Love happens, even in a setting dedicated to concentrated evil, as an American girl becomes a fierce Nazi uber-princess.
View More CAMP SIEGFRIED (Theatre Exile): An unlikely love storyTag: Jenna Kuerzi
10 Picks for the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
The Fringe Festival kinda crept up on us this year, but here are a few shows we’re looking out for this festival.
View More 10 Picks for the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe FestivalIRC Goes Into the Absurd with A Weekly Virtually Existential Dinner Conversation
Philly’s absurdist theater company continues to bring good nothingness to life even in this time of absurd nothingness
View More IRC Goes Into the Absurd with A Weekly Virtually Existential Dinner ConversationReading Every Play That Won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill (1920): Chosen by Committee Episode 2
In episode 2 of Chosen by Committee, the podcast considering every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, hosts Josh, John, and Christopher discuss Eugene O’Neill’s 1920 tragedy. They mostly loved it.
View More Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill (1920): Chosen by Committee Episode 2JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM (Jenna Kuerzi + Val Dunn): Pirates of the leisure class
We’re all fucked, enjoy the show.
View More JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM (Jenna Kuerzi + Val Dunn): Pirates of the leisure classTHE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy tale
“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.”
View More THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy taleTheater in Sketch: JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM (Val Dunn & Jenna Kuerzi)
I was looking forward to catching Val Dunn and Jenna Kuerzi’s presentation on late-stage capitalism, JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM, ever since I first…
View More Theater in Sketch: JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM (Val Dunn & Jenna Kuerzi)Theater in Sketch: LET IT SNOWDEN (Hella Fresh Theater)
Theater takes us out of the fictional world we occasionally mistake as real.
View More Theater in Sketch: LET IT SNOWDEN (Hella Fresh Theater)JOHNNY DEPP (Val Dunn & Jenna Kuerzi): A Valentine date with late-stage capitalism
I didn’t dare to tell anyone what “Depp” means to German-speakers, as I didn’t want to spoil the most unusual Valentine’s date I had in…
View More JOHNNY DEPP (Val Dunn & Jenna Kuerzi): A Valentine date with late-stage capitalismWhat is Theatre Week? What to See? And other insights from Jenna Kuerzi
Jenna Kuerzi is in almost every Philly Theatre Week show. She tells us all about it.
View More What is Theatre Week? What to See? And other insights from Jenna KuerziMule for Hire: John Rosenberg returns to Philly with some hella fresh theater
Our favorite DIY theatermaker returns to Philadelphia with a new play that probably won’t suck
View More Mule for Hire: John Rosenberg returns to Philly with some hella fresh theaterWOLFCRUSH: a queer werewolf play (On the Rocks): 2018 Fringe review
WOLFCRUSH misses the no-holds-barred humor, shock value, and pop culture-infused insight into youth culture of playwright Haygen-Brice Walker’s previous Fringe entries
View More WOLFCRUSH: a queer werewolf play (On the Rocks): 2018 Fringe reviewCLOSE YOUR LEGS, HONEY — A NEW MUSICAL (PHIT/Hannah Parke & Shamus Hunter McCarty): 2018 Fringe review
CLOSE YOUR LEGS, HONEY is a cheery musical tackling the difficult subject of societal expectations for women and the shit women have to put up with.
View More CLOSE YOUR LEGS, HONEY — A NEW MUSICAL (PHIT/Hannah Parke & Shamus Hunter McCarty): 2018 Fringe reviewTheater in Sketch: TWELFTH NIGHT (Shakespeare in Clark Park)
Chuck Shultz sketches the al fresco production of TWELFTH NIGHT.
View More Theater in Sketch: TWELFTH NIGHT (Shakespeare in Clark Park)Werewolves, Mimosas, and Late Night Fringe: ON THE ROCKS Uncorks its Latest Show
On the Rocks trust the process.
View More Werewolves, Mimosas, and Late Night Fringe: ON THE ROCKS Uncorks its Latest ShowTHE GROOM’S A FAG; THE BRIDE’S A CUNT; THE BEST MAN’S A WHORE; AND THE MAIDEN OF HONOR (JUST) HUNG HERSELF IN THE CLOSET (On the Rocks): 2017 Fringe review
On the Rocks proves you can dismantle the master’s house with his tools.
View More THE GROOM’S A FAG; THE BRIDE’S A CUNT; THE BEST MAN’S A WHORE; AND THE MAIDEN OF HONOR (JUST) HUNG HERSELF IN THE CLOSET (On the Rocks): 2017 Fringe reviewFISHTOWN: A Hipster Noir (Tribe of Fools): 2017 Fringe review
This is what you’re looking for. This is Fringe. Tribe of Fools delivers the goods… again.
View More FISHTOWN: A Hipster Noir (Tribe of Fools): 2017 Fringe reviewA RUNAWAY, A SOLDIER AND A SNOWBALL FIGHT (Iron Age Theatre): 2016 Fringe review 71
This fabulous Fringe piece plunges the audience into the dramatic action of the American Revolution.
View More A RUNAWAY, A SOLDIER AND A SNOWBALL FIGHT (Iron Age Theatre): 2016 Fringe review 71BIRDIE’S PIT STOP (On the Rocks): 2016 Fringe review 53
Haygen Brice Walker doesn’t aim for subtlety in the roasting humor of both Millennial political correctness and stereotypical southern backwardness, but he finds rich veins of comedy in his broad mine
View More BIRDIE’S PIT STOP (On the Rocks): 2016 Fringe review 53