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Announcing the Recipients of the 2023 Barrymore Awards!

Nov 16, 2023

Philadelphia, PA - Monday night, after a nearly three-year hiatus, the Barrymore Awards, run by Theatre Philadelphia, returned to honor the 2022-2023 theatre season, the first full season back for many theatres after the pandemic. With close to 300 in-person attendees, COVID-19 tested prior t

THE FOUNDRY IN ITS THIRD CYCLE UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP AT PLAYPENN, ADDS NEW CLASS OF FIRST YEAR MEMBERS FOR 2024/25 SEASON

Oct 5, 2023

PlayPenn welcomes Aly Gonzalez, August Hakvaag, and Lulu Duffy-Tumasz L M Feldman and R. Eric Thomas, who will continue as Lead Artists, led the search. The new members, all Philadelphia-based playwrights, Aly Gonzalez, August Hakvaag and Lulu Duffy-Tumasz rounds out the full cohort of nine.PlayPenn

Announcing the Nominees for the 2022-23 Barrymore Awards!

Sep 15, 2023

Tickets are now on sale at https://theatre-philadelphia.ticketleap.com/2023-barrymore-awards-ceremony/ After a nearly three year hiatus, and only announcing one cash award last year, the Barrymore Awards,

Theatre Philadelphia announces playwright, artist, educator, and community ethnographer Sabriaya Shipley as the new Executive Director

Aug 23, 2023

Philadelphia, PA - After an extensive search, the Board of Directors of Theatre Philadelphia is excited to announce that they have hired Sabriaya Shipley (she/they) as the organization’s new Executive Director. Shipley will immediately reenter the region’s theatre marketing and leadership orga

Godspell, 2012 Revised Version from New Light Theatre

Jun 14, 2023

New Light Theatre is officially in rehearsals for its summer musical, Godspell, 2012 Revised Version, by Stephen Schwartz, conceived by John-Michael Tebelak, in support of REACH Riverside, August 11th through 20th, at the E.O. Bull Center in West Ch

Applied Mechanics Shares What to Expect as an Audience Member

Jun 6, 2023

Photo: Tasha Doremus Applied Mechanics makes plays! The plays Applied Mechanics makes are also immersive installation experiences. There is no proscenium, no fourth wall. The audience seating and the set are not separate and distinct from one another. That said, each audience member's

Applied Mechanics gives a sneak peak into the world of Other Orbits!!!!

Apr 17, 2023

Lights up on a world 10,000 years in the future. A distant planet where colonization has tried and failed, once again. The humans have either moved on or merged with the creatures, tech and detritus of the planet, and things are changing fast. How do a walrus, a bacteria, a blackberry,

Labor Unions Aren’t the Villains and Southerners Don’t Kiss Their Cousins

Apr 11, 2023

by Caitlin Green

Theatre Philadelphia and thINKingDANCE continue our partnership, begun in 2018, bringing coverage and new p

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A Prospective of Jenna Kuerzi's Johnny Depp! (A Retrospective on Late Stage Capitalism)

Mar 30, 2023

By Mackenzie Raine Kirkman Theatre Philadelphia Content + Criticism Cohort member Mackenzie Raine Kirkman speaks with Jenna Kuerzi about Philly Theatre Week

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From the Content + Criticism Cohort: Philadelphia Theatre Reviews

Mar 28, 2023

This past fall, Theatre Philadelphia's Content + Criticism Cohort joined thINKingDANCE for a workshop on reviewing theatre with a dance and movement perspective. Afterwards, Content + Criticism Cohort members reviewed shows and crafted reviews utilizing this perspective through the lens of the a

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Gauri Mangala and smj discuss “Untitled Raccoon Play”

Mar 27, 2023

Philly Theatre Week - Gauri Mangala and smj discuss “Untitled Raccoon Play” Theatre Philadelphia Criticism Cohort member Gauri Mangala speaks with playwright smj abo

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Your 2023 Philly Theatre Week Playlist

Mar 24, 2023

We challenged Philly Theatre Week participating companies to send us some songs that best describe their event or themselves. The resulting curated playlist is an epic mix of everything (and we mean everything)!
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