1812 Productions presents Jennifer Childs and Mary Carpenter’s This Should Never Be a Musical

The rest they make up

1812 Productions creates an outlandish new work every night in This Should Never Be a Musical. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 15, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 15, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 15, 2026 · Reviews · 2 minute read

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

Sep 15, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 15, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 14, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 13, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 13, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents William Trevino’s LIGEIA

Poe meets martial arts

New York-based performer and theater professor William Trevino brings his unique one-man adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Ligeia
to this year’s Philly Fringe. David Block previews.

David Block

Sep 13, 2026 · Previews · 2 minute read

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

Sep 12, 2026 · Reviews · 3 minute read