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    ROMEO AND JULIET (Arden): Bounty as boundless as the sea

    It’s quite likely that you’ll never see a finer performance of this Shakespearean warhorse.

    Kathryn Osenlund March 18, 2026 No Comments
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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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    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 1 Comment
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    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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PAPRIKA PLAINS (Natalie Fletcher / Jessica Noel): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 24, 2018 No Comments

Like a Joni Mitchell song, PAPRIKA PLAINS is intimate, artful, and affecting.

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Fringe Festival Reviews

TIAN WEN: Heavenly Questions for Modern Times (Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions): 2018 Fringe review

Eri Yoneda September 24, 2018 No Comments

Am I dreaming of being a butterfly or is the butterfly dreaming of being me?

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Scenes from the 2018 Fringe Festival

Chuck Schultz September 24, 2018 No Comments

Sketches of the Philly Fringe by Chuck Schultz.

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DARLINGS: KILL US (Good Good Comedy): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 23, 2018 No Comments

In a word: Funny.

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“Nobody’s trash opinion is worth being late to brunch over”: Interview with Brandon Monokian

Tina Gill September 22, 2018 No Comments

Brandon Monokian of Love Drunk Life talks about his 2018 Fringe experience

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Berlin to Broadway, a Musical Voyage with Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill: Cast interview

Henrik Eger September 21, 2018 No Comments

This Fringe, the Department of Theatre and Dance at West Chester University of Pennsylvania (WCU) presented Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill, a Musical Voyage,with a cast from the Theater and Drama Department.

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LONG TROUBLE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 21, 2018 No Comments

There’s a lovely simplicity in Elise D’Avella’s staging of the tragic story.

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Fringe in Sketch: POWERPOINTS FOR MY FRIENDS (Megan Chialastri / PHIT)

Aaron Krolikowski September 21, 2018 No Comments

Philly Improv Theater presents powerpoints for my friends at the Adrienne.

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PHAEDRA’S LOVE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 21, 2018 No Comments

Two decades after her suicide, Kane remains one of the most truthful voices in theater. Svaha’s production captures her brilliance.

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ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review (2nd)

Margaret Darby September 21, 2018 No Comments

Another review of IRC’s 2018 Fringe piece.

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Fringe in Sketch: PLUNGE (Brian Sanders’ JUNK)

Aaron Krolikowski September 20, 2018 No Comments

Brian Sander’s JUNK presents PLUNGE in The Patio at 10th and Hamilton.

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TRUE WEST (Subscension): 2018 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 20, 2018 No Comments

This little company has heft and promise. The Fringe has given them the opportunity to launch and they’ve certainly taken advantage of it.

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BON IVER FIGHTS A BEAR (mauraampersanddoug): 2018 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate September 20, 2018 No Comments

Justin is a heartbroken young musician who escapes to his father’s cabin in the middle of nowhere

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I <3 ADRIAEN (Gerhardus): 2018 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 20, 2018 No Comments

An artful blend of theater and history thrives among the tombstones at Old Swedes Church

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Fringe in Sketch: CHICHI CHIP: an ode to the Gnarly (Philly Kerplop)

Aaron Krolikowski September 19, 2018 No Comments

Philly Kerplop presents CHICHI CHIP (an ode to the Gnarly) in LOVE Park. An interactive performance featuring hip-hop dance and a live band.

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DAY OF ABSENCE (Flying Quilt/Iron Age): 2018 Fringe review

Smalley Bogg September 18, 2018 No Comments

It’s haunting how relevant—and funny—this somewhat dated piece remains

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COCKTAIL PLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 18, 2018 1 Comment

Slightly buzzed from our gin-and-honey bees knees, we find the site-specific plays by a diverse group of local playwrights make for welcoming, accessible, easy-to-enjoy theater.

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(KENSINGTON) STREETPLAY (Renegade): 2018 Fringe review

Jessica Foley September 18, 2018 No Comments

I wish Renegade could conduct these walking performances all year round

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MOONWRITERS: Local Women Writers (Rhythm & Bones Literary Magazine): 2018 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 18, 2018 No Comments

Several local women writers perform their work in an illuminating, engagingly entertaining literary slam-dunk of an event

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THE PRESENTED (Chris Davis): 2018 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 17, 2018 No Comments

Chris Davis has come into his own as an exuberant and irresistible Rumpelstiltskin who spins his own life’s straw into gold.

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