trade school:
detroit + phl 


Center City and venues around Philadelphia • June 16-25, 2022
Presented in partnership with the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at the University of the Arts
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Thursday, June 16
6pm: Emily Bate // Wig Wag @ UArts
9pm: Ahya Simone // Iridescence @ UArts
virtual and ongoing: Sanchel Brown // Wheelz of Life (film)

Friday, June 17
6pm: Emily Bate // Wig Wag @ Uarts

Saturday, June 18
1pm: Propelled Animals workshop @ Washington Avenue Green
3:30pm: See What Happens // A PHL + Detroit Artist Conversation @ UArts
6pm: Emily Bate // Wig Wag @ UArts
8pm: Ahya Simone // Iridescence @ UArts

Tuesday, June 21
By appointment: Poetic Societies/Ava Ansari // How to Make a Bouquet in a Voting Box? @ Modest Transitions

Wednesday, June 22
3pm: Applied Mechanics // The Colonialists @ UArts
7pm: Team Sunshine Performance Corporation // Your Optimism is Not Required @ The Village of Arts and Humanities

Thursday, June 23
7pm: Team Sunshine Performance Corporation // Your Optimism is Not Required @ The Village of Arts and Humanities
9pm: A Host of People // Cleopatra Boy @ UArts

Friday, June 24
5:30pm: Propelled Animals // Call her by her name: Lenape Sippu @ Cherry Street Pier
NOW AT 8pm: A Host of People // Cleopatra Boy @ UArts
9pm: Motown Philly Back Again: A PHL + Detroit Party @ The Latvian Society
hosted by Starfire

Saturday, June 25
1pm: Applied Mechanics // The Colonialists @ UArts
4pm-6pm: Jennifer Harge // Fly|Drown studio visit @ UArts
7pm: Team Sunshine Performance Corporation // Your Optimism is Not Required @ The Village of Arts and Humanities
9pm: A Host of People // Cleopatra Boy @ UArts

Lead support for The Philadelphia Thing and Trade School is provided by the William Penn Foundation. Trade School: PHL+Detroit is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight foundation.