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.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 21, 2025 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Automatic Arts presents Josh McIlvain’s Slideshow

Rediscovering physical media through a found family

Josh McIlvain of Philly’s Automatic Arts is back in this year’s Fringe with his popular Slideshow, a performance built around a real-life carousel of a stranger’s vintage family photos. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Sep 20, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Lee Minora presents Baby Everything

Do you have everything?

Lee Minora’s new solo show, Baby Everything, takes aim at everyone melting down over the state of the world as seen through our screens. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 19, 2025 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Humble Materials presents Jessica Noel’s CASS

A blessing and a curse

Humble Materials continues its annual string of feminist retellings of canonical works with CASS, loosely based on Cassandra’s story in Euripides’s The Trojan Women. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 19, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Paper Doll Ensemble presents Pinky Promise

Perspectives on puberty

Take a trip back to summer 2005 in Paper Doll Ensemble’s world-premiere Fringe show, Pinky Promise, about a trio of tween girls learning how to take up space in the world. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Sep 19, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Cannonball presents a reading of AZ Espinoza’s Caribbean King

A “de-colonial, trans-gressive” new take on King Lear

Philly actor, director, and playwright AZ Espinoza’s lush and ambitious Caribbean King gets a pair of developmental readings as part of this year’s Fringe. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Sep 16, 2025 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Lightning Rod Special presents Alice Yorke and Scott R. Sheppard’s Lions

The gift of watching others fail

Lions, the latest Fringe entry from Lightning Rod Special, written and performed by Alice Yorke and Scott R. Sheppard, finds heartfelt laughs and reflection in “the business of letting our dads die.” Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 16, 2025 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Wolfsmouth Players Company presents Laura Anthony’s Queerano, or a Very Great Mischief

Queer history meets farce

New York-based Wolfsmouth Players Company brings Queerano, a mashup of Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night, Wildean farce, and queer history, to the Philly Fringe. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Sep 15, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Greg Kennedy presents Architectonica

We are all jugglers

A new Fringe experience from juggler Greg Kennedy is more collaborative workshop than performance, mixing art with engineering to take the audience inside a craft that dates back to Leonardo da Vinci. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Sep 15, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: August Hakvaag presents The Superconductor

Organizing the lab

Science and solidarity are at stake in a staged reading of August Hakvaag’s The Superconductor. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Sep 15, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read