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Plausible Deniability

It both is and isn't a steam room.

Plausible Deniability

Almanac2026Icebox Project Space, Box Spring Gallery

  • Under Development

An immersive work in progress for two performers and a room that is, for almost the whole performance, the inside of a steam sauna. Audience and performers share the edges of the space, with a large black steam room structure at the center of the back wall and heat rising as the piece's central structural element.

It both is and isn't a steam room, and you both are and aren't there to cruise. Be careful where you put your eyes.

Spoken text mixes with daring, symbiotic movement and lifts, raising questions about looking, seeing, and connection in a world of fragmented attention.

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Credits

Created by Ben Grinberg

Performed by Ben Grinberg and Axl Osborne

With production support for Arianna Allen

Based on a research with Adam Kerbel, Skye Fort, Linnea Bond, Aidan O'Shea, Kevin Flanagan

Presented by

Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2026)

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