Philly Fringe 2025: Paper Doll Ensemble presents Pinky Promise by Emily Esten

Take a trip back to summer 2005 in Paper Doll Ensemble's world-premiere Fringe show, Pinky Promise, about a trio of tween girls learning how to take up space in the world. Emily Esten review…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 3:23pm on September 19, 2025[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2025: August Hakvaag presents The Superconductor by Emily Esten

Science and solidarity are at stake in a staged reading of August Hakvaag's The Superconductor. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 6:49am on September 15, 2025[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2025: ArtSake Theatre Company presents Malcolm MacKenzie's Roadkill Bambi: A Vaporwave Play by Emily Esten

ArtSake, a new Philly theater company using the performing arts to inspire climate activism, presents Roadkill Bambi in this year's Fringe. Emily Esten review.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 1:16pm on September 8, 2025[SHARE]

Theatre Horizon presents Lauren Yee's Young Americans: A Play in Two Road Trips by Emily Esten

In Lauren Yee's Young Americans, onstage at Theatre Horizon, members of one family take a cross-country road trip 20 years apart, exploring how they understand each other as family, and as A…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 3:25pm on March 24, 2025[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2024: Real Life Brothers presents Is This A Wedding? by Emily Esten

Some weddings are covered in newspaper marriage announcements. Alison Hyde Pascale and Crys Clemente got theirs covered at the 2024 Philly Fringe. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:24pm on September 4, 2024[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2023: IKantKoan Play/s presents Tea Party at the End of the World by Emily Esten

How would you like to spend the end of the world"or maybe just your own end? This immersive Fringe experience offers big questions with a warm cup of tea. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:40pm on September 15, 2023[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2022: Josephine Decker and Pig Iron Theatre Company present The Path of Pins or the Path of Needles by Emily Esten

Pig Iron's latest Fringe Festival collaboration terrifies and excites in this fairytale for an audience of "pregnant dreamers" of any gender. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 2:38pm on September 19, 2022[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2022: Temple Theaters presents Group Project by Emily Esten

A new original Fringe performance from Temple Theaters captures the frenzy of teenage anxiousness, rebellion, and hope in an uncertain world. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:02pm on September 13, 2022[SHARE]

Cannonball Festival 2022: Emily Mayer presents Bower Bird by Emily Esten

Emily Mayer's Bower Bird takes us on a delightful bird-clown romp exploring the courtship and physical presentation rituals we share across species. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:50am on September 13, 2022[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2020: Benjamin Behrend and Logan Gabriel Schulman's 'Welcome to the Shiva House' by Emily Esten

Two Philadelphia artists explore grief through religious ritual, inviting us all into a virtual shiva for this year's Fringe Festival. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:31am on September 12, 2020[SHARE]

Philly Fringe 2020: Lupine Performance Cooperative's 'Field Calls' by Emily Esten

In this year's Fringe, Lupine Performance Cooperative takes visitors through a Philadelphia not marred by pandemic, but by magical invasion. When the dragons are defeated, what does recovery…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54am on September 12, 2020[SHARE]

The Philadelphia City Archives present 'The History of the Lazaretto' by Emily Esten

As the greater Philadelphia area faces the coronavirus epidemic, an exhibit at the City Archives provides unique insight into the city's long public-health history. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:55pm on March 10, 2020[SHARE]

Twelve Gates Arts presents 'Immanence: Tazhib in America | Behnaz Karjoo' by Emily Esten

Behnaz Karjoo's traditional Islamic works, now on view at Twelve Gates Arts, remind us of the evolution of deep-rooted cultures and their crucial preservation. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 9:31pm on January 13, 2020[SHARE]

The Center for Media at Risk presents 'Meme Tactics' by Emily Esten

By one definition, memes are elements of culture that we share widely within and beyond groups. What happens when memes are used for civic good? In an exhibit at the Center for Media at Risk…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 7:54pm on October 29, 2019[SHARE]