Thursday, September 22 at the Maas Building Studio

  • SILVER & BEBBIE

    5:30pm

    Silvia Birdsall is an 8 year old musician, dancer, knitter, and lover of cats. She'll stubbornly tell you that though her babysitter Evelyn Langley looks like a grownup, she's actually only 7 years old herself. Together, Silvia and Evelyn have been creating worlds all their own for many years; now they take to the stage to share a show about friendship, change, and being bold enough to be yourself.

  • Myzrie House

    7pm

    Two people are thrust into a mysterious cell together for reasons unknown. Are they the last humans left on Earth? Can they escape? Are they meant to become friends, more than friends, or perhaps enemies? And what's the deal with the ominous doomsday clock which keeps appearing? Mark Wong and Nicole Burgio invite you to a room of dance, theater, merrymaking, and action. Welcome to Myzrie House.

  • Man of La Manchin

    8:30pm

    Democratic Senator Joe Manchin III is eaten alive in this new comedic musical that's not at all based on Man of La Mancha. Absurd, grotesque, and for legal purposes, 100% satire, Manchin serves up a radical dish that just might feed the soul of a nation in need of liberation.

  • ADAM&EVE

    10pm

    The naked truth is exposed in this boldly dark, intimate and intense retelling of Genesis where lovers are plunged into an existential crisis after a feeding frenzy for knowledge using karaoke-style pop music, wild projections and loads of live apple-eating.

Thursday, September 22 at The Maas Building Garden

  • Scoring the End

    5:30pm

    Settlements of dust fall on the expanse of a passing afternoon. On a day like today, where there is no sun, the day is only passing. Given the debris on the windowsill, it's likely that a new genre of days are on the way. By which, I don't mean spring, but new days altogether. Some new, unfounded name, and in essence, unnameable altogether. Nothing is here for the purpose of use. Utility is a sign of the times. Efficacy, stupidity. A pink shirt draped on the horizon as if to gesture toward a sunset. A gesture is all it can ever amount to. A gesture toward allegory, a gesture toward rhythm, a gesture toward the artfulness of our age in general. The punch has been beaten back with a stick. In effect, the punch fails to exist, and therefore, there is no race toward it. A divine mystery, unfolding in a Shell gas station. The man at the counter is the only one saying things he believes. The canicular days are upon us.

  • Fair Trade

    6:40pm

    Is Trust given freely, or earned over time? Is Fairness judged on a geological timescale or in the span of a second? How much can you get in exchange that birthday present you got from your least favorite aunt? Fair Trade is the first in a series of experiments from critically acclaimed Interactive Experience Makers Jessica Creane (Know Thyself, Chaos Theory, Schrödinger's Cat) and Yannick Trapman-O'Brien (The Telelibrary, Undersigned), designed to invite participants to lean into these questions and discover what exactly we give and take when things change hands.

  • Fair Trade

    8pm

    Is Trust given freely, or earned over time? Is Fairness judged on a geological timescale or in the span of a second? How much can you get in exchange that birthday present you got from your least favorite aunt? Fair Trade is the first in a series of experiments from critically acclaimed Interactive Experience Makers Jessica Creane (Know Thyself, Chaos Theory, Schrödinger's Cat) and Yannick Trapman-O'Brien (The Telelibrary, Undersigned), designed to invite participants to lean into these questions and discover what exactly we give and take when things change hands.

  • Overboard Cabaret

    10pm

    Located in the beautiful Maas Garden Bar, the OVERBOARD! Cabaret is Cannonball's FREE nightly offering of music, circus, comedy, storytelling, strange anthems to pirate lords and ecstatic participatory rituals that are sure to be the perfect end to your night at the Fringe.

    THURSDAY BENEFIT NIGHT- Each week, the cabaret will highlight a different Community Partner. Tonight, guest host Chanel Ali will take the stage alongside Philly drag icon Wet Betty and other special guests to raise donations for the Abortion Liberation Fund of PA! abortionfundpa.org

Thursday, September 22 at Maas Building Cottage

  • Jonathan Daylight Live!: Helping You Be Motivated and Productive!

    7pm

    This one-man show combines comedy, theater, and juggling to create something that goes beyond traditional motivational speaking. Jonathan Daylight Live! inadvertently pokes fun at at "hustle culture" and the motivation industry's absurdity and inability to create long lasting change in people. As he gives advice and shares stories, Jonathan realizes that true growth comes from acknowledging our intrinsic value and prioritizing our health and wellbeing.

  • "When All Else Fails: or, Why Not Choose Me?"

    8:30pm

    Ashley W. is looking for the one and she's tired of settling - but you sure could! Taking cues from ABC's "The Bachelor" and other reality dating shows, When All Else Fails is a clownish exploration on love and our human tendency to overromanticize it. Through this semi-immersive piece, audiences will be delighted with Shuron's signature mix of dance, theatre, film, and puppetry that grips at the heartstrings through its most joyous and darkest moments.