Ninth Planet, Philadelphia, PA (2025)

04/21/2025

Philly Baby Jam returns to 🌀and we are trying out a new structure!

🔸 We’re offering our Friday 12pm show for pre-k audiences, and our Saturday 10:30am show for babies and toddlers.

🔸 Families with babies can explore the tactile immersive installation, while kiddos 5 and under can enjoy an interactive experience designed to engage their sense of play and creativity! 🧱

🗓️ Friday, May 2: 12pm (ages 2-5)
🗓️ Saturday, May 3: 10:30am (ages 0-2)
📍 18 S 7th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

🌀 free to drop in! no rsvp required.

01/30/2025

✨ introducing tonight’s special guest THE SAS PROJECT ✨

Thank you for continuing to support our production! We have had a fabulous run so far with glowing reviews and attendance! With just three more chances left to see Fallawayinto, we are welcoming a special guest tonight, The SAS Project, Sisters Affirming Sisterhood Project. Join us at FringeArts tonight before the show at 7pm, SAS Project will be tabling a Free Pop Up Clothes Closet that supports empowerment through fashion. Their solidarity initiative consists of identity affirmation, environmental justice and labor rights. Learn more about them at their website www.sasproject.org and instagram
Xoxo ninth planet

✨ SHOWTIMES ✨

January 30th, 8:00pm
January 31st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation
February 1st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation

Ticket levels:
$50 Supporter Level
$35 Advocate Level
$20 General Admission
$15 Students, 25 and Under
$2 ACCESS Tickets*
$0 Complimentary Tickets for Black Trans Women**

* (ACCESS card at Box Office)
** (self-selection, no ID required)

01/29/2025

OUR FINAL TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS FROM THE FALLAWAYINTO UNIVERSE ARE LIVE!

Join us Saturday, February 1st and Monday, February 3rd for two free offerings ! RESERVE YOUR SPACE AT THE LINK IN OUR BIO!

🎨 SELF-PORTRAIT WORKSHOP W/
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1ST
📍FringeArts | 140 N. Columbus Blvd.

Learn the expansive and affirming art of self-portraiture with multidisciplinary artist Vudu Thee Dahl. This workshop is open only to Black Trans Women who are interested in getting creative and learning new skills. Paint materials and refreshments provided!

NOTE: Workshop is limited to BLACK TRANS WOMEN ONLY! Only 10 spaces available! $100 stipends available to Black Trans Women who attend the performance to support their financial needs!

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💃🏽 VOGUING WORKSHOP W/
MONDAY FEBRUARY 3RD
📍FringeArts | 140 N. Columbus Blvd.

Learn some iconic voguing moves and fundamentals with Philadelphia legend BEHOLD! Tap into your self-confidence; self-expression and connect to the history of voguing and ballroom culture.

This workshop is open to Black q***r and trans folks, with 10 stipends available for Black Trans Women of $100 each to support their financial needs.

MASKS REQUIRED AT ALL EVENTS! Check out our accessibility policies in the third slide and description pinned the comments!

01/28/2025

🤩 FALLAWAYINTO IS BARRYMORE RECCOMENDED 🤩

We’re back tonight with our FINAL week of performances . The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and we hope to see you this week at the theatre.

SHOWTIMES
January 28 at 8pm
January 29 at 8pm
January 30 at 8pm
January 31 at 8pm *
February 1 at 8pm *

* ASL Interpreted Performances *

Tickets available in our bio!

01/26/2025

🤩 We’re on a high after an incredible first week of shows. We’re so grateful for every audience member who has received this work with care and for all your kind words in response.

Thank you all for loving and learning about our incredible Donna Booker.

YOU STILL HAVE FIVE MORE CHANCES TO SEE FALLAWAYINTO AT .

TUES. JAN 28 | 8PM
WED. JAN 29 | 8PM
THURS. JAN 30 | 8PM
FRI. JAN 31 | 8PM *
SAT. FEB 1 | 8PM *

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY’S PERFORMANCES WILL BE ASL INTERPRETED.

Get your tickets at the link in our bio!
Free tickets for Black Trans Women.

See you at the show.

📸 by the phenomenal

01/20/2025

✨ introducing the stage managers of Fallawayinto, Tania “T” Saiz Perez and Jules Kyung Lee-Zacheis ✨

In just under 2 DAYS Fallawayinto will be ready to premiere at FringeArts January 22nd! A huge thank you to Stage Management for keeping us in sync with each other, and staying on top of all the rehearsal reports this month. Please check out their bios to learn more about them and their work. It’s been a pleasure working with them in this capacity. Here’s also a sneak peak of behind the scenes of rehearsal moments located at the Community Education Center, and the brilliant direction led by Nia Benjamin. Continue to peep our stories, as you get a sneak peak of our tech days! GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY, link is in bio. SEE YOU WEDNESDAY!
Xoxo ninth planet

BTS Archive Photos: Uriah Bussey .black

✨ SHOWTIMES ✨

January 22nd, 8:00pm
January 23rd, 8:00pm
January 24th, 8:00pm
January 28th, 8:00pm
January 29th, 8:00pm
January 30th, 8:00pm
January 31st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation
February 1st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation

Ticket levels:
$50 Supporter Level
$35 Advocate Level
$20 General Admission
$15 Students, 25 and Under
$2 ACCESS Tickets*
$0 Complimentary Tickets for Black Trans Women**

* (ACCESS card at Box Office)
** (self-selection, no ID required)

01/19/2025

✨ introducing ingrid Raphaël as Video Portraits Videographer and Editor ✨

As a part of our Fallawayinto production, on a cold wintery weekend in December at a West Philadelphia Church, our wonderful videographer, Ingrid Raphael, filmed our Video Portraits of Black trans women and their personal altars. We want to thank Evangeline Brooks, Muteba Tshinabu wa Munda, Monica Rivera, Phoebe Van Cleefe, Savan De Paul and Khadijah Rose for being a part of the video portraits. It was wonderful to be in this intimate space with them as well as getting to know why they’ve chosen the objects, significance for the creations of their altars, and what the altars represent. We were delighted with some surprising gifts in the process that we are so excited for you to see. Shoutout to Ingrid Raphaël‘s brilliant approach to videography, you all are in for a treat when it comes to the end results of our process.

Fallawayinto: Corridors of Rememory
multimedia play written by Arielle Julia Brown, directed by Nia Benjamin
Produced by Ninth Planet

Videographer and Editor: ingrid Raphaël
BTS Archive Photos: Uriah Bussey

✨ SHOWTIMES ✨

January 22nd, 8:00pm
January 23rd, 8:00pm
January 24th, 8:00pm
January 28th, 8:00pm
January 29th, 8:00pm
January 30th, 8:00pm
January 31st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation
February 1st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation

Ticket levels:
$50 Supporter Level
$35 Advocate Level
$20 General Admission
$15 Students, 25 and Under
$2 ACCESS Tickets*
$0 Complimentary Tickets for Black Trans Women**

* (ACCESS card at Box Office)
** (self-selection, no ID required)

01/17/2025

✨ introducing Donna Nicole Booker, Commissioner and Visionary Spirit ✨

This is Donna Nicole Booker (1963 - 2006-and on and on), our Black Trans woman ancestor, she is the center of Fallwayinto, the reason why this multimedia play exists. Donna Nicole Booker, living in the divine flight between Waukegan, Il and the San Francisco Bay Area, was an artist, activist, s*x worker, evangelist and theologian who made of her body and life - a sanctuary. Her spirit continues to guide us, move us into the different portals that Fallawayinto unfolds as. Fallawayinto is an iterative play and performance ritual aspiring to the divine forms of her spirit and life. We want to thank her for commissioning this work and for journeying with us through all the many iterations, forms and possibilities her stories hold.

Fallawayinto
multimedia play written by Arielle Julia Brown, directed by Nia Benjamin
Produced by Ninth Planet

✨ SHOWTIMES ✨

January 22nd, 8:00pm
January 23rd, 8:00pm
January 24th, 8:00pm
January 28th, 8:00pm
January 29th, 8:00pm
January 30th, 8:00pm
January 31st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation
February 1st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation

Ticket levels:
$50 Supporter Level
$35 Advocate Level
$20 General Admission
$15 Students, 25 and Under
$2 ACCESS Tickets*
$0 Complimentary Tickets for Black Trans Women**

* (ACCESS card at Box Office)
** (self-selection, no ID required)

01/15/2025

✨introducing our designer team! ✨

In just ONE WEEK, we will be premiering our production Fallawayinto January 22nd, . We want to take the time to honor our amazing, brilliant designer team for bringing our production to life from the set, to the stage, to costume and sound. With their expertise and knowledge, you will be in for a special treat when you journey into the world of Fallawayinto, crafted as a living sanctuary in Donna Nicole Booker’s image. Step into our dimension, travel through space, ritual and time in the Fallwayinto portal January 22nd. Get familiar with the designer team and their work, and grab your tickets today! Link is in the bio!

Fallawayinto: Corridors of Rememory
multimedia play written by Arielle Julia Brown, directed by Nia Benjamin
Produced by Ninth Planet

✨ SHOWTIMES ✨

January 22nd, 8:00pm
January 23rd, 8:00pm
January 24th, 8:00pm
January 28th, 8:00pm
January 29th, 8:00pm
January 30th, 8:00pm
January 31st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation
February 1st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation

Ticket levels:
$50 Supporter Level
$35 Advocate Level
$20 General Admission
$15 Students, 25 and Under
$2 ACCESS Tickets*
$0 Complimentary Tickets for Black Trans Women**

* (ACCESS card at Box Office)
** (self-selection, no ID required)

01/14/2025

✨introducing our project team! ✨

IT’S ALMOST TIME! With our production of Fallawayinto opening next week January 22nd! We want to take the time to highlight and introduce the project team for holding down the fort and contributing to the many facets of Fallawayinto’s project and community programming! Please read their individual bios and take time to support their individual work. See you next Tuesday! Don’t forget to get your tickets, link is in the bio!

Fallawayinto: Corridors of Rememory
multimedia play written by Arielle Julia Brown, directed by Nia Benjamin
Produced by Ninth Planet

✨ SHOWTIMES ✨

January 22nd, 8:00pm
January 23rd, 8:00pm
January 24th, 8:00pm
January 28th, 8:00pm
January 29th, 8:00pm
January 30th, 8:00pm
January 31st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation
February 1st, 8:00pm ** ASL Interpretation

Ticket levels:
$50 Supporter Level
$35 Advocate Level
$20 General Admission
$15 Students, 25 and Under
$2 ACCESS Tickets*
$0 Complimentary Tickets for Black Trans Women**

* (ACCESS card at Box Office)
** (self-selection, no ID required)

01/13/2025

✨introducing the Playwright, Project Co-Conceiver of Fallawayinto✨

Arielle Julia Brown is a multidisciplinary cultural worker who commands and directs cultural spaces as sites for radical imagination, vision building and social transformation in her communities. Raised between Hayward California and Conley Georgia, she now also calls Philadelphia home. Arielle’s practices traverse cultural strategy, performance curation, dramaturgy, facilitation and performance making. Arielle is the founder and director of Black Spatial Relics. She is a co-producer of Remember2019. Arielle was a ‘19 Monument Lab National Fellow, a ‘21 Leeway Transformation Awardee, also in the inaugural cohort (‘21 -‘24) of Called By Water. Now a 2025 faculty fellow with the Center for Experimental Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania. Received her B.A. in Theatre from Pomona College, an M.A. in Public Humanities from Brown University where she was the ‘15-‘17 Public History of Slavery Graduate Fellow. Learn more about Arielle’s work at ariellejuliabrown.com

Fallawayinto is an iterative play, performance ritual aspiring to the divine forms of Donna Nicole Booker (1963-2006-and on and on), a Black Trans woman ancestor. Living in the divine flight between Waukegan, Il and the San Francisco Bay Area she was an artist, activist, s*x worker and theologian who made of her body and life-a sanctuary. Fallawayinto received essential developmental support between 2018-2022 from Black Theater Alliance of Philadelphia, NET/TEN, JKW foundation, Leeway Foundation and the Center for Research on Feminist, Q***r and Transgender Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fallawayinto: ‘round the corner from the Honey hole at Yeoman Creek

This iteration was presented in the fall of 2022. A site responsive ritual held for family and community in Waukegan, IL on the land where Donna and her family lived in her pre-adolescent childhood.

Fallawayinto: Corridors of Rememory
multimedia play written by Arielle Julia Brown Directed by Nia Benjamin
Produced by Ninth Planet

✨SHOWTIMES✨

Jan 22nd 8pm
Jan 23rd 8pm
Jan 24th 8pm
Jan 28th 8pm
Jan 29th 8pm
Jan 30th 8pm
Jan 31st 8pm ** ASL
Feb 1st 8pm ** ASL

01/10/2025

DOLLHAUS IS THIS SATURDAY!
TICKETS AVAILABLE IN OUR BIO / AT THE DOOR.
FREE ADMISSION FOR BLACK TRANS WOMEN.

and are taking over .

We’re shaking a$$. We’re collecting funds. We’re redistributing money to orgs devoted to supporting the stability and safety of Black TGNC cuties here in Philly.

POP OUT. SHOW OUT. A good time is guaranteed.

See you Saturday!

Accessibility Notes are pinned in the comments!

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