PHILLY FRINGE: invisibleDISS by Reina Bracha

invisibleDISS is a solo show by Reina Bracha about the experiences of navigating the broken systems that do not support people with so-called invisible disabilities. The story is told by bringing to life a series of authentic documents from Reina’s own life during her first years with Long Covid. With imagination, wit, and eclectic performance styles, she makes the mundane extraordinary and the extraordinary mundane. By performing emails, texts, DMs, voice notes, diary entries, doctor’s notes, official SSDI documents and more in an embodied auto-documentary narrative collage, Reina strives to make her invisible struggles visible for her communities to witness and perhaps transform.

About the Artist:

Reina Bracha is a playwright, composer, and performer based in Lenapehoking (Philadelphia). Reina is the writer and co-composer of The Red Shades: A Trans Superhero Rock Opera (premiere Z Space theater, San Francisco, 2022) and TOTALLY NORMAL: A Co-Dependent Trans Friendship Musical (staged reading OPERA America, 2024). Her plays have been featured in festivals including Trans Plays of Remembrance, Music/Scene, Pint Sized Plays, Shotz, and Mutiny Radio's play festival; she was also accepted into the Bay Area Asylum Arts Retreat in 2019. Reina has been an educator for 18 years, working as a high school English teacher, teaching artist, and Program Coordinator for an LGBTQ youth center. She has worked toward her social justice commitments in all the institutions in which she has operated included schools, theaters, spiritual organizations, and more. As a disabled queer trans woman and survivor, she is committed to making art that serves her communities.

Tickets:

For Fringe Festival events, Studio 34 is allotted a limited number of advance tickets If we are "sold out" here, please check Studio 34's page on the Philly Fringe website. All online sales end 2 hours before showtime. More tickets may be available at the door.

About Studio 34:

Studio 34 is West Philly’s Fringe Hub and a mixed-use yoga/healing/arts spot all year round! Named for the trolley that stops out front, we host art, comedy, dance, drag, music, poetry, puppetry and theatre in our gallery, lounge, and studio spaces, as well as holistic services, 30+ weekly classes, and a wide array of community happenings. Our 2025 Fringe roster features dozens of our favorite artists from all over Philly and around the country, ready to transcend the bounds of DIY performance. Come see one show and stay for the next, all under one roof on vibrant Baltimore Avenue.

Accessibility:

Studio 34 is...

• up a flight of stairs

• a sober space

• a mask-required space (for this and one other Fringe event only)