Philadelphia Fringe - Kennett Square will be developing an original piece to present in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in September 2026. The piece will be performed in the Kennett Library Auditorium and free to the public.

Philadelphia Fringe - Kennett Square meets on the third Wednesday of every month starting in January 2026 to prepare to bring the Philadelphia Fringe to Kennett Square!

If you are a writer, performer, artist and are interested in participating in The Fringe, join us as we map it out and set the program!  No previous experience required--just bring your imagination and a spirit of collaboration to create a one-of-a-kind performance.

For information about Philly Fringe go to: https://phillyfringe.org/

 Guidelines:

NPTC is open to all levels of writers, actors, directors, and dramatic arts lovers. 

Facilitator: Monique Giroux's play BABYLON AND TWIST received a staged reading by Daisy Theatricals in New York (2024).  THE POOL BOY received a staged reading at 1st Mondays, Naked Angels, NY (2022) and at  Round The Bend Theatre in Saugerties, NY (2022). Her play: LUCILE was workshopped by Naked Angels in New York and received a staged reading at Theatre@First in Boston (Fall  2022).  Her play SHEEP’S MEADOW is the runner-up for the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize 2021. Monique also wrote a one-act play: A BITTER PILL which received a Zoom reading by The Quarantine Series Theatre Company (2020)

Monique graduated from NYU with a Bachelor of Arts and Science and from McGill University (Montreal) with a MBA. She founded The Armadillo Theatre Company in Toronto, Ontario to produce new American and Canadian playwrights. She worked as associate producer for Les Productions La Fete on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Memoirs, a six-episode english and french documentary on the late prime minister of Canada which aired on the CBC/Radio-Canada. She was Literary Associate under Curt Dempster at The Ensemble Studio Theatre