Sarah Robinson produced and directed one of the highlights of the 2012 Fringe, Sarah Kane’s Crave. She’s also a regular feature on the boards in…
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[33] PAPERBACK DREADFUL (Shannon House): Fringe review
Improv is the jam band genre of theater: it often seems more fun to do than fun to watch. Sure, it provides tools to young…
View More [33] PAPERBACK DREADFUL (Shannon House): Fringe review[32.1] THE SEA PLAYS (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): Fringe review
With a series of celebrated readings and full productions (including 2012 Fringe hit The Creditors) Philadelphia Artists’ Collective has established a reputation as one of…
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The FringeArts-sponsored On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God is one of the most anticipated shows of the 2013 Fringe Festival.…
View More Fringe interview: BSM Pastor Bill Golderer talks about the controversial On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God[29] HOW TO MAKE POTATO SALAD (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review
Three potatoes, peeled with difficulty (“you drive me as crazy as my date will”) by long fingernails and diced Two apples, crudely peeled (“how come…
View More [29] HOW TO MAKE POTATO SALAD (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review[24.1] ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH (Strange Attractor Theatre Company): Fringe review
“You’re not here.” “Yes I am.” “But you’re not supposed to be here.” —ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH Someone once said that war is months…
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Jennifer Blaine (jenniferblaine.wordpress.com) had a one-woman show in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival for the first ten years of its existence (beginning in 1997). She has been…
View More Jennifer Blaine tells Phindie a DIRTY JOKE: An interview with a Fringe funnywoman[16] THE SAFE WORD IS BEGONIA (B. Someday Productions): Fringe review
Walking Fish Theatre has won accolades (including a 2010 Barrymore) for its programs in education and children’s theater. But Ari Flamingo’s THE SAFE WORD IS…
View More [16] THE SAFE WORD IS BEGONIA (B. Someday Productions): Fringe review[11] THE MOMENTUM (Collaboration Town): Fringe review
“This morning I woke up in the spinning hole of momentum,” begins Geoffrey Decas O’Donnell as a self-help devotee in CTown’s THE MOMENTUM, “riding momentum……
View More [11] THE MOMENTUM (Collaboration Town): Fringe review[8] A DOLL’S HOUSE (EgoPo Classic Theatre): Fringe review
A DOLL’S HOUSE, Henrik Ibsen’s classic tale of female confinement, is ripe for adaptation to the world of a teenage girl: the claustrophobia of a…
View More [8] A DOLL’S HOUSE (EgoPo Classic Theatre): Fringe review2013 Philly Fringe Festival :: the MOST coverage and Six Picks for the Festival
As its mission, Phindie provides independent coverage of Philadelphia theater and arts, with a focus on independent theater. So the Philly Fringe Festival* is a…
View More 2013 Philly Fringe Festival :: the MOST coverage and Six Picks for the Festival[4] 4PLAY (Crack the Glass Theatre Company): Fringe review
Short plays by unknown playwrights, mixed performances by rarely seen actors, an upstart company that takes statement-making risks: this is what the Fringe is all…
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There’s still a cachet and a natural audience draw when a work is staged in the center of town, and that’s still where most of…
View More Fringe Preview 9: Center City FringeFringe Preview 8: Old City Fringe
Once upon a time the Old City Fringe was the Philly Fringe. Old City on the first Friday in September was the place to be,…
View More Fringe Preview 8: Old City FringeFringe Preview 7: South Philly Fringe
It’s perhaps peculiar that there aren’t more established theater spaces in South Philadelphia (The Shubin and Theatre Exile’s new headquarters are lonely outposts). And in…
View More Fringe Preview 7: South Philly FringeFringe Preview 6: North Liberties Fringe
For a while, Northern Liberties replaced Old City as a hub of the Fringe, with the headquarters of the former Live Arts and Philly Fringe,…
View More Fringe Preview 6: North Liberties FringeGriffin Stanton-Ameisen: An interview with the actor/producer of THE PLAYDATERS about theater, relationships, and romcoms.
With credits at almost every independent theater company in town (PAC, EgoPo, Luna, Simpatico, Renegade, Quintessence, etc.), Griffin Stanton-Ameisen has built a reputation as one of…
View More Griffin Stanton-Ameisen: An interview with the actor/producer of THE PLAYDATERS about theater, relationships, and romcoms.Michael Durkin: An interview with the creator of BATHTUB MOBY-DICK about, er, Moby-Dick and baths.
Call me Ishmael. As founding artistic director of The Renegade Company (therenegadecompany.org), Michael Durkin has provided Philadelphia audiences with a stream of engaging theatrical productions: Hamletmachine,…
View More Michael Durkin: An interview with the creator of BATHTUB MOBY-DICK about, er, Moby-Dick and baths.Fringe Preview 5: Fishtown–Kensington Fringe
Philly’s fastest developing neighborhood (seriously, every time I go up there there’s some unrecognizable new Euro-chic housing units or hipster art galleries) is home to…
View More Fringe Preview 5: Fishtown–Kensington FringeLiam Castellan: An interview with the director of TRAVELING LIGHT
Director/producer Liam Castellan of Liam’s Sofa Cushion Fortress is bringing London’s “Summer of Love” to the 2013 Fringe. His Philadelphia premiere production of Traveling Light, a contemporary piece by local…
View More Liam Castellan: An interview with the director of TRAVELING LIGHT