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I hope you’ve been doing your stretching and drinking lots of water because we’re heading into the second weekend of Philly Fringe here in Philadelphia. You’re going to need your strength, flexibility and proper hydration to keep up with the recommendations I’ll be making for performances you absolutely should not miss over the next three days.
Are you ready? Let’s roll.
Animal Tales (Pennypack Park, 9/6/2008, 2:00 pm, $100)
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Five actors as glorified apes (homo sapiens) guide you through a strange collection of monologues and short stories, in the process translating the thoughts of our domestic friends, backyard buddies, in-home pests, closest relatives, and last night’s dinner.
Straight Up Vampire (First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 9/6/2008, 3 & 9 pm, $10)
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The history of vampires in colonial Pennsylvania as performed to the music of Paula Abdul. Holy crap. Is this for real? I sure hope so ‘cause I am SO there.
Manic Swell (The Mandell Theater, Drexel University, 9/6/2008, 2 & 7 pm, $15)
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The perfect storm of hip-hop, theater, motion capture animation, multimedia, dance, and aerial stuntwork.
Brain Fucked (Dawson Street Pub, 9/7/2008, 8:30 & 10:30 pm, $5)
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A must see for fans of over-the-counter drugs and Living Dead aficionados. Plus it’s really cheap entertainment brought to you by Zombies Ain’t Shit Theatre.
Four on 2 (Conwell Dance Theatre, Temple University, 3:00 pm, $15)
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More than a performance, SHARP Dance Co. takes you on a roller coaster experience of raw human emotion translated through contemporary movement.
Killer Bass (The Playground at The Adrienne, 9/7/2008, 1:00 pm, $5)
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What do you do when a sociopathic serial killer joins your band on bass? For five dollars you can find out.
Chick (123 Cuthbert Street, 9/8/2008, 6:30 & 9:30 pm, $5)
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Witness this chick’s caged quest to attain her physical ideal: an extra crispy piece of fried chicken. Grotesque, witty, unpredictable, loveable. Riiiiight. And it’s only five dollars.
Vampire Lesbians (941 Theater, 9/8/2008, 8:00 pm, $15)
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What’s not to love in this tender story of story of two lusty vampires who crave the spotlight, but hate each other, and go on a 2,000 year rampage for the blood of female virgins?
I Love You (The Rotunda, 9/8/2008, 8:00 pm, $10)
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The audience is called upon to help this talkative corpse find answers to endlessly unanswered questions, while our nameless hero searches for the root cause of the dead thing’s affection. Tragically funny romp through the woods alone – together.
There you go. Enough perverse, uplifting, obscure performance stimulation to keep you up for days. You can thank me later. Adios!
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