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-Mare Rozelle, Google Reviews
“Built with state-of-the-art technology and old-world theatrical craft.”
–Bill Wadhams, Google Reviews
“A performance-space gem in our city.”
-Brenda Hillegas, Rowhome Magazine
Coming April 2 to VFW Post 8051
Waiting for Westy
A reading of a new play by Joshua Crone
Saturday, May 2 at 2 pm, VFW Post 8051, Pay What You Can
The night before their memorial is unveiled, Vietnam veterans from South Philly learn that retired General Westmoreland will visit their post. A reading of a new play by Joshua Crone hosted by VFW Post 8051 to raise money for a Barrymore-eligible run at Yellow Bicycle Theater this Memorial Day. Featuring Thoeger Hansen, Richard Roddy, and Joshua Crone. Produced by Yellow Bicycle Collective. Inspired by true events.
Coming to the Bike February 20
Why Do I Live Like This?
Friday, February 20 at 6:30 pm [TICKETS]
Come to a one night screening of 4 shorts and a series, all focused on modern life. Featuring “Art Boy” by Taylor Ervin,
“Our Friend Just Died” by Asher Bentley and Clay Mills, “Little People” by Creston Brown, “My Soul is a Cage on the Outside of My Body” by Clay Mills, and “Beautiful Room in Vibrant And Cultural Neighborhood — Available Immediately” by Jesse Zhou.
Modern life does not satisfy. The happiness we make for ourselves is ersatz, filling in for a mythical good life, which for the most part, no one is really interested in anymore. How then, do people continue to live, despite it all? This is a survey of new American filmmaking at a time when the way people have lived the past 40 years is in the midst of breaking down, making way for something new. These four films and one series take narrative, observation and humor as their methods to find where life is not meeting its own parameters, leaving the audience with one question: “why do I live like this?”
Just in Time for the Holidays
In a world with too many cars and screens and not enough bikes and theaters, Yellow Bicycle is a brand you can get behind. Our merch store is now online just in time for the holidays, with tees, hoodies, beanies, and baseball caps. Order by December 10th for delivery before Christmas!
A Marine Goes to Washington: Mission Accomplished
Well, we got ‘er done. Yellow Bicycle Collective‘s free, open-captioned performance of A Marine Walks Up to the Pearly Gates moved a D.C. audience to laughter and tears the weekend of the 250th Marine Corps Birthday. You can come along for the ride and watch the full show in our newly released documentary A Marine Goes to Washington, available free on YouTube this holiday season.
The film and free performance were funded entirely by donations to Yellow Bicycle Collective, a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Philadelphia. Special thanks to John and Kay Stanney, Nick and Lorie Howley, Michael and Barbara Crone, Micah and Allison Petersen, Maryellen Van Royen, Lydia Howery, Mary Fusco, Anthony Chang, Kelley Izatt, Elizabeth Pringle, the Tyrell Family and everyone who put a donation in the combat helmet after shows. Semper Fi and thank you for your support!
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“Washed in the Blood” at the Yellow Bicycle Theater, with (from left) Jonathan Power, Varda Appleton and Jack Piccioni.
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It’s a busy Philly season for filmmaker-playwright Joshua Crone
Crone arrived in Philadelphia in 2021, after working in New York and Los Angeles. He runs Yellow Bicycle Co. and is getting ready for a busy Fringe season.
Growing up in an evangelical Christian home in upstate New York and then central Florida, playwright and filmmaker Joshua Crone… [Full Article]
“Keep Yellow Bicycle on your radar. This is certain to be a performance space gem in our city.”
Ashes Ashes at Yellow Bicycle Theatre gives audiences a closer look at Enola Gay pilots in a tale that spans decades
By Brenda Hillegas
“Yellow Bicycle Theater is a fantastic new black box theatre and art house cinema just behind Love Park… The theatre’s intimate setting is perfect for the portrayal of real-life Enola Gay pilots Paul Tibbets (played by James C. Gavin) and Robert Lewis (Crone). You’ll find yourself down a rabbit hole of information, what ifs, and a close look at what could have been going on inside of their heads…and so many others at that time… Crone’s story grip’s viewers as we witness the pilots’ encounters with two young women who turn out to be a big part of their history – the Hiroshima survivor turned prostitute Miko (Mayo Kinoshita) and Japanese-American journalist Asuna (Kassidy Kimata)… This is a not-to-be-missed Fringe Festival pick. With only four performances left, you need to make a plan to see it this weekend or next Thursday.” [Full Review]