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Sep 18 - 21 2025

PINKY PROMISE

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This world-premiere production explores the nuanced emotional lives of three tweens on the precipice of adolescence, set in the vibrant, emotionally-charged microcosm of a summer camp in 2005. When a deep rift forms in the friendship between our ensemble Heidi, Miriam, and Phoebe, what unravels is a comedic and heartbreaking meditation on loyalty, identity, and growing up. At its core, Pinky Promise is about a moment that can feel world-ending at age twelve, and still echo decades later.  Pinky Promise is created through Paper Doll’s signature collaborative devising process, with surreal visuals, heightened physicality, and a fierce comedic edge, the piece captures the terrifying exhilaration of change—where hobby horses, pop songs, and the sacred power of a pinky promise collide.  Adult performers embody their preteen characters with uncanny precision, highlighting the tension between how we experience youth and how we remember it.  Funny, painful, and achingly familiar, Pinky Promise invites audiences to revisit the formative fractures of early friendship—and ask how our earliest heartbreaks shape who we become.

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Estimated Run Time
75mins
Show Type
ComedyDevisedLGBTQ+Philadelphia PremiereAmerican PremiereWorld Premiere

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Venue
Skinner Studio
1714 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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