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Part of an ongoing international tour, FringeArts’ 13-performance engagement of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit follows the playwright’s rules: A script waits in a sealed envelope. ach night, a different actor steps on stage and opens the envelope, reading the script aloud for the first—and last—time.
View More Fringe preview: Actor schedule for WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT includes David Morse
Dance writer Merilyn Jackson gives her picks for the 2014 Fringe Festival, with the page numbers from the Fringe Guide for helpful reference.
View More Merilyn Jackson’s 9 Fringe Dance Picks
Theater writer Jessica Foley is seeing 20 Fringe plays in 20 days. Why is she starting with Ionesco’s Rhinoceros?
View More Foley’s Fringe Binge 2014: 20 Shows in 20 days. Who’s On First?
In this special Phindie feature, Chris interviews Doug about safe spaces, role-playing, and the playwriting process.
View More Playwright to playwright: Douglas Williams (Safe Space) interviewed by Chris Davis (Anna K)
Mike breaks down his picks into two categories: Fringe-tastic are those that embrace the festival, try new ways to story-tell and create an exciting audience experience. The Guide Image picks are picked solely on their image in the guide,
View More Mike Durkin’s 10 Fringe Picks: Fringe-tastic and great-image choices from The Renegade Company director
Every fan of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival has seen Josh McIlvain’s work—even if they haven’t seen his theatrical work. For the past few years Josh has…
View More Fringe interview: Josh McIlvain on SLIDESHOWs and editing the Fringe Guide
Now in its 18th year, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival has changed a lot since its early days. Once a small weeklong Old City event, with…
View More Fringe interview with Michelle Pauls: LIVING IN EXILE and the early days of the Fringe
Sometimes, the best thing you’ll see in a Fringe Festival will be an unexpected delight at the FREE late night cabaret. (Last years highlight: Greg…
View More Fringe preview: Full line-up of the late night cabaret
Some contemporary choreographers prefer not to explain, in concrete terms, what they intend their choreography to mean, but Trajal Harrell is happy not only to talk about his dance works, but also his creative process. In a phone interview from Berlin earlier this month, Harrell delved into the various aspects of his dance-theater opus Antigone Sr. / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (L), before its opening as one of the centerpiece shows at 2014 FringeArts.
View More Fringe preview: Trajal Harrell brings Greek theater ‘Realness’
Phindie spoke to Colie McClellan about her Fringe show THEY CALL ME ARETHUSA, a story of intimate partner violence interweaved with Greek mythology and Southern folklore.
View More Fringe interview with Colie McClellan of THEY CALL ME ARETHUSA
In this special Phindie feature, Holly’s Dead Soldiers alums Douglas Williams and Chris Davis talk about Chris’s new work and his recent trip to Scotland for the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe.
View More Playwright to playwright: Chris Davis (Anna K) interviewed by Douglas Williams (Safe Space)
The Renegade Company presents a new work, The Hunchback of Notre Dame…A Mute Play, as its offering for the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
View More Fringe preview: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Mute Play: Trailer
Wanna experience the best of Fringe, but don’t know how? Overwhelmed by the offerings of the Guide? Fearful to take your first taste of Philly’s oldest and largest performance festival and somehow get it wrong? Or else just don’t want to do it alone?
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View More PHINDIE’S OFFICIAL FRINGE BIKE TOUR: Experience Fringe in a way never before possible
Geoff Sobelle’s The Object Lesson, which premiered at the 2013 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, is the winner of the 2014 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh award.
View More Philly-born ‘The Object Lesson’ Takes Top Prize at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance writer Lew Whittington gives 10 “moving” picks for the 2014 Fringe Festival
View More 10 Fringe Dance Picks: Lew Whittington on the best of the 2014 Fringe Festival
Plays and Players Theatre is host to x shows in this year’s Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the upstairs bar is a regular after-show spot for Fringe performers, so Daniel Student, artistic director of the resident theater company, has his finger on the festival pulse. Daniel told Phindie what he’s looking forward to this year, at P&P and beyond.
View More Fringe Picks: Daniel Student gives his shameless plugs and insider tips
Perennial Fringe favorite Brian Sanders and his dare-devil dance company JUNK have created a provocative new offering for this year’s Festival. Described as a journey…
View More Talking Sex, Substance, and SUSPENDED with Brian Sanders
Philadelphia artist and choreographer Gunnar Montana is no stranger to the Fringe Festival. Since his show ‘RUB’ debuted in 2012, the seriously experimental Montana has…
View More Gunnar Montana rises: Interview with the experimental Fringe stalwart about his show RESURRECTION ROOM
Playwright Douglas Williams collaborated on a stand-out Fringe hit of 2013, Holly’s Dead Soldiers Doug shared five picks the 2014 Fest.
View More Doug Williams’s 5 Fringe Picks: Festival fave reveals his not-to-miss shows
Phindie will provide more Philly Fringe Festival coverage than any publication in the world! Coverage begins with 15 picks from star Phindie writer Deb Miller.
View More Deb Miller’s 15 Top Picks for the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival