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

Philly Fringe 2025: Nick Gillette presents Pennsylvania Semiconscious Liberation Army

Are we as polarized as we think?

An immersive theater experience from veteran Philly performer Nick Gillette and a large ensemble asks the audience pressing ethical questions about our American moment. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 14, 2025 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Clayton Lee presents The Goldberg Variations

Bach meets the WWE in the spirit of the Fringe

Performance artist Clayton Lee defies “model minority” stereotypes with The Goldberg Variations, a funny, vulnerable, interdisciplinary original show that explores the greater meaning within his romantic exploits. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Sep 13, 2025 · Reviews · 2 minute read

The BSR Podcast: IRC's Painting Churches and the world premiere of Dogberry and Verges Are Scared

Go behind the scenes of two popular Fringe shows with Darnelle Radford

SEASON 10(!) of the BSR Podcast continues with this deep dive featuring the artists behind Painting Churches and Dogberry and Verges Are Scared. Tune in today.

Darnelle Radford

Sep 11, 2025 · Podcast · 1 minute read

Philly Fringe 2025: Without a Cue Productions presents 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

Sep 09, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 09, 2025 · Reviews · 2 minute read

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, sing-alongs, and bluesy ballads to explore one college student’s mental-health journey and racial inequities in care. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Sep 09, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read

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

Sep 09, 2025 · Reviews · 3 minute read