Tag: Chris Davis

Chris Davis plays Vronsky in ANNA K (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist)
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Anna K (Chris Davis): 2014 Fringe Review 40.2

Kathryn Osenlund September 15, 2014 No Comments

It would be fun to call ANNA K an irreverent romp through Tolstoy’s 1870s novel, Anna Karenina, but in fact playwright Chris Davis reverences the material in his own way. For all its comedy, and there’s plenty in his South Philly-style version, the play scans the storyline and retains underlying issues.

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Michael Durkin, Bathtub Moby-Dick
Dance Fringe Festival Theater

Mike Durkin’s 10 Fringe Picks: Fringe-tastic and great-image choices from The Renegade Company director

Michael Durkin August 29, 2014 No Comments

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,

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Phindie's Official Fringe Bike Tour led by Julius Ferraro
Dance Features Fringe Festival Theater

PHINDIE’S OFFICIAL FRINGE BIKE TOUR: Experience Fringe in a way never before possible

Julius Ferraro August 25, 2014 No Comments

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?

Join Phindie for a one-day Fringe immersion, led by Julius Ferraro—Phindie.com theater editor, journalist, playwright, performer, and veteran fringehopper.

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Incubator artist Asaki Kuruma
Previews Theater

NOTES from the INCUBATOR (Simpatico): Entry Three: World of BI(?!)LINGUAL

Asaki Kuruma May 24, 2014 No Comments

When you hear the word “bilingual” what do you picture in your mind? International, business-y personnel? Or one of those lucky kids who happened to have parents who speak different languages? Or growing up in a different country? Well, I’m don’t fit in any of those scenarios, except being international, sure, but that’s about it. None of my family speaks English. I learned it in school because I had to, and was awful at it. I hated the subject throughout the years of forced education. But then life turns in a strange way, and somehow I ended up in this city with an unpronounceable name for almost a decade now. My every day life is in English. I ask myself over and over again: “What am I doing here?”

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Incubator artist R. Eric Thomas.
Features Previews Theater

NOTES from the INCUBATOR (Simpatico): Entry Two: Getting So Frustrated

R. Eric Thomas March 26, 2014 No Comments

My mother tells a story about a time when I was young—3-years-old or 4—and I was trying desperately to get the swing I was seated on moving. My little legs kicked and kicked but I stayed motionless. After a minute or two, an adult came over and gave me a push and that’s all it took. I caught the momentum and I was swinging! As she tells it, I turned to the little boy on the swing next to mine and exclaimed in a giddy, high-pitched voice “I was getting so frustrated! Were you getting frustrated, too, Brooksie? I was getting so frustrated!”

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