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Mimebaby Theater to Present DONNER AND BLITZEN HOLIDAY EDITION


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 03, 2025

Original devised performance company mimebaby theater is premiering a new work, Donner and Blitzen Holiday Edition, at The Proscenium at the Drake, running for 10 performances. ...

PINCH, a Dance-Theatre Work by Sacha Vega, to Make New York Premiere at 3AM Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - November 25, 2025

PINCH, an experimental dance-theatre piece created by Sacha Vega, will receive its New York premiere at 3AM Theatre in Astoria on December 12 and 13. ...

THE FINAL BADGE Joins Cannonball at Philly Fringe


by A.A. Cristi - September 10, 2025

Clown and comedian Sara Kantner makes her Philadelphia Fringe debut with The Final Badge, an absurd, interactive solo clown show running September 25–27 as part of the Cannonball Festival at the Asian Arts Initiative Storefront (1219 Vine St., Philadelphia). ...

Clowning and Camp Collide in THE FINAL BADGE at Cannonball Festival


by A.A. Cristi - September 10, 2025

Philadelphia audiences can earn a few laughs—and a shiver or two—when comedian and clown Sara Kantner brings her award-winning solo comedy The Final Badge to the Cannonball Festival, part of Philly Fringe....

World Premiere TRAPS is Coming to Cannonball Festival


by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025

Xora Odelle re-mounts an updated version of the intimate and gripping “Of Mice and Women” for the Cannonball stage, bringing new life and difficult social questions to larger audiences this Fringe....

Gabi Shiner Brings PLEASE To Cannonball Fest


by Stephi Wild - September 02, 2025

Gabi Shiner will bring her musical comedy solo show PLEASE to Philadelphia Fringe for a two-performance limited engagement at the Asian Arts Initiative Black Box Theater....

Anna Snapp Performs Solo Show I FOUND THAT THE SUN WILL RISE TOMORROW


by Emmy Rice - August 30, 2025

Anna Snapp will perform her autobiographical solo show, I Found That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow, as part of the Cannonball Festival. The show is directed by J. Paul Nicholas and runs September 13 through September 27. ...

VILE Clown Show Returns to Philadelphia This Fringe


by Stephi Wild - August 25, 2025

Local performance artist and contemporary clown Francesca Montanile Lyons is bringing her solo show VILE back home to Philadelphia after a successful national tour last summer....

5 STAGEHANDS FALL OUT OF A CLOSET (THE GOOSE CRISIS) Joins Philadelphia Fringe Festival


by Emmy Rice - August 12, 2025

5 Stagehands Fall Out of a Closet (the goose crisis) will premiere at The Trestle Inn September 3rd as part of the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Tickets are on sale now....

LABYRINTH OF THE OTHER World Premiere to Debut at Cannonball Festival This Fall


by A.A. Cristi - August 05, 2025

Celebrated Philadelphia performer Severin Blake will debut their first solo work, Labyrinth of the Other (LOTO), this September as part of the Cannonball Festival. ...

Past Shows

What is the Butt Game?
9/1 - 9/26/2024


Savannah Reich's new play delves into the satanic panic of the late 1980s through a unique blend of personal memory and community. Connor Hogan leads ...

War & Play: A Clown Odyssey of Survival


Multi-disciplinary physical theater artist Danielle Levsky brings critically acclaimed clown show "War and Play" to the Cannonball Festival as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. ...

Speak English
9/20 - 9/22/2024


Speak English is a 60-minute solo performance created by artist Vanessa Kamp, debuting in the US as part of the Cannonball Festival 2024. This innovative ...

Pirate Queens
9/4 - 9/14/2024


Pirate Queens will be featured at the 2024 Philadelphia FringeArts Festival, showcasing an 18th-century tale centered on Mary Read, who disguises herself as a boy ...

DELIVERY BOY
9/5 - 9/6/2024


DELIVERY BOY, written by Jaden Alvaro Gines and directed by Ryan Henry, explores the struggles of lower middle-class families through the eyes of a teenager ...

Videos


Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet in Philadelphia Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet
Keswick Theatre (12/2 - 1/2) Tracker
Poor Judge in Philadelphia Poor Judge
The Wilma Theatre (1/13 - 1/25)
Donner and Blitzen Holiday Edition in Philadelphia Donner and Blitzen Holiday Edition
The Proscenium at The Drake (12/10 - 1/4)
Little Women in Philadelphia Little Women
Hedgerow Theatre Company (11/26 - 12/28)
The Peking Acrobats in Philadelphia The Peking Acrobats
Zellerbach Theatre (3/15 - 3/15)
Loudon Wainwright III & Chris Smither: WXPN Welcomes in Philadelphia Loudon Wainwright III & Chris Smither: WXPN Welcomes
Zellerbach Theatre (2/1 - 2/1)
Shucked in Philadelphia Shucked
Forrest Theatre (4/21 - 5/3)
David Corsaro ♦ Amazement For All in Philadelphia David Corsaro ♦ Amazement For All
Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (1/23 - 1/24)
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