MARIE ANTOINETTE (Curio): You say you want a revolution?
Danton, Marat, Robespierre, and their ilk have mostly been forgotten, while the guillotined Marie retains fame.
Brenna Geffers
REALLY (Theatre Exile): Camera obscura
Discomfort is the name of the game here, but to what purpose?
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messy
This musical theater version of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, launches EgoPo’s season as a cabaret/fundraiser.
International Fringe 2017: A welcome to theater from around the world coming to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Welcome to Philadelphia, international Fringe artists.
2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards
Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.
Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
DELIRIUM (EgoPo): 60-second review
At 800+ pages, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov would not seem ideally suited to theatrical interpretation.
International Fringe 2016: A welcome to theater from around the world, including refugees
The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 28 countries
SHADOW HOUSE (Brenna Geffers and Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2016 Fringe review 2
This site-specific installation unravels the layers of emotion and humanity that the historic Powel House contains
Deb Miller’s Top Picks for the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Can’t decide what to see in the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival? Check out Deb Miller’s recommendations in her annual top picks preview.
MACHINAL (EgoPo): Welcome to the machine
A dank, metallic, appropriately oppressive feel imbues this production of Sophie Treadwell’s 90-year-old play.
THE IT GIRL (Simpatico): Sounds of silence that still resonate
A world-premiere fictionalized bio-play on silent-film star Clara Bow captures the era and the lessons of her life and career as seen through a contemporary lens.
K.O. DelMarcelle: Maintaining versatility with an eye on the future
Barrymore Award-nominated actress and choreographer K.O. DelMarcelle talks about her past experiences, current life, and future aspirations.
LA RONDE (Brenna Geffers): Moving around and switching around Schnitzler
A new site-specific re-envisioning of Schnitzler’s 19th-century play brings post-modern import to his now-historic examination of socio-sexual mores.
JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.2
o subtitles necessary to hear praises sung for women astronomers of the late 19th century.
JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.1
An experimental world-premiere opera gives voice to the unsung women heroes of astrophysics at Harvard in the 1890s, with a cutting-edge score, non-linear libretto, and expressionist movement.
2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater
Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!
Theater’s Second Sex: Caridad Svich on playwriting as a woman, as an act of political resistance, and for the first Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival
When Caridad Svich decided to be a playwright, she read every playwright in the public library. Only one of them was a woman. Svich talks to Phindie ahead of the PWTF.
Deb Miller’s 15 Top Picks for the 2015 Fringe Festival
Top Philly theater writer Deb Miller previews the best of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
