Announcing ART’s 2026/27 Season: COMEDIES FOR A WORLD ON FIRE. 🔥
This fall, prepare for shenanigans with MARSHA BLOVOTNIK AND THE MARVELOUS MAGICAL CHICKEN SOUP by Dan Kitrosser, directed by Luan Schooler. 🥘
October 27 - November 22, 2026.
Season tickets on sale June 1st.
About the show:
Marsha Blovotnik is angry. So angry! The whole world is fakakte, but for this Socialist Jewish Lesbian, it’s her sister Janice who really burns her tuchus. She invited herself over for Shabbos dinner and then arrived three minutes early! Who does that?! But then a mysterious ancestor gives Marsha a pot of magical chicken soup with the power to cure the whole world’s woes—if only Marsha can cool down enough to share a bowl of soup with her sister. Marsha Blovotnik and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup is a buoyant, crackling comedy about how to live in a dumpster fire.
About the playwright:
Dan Kitrosser (he/they/gay!) is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, solo performer, and cabaret artist who spent formative years in Portland, Oregon—their theatrical second home. A proud alumni of LineStorm Playwrights, Dan taught and collaborated with Artists Repertory Theater, Bag & Baggage, and Profile Theater, and remains deeply connected to Portland’s vibrant theater community. Their plays include Tar Baby (Edinburgh Fringe First Award; Amnesty International Special Citation), and he co-wrote We the Animals (Sundance 2018; NEXT Innovator Award; five Independent Spirit Award nominations). As drag persona Karen Tenderness—winner of Best Cabaret at the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival—Dan has performed all over the country, with residencies at the Stonewall Inn and Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. Dan is thrilled to work with Luan Schooler and Artists Rep to bring Marsha Blovotnik to the rose city!
Are you [a socialist Jewish lesbian who’s] furious at the world? Meet Marsha Blovotnick.
My new play Marsha Blovotnick and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup opens March 12–22 in Philly at The Bluver Theatre @ The Drake with Theatre Ariel. A world premiere! 🥣✨
This is a very personal play for me, it’s been the hardest one to write. Over the last year, it’s had so many iterations, so many drafts, and I’m so grateful to Jesse (@slow_berns ), the company, and Theatre Ariel (@theatreariel ) for this delicious meal of a show
Marsha is mad at the world, her ex-wives, & especially her sister… who just invited herself to Shabbos dinner. Then an ancient ancestor shows up with mystical chicken soup that might heal everything.
🎟️ Get tickets: theatreariel.org/marsha-blovotnick or in link in bio
#PhillyTheatre #NewPlay #JewishComedy #WorldPremiere #phillyevents
TOMORROW NIGHT! For one night only, catch Karen Tenderness at it again in the all new EXTRA! EXTRA! KAREN TENDERNESS IS ON THE BEAT at the cafe at @thewilmatheater , benefitting @vamos_juntos_ Saturday, February 21 at 8PM! Find out what’s REALLY happening in the news 👀
Tix at link in bio
THIS SATURDAY, 2/21 at 8PM, at The Wilma @thewilmatheater ! Come see Fringie winner Karen Tenderness get the scoop! 🗞️ 📰 🚨
One night only - in a performance benefitting Juntos (@vamos_juntos_ ), get your tickets at link in bio or here: bit.ly/4raL8zc
🚨BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 - Karen’s back!
Karen Tenderness is back in a brand new(s) show! She just got a new gig at Butte Creek News - BUTT, when a breaking story threatens to topple the entire town, will Karen deliver the truth – or become the headline?!
Come down to the Good Karma Cafe at the Wilma Theatre on Saturday, Feb 21 at 8PM, to see 2-time Fringie award winner, Dan Kitrosser, as Karen Tenderness in a role that Broad Street review called “a camp spectacle with heart!“
This performance will benefit Juntos! @vamos_juntos_
Tix at link in bio.
Karen’s Homo for the Holigays last weekend at @sawubonacreativity was a blast! Thank you so much the sold out show and for those who know, “fuck you sean!”
Only a few tickets left to see Karen Tenderness fight off this meanie in HOMO FOR THE HOLIGAYS at Sawubona Creativity Project, Sat Dec 20 at 9pm! Get tickets here: /events/asteroidb612/1964062
![Are you [a socialist Jewish lesbian who’s] furious at the world? Meet Marsha Blovotnick.My new play Marsha Blovotnick and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup opens March 12–22 in Philly at The Bluver Theatre @ The Drake with Theatre Ariel. A world premiere! This is a very personal play for me, it’s been the hardest one to write. Over the last year, it’s had so many iterations, so many drafts, and I’m so grateful to Jesse (@slow_berns), the company, and Theatre Ariel (@theatreariel) for this delicious meal of a showMarsha is mad at the world, her ex-wives, & especially her sister… who just invited herself to Shabbos dinner. Then an ancient ancestor shows up with mystical chicken soup that might heal everything. ️ Get tickets: theatreariel.org/marsha-blovotnick or in link in bio#PhillyTheatre #NewPlay #JewishComedy #WorldPremiere #phillyevents](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6742496961445367585321_0_af7f84f217d94ef68a68b66fe63659f3.jpg?o=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&h=3196c4475b42733644aa5ec2b52816f9)
