Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions from Fringe Festivals past
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Tag: Pig Iron Theatre Company
Spooky Queers, Reimagined Classics, Giant Misses: 2019 Fringe recap from an outsider
3 weeks. 10 plays. My first Fringe Festival.
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Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004
Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.
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Taking Care: Nell Bang-Jensen on Pig Iron’s new show
“I was thinking about what happens in domestic spaces that is often hidden from plain sight but could benefit from being brought into the open”
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A PERIOD OF ANIMATE EXISTENCE (Pig Iron): Creating an environment for thought
It is our job as artists to create environments for people to see things differently. Pig Iron did that.
Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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Widower and Beyond: Successful PlayPenn dramatist David Jacobi talks about the playwriting process
We celebrate PlayPenn with interviews of the major dramatists who have benefited from its programs.
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Devised Theater Meets Disability: Matt Purinton talks EXPOSURE
Collaborative performer Ben Grinberg sat down with Matt Purinton to talk about the EXPOSURE project and what he hopes to share with audiences.
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GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS (Pig Iron): Psychology, trickery, live foley, everything you want
GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS displays charm, psychological interest, and fringe sentiment which planted the roots of Pig Iron’s experimentation.
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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.1
This DOLL’s HOUSE is human and multifaceted, lighthearted and ironic, narrative with a dancer’s expression of character.
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Blast from the Past: Schedule for the very first Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Useful if you have a time machine. A full listing of events for the 1997 Fringe Festival.
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Jumping Out Of Airplanes: Trey Lyford on theater, life, and DOLL’S HOUSE at the 2015 Fringe Festival
This fall, Lyford takes a break from his typical role as a contemporary clown and returns to Fringe Festival in Jo Strømgren’s recreation of Henrik Ibsen’s famous play, A Doll’s House.
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I PROMISED MYSELF TO LIVE FASTER (Pig Iron): 60-second review
An absurd sci-fi epic with countless phallic symbols and absolutely no sense of “too much”. What more could you ask for?
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How to Live Faster: Interview with Dito van Reigersberg of Pig Iron
Pig Iron’s latest wild theatrical creation opens this week at FringeArts. I Promised Myself to Live Faster is an absurdist sci-fi epic and wild allegory about gayness in 2015,
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PHINDIE’S OFFICIAL FRINGE BIKE TOUR: Experience Fringe in a way never before possible
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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Doug Williams’s 5 Fringe Picks: Festival fave reveals his not-to-miss shows
Playwright Douglas Williams collaborated on a stand-out Fringe hit of 2013, Holly’s Dead Soldiers Doug shared five picks the 2014 Fest.
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Interview with Charlotte Ford: The untenable career of a successful Philadelphia theater artist
Philadelphia’s theater scene is better than ever—haven’t you heard? But so few of its practitioners can eke out a living wage from it. This interview Charlotte Ford takes a serious look at how poor the health of the theater industry is in this city.
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THE FUTURE has arrived: Interview with Peter Gaffney, musical creator of BRAT’s latest production
In ALWAYS COMING SOON: THE FUTURE, BRAT Productions takes another look at what the future holds, and the auguries are not pretty: Derelict clowns, aggressive barkers, and obscene control culture. But THE FUTURE is funny and fun: It’s another of the entertaining rock cabarets which the company has launched in recent years,
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Communitas Organizer: Interview with Ben Grinberg about his dance circus theater
Together with collaborator Nick Gillette, Ben Grinberg founded Almanac Dance Circus Theatre to offer production of his unique brand of acrobatic theater. Almanac’s inaugural show, Communitas, launches this May 22-24 at Christ Church Neighborhood House. Phindie asked Ben a few questions about the show and his new company.
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Is there money in theater? Where does it come from? Who gets it?
Phindie looks at tax returns for local theaters to see how much they brought in from what sources. We also look at who the best paid employee was for each “non-profit”.
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THE WEST Comes to Town: Interview with Creator Alex Bechtel
THE WEST is ensemble-devised musical theater, described as “an absurdist western music hall drama about the gun that killed Billy The Kid, the gun that didn’t, and truth and fiction in history, human relationships, and our day-to-day lives.”
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