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Philly Fringe 2018: Pratima Agrawal’s ‘Voided’

Lost in space

In ‘Voided,’ a playwright/performer grapples with the question of how to discover and represent someone else, and introduces us to a woman we should all know — if we can grasp her. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

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Tongue & Groove asks, "How do you feel?" — and offers a massage. (Image courtesy of FringeArts.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Tongue & Groove’s ‘FEEL’

Feeling groovy

Tongue & Groove's life-based improv explores relationships through emotions in their new format, FEEL, debuting in the Fringe. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Marcia Saunders and Michaela Shuchman channel Bess Myseron and Hedy Lamarr. (Image courtesy of Half Key Theatre Company.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Half Key Theatre Company’s ‘Behold Her’ (first review)

In her own image

The history of Jewish women takes center stage in ‘Behold Her,’ a Fringe Festival entry from Half Key Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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In this singular office, the papers sigh along with the clerk. (Photo by Daniel Kontz.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Trey Lyford’s ‘The Accountant’ (second review)

A little paper goes a long way

The Curated Fringe visits an aging office clerk who’s consumed by regret and loss, rendered in piquant detail in The Accountant. Helen Walsh reviews.
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

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What happens when the shackles of talent don't pay? (Image courtesy of the artist.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Chris Davis’s ‘The Presented’

The essence of the Fringe

‘The Presented,’ the latest one-person show from Chris Davis, gives off an old-school Fringe Festival vibe. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Are we getting in the way of our things? (Photo by Mario del Curto.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Heiner Goebbels’s ‘Stifter’s Dinge’

When are things not things?

What do inanimate objects demand for themselves? This performative installation in the Curated Fringe lets them speak. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Echos of Beckett in Trey Lyford's onstage office. (Photo by Daniel Kontz.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Trey Lyford's 'The Accountant' (first review)

It all adds up

Trey Lyford's lovely and haunting new work in the Curated Fringe explores the inner life of a lonely office worker. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Tina Brock does yeoman's work as director, co-designer, and star. (Photo by Johanna Austin.)

Philly Fringe 2018: IRC’s ‘The Eccentricities of a Nightingale’

These eccentricities fit right in

For this year’s Fringe, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium puts an absurdist spin on Tennessee Williams’s ‘The Eccentricities of a Nightingale.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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This unusual journey begins in a museum's kitchen. (Image courtesy of Filatelia International & Company Aiello.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Filitalia International & Company Aiello’s ‘Onwards and Upwards’

A dream in limbo

Angelo Aiello’s original production 'Onwards and Upwards' gets lost in transit. Ostensibly an exploration of Italian American immigration and the immigrant experience, it lacks polish and a plot, leaving its audience adrift. Helen Walsh reviews.
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

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Illness really is a metaphor in Villamil's 'Salamander.' (Photo by Christopher G. Ulloth.)

Philly Fringe 2018: Elephant Room Productions presents Lisa Villamil's 'Salamander'

Desperate remedies for drastic problems

Elephant Room Productions' Fringe Fest entry explores sexual assault in the poetic yet starkly real new play 'Salamander' by Lisa Villamil. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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