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    Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance

    This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage

    Smalley Bogg February 26, 2026 No Comments
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  • Reviews Theater

    RARE ACCIDENTS: HENRY IV parts I and II abridged (Quintessence): A quick visit to Eastcheap

    We are treated to a rare spectacle in a show that would surely please Shakespeare.

    Kathryn Osenlund February 24, 2026 No Comments
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  • Reviews Theater

    MACBETH (Lantern): Dancing, singing… and murder

    In opening scenes three Weird Sisters, witches, brew evil in a pot using scarce ingredients like eye of newt. They cherry pick the future for Macbeth with oracular accuracy, giving over the goods while leaving out important elements.

    Kathryn Osenlund November 11, 2025 1 Comment
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    A Life Unfolds: Kathryn Grody’s The Unexpected 3rd

    Acclaimed actor and writer Kathryn Grody brings her wit, warmth, and sharp perspective to People’s Light in The Unexpected 3rd. Known for her distinctive voice…

    Debra Danese September 19, 2025 No Comments
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  • Reviews Theater

    A Summer Day (Wilma): Existential and eccentric

    An existential and eccentric play , it’s not light-hearted theater.

    Kathryn Osenlund June 24, 2025 No Comments
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Dance Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews

SOUL PROJECT (David Zambrano): 2015 Fringe review 66

Brendan Tetsuo September 21, 2015 No Comments

An intensely physical performance rooted in an extreme manifestation of experience, SOUL PROJECT, is able to create a powerful reaction of joy and passion

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TRACES OF SHE (Evalina Carbonell, Meredith Stapleton, Kat J. Sullivan): 2015 Fringe review 65

Katelyn Bobek September 21, 2015 No Comments

Three works focused on “the female embodied”.

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When an actor cannot move, the director has to jump in: Tina Brock is the new KING in the sold-out final performances of Ionesco’s classic

Henrik Eger September 20, 2015 2 Comments

Director Tina Brock shares her thoughts as she steps into the lead role for IRC’s final performances of EXIT THE KING

View More When an actor cannot move, the director has to jump in: Tina Brock is the new KING in the sold-out final performances of Ionesco’s classic
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

NOT FOR PROFIT (Ferdinand): 2015 Fringe review 64

Joshua Millhouse September 20, 2015 No Comments

A theater company, in the midst of financial crisis, ventures into new and risky territory in its upcoming production of The Tempest.

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100 (Sam Henderson): 2015 Fringe review 63

Jessica Foley September 20, 2015 No Comments

100 is more than an elegantly written play told in random pieces—it’s an intense experience if you are open to it.

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Fringe in Sketch 9: SOLDIER BEAR (Leila and Pantea Productions)

Aaron Krolikowski September 20, 2015 No Comments

As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.

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2,000 MOVEMENTS (Gregory Holt): 2015 Fringe review 62

Brendan Tetsuo September 20, 2015 No Comments

An exploration of unrepeated and layered movements, Gregory Holt’s 2,000 MOVEMENTS is a living archive of body and space

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LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Revolution Shakespeare): 2015 Fringe review 61

Debra Miller September 20, 2015 No Comments

A clever new take on Shakespeare’s early romantic comedy imparts the flavor of 1960’s-70s Americana with live country-rock music and a multi-talented cast of actors/singers/musicians.

View More LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Revolution Shakespeare): 2015 Fringe review 61
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Fringe in Sketch 8: JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective)

Aaron Krolikowski September 20, 2015 No Comments

As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.

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THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 60

Henrik Eger September 20, 2015 No Comments

Charles Dickens comes undead at this haunting site-specific show.

View More THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 60
Dance Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews

INTO THE LIGHTS (Dancefusion & Ballet Fleming): 2015 Fringe review 59

Debra Miller September 20, 2015 No Comments

Modern dance meets contemporary ballet in an expressive collaboration by two of Philadelphia’s top-notch companies.

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IN TRANSIT: DANCE|MUSIC|THEATER (FringeArts / PMA): 2015 Fringe review 58

Eri Yoneda September 18, 2015 No Comments

Staged in the American Art Galleries in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this interactive pop-up work of art, gives a new insight into how to “experience” the…

View More IN TRANSIT: DANCE|MUSIC|THEATER (FringeArts / PMA): 2015 Fringe review 58
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JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.2

Lisa Panzer September 18, 2015 No Comments

o subtitles necessary to hear praises sung for women astronomers of the late 19th century.

View More JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.2
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JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.1

Debra Miller September 17, 2015 No Comments

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.

View More JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.1
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CAREFUL INJURIES (Other Case Notes Ensemble): 2015 Fringe review 56

Katelyn Bobek September 17, 2015 No Comments

Composed as a series of vignettes, CAREFUL INJURIES “began as an examination of physical states and expressions of comfort, fear, and exhaustion.”

View More CAREFUL INJURIES (Other Case Notes Ensemble): 2015 Fringe review 56
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SUITE N˚2 (Encyclopédie de la Parole / Joris Lacoste): 2015 Fringe review 55

Christopher Munden September 16, 2015 No Comments

Part chorale work, part theater, and part compelling curated art, this peculiarly affecting piece examines the diversity of contemporary communication.

View More SUITE N˚2 (Encyclopédie de la Parole / Joris Lacoste): 2015 Fringe review 55
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Fringe in Sketch 7: UNARMED (Arielle Pina)

Aaron Krolikowski September 16, 2015 No Comments

As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.

View More Fringe in Sketch 7: UNARMED (Arielle Pina)
The cast (Patricia Durante, Robb Hutter, Anna Lou Hearn, and Jenna Kuerzi) of IRC’s EXIT THE KING (Photo credit: Johanna Austin)
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“Performing Ionesco is a sport”: Interview with EXIT THE KING director Tina Brock

Henrik Eger September 16, 2015 No Comments

Henrik Eger talks to director Tina Brock about this intriguing Fringe production.

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KILL WILL (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 54

Debra Miller September 16, 2015 No Comments

Seven actors explain, enact, and parody a series of Shakespeare’s “bloody bits” in this fast, furious, and funny mash-up of The Bard’s iconic death and battle scenes.

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Dance Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews

DANCES WITH SOCKS (Megan Flynn Dance): 2015 Fringe review 53

Jane Fries for The Dance Journal September 16, 2015 No Comments

A series of short sketches of people in process. Carefully crafted dances that pulled the audience into the performers’ private worlds.

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