Philadelphia

Two people dressed in blue sit on top of an overturned recycling bin, with their arms extended overhead as if riding a rollercoaster. They have nervous looking facial expressions, and are in front of a curtain backdrop which is painted like a bedroom. There is a hand coming from behind the backdrop, grasping it, as if preparing to enter the stage.
Photo: Dylan Smythe
  • Reviews

Has Sadness Ever Taken You Down to the Dump?

Caitlin Green

“THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!”

Marguerite Hemmings is surrounded by green trees and grass, pictured mid-air, as if descending to the ground head-first. One arm is outstretched to break the fall while the other arm is bent around their head, and their feet have kicked up the sand behind them.
Dante Napoli
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What is justice without love?

Caitlin Green

Uninhibited, Hemmings generates an electrifying presence, channeling vitality and rupture.

Meghan Frederick in a kneeling, twisted pose, wearing a tank top covered in yin-yang symbols and a skirt patterned with the American flag, performing on a stage with abstract drawings taped to the wall behind.
Photo: James Izlar
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Embodying a Turbulent World

Ziying Cui

A rejection of traditional meaning-making in Western theater and improvisation.

A young Black woman (Arianna Polite) holds a wooden bowl glowing with warm white light. She looks downward, sprinkling marbles of light onto the ground as darkness falls after sunset.
Photo: Daniel Madoff
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Homage to the Passed

Ellen Miller

A candle-lit performance offers a meeting and honoring of Black Philadelphians.

pink backlight, three dancers, left most has right arm up and left arm down, middle has both arms bent upward, right has bent left arm and straight right arm, all in purple polos, two white set pieces frame the image with black curved lines.
Photo: Thomas Choinacky
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i hold your towel just how you like it

desire amaiya

we are spectators in a typically unwatched game.

Photo: angel edwards
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Co-creating softness in community

Ellen Miller

By being vulnerable, the possibility to experience softness collectively.

Photo: Irina Varina
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Philly Arts, Half-Naked

Irina Varina

The photos are the love letter.

Photo: Richard Abstrak Soto
  • News

Hip Hop Artist Raphael Xavier Wins Grant to Produce Short Film

Darcy Grabenstein

Film grant propels hip hop artist from stage to street, breaking to biking.