Philly Theatre Week: THE WAITING ROOM by Danielle Levsky

In The Waiting Room, Toska the Clown navigates an absurdist bureaucratic landscape where every form leads to another form, and every window remains stubbornly closed. As the waiting stretches on, ordinary objects transform into portals of memory and connection. Through physical comedy, sound journeys, object manipulation, and audience interaction, this 50-minute solo performance explores how we carry home within us. Watch as a municipal waiting room becomes a living map of displacement,  a battered suitcase holds fragments of identity, and administrative paperwork spawns its own surreal choreography. The Waiting Room blends diverse styles of clowning and physical theater traditions to create a deeply human exploration of migration, belonging, and bureaucratic purgatory.

Danielle Levsky is cooking up all things clown at Studio 34. See more on Danielle's website.

MAKE IT A DOUBLE FEATURE: The April 12 showing of The Waiting room is right in between two performances of Freedom Rain Speaks in Studio 34's Lounge at 5:30 or 8:30. Details and tickets here. 

Philly Theatre Week is a celebration of the artists, organizations, and audiences that make Philadelphia one of the most vibrant theatre cities in the nation. Organized by Theatre Philadelphia, 2025's Philly Theatre Week features 50 different shows at venues all over the Philadelphia area from April 3–13. Studio 34 is hosting five of these shows—See them all on our events page.