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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust
Chronicle of a quiet life
Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust, a play about the quiet dignity of an ordinary bookstore worker, won the 2024 Pulitzer for drama. Now it makes its local debut at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philly Fringe 2025: Almanac Projects presents Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg’s Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People
When did you last feel pleasure and ease?
Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg’s Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People, part of the Cannonball Festival, is a unique and remarkable physical duet exploring how and why we inhabit our bodies. Melissa Strong reviews.

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Philly Fringe 2025: Leftovers Collective presents Angela Harmon’s Terms of Use: A Millennial Farce
Do you like logging in?
Terms of Use: A Millennial Farce, a new Fringe show promising to examine Millennials’ relationship with the Internet, isn’t quite ready for the stage. But it poses questions worth building on. Alaina Johns reviews.

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The Lantern Theater presents Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing
Has this thing appeared again tonight?
The Lantern opens its 2025-2026 season with a smooth and engaging production of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing. AJ Sabatini reviews.

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Delaware Theater Company presents Ray Didinger’s Spinner
From the rink to the stage: the real-life story of a small-town NHL star
Spinner, a new play by hall-of-fame sportswriter, author, and playwright Ray Didinger, explores a father-son relationship through the life of a real Canadian hockey star who went from small-town roots to the NHL. Gail Obenreder reviews.

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Philly Fringe 2025: Megan Markham presents Witch with Her Skirt on Fire
Pagan storytelling for today’s world
Traveling solo artist Megan Markham celebrates edgy, accessible storytelling in Witch with Her Skirt on Fire, an expertly performed trio of tales that reclaim the word “witch” and the women who challenge power. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

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Philly Fringe 2025: Anna Snapp presents I Found That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow
Healing through storytelling
After years of performing a solo show about her own medical and mental health struggles (for international Fringe audiences as well as doctors), Anna Snapp brings I Found That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow to the Philly Fringe. A. Lewis reviews.

Philly Fringe 2025: Heather Dutton and Grace Yi-Li Tong present SHEBANG
A dance double bill tackles adolescence from queer and Asian perspectives
A double bill from a pair of Brooklyn-based choreographers explores adolescence through queer and Asian American lenses, with You’re Actually the Last Person I Wanted to See Today and ZOO! Krista Mar reviews.

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Philly Fringe 2025: 1812 Productions presents Tanaquil Márquez and Eliana Fabiyi’s La Otra
An ambitious bilingual world premiere
In a first for 1812 and an exciting move for the Curated Fringe, Tanaquil Márquez and Eliana Fabiyi’s ambitious, funny, and magical new play La Otra, a bilingual production, comes to the Arden’s Arcadia Stage. Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz reviews.

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Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Nodding to Chekhov in New Hope
An unhappy family with Chekhovian undertones takes center stage in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s handsome production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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