Touchstone Theatre opens its 2017-18 season with Philadelphia-based Almanac Dance Circus Theatre in their genre-defying physical theater masterwork Leaps of Faith & Other Mistakes. The show plays Sept. 28-Oct. 1.

A blend ofensemble acrobatics, dance, theater and live, original music, Leaps of Faith weaves an absurd and intimate tapestry of sublime human idiocy.Four strangers find each other in a world of weirdos; together, with their trusty sofa as a portal for exploration, they set out on the high seas and leave the world of normalcy behind. But all is not as they imagined it would be, and the audience is left contemplating what we do when we find ourselves lost at sea.The show runs 80 minutes and includes a brief post-performance talkback with the performers.Founded in 2013 and hailed as "The little dance theater troupe that could" by Philadelphia's City Paper, Almanac's company members are Philadelphia-trained physical performers with a mission to present performance "at the edge of what is possible, through playful honesty."Their work has been presented at fringe festivals, street fairs, elementary school assemblies, and private performances across eleven states; they also pursue educational work with K-12 and college students.On display in the Touchstone Gallery, an exhibit of glass artwork and photography titled "exiSt - exit" accompanies the show, created by Draga Šušanj, a Catskill, New York-based studio artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as in her hometown of Belgrade, Serbia.Her work is in permanent collections of the Museum of American Glass and MOMA.Beginning Sept. 28, Leaps of Faith & Other Mistakes plays at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday.On Thursday, Touchstone offers a pay-what-you-will ticket option at the door, allowing walk-up patrons to name their own ticket price. Advance tickets may be purchased at 610-867-1689 or online at

www.touchstone.org.