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On surreal but homelike furnished stage with cornstalks behind them, the three actors face the camera, avidly watching TV

The Wilma Theater presents DJ Hills’s Horsegirl & Cowdaddy

Transformation in the cornfields
Playwright DJ Hills’s Horsegirl & Cowdaddy gets its world premiere at the Wilma, exploring the power of transformation and the possibilities of putting down roots at home. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Reviews 6 minute read
Sconiers, a Black woman with long brown hair flying around her and a flannel shirt, pivots dramatically, holding a script

Philly Fringe 2026: Theatre Contra presents The Whole F*cking Twilight Saga…in 60 Minutes

A sillier take on Meyer’s vampires
Theatre Contra joins this year’s Fringe with an eight-person rendition of all five Twilight movies…performed in just one hour(ish). Adryan Corcione reviews.
Adryan Corcione

Adryan Corcione

Reviews 3 minute read
kwon, wearing black, poses with Andrews, wearing white, partially obscured by soft, tall grasses that reach over their heads.

Philly Fringe 2026: FringeArts presents How does it feel to look at nothing

An immersive exploration of being
How does it feel to look at nothing, a world premiere from Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon in this year’s curated Fringe, is not quite an opera as billed, but it’s an ambitious, immersive, and visually stunning work. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read
Weick, a white man with gray hair & beard, wearing a white shirt & black vest, urgently displays the pages of an old book

Philly Fringe 2026: Iron Age Theatre presents Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho

A living performance with a dated thesis
Iron Age Theatre’s Radical Acts production branch brings Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho to the closing weekend of the Philly Fringe, revealing the odd contradictions of Zinn’s script today. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read
Two people wearing dark cloaks seen in profile, facing each other, each holding up a hand that almost touches the other

Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Suz Evans’s Ghost Fetus

A risky swing
Cannonball presents Suz Evans’s Ghost Fetus, a baffling abortion satire filled with empty provocations. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 3 minute read
Taiko drummers in bride-like white outfits surround two dancers wearing wooden Lion Dance heads with golden teeth.

Philly Fringe 2026: Casual Fifth presents Here Come the Brides

Love, loss, dance, and drums
Casual Fifth, a Philly-based drum and dance dance ensemble, joined this year’s Fringe with a high-energy celebration of love. Everyone dressed as brides. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
Kerrigan, a white-haired woman, sits at haughtily at left. Gonglewski, in a striped skirt, stands gesturing up with one hand

The Lantern Theater presents David Auburn’s Summer, 1976

People you know, or maybe the people you are
In David Auburn’s Summer, 1976, two women’s reminiscences about the summer they met increasingly diverge. The play gets a believable Philly-premiere production at the Lantern. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Reviews 2 minute read
In orange lights, DeShields looks scared lounging on a couch by Cox, looking shocked. Hall stands behind, hands on her chest

Passage Theatre presents Adrienne Dawes’s Teen Dad

A multi-racial beach play for the soul
In this world premiere by Adrienne Dawes, now onstage in Trenton, former high-school frenemies and one-time lovers end up on vacation together, in a story balanced between comedy and serious topics. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 3 minute read
A person carrying two large white boxes has their face hidden from them.

Philly Fringe 2026: FringeArts presents Ontroerend Goed’s Handle with Care

A board game, a care package, and a time capsule walk into a theater
Buzzy Belgian theater collective Ontroerend Goed’s Handle with Care comes to this year’s Fringe, turning the audience into the creators of their own experience. Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz reviews.
Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz

Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz

Reviews 3 minute read
Gillette, a bald white man in a brown robe, poses in a projection of an illuminated Medieval manuscript in unknown language

Philly Fringe 2025: Cannonball presents Nick Gillette and Nick Jonczak’s VOYNICH

Imagining an answer to one of our greatest Medieval mysteries
A new Fringe show from collaborators Nick Gillette and Nick Jonczak imagines a man who has translated the Voynich manuscript, one of the greatest real-life mysteries of Medieval Europe. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Reviews 2 minute read