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Waterman, a white woman with glasses & brown hair, sits next to a creepy black puppet that looks like a tortured mummy

Philly Fringe 2026: The Lemonade Stand presents Lindsey Walko’s Bog Man

A haunted actor

The Lemonade Stand hub of the Fringe presents Lindsey Walko’s Bog Man, an intriguing one-woman show that struggles to fully explore its concept. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 3 minute read
Tuomanen, a white person, sits on the floor like a baby, wearing a white kerchief, bib, and diaper.

Philly Fringe 2026: BETTY presents Dickie Dickie Dicky Donnie

The abject wonder of infancy

The theater collective BETTY (MK Tuomanen, Shelby Richardson, and Paul Kruse) premieres Dickie Dickie Dicky Donnie, an ode to the human experience of infants, in this year’s Fringe. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read
Polistina, a young white woman with wavy red hair and 19th-century garb, smiles with her hands on her head.

Philly Fringe 2026: Lemonade Stand presents Carly Polistina’s Jane Eyre Wasn’t a Whore

Theater and literature nerds unite!

Imagine a jukebox musical where the jukebox plays audiobooks and there’s only one actor onstage, and you might get Jane Eyre Wasn’t a Whore, onstage in this year’s Fringe. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Gold, with long frizzy hair, glasses, and a black tee, gestures dramatically forward, with Braslavsky in the background

Philly Fringe 2026: Savannah Reich presents The Groundhog

Professors are people, too

Savannah Reich’s hilarious The Groundhog, imagining one professor’s career-ending class on the Harold Ramis film Groundhog Day, gets its world premiere in this year’s Fringe. Evan Schares reviews.
Evan Schares

Evan Schares

Reviews 3 minute read
The DuBois women, in colorful bronze & purple coifs, sit by the artwork with serious expressions, wearing loose blue dresses

Philly Fringe 2026: The Colored Girls Museums presents Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud

A cozy visual feast in a Germantown cultural oasis

The Colored Girls Museum, a real home in Germantown that also serves as a museum celebrating the Black community, joins this year’s Fringe with a special interactive tour. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 3 minute read
Ngo, in a striped sleeveless dress, sorts envelopes, looking concerned. Gold, in black jacket & cap, looks in intently behind

Philly Fringe 2026: Ninth Planet presents Holy Fool

Perceiving grief

Ninth Planet is back with a new experimental dance/theater show in this year’s Fringe, exploring the ways we grieve, and are perceived in our grief. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read
Show title above an illustration of a man’s head looking outward, the back of his head terminating in machine-like tendrils

Fringe Festival 2026: Don Allen presents Human in the Loop

The human remains in command?

Don Allen’s Fringe entry, Human in the Loop, takes audiences on an AI-guided therapy session before the artist overrides it to make his own decisions. Emily Esten reviews.
Emily Esten

Emily Esten

Reviews 3 minute read
Mitchell, a white woman in a blonde wig, white dress, and fake pregnant belly, smiles while holding a rose.

Philly Fringe 2026: Dumb Hub presents Hannah Mitchell’s TRAD

Loving the Lord, your husband, and the audience

With audience interaction and sharp physical comedy, Hannah Mitchell’s Fringe entry TRAD skewers the phenomenon of the American tradwife. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
View from above of five women posing calmly together in and around a claw-foot tub in a small apartment bathroom.

Philly Fringe 2026: Corps de Ballet PHL presents Dancing in Yesterday’s Stage Makeup

Exploring the inner lives of dancers

A new collective of Philly ballerinas joins the Fringe to offer their window on dancers’ favorite thing to do after the show is over: keep on dancing. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
Sazak, with long dark hair, wears loose white clothes and covers their eyes, by big origami-style paper fortune tellers

Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Izzy Sazak’s TUZLUK

A mixed-race coming-of-age story

Izzy Sazak, a Turkish Colombian American trans-disciplinary artist, writer, and teacher, brings their solo show, TUZLUK, to the Philly Fringe. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read