Philadelphia Theater Calendar September 2019

Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. August 27–November 17, 2019. Forrest Theatre at 1114 Walnut Street. kimmelcenter.org

Significant Other by Joshua Harmon. August 28–September 15, 2019. Mauckingbird Theatre Company at the Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake, 302 South Hicks Street. mauckingbird.org

The Edge. August 27–September 12, 2019. Almanac Dance Circus Theatre at Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave. thealmanac.us

Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge. September 3–22, 2019. The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at the Bethany Mission Gallery, 1527 Brandywine Street. FringeArts.com/9623

Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks. September 3–October 20, 2019. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut Street. walnutstreettheatre.org

In Transit. September 4–7, 2019. Tangle Movement Arts at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 North American Street. FringeArts.com/9645

The Sea Voyageby John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. September 4–20, 2019. The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective at Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard. FringeArts.com/9676 

Bon Bon Jovie in The Park. September 5, 2019. The Southwest corner of Rittenhouse Square, by the Goat Statue. freefringephilly.com

In America, That is to Say No Where. September 5 + 6, 2019. Rowan Theatre at The Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street. FringeArts.com/9644

Two Bedroom, One Bath. September 5–7, 2019. Olivia Kram / Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9689

And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens by Tennessee Williams. September 5–8, 2019. EgoPo Classic Theater at Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street. FringeArts.com/9608

H5¹, a one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s HENRY V. September 5–8, 2019. Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company at URBN Center Black Box Theater, 3401 Filbert Street. FringeArts.com/9636

Since They Left: A Pied Piper Musical. September 5–8, 2019. Sarah Hough + Nick Hatcher at Skinner Studio at Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place. FringeArts.com/9682

Wear and Tear. September 5–8, 2019. The Back Pack at Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9691

The B-Side: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,” A Record Album Interpretation. September 5–8, 2019. FringeArts, 140 N. Christopher Columbus Boulevard. FringeArts.com/b-side 

Out of the Shadows by Marissa Kennedy. September 5–14, 2019. At St. Mark’s Church Frankford, 4442 Frankford Avenue. FringeArts.com/9664

Immigrant Concierge Services by Brian Shapiro Presents. September 5–15, 2019. Brian Shapiro Presents at Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art, 531 North 12th Street. FringeArts.com/9407

Superterranean by Pig Iron Theatre Company & Mimi Lien. September 5–15, 2019. Pig Iron Theatre Company at 2300 Arena, 2300 S. Swanson Street. FringeArts.com/superterranean

Richard III by William Shakespeare. September 5–15, 2019. Hestia Theatre Company at Christ Church Burial Ground, 340 North 5th Street. FringeArts.com/9673

Significant Other by Joshua Harmon. September 5–15, 2019. Mauckingbird Theatre Company at Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake, 302 South Hicks Street. FringeArts.com/9681

Siren Songs. September 5–15, 2019. Amanda Shaffern / Theater Oblivion at Warehouse on Watts, 923 North Watts Street. FringeArts.com/9683

Whine & Waffles. September 5–19, 2019. Messy Confidence Productions at Inspire Art Space, 1646 Ridge Avenue, 1st floor. FringeArts.com/9692

Lavender Life. September 5–20, 2019. Ultra V Theatre Co. at Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. $10. FringeArts.com/9408

Empanada Loca. September 5–21, 2019. Recondite Tourist Activities at Panorama Philly, 5213 Grays Avenue. FringeArts.com/9628

Know Thyself. September 5–21, 2019. IKantKoan at Immersive HQ @ Kismet Cowork Spring Arts, 448 North 10th Street. FringeArts.com/9649

Much to Do, Much to Fix. September 5–21, 2019. Wings of Paper Theatre Company at A warehouse where much was done and much was fixed, 5200 Unruh Avenue. FringeArts.com/9657

Operation: Wawa Road Trip. September 5–21, 2019. Tribe of Fools at Proscenium Theatre at the Drake,  302 South Hicks Street. FringeArts.com/9662

A Literal Doll House. September 5–22, 2019. MACHO GOAT, 247 South Juniper Street. FringeArts.com/9602

Actually by Anna Ziegler. September 5–22, 2019. Half Key Theatre Company at Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. FringeArts.com/9604

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht. September 5–October 13, 2019. Lantern Theater Company, 923 Ludlow Street. lanterntheater.org

Brown-eyed Rapunzel. September 6 + 7, 2019. Philly PACK, 233 Federal Street. FringeArts.com/9619 

Yesterday’s Garbage. September 6 + 8. 2019. Anita Holland and Annie Wilson at Theatre Exile 1340 S 13th Street. freefringephilly.com

re. TRANSVERBERATION. September 6–8, 2019. Sasha Wolfe and Ellen Zahniser at Mascher Space Cooperative, 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. FringeArts.com/9671 

bilialien by Annie Wilson. September 6–10, 2019. Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th Street. FringeArts.com/9615

The Miseducation of Generation Never. September 6–14, 2019. Yes! And…Collaborative Arts, 21 West Washington Lane. FringeArts.com/9411

Rat Ruse. September 6–20, 2019. Without a Cue Productions at O’Neal’s Pub, 611 South 3rd Street. FringeArts.com/9109

Dull Space and Dance by Brian McCole with The Rock School. September 6–21, 2019. The Rock School presents a Light Street Pictures Production. FringeArts.com/9626

INK. September 6–22, 2019. Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater at CSz Philadelphia at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9646  

The Murder & Booze Cabaret. September 6–22, 2019. Love Drunk Life at Arden Theatre Hamilton Family Arts Center,  62 North 2nd Street. FringeArts.com/9658 

amethyst. September 7 + 8, 2019. EveryLibrary and Love Drunk Life at Arden Theatre Hamilton Family Arts Center, 62 North 2nd Street. FringeArts.com/9606

RE:figuring. September 7 + 8, 2019. Leslie Elkins / foursome performance at Caplan Recital Hall at University of the Arts, 211 South Broad Street, 17th Floor. FringeArts.com/9669

Gay Mis by Eric Jaffe. September 7–15, 2019. Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor Street. Theericjaffe.com

Red Lodge, Montana. September 7–15, 2019. The Antidote at Bok, 800 Mifflin Street. FringeArts.com/9672

You Only Shoot the Ones You Love by Jeffrey Sweet. September 7–16, 2019. O’Neal’s Pub, 611 South 3rd Street. FringeArts.com/9694

Sock It To Me! September 7–21, 2019. The WaitStaff Sketch Comedy at L’Etage Cabaret, 624 South 6th Street. FringeArts.com/9113

Period House. September 7–22, 2019. Ragtime Players at Inspire Art Space, 1646 Ridge Avenue. FringeArts.com/9666

An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare based on Robert Fagles’s translation of Homer. September 7–22, 2019. Jason Greenfield at Millésimé. 33 North 2nd Street. FringeArts.com/9607 

Autopia by John Rosenberg. September 7–22, 2019. Hella Fresh Theater at Papermill Theater, 2825 Ormes Street. FringeArts.com/9611

Billy the Baaadly Behaving Bully Goat: The Musical. September 7–22, 2019. Play Nice Productions at Nest, 1301 Locust Street. FringeArts.com/9616

Dancing Again in Love by Sabriaya Shipley, Victoria Goins. September 7–22, 2019. Tree House Books, 1430 West Susquehanna Avenue. FringeArts.com/9624

The Clinic. September 8, 2019. Lone Brick Theatre Company at Old City Arts House, 144 Vine Street. FringeArts.com/9622

Queen of the Underworld — Brunch with Sophie by Katherine Perry. September 8, 2019. 49th Street & Baltimore Avenue  freefringephilly.com

Kandy Aufman. September 8, 2019. Erika M McNichol at the gazebo in Rittenhouse Square. freefringephilly.com 

Male Tears: A Clown Castration by Nathan Alford-Tate, Travis Draper, and Rebecca Posner. September 8 + 9, 2019. The Maas Building, 1325 North Randolph Street. FringeArts.com/9409

Destiny is a Careless Waiterby Julie Zaffarano. September 8–22, 2019. Juniper Productions at Trolley Car Cafe, 3269 South Ferry Road. FringeArts.com/9625

Emergency Contact by Ann Kreitman. September 8–22, 2019. Good Karma Cafe at The Wilma Theatre, 265 South Broad Street. FringeArts.com/9627

Lez Belly Dance. September 9, 2019. Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street. freefringephilly.com 

Drunk Lion by Chris Davis. September 9, 2019. Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street. freefringephilly.com

100 Fires! by Donna Oblongata. September 9 + 10, 2019. Vox Populi, 319 N 11th Street. freefringephilly.com

Khan!!! The Musical!!! by Brent Black. September 9–15, 2019. 954 Dance Movement Collective, 954 North 8th Street. FringeArts.com/9648

In Pasta by Eibhleann Clyne. September 9–16. 2019. Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street and Fergies, 1214 Sansom Street. freefringephilly.com

Question Reality. September 10–15, 2019. Pseudonym Productions at Immersive HQ @ Kismet Cowork Spring Arts, 448 North 10th Street. FringeArts.com/9412

SPIES!! Even More Spying. September 10–21, 2019. The Agency Bureau LLC at Immersive HQ @ Kismet Cowork Spring Arts, 448 North 10th Street, 6th floor. FringeArts.com/9684

Churn by Nick Jonczak. September 10–22, 2019. Mascher Space Cooperative, 155 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. FringeArts.com/9621

The Break Fast Club. September 11 + 12, 2019. Tribe 12 Performing Arts Group at Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. FringeArts.com/9618

Everything Okay in There? September 11–13, 2019. MyVision Theater Ensemble at the Philadelphia High School for Creative & Performing Arts, 901 South Broad Street. FringeArts.com/9632

Queer Bait: Sterile by Rose Luardo and Shannon Fahey. September 11–14, 2019. Good Good Comedy Theatre, 215 North 11th Street. FringeArts.com/9108  

Harrison by Harrison Scantling. September 11–14, 2019. Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9639

How It Really Happens. September 11–14, 2019. TSquared Productions at Arden Theatre Hamilton Family Arts Center, 62 North 2nd Street. FringeArts.com/9641

Party At DeeDee’s. September 11–14, 2019. Jack O’Keeffe / Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9665

Tesla’s Dream. September 11–15, 2019. The Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street. FringeArts.com/9687

There: In the Light and the Darkness of the Self and of the Other by Etel Adnan, Rosa Barba, Blanka Zizka, and the Wilma HotHouse. September 11–22, 2019. The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street. wilmatheater.org

The Mercy Seat by Neil LaBute. September 11–22, 2019. Convergent Stages at Immersive, 600 Catherine Street. FringeArts.com/9655 

Panic Trauma Sex Distraction by James Bradford. September 12, 2019. TABU. 254 S 12th Street, 3rd Floor Cabaret. freefringephilly.com

Atrytone/Fixed. September 12–14, 2019. Wings of Paper at Mayfair Theater, 6243 Frankford Avenue. FringeArts.com/9609

Stripping the Yellow Wallpaper. September 12–14, 2019. Valerie Flower and Katherine Reid at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street. FringeArts.com/9686

Fear Itself. September 12–14, 2019. The Hum’n’bards at Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal Church, 927 South Water Street. FringeArts.com/1930

Cartography by Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers. September 12–15, 2019. ArKtype at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 North American Street. FringeArts.com/cartography

A Manayunk Mystery Tour. September 12–15, 2019. Manayunk Theatre Company, begins at Manayunk Towpath, Main Street and Green Lane. FringeArts.com/9603

Manifest Destiny by Jesus G. September 12–15, 2019. Jesus Garcia at Arden Theatre, 40 North 2nd Street. FringeArts.com/9653

The Detour by Jenna Horton. September 12–20, 2019. Walking tour beginning at Welcome Park, 129 Sansom Walk.  freefringephilly.com

Shirley Valentine. September 12–22, 2019. Michelle Pauls/Claire Golden Drake at The Victoria Freehouse, 10 South Front Street. FringeArts.com/9679

Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription. September 13–15, 2019. Tina Satter/Halfstraddle at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street. FringeArts.com/9035

Coated: 1944 Circus Fire Project. September 13–15, 2019. Open Ring Circus at Secret Circus, 428 East Erie Avenue. FringeArts.com/9414

The Rose Garden. September 13–15, 2019. Emily Betts & Monti Cerabino at University of the Arts Gershman Black Box Theatre, 401 South Broad Street. FringeArts.com/9674  

Complex[ion] Woman. September 13–15, 2019. Run Boy Run Productions at Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place. FringeArts.com/9675

Eurydice by Radio Eris. September 13 + 19, 2019. Radio Eris at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street. FringeArts.com/9629

Fragments from a Witch’s Journal. September 13–21, 2019. Wild Plum Productions at Jed Williams Art Gallery, 615 Bainbridge Street. FringeArts.com/9633

Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht. September 13–21, 2019. University of the Arts – Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at Caplan Studio Theater, 211 South Broad Street, 16th floor. FringeArts.com/9656

My Last Revolution. September 13–21, 2019. Gerhardus at Yorick & Sons, 1864 Frankford Avenue. FringeArts.com/9659

NecroPhillyAhhh: A FUNeral Cabaret. September 13–21, 2019. REV Theatre Company at Ulana’s, 205 Bainbridge Street. FringeArts.com/9661 

Ben Franklin Sex Party by Sarah Knittel and Bradley Wrenn. September 13–21, 2019. Pilot + Projects 1719 N. 5th Street. freefringephilly.com/acts/ben-franklin-sex-party

RE: SHE, a litany of adventures. September 13–22, 2019. the after-image FringeArts.com/9668

FreeWork. September 13–22, 2019. Open Concept Productions Kleinbard, 1717 Arch Street. FringeArts.com/9634

The Illustrated Woman by Nancy Kiefer. September 13–22, 2019. University of the Arts – Ira Brind School of Theater at Caplan Studio Theater, 211 South Broad Street, 16th Floor. FringeArts.com/9643

Lysistrata, Cross Your Legs Sister! September 13–22, 2019. Kaleidoscope Cultural Arts Collective at Kline Theater at the Church of the Advocate, 2121 Gratz Street. FringeArts.com/9652

she didn’t want to be found. September 13–22, 2019. Three Sheets at The Iron Factory, 118 Fontain Street, 3rd Floor. FringeArts.com/9678

Alternative Theater Festival 2019. September 14, 2019. iNtuitons Experimental Theatre at Platt Performing Arts House, 3702 Spruce Street. FringeArts.com/9605

The Live-Streaming Confessional of #stacylucky by Leigh E. Bicica. September 14–22, 2019. Twenty-Two Gallery,  236 South 22nd Street. FringeArts.com/9651

our ouija board, the games we played, the shit we conjured, & the dead dude we hate-fucked by Haygen-Brice Walker. September 15–22, 2019. On the Rocks at Asian Arts Initiative Studio B, 1219 Vine Street. FringeArts.com/9663

Row After Row by Jessica Dickey. September 16–18, 2019. Lucky’s Pub, 1820 S. 13th Street. freefringephilly.com

Happy Days. September 17, 2019. SpArc Services at Arden Theatre Hamilton Family Arts Center, 62 North 2nd Street. FringeArts.com/9638

Medusa Volution. September 17–20, 2019. Samieva Theater at the Maas Building, 1325 North Randolph Street. FringeArts.com/9654

An Act of God by David Javerbaum. September 17–October 13, 2019. Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. brtstage.org

MYOB: Mind Your Own Body: Irreconcilable Differences and Other Tales by Denise McCormack. September 18 + 20, 2019. The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street. freefringephilly.com

Prestige Drama by Michael S. Watkins and Joe Bell. September 18–21, 2019. Good Good Comedy Theatre, 215 North 11th Street. FringeArts.com/9106 

Everybody Loves Each Other These Days by Nathan Crawford. September 18–21, 2019. Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9631

Beyond The Light. September 18–22, 2019. Pantea Productions at Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th Street. FringeArts.com/9614

Suicide Ward: The Musical! September 19, 2019. A-Space Anarchist Community Center, 4722 Baltimore Avenue. freefringephilly.com

Un Poyo Rojo. September 19–21, 2019. Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 North American Street. FringeArts.com/un-poyo-rojo

Translation: Cracking the Girl Code by Terrell M. Green. September 19 + 22, 2019. 267 Productions Co. at Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar, 254 South 12th Street and William Way Center. FringeArts.com/9688

12 Chairs. September 19–21, 2019. Juniper Productions at Buttonwood Studios, 1022 Buttonwood Street. FringeArts.com/9601

See Amid The Winter Snow by Peter Fenton. September 19–21, 2019. ByPeterFenton.com at Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. FringeArts.com/9677

B. Franklin: Words Matter by Albert Sherman. September 19–22, 2019. First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street. FringeArts.com/9612

The Insanity of Mary Girard. September 19–22, 2019. Allens Lane Theater, 601 West Allens Lane. FringeArts.com/9647 

Pursuit of Happiness. September 20 + 21, 2019. Nature Theater of Oklahoma & EN-KNAP Group at Mandell Theater at Drexel University, 3220 Chestnut Street. FringeArts.com/9080

Brand New Pieta by Molly Ward. September 20–22, 2019. Magu Yoga, 6825 Germantown Avenue. FringeArts.com/9617

4:18 AM / Chaos Theory. September 20–22, 2019. Circadium School of Contemporary Circus, 6452 Greene Street. FringeArts.com/9403

I Know It Was the Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman. September 20–22, 2019. Tara Lake / Lawnmower Media at 1813 South 11th Street (entrance in rear). FringeArts.com/9642  

Women in Mummers Project September 20–22, 2019. Golden Sunrise NYA, 230 Greenwich Street. FringeArts.com/9693

Rail. September 20–27, 2019. Missing Bolts Productions at Racquet Club of Philadelphia, 215 South 16th Street. FringeArts.com/9670

Fringes of Society Marathon Relay by various writers. September 21, 2019. Philadelphia Dramatists Center at 4050 Arts Community Room, 4050 Haverford Avenue. freefringephilly.com 

Puppet-delphia Fringe Slam. September 21, 2019. Pantea Productions at Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th Street. FringeArts.com/9667

I’m Just Kidneying by Amanda Nicastro. September 21, 2019. Dirty Franks, 347 S. 13th Street. freefringephilly.com

Guerrilla Banana Recall. September 21, 2019. 30th Street Station & Market/Frankford Line. freefringephilly.com

Home Show by Rebekah Rickards. September 21, 2019. Secret location. freefringephilly.com

Let Me Die by Joseph Keckler. September 21–28, 2019. FringeArts, 140 N. Christopher Columbus Boulevard. operaphila.org

The Office! A Musical Parody. September 28 + 29, 2019. Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad Street. kimmelcenter.org

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