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
An ALL-Black OTHELLO: Director Ozzie Jones talks about his “gloriously liberating” casting for Theatre in the X, part 2
In part two of our interview with Ozzie Jones, the director talks about his decision to cast an ALL-black OTHELLO.
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Bringing OTHELLO to the Hood: Interview with director Ozzie Jones, part 1
Henrik Eger speaks to director Ozzie Jones about Theatre in the X and presenting Shakespeare in an area some call “the hood”.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Bucks County Playhouse): Spelling good times
Take a few awkward adolescents, put them in a competition moderated by awkward adults, toss some words (or some formulation of one) at them, and…
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Back in White: Philadelphia’s fourth annual DÎNER EN BLANC
The elegant group picnic returns with entertainment by DJ Sabeel Chohan, dance troupe The Canarsie Wobblers, and The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret.
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THE SECRETARIES (Quince): An erotic-hilarious farce—not suited for an embarrassed young man?
Warning: Don’t see this erotic-thriller-parody if you take life too seriously! Also: Don’t take life to seriously.
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Fringe Late Night: FULL Schedule and Preview
For this year’s Fringe Festival, King Britt and Kate Watson-Wallace has put together a tasty schedule of Late Night offerings at the Fringe bar.
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PAC Presents THE CAPTIVE: FringeArts Interview with Dan Hodge
Philadelphia Artists Collective has produced some of the finest works of the last few Fringe Festivals. Director Dan Hodge tells us about this year’s offering.
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2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater
Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!
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Fringe Preview: THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister)
The creators/performers of THE LIGHT PRINCESS discuss the development of their adaptation of the 19th-century Scottish fairytale before its workshop production in the Fringe.
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1 Actor, 1 Audience Member, 64 Shows, 10 Billion Possibilities: Sam Henderson’s 100 takes over the Fringe Festival
Sam Henderson is keeping the location and the subject of his Fringe show secret. In this interview, Phindie tries to squeeze out a little more information.
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AT THE FLASH (Quince/GayFest!): No wigs, no props, no problem
Leeper uses the story of five disparate characters at one gay bar to trace five decades of LGBT history.
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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (REV): I wasn’t brought up on Shakespeare; an epistolary review
This review of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors was written in form of an Open Letter to a teenager from Jamaica.
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GayFest! Reveals a Different Kind of “Love Triangle”: Interview with MOTHER TONGUE playwright F.J. Hartland, part 2
Part 2 of our interview with GayFest! playwright FJ Hartland.
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The limits of forgiveness: Interview with FROM WHITE PLAINS playwright Michael Perlman
Successful young director-playwright Michael Perlman talks to Phindie ahead of his new play in GayFest! 2015.
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RAGE OF ACHILLES (CCTC): The absurdity and tragedy of war
Commonwealth Classic Theatre presents a world-premiere production of Paul Parente’s meaningful tragicomedy on the absurdities and horrors of war, inspired by the events and characters from Homer’s Iliad.
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ASYLUM (Cheril N. Clarke): A shout loud enough to hear
In a room where everyone else is whispering, ASYLUM screams at the top of its lungs: “Listen.”
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Tongue & Groove asks “Who Are You? Who who, who who?”
This month, Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater is revisiting their popular improv show, WHO, in which the audience is asked to honestly answer the simple question “Who Are You?”
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#DigitalFringe: The Fringe Festival gets digital
The 2015 Fringe Festival introduces a new component, Digital Fringe, an online platform where artists working in digital media can share their work.
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GayFest! 2015: Preview and schedule
GayFest! shows feature gay characters, but they are no more “gay plays” than plays featuring straight characters are “straight plays”.
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Cruising through History with Rainbow Sails at GayFest!: Interview with Sean Chandler and David Leeper, co-authors of AT THE FLASH, part 2
Part two of our interview with GayFest! cowriters David Leeper and Sean Chandler.
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