Big Dance Theater has built a reputation of articulate and speculative work, pairing theater and dance to dissect both historical and contemporary ideals. 17c is comical and stark, and the…

TRIAGE is a loosely formed conceit in which a manic-fairy-pixie host wearing a gas mask prances around, forcing the audience to watch bad improv. It’s as fun as it sounds….

Old style ‘On’ and ‘Applause’ signs light up. The show starts.

“We are storytellers,” Joy Madden begins.

The Berserker Residents may parody the conventions of theater, but they clearly believe in its power

Tatarsky’s daring, inventive, rapid-fire wordplay is unlike anything you’ll see on a Philly stage

A sketch-comedy, drinking play designed to get you drunk while making you laugh at the absurdities of over-imbibing.

An inventive and terrifying take on a classic ghost story

Shuchman and Johnson take us through the trenches of psychological warfare with unforgettable performances

Alfred Jarry, Doctor Faustus, and Punch & Judy combine in hilarious puppetry.

An ambitious, unfinished work by one of Philadelphia’s best.

Anyone who has sung around a campfire can attest to the power of music to elicit feelings of closeness

Sketch comedy group The Waitstaff is the longest continuously producing company in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. They must be doing something right.

The best bartenders remember you by the names of the cocktails you drink.

How do you capture A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH in a 90 minute play while appealing to an audience aged 3-99?

Another other take on NPL’s HELLO BLACKOUT!

Relevant themes and ideas rarely seen on an opera stage

The Fringe is an excellent place for companies to mount political protest plays

The story of a third-wave feminist / lefty peace activist unable to resist her essentially Orientalist fantasies

I, PEASEBLOSSOM is a lark, even compared to its light-hearted inspiration, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.