Sarah Muehlbauer is a textile artist. And a performance artist. And a painter, and a gymnast, and a yogi, and an aerialist, and a writer. All of which, of course, suit her well for the 2012 Philly Fringe, where she’ll debut her first major piece as a director: WAMB, with her collective, SnakeEatTail. Trained as… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Philly Fringe
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Melissa Nally and Andrew Hanley
Melissa Nally, 24, and Andrew Hanley, 23, of Green Elephant Theatre Co. premiered their musical adaptation of Orpheus & Eurydice at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Now they’re bringing the (brotherly) love to Philly Fringe, and not looking back; take note ill-fated (and now, melodious) Orpheus. Name: Melissa Nally and Andrew Hanley. Show Title: Orpheus… Read more »
Vital Stats Philly Fringe: Zach Trebino
A company’s work should speak for itself. As any good marketing mind knows though, the company name should do some talking as well (see: [ad hoc theatre project]). Take Homunculus for example, the theatre company who brought Woyzeck to last year’s Fringe, and will present Ghost Sonata this year; according to Dictionary.com ‘homunculus’ refers to… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats/Shameless Plug: James Haro
James Haro is sitting behind me. I opened a Vital Stats e-mail, and skipping the name (what’s in a name, anyway?), I began to skim the responses. “Oh, good one,” I thought. “That could be wittier.” Then I saw it—the name—and Real Life and Internet Life collided (meta, dude). I threw off my headphones and… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: C.W. Kennedy
PuppeTyranny (remember Water Bears in Space?) returns to this year’s Philly Fringe. Their new show is Imanami, and Wikipedia — the crowning source for legitimate information — tells me that this Japanese word translates to megatsumani (as if a run-of-the-mill tsunami weren’t terrifying enough). Certainly the premise is mega-titillating: expect puppets, aerialists, a live score,… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Todd Cardin
ETC (that is, et cetera) Theater, a Philly Fringe veteran, comes to us from the regal ‘burbs: King of Prussia. Founded by Todd Cardin, the company produces original works intended for “the generations that were raised on and raised by television.” For the 2012 Philly Fringe Festival, they’re putting forward The Has Beens, which follows… Read more »
Macaroni Necklaces and Jazz Squares: Dancer and Choreographer Rebekah Rickards
Rebekah Rickards greeted a stranger – “Hello!” – and continued walking to the rear of the cafe. She perched on one of the ballooned couches. I watched her from the entrance where I sat; with cropped olive hair and thick-rimmed glasses, she looked the centaur child of Buddy Holly and Bambi. ‘What a hip, benign… Read more »
How Bad It Can Go: The Strange Pleasures Of Live Theater Gone Wrong
Sarah Jordan has written extensively for national and regional magazines and newspapers. She is also the author of four books and a regular contributor to the Festival Blog. Only five minutes from the end of the show. Only five minutes. That’s what Pig Iron Theatre’s Quinn Bauriedel remembers thinking about his 2009 show machines machines… Read more »
Miscellaneous Debris
Live Arts and Philly Fringe artists get around: >>>James Franco talks Gatz at the Huffington Post. Elevator Repair Service returns to the 2012 Live Arts Festival with Arguendo. >>>Young Jean Lee’s Church is conquering the eastern seaboard from Maryland to Cape Cod. She also talked to Riff Raff about her first concert, and teaching actors… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Ellie Goudie-Averill and Pamela Vail
Ellie Goudie-Averill and Pamela Vail are dancers, choreographers, and facilitators of performance collision; their 2012 Philly Fringe show Go Together features live music by Temple University’s percussion ensemble, video by Jeremy Moss, theater by Jon Foley Sherman, and of course dance—lots of dance. Ellie dances for Philly’s Group Motion Dance Company, and Pamela is Assistant… Read more »
That Show That Makes Me Think of Bing Crosby: Samantha Pearlman’s “Devotedly Sincerely Yours: The Story of the USO”
The director tells the actress to pause. She backs away from the microphone. The director sidemouths a comment to the lighting designer, who considers it, then nods. The director turns her gaze back to the stage, and tells the actress to take a step towards stage left; here, she says, her hair will catch the… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Jeff Soles
Started in 2006 by way of Craigslist and childhood friendships—the former not to be confused as a vehicle for the latter—IdRatherBeHere is a comedy troupe that loves making fun of all things Philly. For the 2012 Philly Fringe, the troupe presents Wawapalooza 6: The Great Almost, the sixth in a series that has run in… Read more »
The Weekender: What You’re Doing and Why
Late Friday edition! Me, I’m recovering from a week of running all over town and talking to artists. OK, and one night of staying up too late with a crew of people listening to the worst songs we could remember on YouTube. Did you ever hear the David Lee Roth bluegrass version of “Jump”? No?… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Jacqueline Goldfinger
A playwright against the idea that to make it is only to make it in New York City, Jacqueline Goldfinger is committed to Philly as the playwright-in-residence at Azuka Theatre Company and a senior lecturer in theater at the University of the Arts. Her work RAW STITCH will be performed at the 2012 Philly Fringe,… Read more »
Vital Stats Philly Fringe: Steven Weisz
Today, meet a human incubator for Philadelphia dance: Steven Weisz is Founder of PhiladelphiaDANCE.org, Founder and Editor of The Dance Journal, and Artistic Director of MM2 Modern Dance Company. The company’s 2012 Philly Fringe performance is entitled CONVERSATIONS, so we asked Steven to add to the conversation (ha!) by giving us some Vital Stats —… Read more »
