Fringe Arts Preview

September 2016

$15

Reality Check

September 9 @ 8:00 pm9:15 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Reality-Check_ETC-Theater

Reality TV isn’t real. But, what if your real life was actually scripted? What if you were nothing more than a crappy character on some crumb bum cable network? ETC’s latest comedy brings the small screen to the small stage in their 11th shot at the Philly Fringe Festival. Written by Todd Cardin. Directed by Emily Cardin. ETC Theater produces original theater for people who do not like the theater.

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$15

Reality Check

September 11 @ 6:00 pm7:15 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Reality-Check_ETC-Theater

Reality TV isn’t real. But, what if your real life was actually scripted? What if you were nothing more than a crappy character on some crumb bum cable network? ETC’s latest comedy brings the small screen to the small stage in their 11th shot at the Philly Fringe Festival. Written by Todd Cardin. Directed by Emily Cardin. ETC Theater produces original theater for people who do not like the theater.

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$20

COMMODITIES

September 12 @ 1:00 pm1:45 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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COMMODITIES_The-OVEN

The OVEN currently resides in Baltimore City. Their performance piece, COMMODITIES, presents five stories of teenagers who’ve been coerced and sold into sex slavery. This disturbing social issue is “Brilliantly presented” (DC Metro Arts) through movement, storytelling and choric incantation.

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$20

COMMODITIES

September 12 @ 3:30 pm4:15 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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COMMODITIES_The-OVEN

The OVEN currently resides in Baltimore City. Their performance piece, COMMODITIES, presents five stories of teenagers who’ve been coerced and sold into sex slavery. This disturbing social issue is “Brilliantly presented” (DC Metro Arts) through movement, storytelling and choric incantation.

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$15

Reality Check

September 15 @ 8:00 pm9:15 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Reality-Check_ETC-Theater

Reality TV isn’t real. But, what if your real life was actually scripted? What if you were nothing more than a crappy character on some crumb bum cable network? ETC’s latest comedy brings the small screen to the small stage in their 11th shot at the Philly Fringe Festival. Written by Todd Cardin. Directed by Emily Cardin. ETC Theater produces original theater for people who do not like the theater.

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$15

Reality Check

September 16 @ 8:00 pm9:15 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Reality-Check_ETC-Theater

Reality TV isn’t real. But, what if your real life was actually scripted? What if you were nothing more than a crappy character on some crumb bum cable network? ETC’s latest comedy brings the small screen to the small stage in their 11th shot at the Philly Fringe Festival. Written by Todd Cardin. Directed by Emily Cardin. ETC Theater produces original theater for people who do not like the theater.

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$15

Bodas de Sangre

September 16 @ 8:00 pm9:40 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Two shows. Two languages. In repertory. Dos obras. Dos Idiomas. En repertorio. The first, Federico García Lorca’s classic tale Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding), reimagined in modern day Miami. A desperate bride escapes with her lover into the swamp on her wedding day. Performed in Spanish and English. The second, inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s short story I Only Came to Use the Phone. Maria’s car breaks down on a rainy evening in 1970s Barcelona. She takes a bus to…

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$15

Reality Check

September 17 @ 8:00 pm9:15 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Reality-Check_ETC-Theater

Reality TV isn’t real. But, what if your real life was actually scripted? What if you were nothing more than a crappy character on some crumb bum cable network? ETC’s latest comedy brings the small screen to the small stage in their 11th shot at the Philly Fringe Festival. Written by Todd Cardin. Directed by Emily Cardin. ETC Theater produces original theater for people who do not like the theater.

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$15

I Only Came to Use the Phone

September 17 @ 8:00 pm9:40 pm EDT

Asian Arts Initiative,

1219 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Bodas-de-Sangre-I-Only-Came-to-Use-the-Phone_The-Duende-Cycle

Two shows. Two languages. In repertory. Dos obras. Dos Idiomas. En repertorio. The first, Federico García Lorca’s classic tale Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding), reimagined in modern day Miami. A desperate bride escapes with her lover into the swamp on her wedding day. Performed in Spanish and English. The second, inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s short story I Only Came to Use the Phone. Maria’s car breaks down on a rainy evening in 1970s Barcelona. She takes a bus to…

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$20

Explicit Female

September 17 @ 9:00 pm10:00 pm EDT

AUX Performance Space,

319 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States

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Performance, dance, video art, and audience interaction merge in an expressive and surrealist event celebrating the female body. Stoyanova, a “neo-metal monster and a futuristic Renaissance queen,” demystifies the birthing body, presenting the truth of the flesh in this mostly nude show.

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