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5 students in classroom desks sit around a 6th, who holds a book and wears a fake mustache. There’s a large chalkboard behind

Philly Fringe 2022: Temple Theaters presents Group Project

Time for the real test

A new original Fringe performance from Temple Theaters captures the frenzy of teenage anxiousness, rebellion, and hope in an uncertain world. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Sep 13, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Mayer poses against a brick wall, one leg lifted, in blue peacock-inspired drag and thigh-high white stiletto boots.

Cannonball Festival 2022: Emily Mayer presents Bower Bird

Bower Bird is the word

Emily Mayer’s Bower Bird takes us on a delightful bird-clown romp exploring the courtship and physical presentation rituals we share across species. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Sep 13, 2022 Reviews 2 minute read

Conallen, a white man wearing jeans and green soccer jersey, sits onstage on a bench, holding some paper & looking nonplussed

Philly Fringe 2022: IHT presents Dermot Bolger’s In High Germany and The Parting Glass

With In High Germany and The Parting Glass, a pair of plays by Dermot Bolger, Irish Heritage Theatre explores Ireland’s lost generation and one man’s enduring fealty to soccer. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 12, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

5 actors of different genders, wearing colorful lingerie & high-heel boots, pose sensually together in the corner of a sauna

Philly Fringe 2022: Gunnar Montana Productions presents BATH HOUSE

The best kind of body worship

Gunnar Montana Productions presents BATH HOUSE, an immersive, sensory theatrical experience designed as a temple to the fluid nature of sexuality. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Sep 12, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: TheatreXP presents Fresh Ink Shorts

A theatrical tasting menu

A wider range of voices would have benefited this production of new short plays, which marks the Philly debut of TheatreXP, a recent transplant from South Florida. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 12, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

2 female dancers, in blue tops & satiny purple skirts, bend to the side. At right, a shirtless male dancer jumps straight up

Philly Fringe 2022: Dancefusion and the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble present Envisions

The mothers of modernity

Among many dance offerings in this year’s Fringe, Dancefusion and Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble team up for an homage to Pauline Koner and Anna Sokolow. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Sep 10, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Zak, with an impatient expression, holds a lit match while Brock, with short blond hair & tiara, reads from a piece of paper

Philly Fringe 2022: IRC presents Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play

Sad sibling squabbles

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium dives into the weird and wonderful world of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play as part of the Fringe Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 10, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

A graceful, silhouetted shadow-puppet scene of a realistic squid and octopus in a sea of transparent fabric.

Cannonball Festival 2022: Jim Julien presents The Squid and the Octopus

A show more interesting than calamari

Jim Julien’s wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.