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Five people in various outfits, including one in a lab coat; a Nirvana shirt; dresses—pose in front of a 'Red Rum; neon sign

Philly Fringe 2025: Without a Cue Productions present And Then They Were Dead

Choose-your-own-murder
Without a Cue’s interactive And Then They Were Dead is more fun than it is good—which is, itself, a good thing. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Three teenage boys crowd around a bench in a run-down school bathroom, washed in blue light.

Philly Fringe 2025: Theatre by Development presents Daniel Burgess’s Urinal

Thrilling trials of adolescence
Theatre by Development, a new company founded by UArts grads, presents Urinal, a 2017 high-school period piece that thrills for its verisimilitude, even when it bites off more than it can chew. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 2 minute read
Teshi, a Black woman with long curly red hair, stands grimly behind a table marked “Tihaira,” a misspelling of her name.

Philly Fringe 2025: Taahira Teshi presents The Silent Struggle (There, I Said It)

One woman’s mental-health struggle tells an important story for everyone
A new Fringe show by interdisciplinary artist Taahira Teshi mixes monologues, singalong, and bluesy ballads to explore one college student’s mental-health journey, and racial inequities in care. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Reviews 3 minute read
In puffy white shirts and ruffled bottoms, Portera points in Parker’s face while holding a grimacing Forbes by the ear.

Philly Fringe 2025: Indecorous Theatre presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised)(Again)

An enjoyable escape, Ren Faire style
Indecorous Theatre brings a mostly successful production of the popular Complete Works to a beautiful historic space with its Fringe production in the backyard of the Elfreth’s Alley Museum. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 3 minute read
The actors have a heated discussion on a stage dressed to look like the greenroom at a regional called The Cellar Theater

Philly Fringe 2025: Pier Players Theatre Company presents David Lee White’s Etiquette

The moment we all returned to the theater
With an incisive new satirical drama unfolding backstage at a nonprofit regional theater, Pier Players brings us back to fall of 2021, when theaters were reopening in a whole new world. Stephen Silver reviews.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

Reviews 3 minute read
Lawton and Greer, with worried expressions, stand together in layered, detailed outfits reminiscent of vaudeville clowns

Slippery Trout Productions and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company present Dogberry and Verges Are Scared

Clowns in the spotlight
Part Shakespeare, part Stoppard, part Beckett, and part Dumb and Dumber, Philly Fringe offering Dogberry and Verges are Scared is one of the festival’s must-see shows. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 2 minute read
Bridge, horizontal to the black stage, strikes a flowing pose with her body suspended over one hand on the ground.

Philly Fringe 2025: Rennie Harris presents Beautiful Human Lies: Chapter 4

A truthful partnership of hip-hop and modern dance
North Philly native and street dance pioneer Rennie Harris returns for this year’s Curated Fringe with his Beautiful Human Lies: Chapter 4, fearlessly danced by Megan Bridge. Eileen B. Fisher reviews.
Eileen B. Fisher

Eileen B. Fisher

Reviews 2 minute read
Davis, a white man in a yellow tee and shorts, stands smiling in front of a clapping audience in the corner of a yoga studio

Philly Fringe 2025: Chris Davis presents The Presented

A calling, not a choice
Performer Chris Davis is back with an updated version of his engaging solo show, The Presented, which is not a Curated show in this year’s Philly Fringe. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
Alix Rosenfeld

Alix Rosenfeld

Reviews 2 minute read
Against a black background, the actors sit together as if crowded in a car, with Presley in the back, wearing deer antlers.

Philly Fringe 2025: ArtSake Theatre Company presents Malcolm MacKenzie’s Roadkill Bambi: A Vaporwave Play

In the headlights of the future
ArtSake, a new Philly theater company using the performing arts to inspire climate activism, presents Roadkill Bambi in this year’s Fringe. Emily Esten reviews.
Emily Esten

Emily Esten

Reviews 3 minute read
Kitrosser, in floral, yellow, leopard-print drag, poses as if he’s searching, one foot on a keyboard on the ground.

Philly Fringe 2025: Dan Kitrosser is KAREN TENDERNESS in QUEER WINDOW!

Queer cabaret meets a Hitchcock send-up
Dan Kitrosser’s QUEER WINDOW! welcomes Karen, a repressed suburban wife who discovers a window that reveals unexpected desires in this campy, tender, and funny Hitchcock-inspired cabaret. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read