • $15 FringeArts Curated show tickets.

• $5 off other Fringe show tickets if original price is $15 or more.

• Valid I.D. required.

Groups • Groups of 10+ save 25%.

• For orders call 215.413.1318 or contact groupsales@FringeArts.com.

Seating Policy Seating for most shows is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager.

Some shows do not allow late seating, so arrive early!

FringeArts does not offer refunds on ticket purchases. Exchanges are only offered to current Members and Producers’ Circle members.

Volunteers Become a volunteer!

Volunteering is a great way to be a part of the Fringe Festival and to see shows for free.

For information, email volunteer@FringeArts.com or starting August 25 call 215.413.1270.

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Day by Day TUESDAY, SEPT 1

9:30pm it’s not me it’s you, 55min, CC / p78

7:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80

10pm Till Birnam Wood . . . 60min, CC / p81

8pm The Captive, 100min, OC / p101

11pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 2

FRIDAY, SEPT 4

7pm Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48

11am Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79

7:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Remnants, 60min, WP / p111

12:30pm glass movement, 180min, OC / p102

10pm Till Birnam Wood . . . , 60min, CC / p81

THURSDAY, SEPT 3

2pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 4pm Bright Invention in The Art Series, 75min, Elkins Park / p96

5pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79

5pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79

6pm glass movement, 180min, OC / p102 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90min, NL / p93

6pm LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90min, NL / p93 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81

7pm Bright Invention in The Art Series, 75min, Elkins Park / p96 Fifty Days at Iliam, 70min, NL / p92 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, CC / p80 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 7:30pm Eris Temple Offerings, 100min, WP / p111 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 Reimagine Your Reality; Comedy Hypnosis Show, 60min, CC / p78 Remnants, 60min, WP / p111 Slaughter/ette, 60min, KNS / p90 8pm A Few Thousand Upgrades Later, 60min, FMT / p85 After the Rehearsal / Persona, 170min, CC / p24 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Rude Beach, 60min, KNS / p89 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101

6:30pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 7pm A Doll’s House, 60min, OC / p30 Bright Invention in The Art Series, 75min, Elkins Park / p96 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, NL / p92 Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 Nothing Good Happens After 2AM, 90min, OC / p100 7:30pm Eris Temple Offerings, 100min, WP / p111 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Remnants, 60min, WP / p111 Slaughter/ette, 60min, KNS / p90 Under Her Skin, 50min, FMT / p85 8pm After the Rehearsal / Persona, 170min, CC / p24 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Fifty Days at Iliam, 70min, NL / p92 Rude Beach, 60min, KNS / p89 Sit Down. Stand Up. 30min, QV / p105 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101

The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 9pm Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 Reimagine Your Reality; Comedy Hypnosis Show, 60min, CC / p78 The Lid, 90min, NL / p93 9:30pm it’s not me it’s you, 55min, CC / p78 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 10pm Till Birnam Wood . . . 60min, CC / p81 10:30pm Capacity for Veracity, 60min, KNS / p90 11pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 11:55pm Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106

SATURDAY, SEPT 5 11am Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 Noon Bright Invention in The Art Series, 75min, Elkins Park / p96 Pope Up, ongoing, KNS / p90 1pm Three Sisters and a Wolf, 55min, CC / p81 2pm A Doll’s House, 60min, OC / p30 Bright Invention in The Art Series, 75min, Elkins Park / p96 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 2:30pm Reimagine Your Reality; Comedy Hypnosis Show, 60min, CC / p78 3pm Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97

Neighborhood Key: CC = Center City FMT = Fairmount KNS = Kensington NL = Northern Liberties OC = Old City QV = Queen Village SP = South Philly UC = University City WP = West Philly

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Day by Day 4pm Bright Invention in The Art Series, 75min, Elkins Park / p96 5pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 5:30pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 6pm LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90min, NL / p93 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 7pm A Doll’s House, 60min, OC / p30 Fifty Days at Iliam, 70min, NL / p92 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, NL / p92 Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 Nothing Good Happens After 2AM, 90min, OC / p100 7:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Slaughter/ette, 60min, KNS / p90 Under Her Skin, 50min, FMT / p85 8pm After the Rehearsal / Persona, 170min, CC / p24 Body of Water, 60min, WP / p110 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 glass movement, 180min, OC / p102 Sit Down. Stand Up. 30min, QV / p105 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 9pm Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 Reimagine Your Reality; Comedy Hypnosis Show, 60min, CC / p78 9:30pm Fifty Days at Iliam, 70min, NL / p92 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 10pm Till Birnam Wood . . . 60min, CC / p81 10:30pm Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106

SUNDAY, SEPT 6 Noon FAMILY: Portraits and Stories, 120min, OC / p101 Pope Up, ongoing, KNS / p90

MONDAY, SEPT 7 11am Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 12:30pm glass movement, 180min, OC / p102

12:30pm glass movement, 180min, OC / p102 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90

3pm Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97

1pm Three Sisters and a Wolf, 55min, CC / p81

5pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79

2pm A Doll’s House, 60min, OC / p30 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101

6pm Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81

2:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80

9pm Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106

3pm Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 Musician, Model & Medical Experiment, 60min, CC / p79 4pm Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 5pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 5:30pm Remnants, 60min, WP / p111 6pm Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 glass movement, 180min, OC / p102 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90min, NL / p93 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 7pm Nothing Good Happens After 2AM, 90min, OC / p100 Three Sisters and a Wolf, 55min, CC / p81 7:30pm Reimagine Your Reality; Comedy Hypnosis Show, 60min, CC / p78

11pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 The Lid, 90min, NL / p93

8pm Body of Water, 60min, WP / p110 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Lid, 90min, NL / p93

11:30pm Till Birnam Wood . . . 60min, CC / p81

8:30pm Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106

Midnight Capacity for Veracity, 60min, KNS / p90 Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106

9pm Capacity for Veracity, 60min, KNS / p90 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 10:30pm Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106

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8pm glass movement, 180min, OC / p102 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106

10pm Here At Home, 50min, KNS / p90

TUESDAY, SEPT 8 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 6pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 7pm Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 7:30pm Are We There Yet? 50min, SP / p104 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 8pm Dangerous Fools & Nardo, 75min, CC / p78 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96

FringeArts.com + 215.413.1318 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 10pm Here At Home, 50min, KNS / p90

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 9 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 There, 60min, OC / p32 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 6:30pm The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 7pm City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Cuzzo, 20min, OC / p101 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, SP / p80 Still Standing You, 45min, OC / p44 7:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Of Our Remnants, 60min, KNS / p89 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 8pm She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 SWAMP IS ON, 120min, Loft District / p52 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 9pm The Border, 60min, OC / p34 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Fish & Beauregard, 60min, QV / p106 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 10pm Here At Home, 50min, KNS / p90

THURSDAY, SEPT 10 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90min, NL / p93 The Border, 60min, OC / p32 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 7pm A Great War by James J. Christy Jr, 115min, KNS / p89 GROOVE, 65min, CC / p80 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, CC / p80 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 Still Standing You, 45min, OC / p44 Tale of the Phantom Ship, 150min, NL / p93 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale, 90min, CC / p82 7:30pm Eris Temple Offerings, 100min, WP / p111 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Of Our Remnants, 60min, KNS / p89 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 You Can’t Put Me In A Box, 90min, CC/ p82 8pm A Few Thousand Upgrades Later, 60min, FMT / p85 ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 Available Light, 55min, UC / p40 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Man on the Moon, 80 min, CC / p80 On Having Become Obsolete, 50min, FMT / p85 She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 SWAMP IS ON, 120min, Loft District / p52 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly Conduct, 90min, KNS / p89 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 You Are the Hero, 90min, CC / p82 9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Dangerous Fools & Nardo, 75min, CC / p78 Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 Musician, Model & Medical Experiment, 60min, CC / p79 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 There, 60min, OC / p32 10pm ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale, 90min, CC / p82

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11pm Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106

FRIDAY, SEPT 11 11am Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 2pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 100, 45min, OC / p100 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 5:30pm The Light Princess, 85min, CC / p81 6pm “A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry,” 120min, FMT / p85 Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Give Me a Hand! 45min, SP / p106 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90MIN, NL / P93 Stilt: a play in one act, 90min, Mount Airy / p97 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 There, 60min, OC / p32 6:30pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Born Fat, 80min, OC / p100 Cuzzo, 20min, OC / p101 Give Me a Hand! 45min, SP / p106 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, CC / p80 Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 Still Standing You, 45min, OC / p44 Tale of the Phantom Ship, 150min, NL / p93 The Colored Girls Museum, 60min, Germantown / p96 The Fall, 60min, CC / p79 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 UNARMED, 50min, SP / p105 Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale, 90min, CC / p82 7:30pm A Spirit On Parole ~ An Evening with Lenny Bruce, 90min, CC / p79 Eris Temple Offerings, 100min, WP / p111

Day by Day

Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 They Only Come Out At Night: A Graveyard Cabaret, 60 min, Laurel Hill / p85 You Can’t Put Me In A Box, 90min, CC/ p82 8pm A Great War by James J. Christy Jr, 115min, KNS / p89 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 Available Light, 55min, UC / p40 Body of Water, 60min, WP / p110 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Careful Injuries, 60min, KNS / p89 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Disability: A Comedy, 120min, OC / p101 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 ENDOME, 75min, Mount Airy / p97 GROOVE, 65min, CC / p80 Man on the Moon, 80 min, CC / p80 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106 Sit Down. Stand Up. 30min, QV / p105 SWAMP IS ON, 120min, Loft District / p52 Teething Emotionalities: WOOF, 60min, WP / p110 The Colored Girls Museum, 60min, Germantown / p96 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly Conduct, 90min, KNS / p89 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 8:30pm Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 You Are the Hero, 90min, CC / p82 9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 It’s So Learning, 70min, NL / p93 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 The Border, 60min, OC / p34 9:30pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 10pm PURGATORY, 60MIN, NL / P92 She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale, 90min, CC / p82 10:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Puppetdelphia Fringe Slam, 75min, CC / p80 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 11pm Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Midnight Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106

SATURDAY, SEPT 12 11am Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 Pope Up, 240min, KNS / p90 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Three Sisters and a Wolf, 55min, CC / p81 2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 A Spirit On Parole ~ An Evening with Lenny Bruce, 90min, CC / p79 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 ENDOME, 75min, Mount Airy / p97 The Border, 60min, OC / p32 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 There, 60min, OC / 32 You Can’t Put Me In A Box, 90min, CC/ p82 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 “A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry,” 120min, FMT / p85 Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 The Fall, 60min, CC / p79 The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly Conduct, 90min, KNS / p89 The Light Princess, 85min, CC / p81 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale, 90min, CC / p82 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, QV / p106 Of Our Remnants, 60min, KNS / p89 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 There, 60min, OC / p32 Dishwasher, 180min, CC / p79 GROOVE, 65min, CC / p80 THEATRE, 120min, QV / p105 6pm “A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry,” 120min, FMT / p85 Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Give Me a Hand! 45min, SP / p106 Stilt: a play in one act, 90min, Mount Airy / p97 6:30pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Born Fat, 80min, OC / p100 Give Me a Hand! 45min, SP / p106 Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106

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Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 Tale of the Phantom Ship, 150min, NL / p93 The Cart of Love / El Carro del Amor, 75min, CC / p79 The Colored Girls Museum, 60min, Germantown / p96 The Fall, 60min, CC / p79 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 UNARMED, 50min, SP / p105 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 Underground Railroad Game, 75min, OC / p48 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale, 90min, CC / p82 7:30pm 763 Miles, 75min, OC / p100 A Spirit On Parole ~ An Evening with Lenny Bruce, 90min, CC / p79 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 Of Our Remnants, 60min, KNS / p89 They Only Come Out At Night: A Graveyard Cabaret, 60 min, Laurel Hill / p85 You Can’t Put Me In A Box, 90min, CC/ p82 8pm A Few Thousand Upgrades Later, 60min, FMT / p85 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 Alternative Theatre Festival 2015, 90min, UC / p111 ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 Available Light, 55min, UC / p40 Body of Water, 60min, WP / p110 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Careful Injuries, 60min, KNS / p89 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 ENDOME, 75min, Mount Airy / p97 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106 Sit Down. Stand Up. 30min, QV / p105 SWAMP IS ON, 120min, Loft District / p52 Teething Emotionalities: WOOF, 60min, WP / p110 The Colored Girls Museum, 60min, Germantown / p96 The Dolls of New Albion, 90min, Manayunk / p97 The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly Conduct, 90min, KNS / p89 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 Zombies . . . with Guns, 75min, SP / p106 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Dances with Socks, 55min, SP / p104 You Are the Hero, 90min, CC / p82 9pm Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 Soprano Meets Contrabass, 60min, CC, p79 9:30pm Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 10pm It’s So Learning, 70min, NL / p93 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106

FringeArts.com + 215.413.1318 10:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Midnight Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106

SUNDAY, SEPT 13 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 A Cocoon of Your Own Making, 60min, KNS / p89 FAMILY: Portraits and Stories, 120min, OC / p101 Pope Up, 240min, KNS / p90 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Three Sisters and a Wolf, 55min, CC / p81 2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 A Few Thousand Upgrades Later, 60min, FMT / p85 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Endome, 75min, Mount Airy / p97 Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 Stilt: a play in one act, 90min, Mount Airy / p97 Tale of the Phantom Ship, 150min, NL / p93 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 You Can’t Put Me In A Box, 90min, CC/ p82 2:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 “A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry,” 120min, FMT / p85 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 Alzheimer’s: The Musical, 75min, CC / p79 “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby, 20min, SP / p105 Innovative Juggler, 60min, Germantown / p97 3:30pm A Spirit On Parole ~ An Evening with Lenny Bruce, 90min, CC / p79 The Colored Girls Museum, 60min, Germantown / p96 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Born Fat, 80min, OC / p100 GROOVE, 65MIN, CC / P80 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, QV / p106 4:15pm “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby, 20min, SP / p105 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 A Cocoon of Your Own Making, 60min, KNS / p89

Are We There Yet? 50min, SP / p104 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Dances with Socks, 55min, SP / p104 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES, 90min, NL / p93 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit, 45min, KNS / p90 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 A Cocoon Of Your Own Making, 60 min, KNS / p89 A Great War by James J. Christy Jr, 115min, KNS / p89 Born Fat, 80min, OC / p100 Cuzzo, 20min, OC / p101 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 The Light Princess, 85min, CC / p81 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN, 125min, CC / p81 Three Sisters and a Wolf, 55min, CC / p81 UNARMED, 50min, SP / p105 8pm ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die, 60min, OC / p101 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 9:30pm Spookfish, 80min, SP / p106 10pm Here At Home, 50min, KNS / p90

MONDAY, SEP 14 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100

Cut on the Bias, 70min, FMT / p84 Dangerous Fools & Nardo, 75min, CC / p78 Tale of the Phantom Ship, 150min, NL / p93 8pm Capacity for Veracity, 60min, KNS / p90 It’s So Learning, 70min, NL / p93 She Is A Problem, 75min, SP / p106 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96

TUESDAY, SEPT 15 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 Cut on the Bias, 70min, FMT / p84 Kill Will, 90min, CC / p80 Suite n˚2, 85min, OC / p54 7:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80

2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100

8pm City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Dangerous Fools & Nardo, 75min, CC / p78

3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100

9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96

5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100

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6pm We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 A Cocoon of Your Own Making, 60min, KNS / p89 Alzheimer’s: The Musical, 75min, CC / p79

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2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 Bellows Falls, 60min, KNS / p88 5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 6:30pm Love’s Labour’s Lost, 120min, SP / p106 Outside Sound Concert and Art Gallery120 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 Kill Will, 90min, CC / p80 Suite n˚2, 85min, OC / p54 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 The TV Show! 40min, OC / p101 7:30pm 2,000 Movements, 60min, KNS / p88 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 8pm City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Jump The Moon, 70min, CC / p80 Not For Profit, 60min, CC / p80 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 Second Skull, 75min, WP / p110 TAKING HER IN VEIN, 90min, WP / p111 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 9pm 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Dangerous Fools & Nardo, 75min, CC / p78 Musician, Model & Medical Experiment, 60min, CC / p79

THURSDAY, SEPT 17 Noon 100, 45min, OC / p100 1pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 2pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 3pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 4pm 100, 45min, OC / p100

5pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 2,000 Movements, 60min, KNS / p88 6pm Bellows Falls, 60min, KNS / p88 Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 We All Need Some Help, 65min, CC / p81 6:30pm Love’s Labour’s Lost, 120min, SP / p106 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 7pm 100, 45min, OC / p100 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 A Great War by James J. Christy Jr, 115min, KNS / p89 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 GROOVE, 65min, CC / p80 Kill Will, 90min, CC / p80 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 7:30pm 2,000 Movements, 60min, KNS / p88 Dolly for Sue -Project Revival, 90min, SP / p106 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 8pm ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 City of Woes, 90min, NL / p92 Estranged Seekers, 80min, WP / p111 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, CC / p80 Jump The Moon, 70min, CC / p80 Man on the Moon, 80 min, CC / p80 Not For Profit, 60min, CC / p80 It’s So Learning, 70min, NL / p93 On Having Become Obsolete, 50min, FMT / p85 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 Taking Her In Vein, 90min, WP / p111 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation, 60min, CC / p78 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 You Are the Hero, 90min, CC / p82 9pm Dangerous Fools & Nardo, 75min, CC / p78 901 Nowhere Street, 90min, OC / p101 Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 9:30pm The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 10pm The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation, 60min, CC / p78

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10:30pm The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62

FRIDAY, SEPT 18 5pm The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 5:30pm Shelter-in-Place, 80min, KNS / p90 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Into the Lights, 75min, FMT / p85 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 6:30pm Love’s Labour’s Lost, 120min, SP / p106 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 7pm A Cocoon of Your Own Making, 60min, KNS / p89 Kill Will, 90min, CC / p80 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 The Fall, 60min, Germantown / p96 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 7:30pm Dolly for Sue -Project Revival, 90min, SP / p106 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 They Only Come Out At Night: A Graveyard Cabaret, 60 min, Laurel Hill / p85 Traces of She, 90min, SP / p105 8pm A Few Thousand Upgrades Later, 60min, FMT / p85 A Great War by James J. Christy Jr, 115min, KNS / p89 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 Boing! 45min, KNS / p88 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Disability: A Comedy, 120min, SP / p101 Growing Into My Beard, 55min, CC / p80 Estranged Seekers, 80min, WP / p111 Jump The Moon, 70min, CC / p80 Man on the Moon, 80 min, CC / p80 Not For Profit, 60min, CC / p80 Sit Down. Stand Up. 30min, QV / p105 Soul Project, 60min, OC / p58 TAKING HER IN VEIN, 90min, WP / p111 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation, 60min, CC / p78 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 You Are the Hero, 90min, CC / p82

FringeArts.com + 215.413.1318 9pm Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 Into the Lights, 75min, FMT / p85 It’s So Learning, 70min, NL / p93 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 9:30pm The Extra People, 60min, CC / p62 10pm Here At Home, 50min, KNS / p90 Night Trolley 90min, KNS / p88 Not For Profit, 60min, CC / p80 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation, 60min, CC / p78 10:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 11pm PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92

SATURDAY, SEPT 19 Noon A Cocoon of Your Own Making, 60min, KNS / p89 Pope Up, ongoing, KNS / p90 12:30pm Taking Her in Vein, 90min, WP / p111 2pm ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 Boing! 45min, KNS / p88 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying, 65min, SP / p106 Second Skull, 75min, WP / p111 Shelter-in-Place, 80min, KNS / p90 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo, 45min, CC / p81 3pm Into the Lights, 75min, FMT / p85 Not For Profit, 60min, CC / p80 The Fall, 60min, Germantown / p96 3:30pm Structurally Sound, 75min, KNS / p89 4pm Bellows Falls, 60min, KNS / p88 5pm A Cocoon of Your Own Making, 60min, KNS / p89 GROOVE, 65min, CC / p80 5:30pm Shelter-in-Place, 80min, KNS / p90 6pm Damned Dirty Apes! 60min, SP / p105 Into the Lights, 75min, FMT / p84 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 6:30pm Love’s Labour’s Lost, 120min, SP / p106

7pm Kill Will, 90min, CC / p80 Soldier Bear, 65min, CC / p81 Structurally Sound, 75min, KNS / p89 The Fall, 60min, Germantown / p96 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 7:30pm Dolly for Sue -Project Revival, 90min, SP / p106 Estranged Seekers, 80min, WP / p111 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 They Only Come Out At Night: A Graveyard Cabaret, 60 min, Laurel Hill / p85 Traces of She, 90min, SP / p105 8pm ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE, 105min, CC / p36 ANDY: A Popera, 150min, KNS / p89 Boing! 45min, KNS / p88 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play, 90min, FMT / p84 Disability: A Comedy, 120min, OC / p101 Jump The Moon, 70min, CC / p80 Not For Profit, 60min, CC / p80 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 Sit Down. Stand Up. 30min, QV / p105 Soul Project, 60min, OC / p58 -TAKING HER IN VEIN, 90min, WP / p111 The Captive, 100min, OC / p101 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! 55min, QV / p104 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation, 60min, CC / p78 8:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 You Are the Hero, 90min, CC / p82 9pm Dissever My Soul, 90min, Germantown / p96 duende, 60min, FMT / p85 Man on the Moon, 80min, CC / p80 10pm Here At Home, 50min, KNS / p90 It’s So Learning, 70min, NL / p93 PURGATORY, 60min, NL / p92 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation, 60min, CC / p78 10:30pm American Standard, 50min, SP / p104 duende, 60min, FMT / p85

SUNDAY, SEPT 20 2pm Shelter-in-Place, 80min, KNS / p90 The Illinois Five, 90min, CC / p81 The Shoplifters, 120min, OC / p101 2:30pm Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, 90min, CC / p80 4pm A Great War by James J. Christy Jr, 115min, KNS / p89

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ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE • Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental + CINEtica (p 36) 8pm^

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Available Light • John Adams, Lucinda Childs, Frank Gehry (p 40) 8pm

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Soul Project • David Zambrano (p 58)

Still Standing You • Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido | CAMPO (p 44) 7pm

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Suite n˚2 • Encyclopédie de la Parole | Joris Lacoste (p 54) 7pm

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The Extra People • Ant Hampton (p 62)

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After the Rehearsal / Persona

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After the Rehearsal / Persona US Premiere!

Written by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Ivo van Hove Toneelgroep Amsterdam (Netherlands) 23rd Street Armory 22 South 23rd Street (at Ranstead) Wheelchair accessible 170 minutes (includes intermission) Performed in Dutch with English supertitles

Art and reality, illness and normality.

Two Ingmar Bergman screenplays are reimagined brilliantly for the stage by celebrated Dutch director Ivo van Hove. This theatrical diptych, with each play delving into the messy lives of theater artists, features deeply emotional and physical performances to match the layered psychological intensity of Bergman’s texts.

In After the Rehearsal director Hendrik Vogler’s life is his work: rehearsals like notes in his diary, performances his autobiography. His actors’ emotions are submitted to his control. Yet love, birth, decay, and death intrude on his artistic sanctum in the persons of Anna, his former lover and star actress, and Rachel, her daughter and his current star.

SEPTEMBER 3 4 5

8pm* 8pm 8pm

*Post-show discussion with Peter van Kraaij, dramaturg at Toneelgroep Amsterdam, moderated

by Tom Sellar $35 (general) $24.50 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com 215.413.1318

Persona is played out in a hospital and beside a lake, represented by a 10,000-gallon, full-stage pool of water. An actress falls mute during a performance of Electra and has not spoken since. But does she have a condition or is she merely assuming another role?

Written by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Ivo van Hove Dramaturgy Peter van Kraaij Set Jan Versweyveld Performers Marieke Heebink, Gaite Jansen, Frieda Pittoors, Gijs Scholten van Aschat Festival Producers Andrew and Byrna Scott

After the Rehearsal/Persona is made possible in cooperation with ALMO Antwerp and Joseph Weinberger Ltd. London and The Ingmar Bergman Foundation.

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Ivo van Hove is the artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the largest theater company in the Netherlands.

Known for his bold, actor-centered stagings of classic dramas, and his collaborations with scene designer Jan Versweyveld, he continuously breaks through the restrictions of large theater.

This presentation of After the Rehearsal/Persona has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

“At his best—which is the level he is consistently operating on these days—Mr. van Hove brings us so close to a work’s white-hot emotional center that it burns as it never has before.”

Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Photos: Jan Versweyveld

“The rehearsals were very intense and very emotional because it was about our own life in the theater and all the joy, tensions, problems that come from it. I consider this production one of our best ever made.”

Ivo van Hove, director

Q&A with Ivo van Hove Why After the Rehearsal and Persona?

Ivo van Hove: They are two short pieces about the meaning of theater and art in our lives and our society. As is fitting for the great master Ingmar Bergman, he doesn’t adopt a moralizing approach, but invests his work with much attention to and insights into mankind in all its matchless complexity.

What was the jumping off point for you?

Ivo van Hove: I always work from the script, in this case the screenplays.

I never look at the movies because it wouldn’t help me. I have to relate in a personal way to the text—otherwise it makes no sense to me to put them on the stage.

What attracts you to Bergman as a writer?

Ivo van Hove: He is a true humanist. That doesn’t mean he is softening the ugly sides of humans. On the contrary he puts them on stage or on the screen without any mercy.

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Three Shows by Jo Strømgren Kompani

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A Doll’s House There The Border

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A Doll’s House

By Henrik Ibsen Jo Strømgren Kompani (Norway) FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible 60 minutes In English

Restrictions, tensions, explosions.

Nora and Torvald Helmer, Fru Linde, Krogstad, Doctor Rank: see them anew in this adventurous recreation of Henrik Ibsen’s most famous play about trust and kinship, debt and lies, envy and love with a raucous cast of Philadelphia and New York actors. Taking respectfully irreverent liberties with the script, this Doll’s House revels the full glory of its emotional and moral battles.

SEPTEMBER 4 5 6

7pm* 2pm, 7pm 2pm

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With physical states that are exaggeratedly constrained and others that exhibit wild emotional release, this theatrical exposé looks at what’s happening inside and outside the Helmers’ house. Nora Helmer cannot physically fit into her own home: on stage the house is in miniature. The house flips and turns into different rooms. Outside the house is an open apocalyptic landscape, a grey hell where the characters let their innermost anxieties and obsessions loose.

Direction, Choreography, Set Jo Strømgren Costumes Bregje van Balen Lighting Stephen Rolfe Sound Lars Årdal Performers Suli Holum, Trey Lyford, Leonard C. Haas, Mary Lee Bednarek, Pearce Bunting Festival Star Producers Al and Nancy Hirsig Festival Producer Jane G. Pepper

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A Doll’s House is a co-commission by FringeArts and Riksteatret, and has been supported by The Norwegian Opera and Ballet and The Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs.

Additional support provided by the Wyncote Foundation.

Q&A with Jo Stømgren How are you treating the script?

Jo Strømgren: A classic text can easily become archaic if one has too much respect for the words. By not treating it as literature but as spoken dialogue, I have made major changes. Nevertheless, it’s Ibsen to the core. I hope the balance between respect and disrespect will be appreciated.

FringeArts: What is the set and how are the actors working with it?

Jo Strømgren: There is a tiny house on stage, stuffed and crammed, with hardly any place to move. It’s a simple metaphor. A place one sooner or later has to get out of in order to breathe.

FringeArts: What are the themes you are playing with the most?

Jo Strømgren: Interpretations of the play have traditionally focused on the gender equality issue. However, I’m compelled by other issues in the play.

Like the question of trust and commitment between people. On that level, the play will be forever contemporary.

“When domestic disagreements arise any house feels too small.”

Jo Strømgren, director

Photos: Josh McIlvain

“Physical theater at its very best: daring, dark, unpredictable and charged with compressed intensity.”

The Guardian

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There Jo Stømgren Kompani (Norway) 60 minutes FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible

The groundbreaking company’s most popular show features former Soviet Union dissidents stranded on a journey between East and West.

In an interzonal holding area with wooden shipping crates—perhaps a warehouse, perhaps the hull of a ship—they wrestle, they dance, they sing, they yearn for what they’ve lost. Vaudevillian, poetic, and balletic, There is a work of dance theater about choosing the unknown or going back to what you came from.

In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s dissolution, these dissidents are haunted by the music of their past, a link to their former culture and citizenship, which they by turns rejoice and fight against. They have no music for the future.

Existential doubt becomes a heartbreaking reality, and wild mood swings rule the atmosphere of human insecurity, creating wonderfully absurd scenarios matched by the wistful longings for a new home.

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6pm 9pm 6pm 5pm

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There is performed in an invented “Sovietic” language, the company’s trademark nonsensensical dialogue that sounds like a real language but isn’t.

Choreography, Set, Costumes Jo Strømgren Sound Lars Årdal Lighting Stephen Rolfe Performers Jan Ivar Lund, Mikkel Are Olsenlund, Ivar Sverrisson, Kyrre Texnæs Festival Star Producers Al and Nancy Hirsig

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Jo Strømgren Kompani was founded in 1998 and has become one of the best known independent companies in Scandinavia. Strømgren’s style is characterized by a peculiar mix of dance and theater, with puppet theater, film, and live music often added.

There was supported by Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs.

Q&A with Jo Stømgren How did There first come about?

Jo Strømgren: The idea was there already in the early nineties, in the aftermath of the Soviet Union dissolvement. However, the theme, and especially the music used, required some quarantine time before being on stage. For non-Soviets, the music has no luggage, apart from sounding “Eastern European,” but for those who are linked to the music by culture and citizenship it is not exactly easy listening.

“The outsider look has always been linked to art— and who are more outsiders than dissidents?”

Jo Strømgren, choreographer “Strømgren elevates everyday behavior into the realms of the bizarre and the extreme.”

Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

Can you describe your approach to building the performance?

Jo Strømgren: The show is also a hybrid of styles and methods.

Dance or theater? Epic or abstract?

Political or slapstick? On some occasions I have thought, Could There be described as a Beckett Musical? Two forms that have never and never will cross paths—I hope.

Photos: Knut Bry

What is it about the dissident world that interests you?

Jo Strømgren: As a European I’m particularily interested in the relocation of people; our history is more messy than what many Americans think. And there are still dictators here, still genocides going on, still political refugees, still a hilariously lot of circumstances that do not rhyme with the image we like to create.

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The Border Jo Strømgren Kompani (Norway) FringeArts 140 North Columbus Boulevard (at Race) Wheelchair accessible 60 minutes In English

SEPTEMBER 9 10 11 12

9pm 6pm 9pm 2pm

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This stunning duet weaves theater and dance, humor and sensuality, to tell a story that unfolds from a classic relationship drama into the surreal dynamics of irrational human behavior. Border conflicts exist everywhere: between nations, lovers, enemies, dreams and reality, the past and the future. It is only natural to want to cross them, even when it’s against one’s better judgment.

Script, Direction, Choreography, Set Design, Costumes Jo Strømgren Lighting Stephen Rolfe Sound Lars Årdal Performers Ivar Sverrisson, Ida Holten Worsøe Festival Star Producers Al and Nancy Hirsig Festival Executive Producers Tobey and Mark Dichter Festival Producers Carol Klein and Lawrence Spitz David Seltzer Festival Co-Producers Christie Hartwell Norman and Suzanne Cohn

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Photos: Knut Bry

A man and a woman, each lacking in social grace and neither understanding the other’s language, share an office in the northernmost diplomatic outpost of the world. Soon their workplace veneer of mutual respect crumbles into a territorial war of procedure and power. But when they discovery an emotional addiction to each other, The Border becomes a complicated love story that explores the boundaries of human relationships.

“An excellent production that resonates on many levels.”

Adi Paxton, Artsmart “The human nature is and has always been to be tempted to cross whatever borders there are.”

Jo Strømgren, director

Q&A with Jo Strømgren Why is the title The Border?

Jo Strømgren: The first association is geographical—the border between Norway and Russia in the Arctic region. Secondly I split the stage in two with a masculine and a feminine part, a gender border. And then on to the text I focus on the cultural border between the two, in life philosophy, in childhood references, in psychological issues.

What inspired this production?

Jo Strømgren: The idea came when deciding to do a production in collaboration with the northernmost institutional theater in the world, in Tromsø, Norway. The closeness to Russia, and a turbulent border history, became a natural backdrop. I thought it would be okay to take on a local theme, since border problems are relevant in the whole world.

What interests you about the emotional borders in the play?

Jo Strømgren: I find emotional or psychological issues more interesting for theater than academic or political or intellectual ones. I think that everything we need to know is already seen in the schoolyard. When people still ask questions like, “How was World War II possible?” I keep thinking, Didn’t you go to elementary school?

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ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental (USA) + CINEtica (Colombia) Prince Theater 1412 Chestnut Street Wheelchair accessible In Spanish with English subtitles.

105 minutes

Follow the potentially real adventures of the American pilot Barry Seal— drug runner, informant, and Iran-Contra Affair player—and his relationship with Colombian drug lords, nefarious co-pilots, clandestine runways, his family, the DEA, FBI, CIA, and three US presidents. All by way of the actors who play them on a modern-day telenovela and all on a studio soundstage— replete with the lighting, booms, cranes, cameras, sets, and props that recreate the “reality” of the past.

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8pm* 2pm, 8pm 3pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 8pm 2pm, 8pm

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Directed and Conceived by Thaddeus Phillips Text Tatiana Mallarino and Company Music Supervision DJ Mario Cotto Set Jeff Becker Performers Thaddeus Phillips, Juan Sebastian Calero, Victor Rodriguez, Diana Calderon, Ean Sheehy, Chris Davis, Ama Bollinger, Paloma Irizarry, Newton Buchanan, Mario Cotto Festival Star Producers David and Linda Glickstein Festival Co-Producers Herbert and Sissie Lipton Nicholas Plagge Holly and David Stitchka Edward and Anne Wagner

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Thaddeus Phillips played Barry Seal on the TV show Alias El Mexicano (MundoFox 2013), from which he drew his inspiration for ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE. Past shows include RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE, ¡EL CONQUISTADOR!, and WHaLE OPTICS. ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Photos: Melibea Garavito

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ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE is a theatrical adventure that exists between myth and history, reality and make-believe, where the multiple aliases and alliances one possesses become like mirrors within mirrors. With cast members from the Netflix series Narcos and MundoFox’s Alias El Mexicano, this wild exploration of the 1980s “War on Drugs” is another mind-bending meld of stage design, action, and storytelling from director–performer Thaddeus Phillips.

Q&A with Thaddeus Phillips Where did the idea for this show come from?

Phillips: I got this job playing Ellis MacKenzie on MundoFox’s Alias El Mexicano, a TV show about Rodrigo Gonzalez Gacha, one of Colombia’s most nefarious drug kingpins. Ellis MacKenzie was the alias for Barry Seal, USA’s most notorious drug smuggling pilot.

How’d you go about creating the story?

Phillips: The core was created in Bogota by improvising scenes from all the historical accounts and documents we could find about Barry Seal. While many shows and movies about Pablo Escobar and the drug wars use this same history, they always take out the bizarre, funny, and absurd situations, and leave in the violence. We use only the bizarre, funny and absurd situations.

“A brilliant, hilarious theater installation/ conspiracy theory/ telenovela/true-life drama.”

Toby Zinman, The Philadelphia Inquirer* “My personal experiences, and those of other performers on the TV show Alias El Mexicano, are combined to create a stage work in a TV style, about real actors trying to play real people and their aliases on a fake TV show somewhat based on reality.”

Thaddeus Phillips, director

Why tell the story by way of a TV studio production?

Phillips: I was fascinated by the way TV is made: the way you shoot out of sequence and how it actually feels more fake, even with real planes, than being on a theater set. I loved seeing what the cameras were filming and imaging what the final shots would look like—and thought it could be really cool to stage a work as if it is being filmed for TV.

*Review of the prequel work, The Incredibly Dangerous Astonishing Lucrative and Potentially True Adventures of Barry Seal.

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Available Light Music by John Adams Choreography by Lucinda Childs Stage Design by Frank Gehry Presented in conjunction with Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University Drexel University Armory 32nd and Cuthbert Streets (between Lancaster Avenue + Arch Street) Wheelchair accessible 55 minutes

Experience this rarely performed, monumental work at a scale not seen since its premiere thirty years ago.

Lucinda Childs, one of the most celebrated choreographers of the modern era, revives her seminal 1983 collaboration with composer John Adams and architect Frank Gehry. Within the large, open confines of the Drexel Armory, the Gehry-designed set is built anew, with two industrial platforms for dancers, chain-link fencing, and a lighting design that plays off the dramatic surroundings of the space. The music by John Adams—inspired by the variations of natural light on a landscape—marked a period of great electronic exploration for the composer.

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8pm 8pm 8pm*

*Pre-show panel discussion on Sept 12 at 6pm with Julie Lazar, Lucinda Childs, and Suzanne Carbonneau. $39 (general) $27.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com 215.413.1318

Available Light is about space, time, and the interaction of dance, light, sound, and architecture. Movements and patterns are exchanged between the dancers of the upper level and the bottom level in a choreography that continually evolves at subtly shifting angles at exquisitely arranged intervals. The full effect is that of a complete work of art, beyond a singular viewpoint, a deeply realized artistic encounter that creates a world of its own and is a joy for the senses.

Music John Adams Choreography Lucinda Childs Stage Design Frank Gehry Lighting Design Beverly Emmons with John Torres Costume Design Kasia Walicka Maimone Performed by The Lucinda Childs Dance Company Produced by Pomegranate Arts, Inc. Festival Co-Producers Gail Harrity Michael C. Lillys

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This presentation of Available Light has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. The revival of Available Light was developed at MASS MoCa (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). Available Light was originally commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in 1983 as the inaugural event for the museum’s Temporary Contemporary interim exhibition space.

Photos: Craig T. Mathew

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Q&A with Lucinda Childs How is Available Light structured dance-wise?

Lucinda Childs: It’s almost an intuitive process of how the structure for the choreography evolves. Throughout there’s an exchange of the dancers from the upper level to the bottom level, and so you’re always seeing a different arrangement.

What was the working process with the composer John Adams?

Lucinda Childs: John was very interested in the idea of creating a work for a dance company, and we talked about the fact that my dancers are used to working with a certain rhythmical structure. He more or less abided, but there are parts which don’t have a metrical base, but they’re very beautiful passages, so I learned to work with my company in a special way regarding the music.

How did you and the architect Frank Gehry come up with the set?

Lucinda Childs: Frank Gehry said, “I really need you to come back out again, we need to figure out what we are going to do.” So I came back out to Los Angeles and I said, “I like the idea of something perhaps on another level, perhaps on the sides,” and he liked this idea and did some drawings and we decided that this split level would be a lovely idea for the piece.

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“Not only is Available Light a compelling interplay between dance, music, and setting— gorgeous to behold and thrilling to hear—but the work now brilliantly illuminates how three American artists on the cusp of greatness made the momentous leap.”

Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times “Everything in the space is important. There’s no fixed focus. There will be some solo moments, but for me it’s about space, it’s about time, it’s about interaction with the music.”

Lucinda Childs, choreographer

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[or] Still supporting you. [or] Still bearing you. [or] Still standing for you. [or] Still standing with you. [or] Still standing. [or] Just still.

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Still Standing You Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido | CAMPO (Belgium/Portugal) Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible 45 minutes

Meet Pieter and Gui. Pieter. Gui. The two dancers play out scenes of male friendship, machismo, and the naked male body in this mischievous dance—a kaleidoscopic view of friendship that’s rife with tensions and aggressions, clumsy desires of harmony and virtue, whispered tunes of togetherness and solitude. Still Standing You is a daring, hilarious dance that travels from the aggressive to the intimate, and explores the forms two bodies create.

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7pm 7pm 7pm

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Created and Performed by Pieter Ampe and Guilherme Garrido Festival Star Producers David and Linda Glickstein

Spurred on by their first joint creation, Still Difficult Duet in 2007, Guilherme Garrido and Pieter Ampe continued exploring the ambiguous desire of choreographing a human relationship with Still Standing You. Both men have been performing and creating dance since the early 2000s, primarily in Europe.

Photos: Phile Deprez

SEPTEMBER

With a dance idiom entirely their own, Pieter and Gui shamelessly seek out what they mean to each other. Are they friends, partners, lovers, rivals, or enemies? Manly displays of muscle, the intensity of their boyish friendship, the capacity to turn one’s limitations into virtuosity—all are combined into a dynamic performance in which ruggedness, anger, and love are entwined in one great physical and all-encompassing embrace.

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“The exhaustion makes me red, we sweat—there are all these factors that we can only express when we are nude.”

Pieter Ampe of Still Standing You “Part of what makes the piece so astonishing is its steady stream of surprises. . . . It’s intimate and lovely and physically idiosyncratic, a beautiful ending to an astounding piece.”

Rebecca Jacobson, Willamette Week

Q&A with Pieter Ampe What have audience reactions been like?

Pieter Ampe: A lot of people who come to see the show are a bit afraid of what they are going to see because they heard things about it, that it’s maybe with two men naked. But then basically, the people who come to see it, once they see it, they are totally relieved of their prejudices of male nakedness.

How would you describe the relationship of the people on stage?

Pieter Ampe: I don’t want to impose a certain message or concept. Rather, the relationship between the people onstage can just unfold in a rich and personal way. People always question if we are a couple, but there is no thought around that. Still Standing You became an animalistic male thing.

It’s not about the question of what we are.

How did you end up working with Gui? Pieter Ampe: When I first meet Gui in Portugal I was amazed by his colorfulness and creative flow. I wanted to make a piece that celebrates the colorfulness of our relationship and friendship. We thought if we embraced our meeting, then meaning would arrive itself. For me that’s still my main way of looking at the making of work.

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Underground Railroad Game Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special Christ Church Neighborhood House 20 North American Street (by 2nd + Market Streets) Wheelchair accessible 75 minutes

How do we teach troubling histories to young people? By even more troublesome methods!

A delirious, funny, and taboo-smashing work about race relations in America travels through time from a modern-day middle school lecture to the pre–Civil War era. Along the way this fluid duet moves through a host of comedic and tragic scenarios, as it confronts thorny issues of race and the perverse narratives created to soften history.

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7pm* 8pm 8pm 4pm 7pm 7pm 7pm

*$20 preview $29 (general) $20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com 215.413.1318

Watch reenactment culture gone awry, a romantic comedy with hipster racists, an irreverent take on the politics of the “n-word,” the sexual allure of the Civil War, troubling middle school curricula, white saviors and magical negroes, and a time traveling romance between teachers who harbor a racially exoticized attraction.

Co-Creators + Performers Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard Director Sarah Sanford Dramaturg James Ijames Scenic Design Steven Dufala Sound Alex Bechtel Costumes Katherine Fritz Lighting Oona Curley Produced in association with Lightning Rod Special Festival Executive Producers Tom and Carol Beam Festival Producer Gene Dilks Festival Co-Producers Andrew Stone and Gene Bishop Nancy Lanham Cat, Annie, and Steven Bohnenberger

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Inspired by true Underground Railroad middle school reenactments, Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard also found inspiration from Kara Walker’s silhouettes, park ranger talks, movies, paintings, music, textbooks, and overheard conversations. Kidwell and Sheppard are co-artistic directors of the devised theater company Lightning Rod Special.

Photos (pp48–50): Kate Raines / Photos (p51): Tamara Rodriguez Reichberg

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“Kidwell and Sheppard’s stellar performances make the crowd, or the class, laugh, cringe, and often do both at the same time.”

NOLA Defender “We are in a dire situation as far as racial politics are concerned, and I often fear there is no way out. So, what can we do but laugh?”

Jenn Kidwell, co-creator and performer

Q&A with Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard Why the title?

Jenn Kidwell: We call the show Underground Railroad Game because the phrase places a momentous and transformative movement in American history next to the idea of play. Our piece works in much the same way, sending up the sacred alongside the profane.

What’s the world of the play?

Scott Sheppard: I’d describe it as a trickster world or a funhouse world in that nothing is ever as straightforward as it seems. Just as you begin to settle into your viewing assumptions, the piece darts down thematic corridors, pulls the rug out from under you to reveal potentially horrifying, potentially hilarious secrets.

Where’d the inspiration come from?

Scott Sheppard: In 5th grade my teachers created a thematic unit where the entire school was divided into two teams: Union soldiers and Confederate soldiers.

For about a month we played reenactment and educational Civil War games for points.

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World Premiere!

The Dr. Dog Pop Detachment The Pig Iron Psychedelic Signals Auxiliary Union Transfer 1026 Spring Garden Street Full concert by Dr. Dog to follow There is no seating on the main floor of Union Transfer.

All Ages

Years of underground sonic experiments on a cassette tape of unknown origins culminate in this extraordinary staging of encoded pop music and live video transmissions.

The Dr. Dog Pop Detachment and The Pig Iron Psychedelic Signals Auxiliary compose a performance-experiment that will tune in to rare frequencies and decode transmissions from the Psychedelic Swamp. Since 2002, the Dr. Dog Pop Detachment have received puzzling messages from a man named Phrases. In the face of government interference, scientists and cryptographers will gather at a former railway junction turned music venue, vowing “to agitate the cosmic order and commune in real time with the sights and sounds of another dimension.”

Bring your old cassette tapes—ones you can say goodbye to, permanently— to get them shucked and decoded. Mix tapes from forgotten lovers, old light country cassettes, or blank tapes with a tangle in them—all are welcome. SWAMP IS ON seeks a critical mass of combined magnetism to unlock the secrets of the Swamp.

Dimensional borders will be restored following this experiment, and Dr. Dog will play a full concert of favorites.

SEPTEMBER 9 10 11 12

8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm

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“It was always something we were talking about doing someday, but now ‘someday’ is here.”

Zach Miller, Dr. Dog keyboardist “Dr. Dog are Philadelphia legends and consummate artists with an aesthetic cosmology like nothing we’ve encountered before. When we are in the room together, the whole thing hums.”

Dan Rothenberg, co-artistic director of Pig Iron Theatre Company

The Philadelphia-based Dr. Dog are part of a long tradition of D.I.Y. pop oddballs who blend unapologetic ‘60s pop worship with lo-fi recording techniques and an apparent disregard for current trends. Pig Iron Theatre Company creates new and exuberant performance works that defy easy categorization.

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Suite n˚2 Encyclopédie de la Parole | Joris Lacoste (France) Christ Church Neighborhood House 20 North American Street (by 2nd + Market Streets) Wheelchair accessible 85 minutes

The wealth and strangeness of the most ordinary forms of speech come alive.

Words are born, live, and die in Suite n˚2, a choral work for five solo voices.

The vocalists sing “spoken” words with the same inflection, rhythm, hesitation, breath as they were originally pronounced. The sound of each word originates from a collection of recorded words, captured from sources as varied as political speeches, bad TV, radical poetry, and street conversations. Woven into a musical score, the “spoken” words create complex harmonies, drama, humor, and a sense of mischief.

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From the interplay of voices a rich assortment of serendipitous contexts and situations emerge, evolving into a new kind of theater. When the most ordinary words and sounds are treated as precise musical scores, suddenly the everyday becomes a window into limitless possibility. This virtuoso choral suite of many languages (with English supertitles) takes audiences on a procession of words that dance, words that decide, threaten, condemn, that join ranks, words that crumble and rise from the dust, naked words, words dressed in Versace.

Conceived by Encyclopédie de la parole Composition and Direction Joris Lacoste Composer Pierre-Yves Macé Singers Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Emmanuelle Lafon, Nuno Lucas, Barbara Matijevic, Olivier Normand Festival Co-Producers Bert and Lynne Straub

Encyclopédie de la parole is a group of musicians, poets, directors, visual artists, actors, sociolinguists, and curators who have been collecting recordings of spoken words and indexing them according to their particular properties or phenomena such as cadence, chorality, emphasis, saturation or melody. From this collection, Encyclopédie de la parole produces sound pieces, performance and shows, lectures, games and exhibitions.

Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and the FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) Foundation.

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Q&A with Joris Lacoste How do you get the words to coexist?

Joris Lacoste: I regularly try to imagine as many things as possible taking place in different parts of the world. What interests me is the process of harmonization: how our mind manages to handle all the incredibly disparate information it receives every day and, rather than succumbing to exhaustion, how it invents new types of arrangements, new formal structures, new possibilities of meaning.

What does reproducing words do?

Joris Lacoste: We reproduce words that have been spoken some time and somewhere in the world, with motivations that in part will remain inaccessible to us. Paradoxically it’s by taking these words out of their original situation, in which too many things came into play, that we hear them in all their reality.

Which words appeal to you most?

Joris Lacoste: One question I’m obsessed by is what is true when people speak?

Words that are sincere, authentic, and necessary? How can you distinguish them from all the superficial, fake, standardized and rambling collections of words? What interests me is the contrast between words within a context and the words that break that context.

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“In a way, Suite n°2 is a sound portrait of our world—such as it reaches us through words, voices, and languages.”

Joris Lacoste, director

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Soul Project David Zambrano (Venezuela/Netherlands) Co-presented by Swarthmore College Christ Church Neighborhood House 20 North American Street (by 2nd + Market Streets) Wheelchair accessible 60 minutes

Experience soul in all of its manifestations: spiritual and musical, abstract and personal.

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Each night the order of the solos and their location in the space changes, as a dancer will create a “center stage” wherever he or she decides to.

Throughout the performance, audiences roam freely, get up close to the cast, and witness the dance from wherever they choose. The experience is intimate—you can feel every tremble and sigh of the dancers’ bodies—and communal, a shared experience in the discovery of sublime expression.

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Conceived and Directed by David Zambrano Costumes Mat Voorter Lighting Design Ellen Knops Dancers Edivaldo Ernesto (Mozambique), Nina Fajdiga (Slovenia), Milan Herich (Slovakia), Peter Jasko (Slovakia) Horacio Macuacua (Mozambique), Young Cool Park (South Korea), David Zambrano (Venezuela/Netherlands) Festival Co-Producers Robert Dever Arthur M. Kaplan and R. Duane Perry

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David Zambrano has been a monumental figure in the international dance community for a quarter century as a choreographer, teacher, and performer. Soul Project began with Zambrano’s question of how he might dance as deeply and powerfully as soul singers do when performing their songs.

Photos: Anja Hitzenberger

Zambrano, a highly regarded experimental choreographer and improviser, is known for bringing wildly unique, high intensity movement out of his dancers’ bodies. In Soul Project, an international cast of virtuosic dancers performs a series of mesmerizing dance solos to live recordings of classic soul songs—from Aretha Franklin to James Brown.

Q&A with David Zambrano What are the origins of Soul Project?

David Zambrano: I finished my group piece Twelve Flies Went Out At Noon, a resemblance of a social centric society where decisions are made by the community. After that, I got the idea to make the opposite.

A choreography where the dancers, one by one, would take any center in the performance room, root themselves to the floor, and make the audience come to watch them close up.

What does the closeness do?

David Zambrano: The idea of having the audience coming very close to watch each one of us performing came from the way I directed our rehearsals. I would come as close as possible and watch every little and big movement from each performer. We became really good improvisers of small powerful movement that can only be appreciated if the public comes closer to watch.

Why work with an international cast of dancers?

David Zambrano: Since the beginning of my career as a choreographer, I have always selected a group of international individuals. I like the idea that everything we have created in dance has come from a cultural exchange.

My dancers and I have always learned a lot from each other. I also love to make a possible environment in all my creations where it feels like a little representation of our world but without borders.

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“The dance is made by the dancer and myself as a director. For Soul Project I worked more as a coach until they became really hot spontaneous performers.”

David Zambrano, choreographer “Gestural, impulsive, and highly theatrical.”

Andrew Boynton, The New Yorker

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The Extra People Ant Hampton (UK) Merriam Theater 250 South Broad Street 60 minutes

Put on some headphones. Enter the theater. Have your perception of reality break down.

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Within the cavernous enormity of a nearly empty Merriam Theater you sit, one of fifteen audience members, watching another fifteen audience members perform on stage. Soon, you replace those on stage, only to discover that a new audience occupies the seats you left behind. And so it continues—and as instructed through your headphones, you move throughout different zones of the theater, which is dormant, empty, and unlit save by your flashlight.

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6pm, 6:30pm 7pm, 7:30pm 8pm, 8:30pm 9pm, 9:30pm 10pm, 10:30pm

You’re cast—along with everyone else there—as an extra. But an extra for what?

Are you in a play, a film, or are you like a temporary worker just performing the tasks you’re told to without explanation? Highly realistic recordings create an audio landscape so complete that you start to mistrust the reality of your surroundings. The only thing keeping you safe in a once familiar world becomes a childlike, computer-generated voice telling you what to do.

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5pm, 5:30pm 6pm, 6:30pm 7pm, 7:30pm 8pm, 8:30pm 9pm, 9:30m

NOTE: This performance requires audiences to walk around in poorly lit areas and obey basic physical instructions. For information about wheelchair accessibility, please call the Box Office at 215.413.1318.

Only 15 slots per show.

Tickets must be purchased in advance.

Arrive 20 minutes before your performance time to be set up with audio. $29 (general) $20.30 (member) $15 (student + 25-and-under) FringeArts.com 215.413.1318

Written and Directed by Ant Hampton Sound Design and Composition Sam Britton Technical Design Hugh RocheKelly Artistic Advisor Kate McIntosh Creative Producer Katja Timmerberg Commissioned by Ash Bulayev / EMPAC Autoteatro is an automated process by which instructions are given to audience members, most often through headphones, who perform the show themselves and experience it from the inside.

Past Festival shows: The Quiet Volume, Etiquette.

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Coproduction partners: EMPAC, Kaaitheater (Brussels), Malta Festival (Posnan), French Institute Alliance Française (NYC). Supported by the Culture Program of the European Commission via the House on Fire network.

Q&A with Ant Hampton What drew you to “extras”?

Ant Hampton: I was interested to relate all this stuff about extras to two things: firstly, contemporary/globalized labor conditions and secondly, the experience of dementia. Both involve a crushing disorientation where you feel the larger context is too complicated or big to understand.

What’s the world that the audience is entering?

Ant Hampton: The piece, and your role within it, oscillates between this kind of fast and bright warehouse world, and something more akin to the world of waiting and patience of an extra for a film, some background character who waits all day for the moment to cross from left to right, or raise a hand, or lie down and fall asleep.

Why did you want to work in an empty theater?

Ant Hampton: I was interested to work against the notion that the theater is a place for collectivity. I think probably that we’re far more isolated than we think, and I wanted to create an audience where that came over explicitly: everyone plugged into their own streams, and sitting too far away from each other to be able to communicate!

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“I think of theaters as very transparently psychological spaces— buildings which spring into existence as a direct result of how our minds work.”

Ant Hampton, director “Blurs the distinction between presence and absence, inside and outside, reality and imagination, art and the real world.”

Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times

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3 Dangerous Fools & Nardo Dangerous Fools From the absurd to the ridiculous this is improv at its most hilarious.

Fringe favorites Dangerous Fools— Tom Fowler and Mary Carpenter— team up with Philly powerhouse Nardo—Steve Roney, Eoin O’Shea, and Joe Sabatino—for a double bill of improv comedy that will amaze, surprise, and keep you laughing beyond reason. $12 / 75 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 8 at 8pm Sept 10 at 9pm Sept 14 at 7pm Sept 15 at 8pm Sept 16 + 17 at 9pm

3 Reimagine Your Reality: Comedy Hypnosis Show Frank Perri A profoundly hilarious comedy hypnosis show by local hypnotist Frank Perri. Explore the depths of your imagination. An unforgettable exhibition of the mind that you and your friends will be laughing about for a long time to come. Watch the show or be the show! 100% audience participation. $24 / 60 minutes Skybox at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 3 at 7:30pm Sept 4 at 9pm Sept 5 at 2:30pm + 9pm Sept 6 at 7:30pm

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11 it’s not me it’s you real.live.people.durham In the quirky and theatrical dance work it’s not me it’s you, this duet explores how expectations in relationships, often precipitated by misunderstandings and stigmas, result in compartmentalization, recalibration, and the need to reevaluate and relinquish our presumptions. $12 / 55 minutes MilkBoy 1100 Chestnut Street Sept 3 + 4 at 9:30pm

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16 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation Darcy Lyons WALLS meshes dance, video projection, and visual art to explore how and why humans construct, strengthen, weaken, and deconstruct actual and figurative walls personally and interpersonally in history, biology, psychology, politics, and art.

How are these walls beneficial or detrimental to the people who create them? $15 / 60 minutes The Lofts at 1307 Sansom 1307 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 17–19 at 8pm + 10pm

Center City Fringe INTERDISCIPLINARY

Dishwasher Brian Feldman Projects Award-winning D.C.-based conceptual artist Brian Feldman (24 Minute Embrace) will go to your home, hand wash the dirty dishes in your kitchen sink and, once completed, cold read any monologue of your choosing. Is he a better actor or dishwasher? You decide.

Only 25 tickets available (one per performance). #WashDishShow $20 / 180 minutes (max) Your Home Must be within 0.5 mile of a Market-Frankford, Broad Street Line, or Indego station Sept 3 at 5pm, 8pm + 11pm Sept 4 + 5 at 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm + 11pm Sept 7 at 5pm Sept 8–10 at 6pm Sept 11 at 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm + 11pm Sept 12 at 11am, 2pm + 5pm

18 Outside Sound Concert and Art Gallery Outside Sound Outside Sound, along with Center for Creative Works and SpArc Philadelphia, is putting on a live music and art event at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central Library at 6:30pm.

This event will feature artwork made by adults with disabilities accompanied by live original music inspired by the artwork.

Free / 120 minutes Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library 1901 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 at 6:30pm

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17 The Fall Shadow Company of Yes! And...

Collaborative Arts This original take on Pandora’s Box and the Fall of Man smashes myths, music, and masks from around the globe to tell a very modern allegory. Inspired by current events, as well as the stories of cultures and people long forgotten, it tells a new and old story of how one moment of temptation can change the world. $7 / 60 minutes Arch Street United Methodist Church 55 North Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 11 at 7pm Sept 12 at 3pm + 7pm See p96 Northwest Philly Fringe for additional venues and times.

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6 The Cart of Love/El Carro del Amor Owlsong Productions Travel through Spain in The Cart of Love with Ana María Ruimonte, “the Spanish mezzo-soprano,” who sings love songs from 17th century Spain. This multimedia, bilingual theatrical spectacular features puppets in period costumes, and projections of paintings and other illustrations, bringing to life the Spanish Baroque period. $20–$35 / 75 minutes $35 includes 9pm performance of Sopranoo Meets Contrabass Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th Street Sept 12 at 7pm

6 Soprano Meets Contrabass Owlsong Productions Ana María Ruimonte, “the Spanish mezzo-soprano,” joins jazz bassist Alan Lewine to present eight centuries of music in one program. With a multinational mix of ancient Sephardic and Spanish medieval and Baroque songs and opera, lieder, zarzuela, chachachá and boleros, and Lewine’s originals, they mix her classical voice with his jazz sensibility and flamenco fire. $20–$35 / 75 minutes $35 includes 7pm performance of The Cart of Love/El Carro del Amor Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th Street Sept 12 at 9pm

1 Musician, Model & Medical Experiment Anomie Fatale Anomie was born at age twenty on an operating table. Surgical experiments saved her life but left her disabled like a titanium lollipop. Once a biochem college student, now a cyborg mannequin, her original music and burlesque performances are a counter-culture reveal of a crippled underworld.

Come see this fascinating story. $15 / 60 minutes Agno Grill 2104 Chestnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 6 at 3pm Sept 10 + 16 at 9pm

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4 A Spirit On Parole ~ An Evening with Lenny Bruce Bruce Productions The late Lenny Bruce is permitted to return in spirit to the stage one last time on a “sweet little deal he pickle-slipped to the higher ups.” The audience is treated to a hilarious ringside view of the late comic’s battles with drug addiction, his promiscuous wife, and the courts’ relentless attempts to imprison him. $15 / 90 minutes Academy of Vocal Arts 1920 Spruce Street Sep 11 at 7:30pm Sept 12 at 2pm + 7:30pm Sept 13 at 3:30pm

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5 Alzheimer’s: The Musical Actors International Theatre Broadway’s brightest star, Maurice Green, is tackling his most challenging role: Alzheimer’s.

In this musical comedy, Actors International Theatre explores what happens when the body is strong but the mind is fading away.

Sometimes you have to laugh so you don’t cry. This world premiere is written by Todd Cardin! $20 / 75 minutes Skinner Studio at Plays & Players Theatre 1714 Delancey Place Sept 13 at 3pm Sept 14 + 20 at 7pm

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12 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium King Berenger skips, jumps, sings, and limps from lumbago. He’s the Hugh Hefner of a crumbling kingdom, though this party’s over and the end is here. Ionesco’s absurdist circus—a sparkling, hilariously witty romp—comes to life via the colorful IRC lens. By the minds behind Ionesco’s sold-out Rhinoceros (Fringe 2014). $15–25 / 90 minutes Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3 825 Walnut Street, 3rd floor Wheelchair accessible Sept 1 at 7:30pm; preview $15 Sept 2–5 at 7:30pm Sept 6 at 2:30pm Sept 8–12 at 7:30pm Sept 13 at 2:30pm Sept 15–19 at 7:30pm Sept 20 at 2:30pm

13 GROOVE Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater When do you feel in the groove?

Inspired by your anonymous answers, this Fringe-favorite ensemble instantly creates funny & heartfelt scenes & monologues; with live improvised music, & special guests, Philly’s awesome blues dancers! “Hilarious…and fearless.” “Acted with soul-baring sincerity.” “Dazzling.” “Go see this!” $18 / 65 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 at 7pm Sept 11 at 8pm Sept 12 at 5pm Sept 13 at 4pm Sept 17 at 7pm Sept 19 at 5pm

14 9 Growing Into My Beard I’ve Seen The Future Bay Bryan comes out. As Ginger. A coming-of-age cabaret for anyone who has ever felt—even a little bit—queer at heart. A fusion of storytelling, improv, song cycle, and just a drop of drag. Last seen at Obie-winning Horse Trade Theater Group in New York City and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. $15 / 55 minutes Tabu Lounge & Bar 200 South 12th Street Sept 3, 9, 10 + 11 at 7pm William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce Street Sept 16–18 at 8pm See p92 Northern Liberties Fringe and p106 South Philly Fringe for additional venues and times

3 Jump The Moon Philadelphia Opera Collective In the 1890s, a “harem” of women at Harvard discovered and cataloged more stars than anyone before or since. Their work serves as the inspiration for a kaleidoscopic waltz between calculations and dreams, between life and the stars above. POC brings you another world premiere in experimental opera. Leave your orbit. $20 / 70 minutes Skybox at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16–19 at 8pm

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2 Kill Will The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre Kill Will features a collection of killer fight scenes from over a dozen of your favorite Shakespeare plays.

A sublime combination of poetic text and exciting and thrilling fight choreography with swords and daggers. The Good, The Bard and The Ugly! $15 / 90 minutes The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 2111 Sansom Street Sept 15–19 at 7pm

5 Man on the Moon ETC Theater JFK promised a Man on the Moon by the end of the decade. What the hell was he thinking? ETC’s 10th Fringe show explores the small steps for man and the giant leaps for mankind in this slice of life of 1969. Written by Todd Cardin, directed by Emily Cardin. $15 / 80 minutes Skinner Studio at Plays & Players Theatre 1714 Delancey Place Sept 10, 11, 17 + 18 at 8pm Sept 19 at 9pm

8 Not For Profit Ferdinand The theater is dying! Only three actors can save it, by playing dozens of roles and telling all of their stories—from the box office to the boardroom; from the page to the stage. Everything you love and everything you hate about theaters and theater people will be . . . NOT FOR PROFIT! $15 / 60 minutes Wilma Theater Lobby 265 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 + 17 at 8pm Sept 18 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 19 at 3pm + 8pm

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5 Puppetdelphia Fringe Slam Leila and Pantea Productions Watch puppets and their humans get risky and frisky at this late-night variety puppet show. Presenting a wide range of short puppet acts, from silly to bawdy to sublime, this ADULTS ONLY show will unleash the world of puppetry on Philly.

With musical acts, special guest stars, and puppeteers from Philly, New York City, and beyond! $10 / 75 minutes Mainstage at Plays & Players Theatre 1714 Delancey Place Sept 11 at 10:30pm

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5 Soldier Bear Leila and Pantea Productions Two orphans, both soldiers, one a bear. A true story from World War II, spanning five countries and two species, showing what makes a family has no boundaries when a Polish soldier adopts an orphaned cub, irrevocably changing both their lives. Puppetry, dance, shadow theater, and animation combined.

Funded by the Jim Henson Foundation. $5 / 65 minutes Mainstage at Plays & Players Theatre 1714 Delancey Place Sept 9–11 at 8:30pm Sept 12 at 7pm Sept 13 at 2pm Sept 17 + 18 at 8:30pm Sept 19 at 7pm

12 The Illinois Five Teresa Miller The Illinois Five is the story of five African American friends who find themselves in the middle of a race riot circa 1920. Forced to choose between life and death, they escape going their separate ways only to meet back up years later faced with reality of the choices each of them made. $20 / 90 minutes Walnut Street Theatre 825 Walnut Street, Studio 5 Wheelchair accessible Sept 10–12 at 7pm Sept 13 at 2pm Sept 16–19 at 7pm Sept 20 at 2pm

15 The Light Princess Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister Another twisted fairy tale from The Foocy team. Adapted from George MacDonald’s beloved work, this is the story of a princess cursed with the loss of her inner and outer gravity. To break the curse, the silly girl must somehow be made to shed a tear. With songs by Alex Bechtel. Presentation of a work in progress. $10 / 85 minutes Lantern Theater 923 Ludlow Street Sept 11 at 5:30pm Sept 12 at 3pm Sept 13 at 7pm

9 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo Love Drunk Life His name is Peabody Magoo. Yes, that’s two cartoon character names in one. First name: a cartoon dog.

Last name: an old man whose face looks like a scrotum. An awkward name for an awkward boy. This is adorably tragic search for love. $15 / 45 minutes William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce Street Sept 4 at 6pm Sept 5 + 6 at 2pm Sept 11 at 6pm Sept 12 + 13 at 2pm Sept 18 at 6pm Sept 19 at 2pm

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3 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN Chris McGinnis In this jukebox-style pop opera, we meet Adam, a young man who is dealing with his sexuality, and join him on his journey of love, loss, and acceptance. Told through pop hits from Madonna to Rhianna, the story is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat and is filled with issues to which any audience can relate! $20 / 125 minutes Skybox at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 9 + 10 at 7:30pm Sept 11 at 8pm Sept 12 + 13 at 2pm + 7pm

3 Three Sisters and a Wolf Wee Keep Company “No one wants to love the ordinary people in us.”—Anton Chekhov.

Sisters, dancers, singers, clingers, sexpots, introverts, dreamers, binge eaters. Our performance is a montage of real and imagined memories from, and responses to, experimental Chekhov in Lancaster County. In love, theater, and farmland: wolves wait. $10 / 55 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 5 at 1pm Sept 6 at 1pm + 7pm Sept 12 at 1pm Sept 13 at 1pm + 7pm

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John Schultz Back for one weekend only!

Encounter the witches, put on your blindfold, and fall into the darkness of Scotland under the murderous rule of Macbeth. Till Birnam Wood . . . is an immersive, sensory rendering of Shakespeare’s darkest work, literally. Audience members experience this fast-paced, intense production blindfolded. $15 / 60 minutes The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 2111 Sansom Street Sept 2–4 at 10pm Sept 5 at 10pm + 11:30pm

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18 We All Need Some Help Macah Coates We All Need Some Help is a nine-character comedy. They are all criminals in a group therapy session. Each one knows they don’t belong there. Each one did nothing wrong. Each one can’t stand the others. And each one is played by one actor. Though the situation is fiction, the characters are inspired by real people. $10 / 65 minutes Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Sept 6–10 + 13–17 at 6pm

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7 You Are the Hero Daniel Park One part Legend of Zelda, one part theater, You Are the Hero is your chance to save the world from Evil!

Fresh off an international tour, this adventure hands the controls (and Starburst) to you. You’ll have to be brave, powerful, and wise to bring the story to a victorious end. But be careful, Game Over does exist. $12 / 90 minutes Elixr Coffee 207 South Sydenham Street Sept 10–12 + 17–19 at 8:30pm

10 You Can’t Put Me In A Box UArts, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts You Can’t Put Me In A Box follows the journey of a girl named Magic, who flees her homeland to escape the wrath and punishment of the Societal, a totalitarian government in the Land of Menot, for being born with an unusual amount of superhuman power and refusing to have it extracted by entering “The Box.” $10 / 90 minutes Caplan Studio Theater at The University of the Arts 211 South Broad Street, 16th floor Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 + 11 at 7:30pm Sept 12 at 2pm + 7:30pm Sept 13 at 2pm

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3 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale eXposed Theatre Co Set in the fairytale world of Heartsville High where everyone has two mommies or two daddies, ZANNA DON’T is a campy poprock musical that dares to ask what Cinderella would look like when seen through a “RuPaul” lens!

Follow magical fairy Zanna as he finds love and facilitates happy endings for all! Or does he? $20 / 90 minutes The Swing at MacGuffin at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street, 2nd floor Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 + 11 at 7pm + 10pm Sept 12 at 3pm + 7pm

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3 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play Happy Hour Live Since your favorite part of a show is the bar during intermission, we’re bringing drinking and theater together! 2 parts sketch comedy, 1 part drinking games: mixed and served! Come party with us for a night you might remember with interactive drinking games between comedic romps about the drinking experience. $20 / 90 minutes Urban Saloon 2120 Fairmount Avenue Wheelchair Accessible Sept 3–5, 10–12 + 17–19 at 8pm

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4 Cut on the Bias Katie Horton and Artists A compilation of short works by various up-and-comers exploring the margins, outskirts, fringe, periphery, and how we understand and react to it. $12 / 70 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 14 + 15 at 7pm

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4 duende duende Founded by cellist Gabriel Cabezas, BalletX dancer Chloe Felesina, and composer Alyssa Weinberg, duende’s performances explore the intersection of music and movement, connecting audiences to the energy of live collaboration.

Join duende for this intimate late night show, serving up art, drinks, and conversation. $15 / 60 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19 at 9pm + 10:30pm

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5 On Having Become Obsolete Sabzabi Sabzabi uses percussive technique to obscure our sense of rhythm.

Expanding and contracting of time is used as an auditory method to convey the show’s theme regarding the cyclical nature of biosystems. The show features live drumming, choreographed dance, and placement within a storm of immersive quadraphonic audio. $15 / 50 minutes The Glass Factory 1517 North Bailey Street Sept 10 + 17 at 8pm

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4 Into the Lights Dancefusion & Ballet Fleming Contemporary ballet meets modern dance in a wonderful new production Into the Lights.

Dancefusion and Ballet Fleming collaborate on a program that will include: original works

by Christopher Fleming and Dancefusion’s reconstruction of the 1st movement of the Waldstein Sonata from 1971 by Jose Limon and Daniel Lewis. $25 / 75 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 18 at 6pm + 9pm Sept 19 at 3pm + 6pm

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4 Under Her Skin Jeanine McCain Finding fragments in a box of family secrets. Uncovering intimacy in unexpected similarity. With choreography by Jeanine McCain, this multi-media dance-theater piece explores a visceral connection to stories of the past through movement, video, and an original score by Garrett Hope. $18 / 50 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 4 + 5 at 7:30pm

1 They Only Come Out At Night: A Graveyard Cabaret REV Theatre Company “Pretty damn ideal . . . a total blast!” Citypaper. “Fantastic, the performers have killer pipes . . . spine-tingling, dead-on sexy.”

Phindie. Back (from the dead) by popular demand (with new songs) after three years of sold-out performances! Sip free cocktails with lost (singing) souls as darkness falls in the misty boneyard. $25 / 60 minutes Laurel Hill Cemetery 3822 Ridge Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 11 + 12, 18 + 19 at 7:30pm

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2 A Few Thousand Upgrades Later Brian Shapiro In 1995, nobody downloaded, payphones existed, and performer Brian Shapiro created a show on how people predicted computers would impact human interaction.

Twenty years later, we download daily, payphones died, and Shapiro revisits that show to raise questions in an era where waiting fifteen seconds for answers is wasting time! $15 / 60 minutes London Grill 2301 Fairmount Sept 3, 10 + 12 at 8pm Sept 13 at 2pm Sept 18 at 8pm

4 A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry Garden Of Eden Productions A Man Ain’t Suppose to Cry, a Garden Of Eden Productions’ (GOEP) original stage play about a man, the woman he loves, and a marriage that was based on a lie. $20 / 120 minutes Performance Garage 1515 Brandywine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 11 at 6pm Sept 12 at 3pm + 6pm Sept 13 at 3pm

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3 Night Trolley Doors are opening. Welcome to Night Trolley. This is a local comedy acid test with transfer available to a higher, deeper love. Hosts Matthew Tsang and Eddie Finn and their house band, The Misandrist Haberdashery, will friend request the imagination on a strange trip through the seedless overbelly of Philly. $15 / 90 minutes Johnny Brenda’s 1201 Frankford Ave Sept 18 at 10pm

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8 2,000 Movements Gregory Holt This is a solo of 2,000 unrepeated, layered movements. The process I’ve used doesn’t attempt to systematize or mechanize movement production, but rather relies on differences of quality and intensity. I’m constantly changing my perspective and looking for distinction. $10 / 60 minutes fidget 1714 North Mascher Street Sept 16 at 7:30pm Sept 17 at 5pm + 7:30pm

9 Bellows Falls Leah Stein Dance Company A site-specific performance at The Iron Factory integrating light, sound, and place, its history and resonance in a personal performance by the company’s artistic director Leah Stein, dancers, and guest artists. $20 / 60 minutes The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street, 3rd floor Sept 16 at 4pm Sept 17 at 6pm Sept 19 at 4pm

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7 Boing!

Vervet Dance 1,000 Ping Pong Balls, 5 performers, and a few pots and pans . . . Boing! is an exploration of bouncing and swirling movement and sound, created as a fusion of music, dance, performance, and installation. A kinesthetically playful and aurally rich experience, Boing! delivers a visually stunning and sonic experience. $10 / 45 minutes Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Sept 18 at 8pm Sept 19 at 2pm + 8pm

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7 Careful Injuries Other Case Notes Ensemble Careful Injuries is an eveninglength new movement exploration conceived and constructed by Other Case Notes Ensemble that began as an examination of physical states and expressions of comfort, fear, and exhaustion. This work explores where the psychological boundaries of our capacity for great tenderness and care often meet the experience of terrifying or desperate circumstances. $8 / 60 minutes Mascher Dance Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Sept 11 + 12 at 8pm

9 Of Our Remnants Olive Prince Dance The stage is set with a collection of chairs, empty frames, and abandoned objects for a dance of expressive physicality to emerge.

Of Our Remnants is an intimate site-specific work where visual art and dance collide. The viewer is immersed in the installation, creating an absorbing impact from all vantage points. $20 / 60 minutes The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street, 3rd floor Sept 9 + 10 at 7:30pm Sept 12 at 4pm + 7:30pm

9 Rude Beach Shannon + Katrina Equal parts adventure and love song, Rude Beach is a tall glass of your parents green shag carpet.

Shannon + Katrina equals two fun and funny dancers making lovely and loveable dance from the comfort of your living room. Pull up a chair to the kids table with your new friends. $15 / 60 minutes The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street, 3rd floor Sept 3 + 4 at 8pm

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6 The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly Conduct Tangle Movement Arts Signal to turn. Lock the door.

Smile. Tangle’s acrobats build homes, recreate family, and give neighborly advice in a new show merging circus arts, dance, and theater. Against a kinetic cityscape of suspended rope and silk walls, this innovative all-female company negotiates life’s unspoken rules and expectations. $20 / 90 minutes Philadelphia Soundstages 1600 North 5th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10 + 11 at 8pm Sept 12 at 3pm + 8pm

11 Structurally Sound New Street Dance Group + The Radical Sound NSDG and new music ensemble The Radical Sound bring you a performance experience that begs the question, “Just what are we made of —and how stable is it, anyway?” Featuring choreography

by Krista Armbruster and Shannon Dooling, re-imaginings of historic music, and a world premiere commission by composer Tomek Regulski. $15 / 75 minutes Lithuanian Music Hall 2715 East Allegheny Avenue Sept 19 at 3:30pm + 7pm

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4 A Cocoon of Your Own Making Julia Taus A Cocoon of Your Own Making is a Julia Taus debut solo performance about a woman’s pursuit of a monogamous relationship through the unearthing of her poetic voice.

Each poem that surfaces challenges perspective and raises questions for us all to ponder. $10 / 60 minutes Pig Iron School Lounge 1417 North 2nd Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 13 at noon + 5pm Sept 14 + 18 at 7pm Sept 19 at noon + 5pm

1 A Great War by James J. Christy Jr Iron Age Theatre An unbreakable soldier. An unwinnable war. On the 100th anniversary of World War One, Iron Age Theatre presents the dynamic premiere of the remarkable journey of a German Jewish soldier who survives the deadliest battles of the Great War, only to learn the devastating truth about its origins.

Directed by Jim Christy. $20 / 115 minutes The Maas Building 1325 North Randolph Street Sept 10 at 7pm Sept 11 at 8pm Sept 13 + 17 at 7pm Sept 18 at 8pm Sept 20 at 4pm + 8pm

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5 ANDY: A Popera Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies WORLD PREMIERE. A musical mélange inspired by the life, fame, and philosophy of Andy Warhol— ANDY: A Popera transforms an Olde Kensington warehouse into a den of pop iconography and absurdity. It’s an artistic collision of cabaret and opera exploring what Warhol has become today. What happens when a man becomes a brand? $30–$40 / 150 minutes $40 for cabaret table seats Opera in the City 1526 North American Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10–13 + 17–20 at 8pm

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9 Capacity for Veracity Jessica Creane, Paloma Irizarry, Mal Cherifi Zip your lips, loosen your tongue, and unsettle in for an honest evening of brutal lies, frank back door encounters, clear ambiguity, civilized viciousness, and a resounding hush-hush. $15 / 60 minutes The Iron Factory 118 Fontain Street, 3rd floor Sept 4 at 10:30pm Sept 5 at midnight Sept 6 at 9pm Sept 14 at 8pm

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7 Slaughter/ette Butter & Serve Theatre Company What do wine, sequins, mascara, and blood amount to? Slaughter/ ette. Butter & Serve returns to the Fringe Festival with a raucous dark comedy. By defining and subsequently defying stereotypes of women as exhibited through reality television, this piece explores female roles within society and popular culture.

Free / 60 minutes Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B Moore Avenue Sept 3–5 at 7:30pm

Here At Home Soledad Ensemble Once upon a time there was a woman. Once upon a time there was a house. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Oh, welcome! So glad you’re home. $15 / 50 minutes A Special Space Sept 7–9, 13, 18 + 19 at 10pm Venue address provided after ticket purchase.

2 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit Ananke Creative If you have a fear of commitment and a sense of adventure, join the club! Come see this comedy set to the Lord of the Rings score as told by an awkward Gryffindor twentysomething. It’s a story of facing “ch-ch-ch-changes” and challenges, with NUGGETS SERVED AT ALL PERFORMANCES! “Come . . . see . . . this . . . show.” —JRR Tolkien $12 / 45 minutes Middle Earth 339A West Girard Avenue Sept 3 at 7:30 pm Sept 4 at 6:30pm + 9:30pm Sept 5 at 2pm, 5:30pm + 9:30pm Sept 6 at 12:30pm + 5pm Sept 10 at 7:30pm Sept 11 + 12 at 6:30pm, 8pm + 9:30pm Sept 13 at 6pm

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12 Pope Up Philadelphia Sculptors In honor of the Pope’s upcoming visit, artists offer offbeat, humorous, and maybe even sacrilegious interpretations of all things “Popish.“ Handling religion isn’t for the faint of heart—these artists spare no brushstroke, chisel, or technology as they skewer, applaud, and perhaps make us question what we believe in.

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10 Shelter-in-Place Alisha Adams, Nadia Botello, and Olivia Street Verdugo A North Philly survivalist meetup group plots their escape from civilization. This immersive, site-specific performance invites audiences to question the meaning of survival, and design their own escape(s). Is selfsufficiency a myth? Can survival be bought and sold? Are you prepared for the worst? $10 / 80 minutes Las Parcelas 2248 North Palethorp Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 18 at 5:30pm Sept 19 at 2pm + 5:30pm Sept 20 at 2pm

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4 PURGATORY Gunnar Montana Gunnar Montana takes us to church with another wickedly beautiful production—his most mature and thought-provoking work yet. Be baptized in this raw and sometimes uncomfortable exploration of the state of Purgatory, examined through a series of very human struggles that bring people to their knees each and every day. $25 / 60 minutes The Latvian Society 531 North 7th Street Sept 9 + 10 at 9pm Sept 11 + 12 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 13 at 7pm Sept 16 + 17 at 8pm Sept 18 at 11pm (followed by champagne reception) Sept 19 at 8pm +10pm

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3 City of Woes Found Theater Company Greetings from Hell! Navigate the dark, decadent, and sinful as Found Theater descends into an underworld inspired by Dante’s “Inferno.” Influenced by crime fiction and led by demons, lost souls, and fallen angels, this hybrid performance will investigate nightmarish territory. Will we survive, or abandon all hope? $15 / 90 minutes Vox Populi Aux Performance Space 319 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor Sept 9 at 7pm Sept 10 + 11 at 8pm Sept 12 + 13 at 2pm + 8pm Sept 15–17 at 8pm

2 Fifty Days at Iliam Hannah Van Sciver Fifty Days at Iliam is a bold new piece exploring the Trojan War as told through the paintings of Cy Twombly. Featuring a dynamic ensemble led by Hannah Van Sciver with direction by William Steinberger, it is an unflinching look at the role of the artist in the final days of a decade-long slaughter. $12 / 70 minutes Asian Arts Initiative Theatre 1219 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 3 at 7pm Sept 4 at 8pm Sept 5 at 7pm + 9:30pm

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7 Growing Into My Beard I’ve Seen The Future Bay Bryan comes out. As Ginger.

A coming-of-age cabaret for anyone who has ever felt—even a little bit—queer at heart. A fusion of storytelling, improv, song cycle, and just a drop of drag. Last seen at Obie-winning Horse Trade Theater Group in NYC and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. $15 / 55 minutes 954 Dance Movement Collective 954 North 8th Street Sept 4 + 5 at 7pm See p80 Center City Fringe and p106 South Philly Fringe for additional venues and times

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5 It’s So Learning The Berserker Residents We’re taking attendance. Join The Berserker Residents for their new dark and savage comedy that explores America’s floundering schools. Prepare for anything in this interactive classroom experience.

You’ll find no pity as you navigate a world full of bureaucratic chumps, red pens, and gold stars. Pencils down, idiots! $15 / 70 minutes Ruba Club Studios 416 Green Street Sept 11 at 9pm Sept 12 at 10pm Sept 14, 16 + 17 at 8pm Sept 18 at 9pm Sept 19 at 10pm Sept 20 at 8pm

6 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES Ombelico Mask Ensemble Will Hercules defeat Death and bring Alcestis back from the underworld? Why sacrifice your wife so you can live longer? Why not? Come see the story of Alcestis told in the physical, raucous style that only OME can do. Free! In the park! BYO seat! Based on Alcestis

by Euripides (Euripides pants?

Eumenides pants?).

Free / 90 minutes Liberty Lands Park 926 North American Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 3–6, 10, 11 + 13 at 6pm

2 Tale of the Phantom Ship Temple Theater’s Sidestage Season This musical takes place in 1812 in Charlottetown, present-day PEI, Canada, and is a story-within-astory where tavern folk retell the tale behind the legendary Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait to a visitor. Like the Celtic music which inspired it, the tale includes sea shanties, wistful romance, and patriotic marches. $15 / 150 minutes Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 10–12 at 7pm Sept 13 at 2pm Sept 14 at 7pm

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1 The Lid Pat Finnerty/BRAT Productions Don’t you wanna know about the lid? What was underneath the lid?

I don’t know. I can’t tell you. But I can tell you that there are fourteen British Invasion songs alongside a cast dedicated to finding out just that. That and the fucking wifi password. facebook.com/ bratproductions IG: @brat_rocks #finnertyfever $20 / 90 minutes Underground Arts 1200 Callowhill Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 4 at 9pm Sept 5 at 11pm Sept 6 at 8pm

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3 Name it after Me. Katie Ann Haldeman Through dance, movement, music, and visual art, Name it after Me. examines what it means to define [something]. Does this new definition change its value?

Does the definition of an object change its past or your past? The defining of [something] inevitably immortalizes it—but then what happens?

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3 The Colored Girls Museum Vashti DuBois FortMom Productions A “Colored” Girls Collective converts a home into an interactive museum which masquerades as an Airbnb. This salon-style multidisciplinary performance reimagines the museum as sanctuary, historical record and Underground Railroad. Colored, the former “polite” term, replaced by “Negro,” then “black,” now “AfricanAmerican.” $15 / 60 minutes The Colored Girls Museum Newhall and Apsley Streets Sept 11 + 12 at 7pm + 8pm Sept 13 at 3:30pm Venue address provided after ticket purchase.

4 The Fall Shadow Company of Yes! And...

Collaborative Arts This original take on Pandora’s Box and the Fall of Man smashes myths, music and masks from around the globe to tell a very modern allegory.

Inspired by current events, as well as the stories of cultures and people long forgotten, tell a new and old story of how one moment of temptation can change the world. $7 / 60 minutes Yes! And... Collaborative Arts 21 West Washington Lane Wheelchair accessible Sept 18 at 7pm Sept 19 at 3pm + 7pm See p79 Center City Fringe for additional venue and times.

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5 Bright Invention in The Art Series White Pines Productions The three forms comprising The Art Series use your pieces of art to inspire our scenes, monologues, dances, and delights.

Click uses your photographs, Your Mix Tape your fave music, and Assemblage . . . whatever you have in your pockets! One form performed at each show— see one or see them all! $10 / 75 minutes The White Pines Place 7908 High School Road, Elkins Park Wheelchair accessible Sept 3 at 7pm Sept 4 at 4pm + 7pm Sept 5 at noon + 2pm + 4pm

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1 Dissever My Soul Lone Brick Theatre Company The Red Death held sway over all—even its creator. Opposed by the characters that people his work, Edgar Allan Poe unravels the mysteries of life and death through the very words he penned to overcome the forces that keep him from his lost love, Virginia. A love story only America’s master of horror could tell. $15 / 90 minutes Historic Rittenhouse Town 208 Lincoln Drive Sept 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15 + 17–19 at 9pm

6 ENDOME Holly Bittner This multimedia memoir dramatizes a woman’s experience living with the disease endometriosis, infusing medical records and surgery reports with memories, songs, and dreams. Boundaries and bonds are examined between patient and physician, psyche and soma, and art and science. $5 of each ticket goes to endo research. $20 / 75 minutes Sedgwick Theater 7137 Germantown Avenue Sept 11 at 8pm Sept 12 at 2pm + 8pm Sept 13 at 2pm

2 Innovative Juggler Greg Kennedy Innovative Juggler Originally trained as an engineer, Greg uses the principles of geometry and physics to create groundbreaking work with original apparatus. While mastering traditional juggling styles he’s also created entirely new forms of manipulation. He prides himself on making visual spectacles out of everyday objects. $20 / 60 minutes Philadelphia School of Circus Arts 5900a Greene Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 4 at 7pm Sept 5 at 3pm + 7pm Sept 6 + 7 at 3pm Sept 11 at 7pm Sept 12 at 3pm + 7pm Sept 13 at 3pm

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8 The Dolls of New Albion Manayunk Theatre Company The Dolls of New Albion is a Steampunk opera written by Pennsylvania native Paul Shapera.

Based in the utopian world of New Albion, the show explores love and humanity and asks the question: Can you resurrect a person’s soul and place it in a machine so it can live on? $20 / 90 minutes Venice Island Performing Arts Center 7 Lock Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 3 at 7pm Sept 4 + 5 at 8pm Sept 6 at 2pm Sept 9–11 at 8pm Sept 12 at 2pm

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7 Stilt: a play in one act Mitchell Bloom and Megan Diehl Claire’s family is changing. Anne is expecting her first child—any minute. She waits and waits and waits. Claire digs and digs. Sara writes and writes, and rights. Geoff turns and returns. Carter plays mother, and Iain plants seeds. The promise of a new life lies in the soil. $15 / 90 minutes Allens Lane Park 601 West Allens Lane Sept 11 + 12 at 6pm Sept 13 at 2pm

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4 Nothing Good Happens After 2AM Retrograde Theatre Devised from a series of continuous adventures between two friends, Nothing Good Happens After 2AM is a collection of comedic spoofs, songs, and dances inspired by the people you love to hate. Join Claudette & Claradean, Karl & Ellis, and a few others on what we think, at the very least, will be a memorable experience. $7 / 90 minutes Arden Theatre 40 North 2nd Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 4–6 at 7pm

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With each company sharing repertory, they challenge the audience to find connections between works created miles apart. $15 / 75 minutes Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 12 at 7:30pm

7 Born Fat Fat Kid Productions “Elizabeth Anne, you were born fat!” These words, uttered by her mother, followed Elizabeth her whole life. Based on a true story, our heroine shares how she ditched the husky section for health and happiness. For anyone who has ever wanted to lose weight, this inspiring and heartbreaking comedy is for you! $10 / 80 minutes Biello Martin Studio 148 North 3rd Street Sept 11 + 12 at 7pm Sept 13 at 4pm + 7pm

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100 Sam Henderson 100 is a procedurally-generated solo show for an audience of one

by Sam Henderson (Chris Davis’s Anna K, Renegade Co.’s Damned Dirty Apes). Each show is unique: there are over 10 billion possible variations. Chance, fate, old text adventure games, and the human voice. $20 / 45 minutes Outdoors/Various Various points between Race Street Pier and 6th and Walnut Streets Sept 8 + 9 at noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm + 5pm Sept 11–17 at noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm + 7pm Venue address provided after ticket purchase.

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9 901 Nowhere Street Sam Tower + Ensemble One reckless evening draws an aspiring novelist into an intoxicating world where a cynical private eye and a mysterious publisher fight to erase their past.

Three hardboiled heroines are swept up in a twisted exploit of power, greed, and manipulation.

Fantasy trumps reality in this hallucinogenic crime drama gone awry. $20 / 90 minutes Power Plant Productions (Basement) 233 North Bread Street Sept 8–11 + 13–17 at 9pm

8 Cuzzo Aleksandra Berczynski, Roza Money and MB Enter the world of two fierce and flippant cousins, Aleksandra Berczynski and Roza Money, ready to take on the night no matter how long or dark it is. No matter how high their heels, how low their décolletage, or how high the proof they’re drinking, they make it through the night. Don’t you fret, they’ve got each other. $10 / 20 minutes PII Gallery 242 Race Street Sept 9, 11 + 13 at 7pm

1 Disability: A Comedy In Cahoots Theatre Not your average love story. A quadriplegic puts an ad in a paper looking for love, and gets a lot more than he bargained for. A story of overcoming obstacles and seeing people for who they truly are, Disability: A Comedy is sure to intrigue and inspire audiences of all kinds. $25 / 120 minutes Society Hill Playhouse 507 South 8th Street Sept 11, 18 + 19 at 8pm

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4 The Shoplifters 1812 Productions Alma’s sticky fingers have finally landed her in cuffs. The key belongs to Otto, a past-his-prime security guard with too much experience and too little time. It’s a class struggle comedy as Alma and Otto face off over the haves, the have-nots, and all the regular folks caught in the crossfire. $42 / 120 minutes Arcadia Stage at the Arden Theatre 40 North 2nd Street Sept 3–5 at 8pm Sept 6 at 2pm Sept 9 at 6:30pm Sept 10–12 at 8pm Sept 13 at 2pm Sept 16 at 6:30pm Sept 17–19 at 8pm Sept 20 at 2pm

2 The Captive Philadelphia Artists’ Collective Irene is unhappy. Her quiet devastation sparks a chain of events that will shake the foundations of her otherwise tidy world. Deeply controversial in its time, we present this mannered tragedy in Society Hill’s historic Physick House. From the PAC. Previous Fringe hits: The Rape Of Lucrece, The Sea Plays, and Creditors. $25 / 100 minutes Physick House 321 South 4th Street Sept 1, 3–6, 8–10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 + 20 at 8pm

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6 Sometimes Callie and Jones Die Poison Apple Initiative Callie and Jonas can die for short periods of time. They’re on a road trip playing a game in which they score points based on the havoc they wreak in each city. When they go back to Austin for Round 2 they’re confronted by the people they left behind and the rules change. A dark comedy about what you can get away with. $15 / 60 minutes 1fiftyone 151 North 3rd Street Sept 8 at 7pm Sept 9 + 10 at 8pm Sept 11 at 7pm + 9pm Sept 12 at 3pm + 9pm Sept 13 at 8pm

10 The TV Show!

The Shaky Shaky Players of SpArc Services’ Cultural Arts Center The Shaky Shaky Players’ newest production depicts a nice, normal night at home watching TV. We’ll flip through the channels to view all your favorite movies and reruns, plus commercials for useful household products you didn’t even know you needed! The TV Show! will make you laugh, and cry, and feel okay again. $10 / 40 minutes Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 at 7pm

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3 FAMILY: Portraits and Stories Linda Dubin Garfield Get in touch with your inner artist! You’ll remember the art you enjoyed and you forgot you can do! Create an image; tell your story. Making art together inspires dynamic discussions. Be part of this interactive mixed media Fringe Installation. Art materials supplied.

Proceeds benefit Family Support Services.

Free / 120 minutes (ongoing) The Book Trader 7 North 2nd Street Sept 6 + 13 ongoing noon–2pm

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5 glass movement Glass Routes Epic blown glass art performances on the streets of Philly, with a live music accompaniment. Toying with the idea of creation and destruction, breaking conventional ideas and glass. This repurposed 1967 fire truck turned into a mobile studio, and the ensemble of artists that follow, push the boundaries of their craft. $12 / 180 minutes The Clay Studio 137 North 2nd Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 3 at 6pm Sept 4 at 12:30pm Sept 5 at 8pm Sept 6 at 12:30pm + 6pm Sept 7 at 12:30pm + 8pm

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4 Are We There Yet? Kate Mellina Houses built from bottles. Roomsized loaves of bread. A redwood tree restroom. America had it all during the ‘50s and ‘60s, along with dinosaur parks, wacky food fests, and museums celebrating atomic bombs and cypress knees.

Join authentic Baby Boomer Kate Mellina for a tour of the midcentury’s oddest attractions. $5 / 50 minutes Pop-Up on Passyunk 1548 East Passyunk Avenue Sept 8 at 7:30pm Sept 13 at 5pm

11 The WaitStaff’s Vacation!

The WaitStaff From the company that brought you The Real Housewives of South Philly and who the Philadelphia Inquirer calls “Philly’s hottest sketch comedy troupe” comes something even hotter: a brand new comedy show! Given the troupe’s impressive track record, this show is sure to sell out, so buy your tickets now! $15 / 55 minutes L’Etage Cabaret 624 South 6th Street Sept 4 at 8pm Sept 5 at 6pm + 8pm Sept 6 at 6pm Sept 8 + 11 at 8pm Sept 13 at 6pm Sept 18 at 8pm Sept 19 at 6pm + 8pm

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17 American Standard Brian Sanders’ JUNK Escape the crush of urban living and be transported to a more bucolic way of life; American Standard mulls JUNK’s evocative style with the twangs of bluegrass, the sweet smell of rotting hay and bare flesh atop a shaggy Hereford.

Where will a quest for a more tranquil existence will lead us? Our roots hold a certain veracity… $30–$35 minutes $75 for Sept 11 and 12 at 8pm shows (includes dinner) JUNK Studio Sept 9 + 10 at 8:30pm Sept 11 + 12 at 8pm + 10:30pm Sept 13, 14, 16 + 17 at 8:30pm Sept 18 + 19 at 8:30pm + 10:30pm

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10 Dances with Socks Megan Flynn Dance Company An evening of new solos, duets and small ensemble works that explore authenticity and vulnerability.

Socked, slippered, or barefooted, Megan Flynn’s fully embodied, physically articulate dancers come together to ask: “What makes a perfect fit?” $13 / 55 minutes DIG Yoga 410 Monroe Street Sept 12 at 8:30pm Sept 13 at 6pm

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7 Red Tutu The Rock School For Dance Education Our dancers aspire to greatness.

Some star in hit TV shows, some get feature-length Hollywood films made about them, and others star on Broadway. Many are in the premier international dance companies in Europe, Asia, and the US. Come see future ballet icons as they perform a series of electrifying dances in Red Tutu! $10 / 50 minutes The Rock School For Dance Education 1101 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 19 at 2pm

8 Sit Down. Stand Up. Jessica Noel and Leslie Davidson of Philly PACK Sit Down. Stand Up. is a contemporary dance piece choreographed and performed by Leslie Davidson and Jessica Noel about the constant roller coaster ride of the human psyche while involved in a turbulent relationship told to the music of Radiohead. $10 / 30 minutes Philly PACK 729 South 4th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 + 19 at 8pm

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12 THEATRE Scott Weingarten, Ruthie Schanbacher, and Kristin Narcowich Interactive art exhibit and performance featuring Brooklynbased photographer Scott Weingarten and fiber installation and costume by fiber artist Ruth Schanbacher. The audience becomes the show in this curious event that will feature impromptu street-theater style dance by Kristin Narcowich and others.

Free / 120 minutes Jed Williams Gallery 615 Bainbridge Street Sept 12 at 5pm

16 “Bon Appétit!” by Julia Child and Lee Hoiby Aurora Classical “Bon Appétit!” is a comic culinary extravaganza that taps the wit and antics of one of America’s bestloved television personalities!

Written by Lee Hoiby and sung by Susan Weinman, it is comprised of music draped over the words and gestures of Julia Child, the motherof-all-foodies! Cake, coffee and other goodies to follow. $20 / 20 minutes Saint Mary’s Church 1831 Bainbridge Street Sept 13 at 3pm + 4:15pm

5 Traces of She Evalina Carbonell, Meredith Stapleton, Kat J. Sullivan Traces of She is a mosaic of the ways femininity sits in our bones, the inherited postures we carry or leave behind, and the paths through which we flow and fold between archetypes. In this evening length affair, three choreographers present diverse works highlighting the female embodied. $15 / 90 minutes CHI Movement Arts Center 1316 South 9th Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 18 + 19 at 7:30 pm

18 UNARMED Arielle Pina Our American flesh is bound with historical stains. Five bodies create a mirror and reflect America’s failure to confront racism and the irreversible cultural divide. This multidimensional performance peers into the universal Black Soul. $15 / 50 minutes Shiloh Baptist Church 2031 Montrose Street Sept 11–13 at 7pm

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The Renegade Company Renegade, with Chris Davis and Sam Henderson, will mash-up the classic films Planet of the Apes, Tarzan the Ape Man, and King Kong into a theatrical expedition of FDR Park ruled by the laws of the jungle.

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14 Dolly for Sue–Project Revival Lucky Nickel Theatre Co. A rock musical. A story about the true-to-life experience for kids in today’s foster care system. This story follows a teenage girl who leaves her little sister behind in hopes of giving her a chance to be adopted by their current foster family. Her efforts seem futile when she finds herself stuck in a group home. $10 / 90 minutes Luna Theater 620 South 8th Street Sept 17–19 at 7:30pm

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13 Fish & Beauregard Viscosity Theatre Beauregard is on a mission to release Jamie, his goldfish, into the wild. Jamie is too big for his tank, which develops a leak. Beauregard seeks shelter under The Cloud of Perpetual Rain, where Marzi finds them on her quest to Discover the Unknown. They develop a solution with terrible consequence. All ages. $15 / 60 minutes South Street Magic 617 East Passyunk Avenue Sept 5 at 11am Sept 6 at 6pm + 9pm Sept 7 at 11am + 6pm + 9pm Sept 8 + 9 at 6pm + 9pm

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Laurencio Ruiz Give Me a Hand! is an interactive puppet show where children and parents have the opportunity to see and practice from the other side of puppetry. The audience is invited to be part of the puppet show as the puppet’s right hand, with a task to complete. Come and find out what you are capable of!

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9 Growing Into My Beard I’ve Seen The Future Bay Bryan comes out. As Ginger.

A coming-of-age cabaret for anyone who has ever felt—even a little bit—queer at heart. A fusion of storytelling, improv, song cycle, and just a drop of drag. Last seen at Obie-Winning Horse Trade Theater Group in NYC and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. $15 / 55 minutes Philly Aids Thrift 710 South 5th Street Sept 12–13 at 4pm See p80 Center City Fringe and p92 Northern Liberties Fringe for additional venues and times

15 Love’s Labour’s Lost Revolution Shakespeare “To fast, to study, and to see no woman,” (IV, iii) agree the gentlemen of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy of love, clowns, and wit. RevShakes’ second free fall outdoor production will be directed

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3 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying Cursed Church Artist Collective Join Philadelphia playwright Jason Rosenberg as he grapples with the absurdity of autoimmune disease.

A solo, autobiographical comedy about how hard it is to live while you’re (kinda) dying. Visit us at facebook.com/mefirstmefirst. $10 / 65 minutes The People’s House 1323 Mifflin Street Sept 10 at 7pm Sept 11 at 7pm + 9pm Sept 12 + 17 at 7pm Sept 18 at 7pm + 9pm Sept 19 at 2pm

2 She Is A Problem She Is A Problem Why is the death of a female artist romantic? Why is the concept of the dead woman seductive? She Is A Problem is an interactive gallery installation and devised theatrical experience that explores these questions through the lives and works of Francesca Woodman, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Diane Arbus, and Kay Sage. $10 / 75 minutes Adobe Cafe 1919 East Passyunk Avenue Sept 9 + 10 at 8pm Sept 11 + 12 at 8pm + 10pm Sept 14 at 8pm

6 Spookfish Haygen Brice Walker and Jessica Schwartz A haunted house that’s not a haunted house . . . until it is. A play about slasher flicks, the horrors of high school, firework accidents, cat colonies, and a Canadian goose.

The meanest play in this year’s Neighborhood Fringe will have you guessing who’s the Spookfish until the end. *Audience members must sign a waiver. $10 / 80 minutes Headlong Studios 1170 South Broad Street Sept 4 at 11:55pm Sept 5 at 11:55pm Sept 6 at 10:30pm Sept 10 at 11pm Sept 11 at 11:55pm Sept 12 at 11:55pm Sept 13 at 9:30pm

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14 Zombies . . . with Guns Tribe of Fools A small group of humans survive the Zombie Apocalypse by the grace of God . . . and guns . . . lots of guns. The creators of Two Street and Heavy Metal Dance Fag comically shred our cultural ideas about guns. Are guns the problem? Are people the problem?

What about Zombies? What about Zombies . . . with guns? $25 / 75 minutes Luna Theater 620 South 8th Street Sept 4 at 8pm Sept 5 at 8pm + 10:30pm Sept 6 at 6pm + 8:30pm Sept 7 at 8pm Sept 9 at 6pm + 8:30pm Sept 10 at 8pm Sept 11 at 8pm + 10:30pm Sept 12 at 8pm

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2 Teething Emotionalities: WOOF Tabitha Vidaurri & Alyson Goodman In this series of comedic monologues, Tabitha and Alyson chronicle life lessons they absorbed during awkward stages in their lives. They will answer questions like, “Why does tragedy turn into comedy?” “What does it take to get clean?” “Do things really ever end?” “Who let the dogs out?” With video art by Rich Wexler. $10 / 60 minutes The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 11 + 12 at 8pm

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2 Remnants PhysiKal Bodies PhysiKal Bodies presents Remnants, a dance performance exploring the relationship between thought, choice, and emotion. Despite change, which pieces of us remain intact, which refuse to leave, and what old habits lie just beneath a polished surface? Witness the mind’s inner workings, manifested in the PhysiKal Body. $10 / 60 minutes The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Sept 3 + 4 at 7:30pm Sept 6 at 5:30pm

5 Second Skull Sothis They removed my whisper from general population to maximum security. Herman Wallace phoned a poem to PrisonRadio.org from solitary in 2012. Our play is about the social brain of freedom. Texts

by Laboria Cuboniks, Mumia Abu Jamal, and more. I gained a voice. Image: “ICEBOX” by Christina McPhee. $9 / 75 minutes LAVA space 4134 Lancaster Avenue Wheelchair accessible Sept 16 at 8pm Sept 19 at 2pm Sept 21 at 8pm

1 Eris Temple Offerings Radio Eris/A Piano & A Cocktail Murderess/Guests West Philadelphia’s performance venue Eris Temple Artspace celebrates its 10th year with four nights of music from the fringe of Philly. House band Radio Eris and curatorial cover duo A Piano & A Cocktail Murderess host guests Ed Wilcox (9/3), MFM (9/4), Whoopsiedaisey (9/10), and David E Williams (9/11). $10 / 100 minutes Eris Temple Artspace 602 South 52nd Street Sept 3, 4, 10 + 11 at 7:30pm

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2 Estranged Seekers Nighthawks Dramatic and musical interpretation of material by Buchner (Lenz) and Kafka by three time Arts Council recipient William Burrison and composer Ross Lipton, Rumi by singer/instrumentalist Michael London, with Susan Miller’s post9/11 one-act The Grand Design, directed by Marlene Sider. Plus visual projections. $20 / 80 minutes The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 17 + 18 at 8pm Sept 19 at 7:30pm

4 Taking Her In Vein Joanne McBride/Power Surge PAC By the courage of the ones joining in the circle, Taking Her In Vein dissects the destructive nature of addiction. Sobriety is an every day struggle and chameleon characters come clean on the reality of substance abuse through a cabaretstyled narrative. Admitting there’s a problem is just the first step. $15 / 90 minutes CEC Meeting House Theatre 3500 Lancaster Avenue Sept 16–18 at 8pm Sept 19 at 12:30pm + 8pm

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3 Alternative Theatre Festival 2015 iNtuitons Experimental Theatre The Alternative Theatre Festival is an annual experimental playwrights festival put on by iNtuitons Experimental Theatre at the University of Pennsylvania.

It features student written, acted, and directed plays and exercises, each of which features some sort of experiment or new and different idea. $5 / 90 minutes Platt Performing Arts House 160 Stouffer Commons 3702 Spruce Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 12 at 8pm

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@AstroJennie Martha Stuckey, Ilse Zoerb & Douglas Williams According to the latest Congressional budget, outer space is bullshit. NASA’s funding has been slashed yet again. Now, after spending the last five years living in the International Space Station, astronaut Jennie Stuart must return home to North Philly.

When she arrives expecting a rousing homecoming, America’s reaction is anything but gracious. A play that takes place entirely over Instagram. Follow Jennie’s journey @AstroJennie Ongoing / Goes live Sept 3

#Prettygirltips Pretty Girl #Prettyigirltips, #makeuptips, #daddyissues, #tequila, #newport100s, #face, #showyourrealface, #christianity, #420, #marriageequality, #transissues, #gaypride, #pride, #nothingtobepridefulfor, #contour, #dragqween, #daddyissues, #insulin, #pain prettygirltips.com 20 minutes / Goes live Sept 6

404 not found Adam Rokhsar 404 not found: an alternative 404 experience for the web. A 404 error occurs when you enter a URL that doesn’t exist. This piece imagines that error leading you to a place where you can find something you didn’t know you were looking for.

Each card leads to a new page as sounds layer to create a place of reflection. newhive.com/arokhsar/ 404-not-found 15 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

aqueousness Anna Kroll A digital mosaic of the waters around me. View on the web for the entire collection and follow on Instagram for a daily video observation. instagram.com/aqueousness Ongoing / Goes live Sept 3

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Bar-N-Tavern Danny Morris & The Guys Bar-N-Tavern, an original comedic web series created by Leah Lawler and co-written with Greg Nanni, follows the absurd adventures, goofs, and gags of a motley staff of a tavern set in the fictional Bucks County town of Doylespier. barntavern.wix.com/bar-n-tavern 15 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

Compass Belinda Haikes Compass is a site engaged digital work that uses QR codes to activate cell phone animations. The four animations in the suite use the furthest points of the festival, the north, the south, the east and the west as a site of visual to engage with a metaphor of displacement. compassphilly.com Ongoing / Goes live on Sept 3

DigitalFringe Robert Silverman Digital Painting. pixelpaintedpeople.tumblr.com 15 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

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Digitized Figures: Portlet Kathleen Kelley and Sarah Rose Nordgren In this animated video, the artists meld their forms of dance and poetry into a duet between the body and language. Portlet makes the connection between the ports on coastlines, the ports in bodies, and the ports of our digital devices as receptacles or containers of connection. vimeo.com/78700363 6 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

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Garbage Safari Christine Stoddard/Quail Bell Press & Productions Junk transformed into a menagerie for your online viewing pleasure. worldofchristinestoddard.com/ garbage-safari 175 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

hiccups in the space-time continuum Cait Davis hiccups in the space-time continuum is a visual cacophony.

The project consists of stop-motion animation, digital arts, colored pencil works, and video. Please enjoy exploring the many buttons. tinyhiccup.com Ongoing / Goes live Sept 3

LIMBS Emily Bucholz LIMBS is a series of collaborative video vignettes inspired by selections from Alisha Adams’s 52 Love Poems. newhive.com/limbs 20 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

Liz Goldberg: DIVA Short Animated Films Liz Goldberg/Lowell Boston As a painter/animator, Liz’s work explores the reciprocating process of creating paintings that morph into animation. The dual works are reflective of each other. Her work explores the DIVA which mines the suggestive aura of alluring female archetypes. All the work is full of color and abstraction while still representative lizgoldberg.com/animation.htm 35 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

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RedAct TangenT Art Collaborative RedAct is a series exploring visual renderings of facts detailed in redacted public documents. Drawing from government reporting along with redaction in its many forms, RedAct is as much a meditation on information control, privacy, and truth as it is about what we choose to record, see, and know. personal.psu.edu/wrc11/red-act/ Ongoing / Goes live Sept 3

Once Upon a Time on the Broad Street Line Bloom & Fly Theatre Company Bloom & Fly Theatre Company (creators of last year’s Fringe production Wendy & Peter) bring us a fresh take on classic fairy tales, re-imagined in contemporary Philadelphia. Little Red in a Hoodie rides on Septa while ‘Ella and her Phairy Grandmutha take on the Main Line in these appropriately ridiculous adaptations. bloomandflytheatre.org 45 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

The Empty Air and Animina The Mural and The Mint The Empty Air and Animina are two location sensitive compositions: download the apps to your iPhone and take your headphones to the location for each walk. Open the app, and explore the area, changing what you hear with your movement through each public space.

Locations: Rittenhouse Square and The Race Street Pier themuralandthemint.com/ digital-fringe Ongoing / Goes live Sept 3

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This Damned Body Joshua McLucas This Damned Body is a twoyear lived performance of Swift Shuker’s male-to-female gender transition through exhaustively archived online content: diaries, videotapes, webcam performance.

An exhibition of the beautiful, fragile, and powerful reality of the transgender body. You own your body, and you are not alone. thisdamnedbody.com 15 minutes / Goes live Sept 3

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Index by Show “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby / p105 #Prettygirltips / p114 @AstroJennie / p114 100 / p100 2,000 Movements / p88 404 not found / p114 763 Miles / p100 901 Nowhere Street / p101 A Cocoon of Your Own Making / p89 A Doll’s House / p30 A Few Thousand Upgrades Later / p85 A Great War by James J. Christy Jr / p89 A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry / p85 A Spirit On Parole ~ An Evening with Lenny Bruce / p79 After the Rehearsal / Persona / p24 ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE / p36 Alternative Theatre Festival 2015 / p111 Alzheimer’s: The Musical / p79 American Standard / p104 ANDY: A Popera / p89 aqueousness / p114 Are We There Yet? / p104 Available Light / p40 Bar-N-Tavern / p114 Bellows Falls / p88 Body of Water / p110 Boing! / p88 Born Fat / p100 Bright Invention in The Art Series / p96 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play / p84 Capacity for Veracity / p90 Careful Injuries / p89 City of Woes / p92 Compass / p114 Cut on the Bias / p84 Cuzzo / p101 Damned Dirty Apes! / p105 Dances with Socks / p104 Dangerous Fools & Nardo / p78 DigitalFringe / p114 Digitized Figures: Portlet / p114 Disability: A Comedy / p101 Dishwasher / p79 Dissever My Soul / p96 Dolly for Sue -Project Revival / p105 Duende / p85 ENDOME / p97 Eris Temple Offerings / p111 Estranged Seekers / p111 Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King / p80 FAMILY: Portraits and Stories / p101 Fifty Days at Iliam / p92 Fish & Beauregard / p106

Garbage Safari / p115 Give Me a Hand! / p106 glass movement / p101 GROOVE / p80 Growing Into My Beard / p80, p92, p106 Here At Home / p90 d hiccups in the space-time continuum / p115 Innovative Juggler / p97 Into the Lights / p85 it’s not me it’s you / p78 It’s So Learning / p93 Jump The Moon / p80 Kill Will / p80 LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES / p93 LIMBS / p115 Liz Goldberg: DIVA Short Animated Films / p115 Love’s Labour’s Lost / p106 Man on the Moon / p80 Me First: An Autobiographical Comedy About Dying / p106 Musician, Model & Medical Experiment / p79 Night Trolley / p88 Not For Profit / p80 Nothing Good Happens After 2AM / p100 Of Our Remnants / p89 On Having Become Obsolete / p85 Once Upon a Time on the Broad Street Line / p115 Outside Sound Concert and Art Gallery / p79 Pope Up / p90 Pretty Tall for a Hobbit / p90 Puppetdelphia Fringe Slam / p80 Red Act / p155 PURGATORY / p92 Red Tutu / p105 Reimagine Your Reality; Comedy Hypnosis Show / p78 Remnants/ p111 Rude Beach / p89 Second Skull / p111 She Is A Problem / p106 Shelter-in-Place / p90 Sit Down. Stand Up. / p105 Slaughter/ette / p90 Soldier Bear / p81 Sometimes Callie and Jonas Die / p101 Soprano Meets Contrabass / p79 Soul Project / p58 Spookfish / p106 Still Standing You / p44 Stilt: a play in one act / p97 Structurally Sound / p89 Suite n˚2 / p54 SWAMP IS ON / p52 Taking Her In Vein / p111

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Tale of the Phantom Ship / p93 Teething Emotionalities: WOOF / p110 The Border / p34 The Captive / p101 The Cart of Love / El Carro del Amor / p79 The Colored Girls Museum / p96 The Dolls of New Albion / p97 The Empty Chair and Animina / p115 The Extra People / p62 The Fall / p79, 96 The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly Conduct / p89 The Illinois Five / p81 The Lid / p93 The Light Princess / p81 The Most Awkward Love Life of Peabody Magoo / p81 THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN / p81 The Shoplifters / p101 The TV Show! / p101 The WaitStaff’s Vacation! / p104 THEATRE / p105 There / p32 They Only Come Out At Night: A Graveyard Cabaret / p85 This Damned Body / p115 Three Sisters and a Wolf / p81 Till Birnam Wood... / p81 Traces of She / p105 UNARMED / p105 Under Her Skin / p85 Underground Railroad Game / p48 V.(No.2) / p85 WALLS: A multimedia dance installation / p78 We All Need Some Help / p81 You Are the Hero / p82 You Can’t Put Me In A Box / p82 ZANNA DON’T a musical fairytale / p82 Zombies... with Guns / p106

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Index by Artist 1812 Productions / p101 Actors International Theatre / p79 Adam Rokhsar / p114 Aleksandra Berczynski, Roza Money and MB / p101 Alisha Adams, Nadia Botello, and Olivia Street Verdugo / p90 Ana Maria Diaz/Owlsong Productions / p79 Ananke Creative / p90 Anna Kroll / p114 Annex Dance Company & Drye/Marinaro Dance Company / p100 Anomie Fatale / p79 Ant Hampton / p62 Antonia & Artists / p110 Arielle Pina / p105 Aurora Classical / p105 Belinda Haikes / p114 Bloom & Fly Theatre Company / p115 Brian Feldman Projects / p79 Brian Sanders’ JUNK / p104 Brian Shapiro / p85 Bruce Productions / p79 Butter & Serve Theatre Company / p90 Cait Davis / p115 CAMPO / p44 Chris McGinnis / p81 Christine Stoddard / Quail Bell Press & Productions / p115 CINEtica / p36 Cursed Church Artist Collective / p106 Dancefusion & Ballet Fleming / p84 Dangerous Fools / p78 Daniel Park / p82 Danny Morris & the Guys / p114 Darcy Lyons / p78 David Zambrano / p48 Duende / p85 Dr. Dog / p52 Emily Bucholz / p115 Encyclopédie de la Parole / p54 ETC Theater / p80 Evalina Carbonell Meredith Stapleton, Kat J. Sullivan / p105 eXposed Theatre Co / p82 Fat Kid Productions / p100 Ferdinand / p80 Found Theater Company / p92 Frank Perri / p78 Garden Of Eden Productions / p85 Glass Routes / p101 Greg Kennedy Innovative Juggler / p97 Gregory Holt / p88 Gunnar Montana / p92 Hannah Van Sciver / p92 Happy Hour Live / p84

Haygen Brice Walker and Jessica Schwartz / p106 Holly Bittner /p97 In Cahoots Theatre / p101 iNtuitons Experimental Theatre / p 111 Iron Age Theatre / p89 I’ve Seen The Future / p80, p92, p106 Jeanine McCain / p85 Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special / p48 Jessica Creane, Paloma Irizarry, Mal Cherifi / p90 Jessica Noel and Leslie Davidson of Philly PACK / p105 Jo Strømgren Kompani / p28 Joanne McBride/Power Surge PAC / p111 John Schultz / p81 Joris Lacoste / p54 Joshua McLucas / p115 Julia Taus / p89 Kate Mellina / p104 Kathleen Kelley and Sarah Rose Nordgren / p114 Katie Horton and Artists / p84 Laurencio Ruiz / p106 Leah Stein Dance Company / p88 Leila and Pantea Productions / p80 Leslie Bush / p85 Linda Dubin Garfield / p101 Liz Golberg / Lowell Boston / p115 Lone Brick Theatre Company / p96 Love Drunk Life / p81 Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental / p36 Lucinda Childs / p40 Lucky Nickel Theatre Co. / p105 Macah Coates / p81 Manayunk Theatre Company / p97 Megan Flynn Dance Company / p104 Mitchell Bloom and Megan Diehl / p97 New Street Dance Group + The Radical Sound / p89 Night Trolley / p88 Nighthawks / p111 Olive Prince Dance / p89 Ombelico Mask Ensemble / p93 Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies / p89 Other Case Notes Ensemble / p89 Outside Sound / p79 Owlsang Productions / p79 Pat Finnerty/BRAT Productions / p93 Philadelphia Artists’ Collective / p101 Philadelphia Opera Company / p80 Philadelphia Sculptors / p90 PhysiKal Bodies / p110 Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido / p44

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Collaborative Arts / p79, 96 Shannon + Katrina / p89 She Is A Problem / p106 Soledad Ensemble / p90 Sothis / p111 Tabitha Vidaurri & Alyson Goodman / p110 Tangent Art Collaborative / p115 Tangle Movement Arts / p89 Temple Theater’s Sidestage Season / p93 Teresa Miller / p81 The Berserker Residents / p93 The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium / p80 The Mural and the Mint / p155 The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre / p80 The Renegade Company / p105 The Rock School For Dance Education / p105 The Shaky Shaky Players of SpArc Services’ Cultural Arts Center / p101 The WaitStaff / p104 Toneelgroep Amsterdam / p24 Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater / p80 Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister / p81 Tribe of Fools / p106 UArts, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts / p82 Vashti DuBois FortMom Productions / p96 Vervet Dance / p88 Viscosity Theatre / p106 Wee Keep Company / p81 White Pines Productions / p96

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