About the Collaborator

"The skilled actors create genuine, complex, unscripted relationships, hilarious and painful, anchored by a delicate clarity, and more moving than the best scripted plays."   (Philadelphia City Paper).

Tongue & Groove spontaneously generates a one-of-a-kind theater piece at every performance, based on personal information anonymously provided by the audience. Like jazz musicians, the actors spontaneously riff off of audience members' experiences. This audience-artist collaboration, a hallmark of T&G's work, pays homage to the collective inspiration forged during the period PIFA celebrates. Exploring contemporary relationships and committed to authentic behavior, this critically acclaimed ensemble instantly creates physically and emotionally dynamic serio-comic theater, enriched by live improvised music.

"You'll see …. the human experience, raw, painful, smart, sharp and beautiful...and you'll laugh till you get a head rush."   (phawker.com)

 (Contrary to our publicity photos, Tongue & Groove performs fully clothed!)