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Curio Theatre Company serves audiences in West Philadelphia and beyond with high quality, affordable theatre performances and develops artistic talent through ensemble-based performance, training and rehearsal processes, and furthers academic, social, and personal development through arts education. The artistic and the educational arms of the theatre company are intertwined as they make a home in the diverse community of West Philadelphia.

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    Curio Theatre Company

    4740 Baltimore Ave
    Philadelphia, PA 19143

    Phone: 215-525-1350   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/02/12- 03/03/12

    Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five Presented by Curio Theatre Company February 2-March 3, 2012 Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time! Does that sound crazy? Well Curio, in it's own special brand of lunacy, feels it can relate. Join us for Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five. Watch as Billy Pilgrim simultaneously experiences all the phases of his life: birth to death, battlefield to captivity on the alien planet Tralfamadore. Vonnegut's eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority is all here. How are we going to present...

    10/22/11- 05/12/12

    Kid Curio and the Improv Avengers Calvary Center for Culture and Community Kid Curio and the Improv Avengers Presented by Curio Theatre Company at Calvary Center for Culture and Community October 22, 2011-May 12, 2012 Kid Curio has been kidnapped! And he needs your help to save him. Kid Curio and the Improv Avengers is a unique theatre experience for children. They won’t just come and watch a show, they’ll be a part of the action. Two of our company actors will lead the kids in improv games geared toward telling the story of the Heroes of Heroberg, and the Villains of Vileville. This show cannot go on without you, so please come help save the day with Kid Curio!

  • Upcoming Events

    04/19/12- 05/19/12

    The Tempest The Tempest Presented by Curio Theatre Company April 19-May 19, 2012 One of the last plays that William Shakespeare wrote, The Tempest is a magical tale full of romance, political intrigue, and drunken louts. Prospero, after being trapped on an island by his power-hungry brother, finally gets a chance for revenge when a ship carrying his brother passes by on it’s way to Naples. Using his mystical powers, Prospero traps his oppressors on the island, and confounds them all with spells and spirits. Come see this brave new world come to life on stage this...

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/02/12- 03/03/12

    Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five Presented by Curio Theatre Company February 2-March 3, 2012 Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time! Does that sound crazy? Well Curio, in it's own special brand of lunacy, feels it can relate. Join us for Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five. Watch as Billy Pilgrim simultaneously experiences all the phases of his life: birth to death, battlefield to captivity on the alien planet Tralfamadore. Vonnegut's eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority is all here. How are we going to present...

    10/22/11- 05/12/12

    Kid Curio and the Improv Avengers Calvary Center for Culture and Community Kid Curio and the Improv Avengers Presented by Curio Theatre Company at Calvary Center for Culture and Community October 22, 2011-May 12, 2012 Kid Curio has been kidnapped! And he needs your help to save him. Kid Curio and the Improv Avengers is a unique theatre experience for children. They won’t just come and watch a show, they’ll be a part of the action. Two of our company actors will lead the kids in improv games geared toward telling the story of the Heroes of Heroberg, and the Villains of Vileville. This show cannot go on without you, so please come help save the day with Kid Curio!

  • Upcoming Events

    04/19/12- 05/19/12

    The Tempest The Tempest Presented by Curio Theatre Company April 19-May 19, 2012 One of the last plays that William Shakespeare wrote, The Tempest is a magical tale full of romance, political intrigue, and drunken louts. Prospero, after being trapped on an island by his power-hungry brother, finally gets a chance for revenge when a ship carrying his brother passes by on it’s way to Naples. Using his mystical powers, Prospero traps his oppressors on the island, and confounds them all with spells and spirits. Come see this brave new world come to life on stage this...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    12/07/11- 01/07/12	Accidental Death of an Anarchist Curio Theatre School
    10/12/11- 11/12/11	Eurydice Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    09/21/11	Accidental Death of An Anarchist Curio Theatre School
    09/02/11- 09/09/11	Lord of the Flies Clark Park
    07/05/11- 06/30/10	Curio Theatre Camp. Now Enrolling Curio Theatre School
    04/14/11- 05/21/11	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Curio Theatre School
    02/03/11- 03/05/11	Great Expectations Curio Theatre School
    10/14/10- 11/13/10	Oleanna Curio Theatre School
    10/01/10- 10/03/10	The Iliad in Clark Park Clark Park
    05/22/10	Benefit: First Annual West Philly Gong Show Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    04/15/10- 05/15/10	Twelfth Night Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    02/11/10- 03/13/10	No Exit Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    12/21/09- 12/26/09	A Christmas Carol Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    10/29/09- 11/20/09	The Weir Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    10/03/09- 12/14/09	Curio Theatre School Classes Curio Theatre School
    07/06/09- 07/31/09	Curio Theatre Camp for Kids Curio Theatre School
    04/30/09- 05/17/09	A Funeral Farce Calvary Center for Culture and Community
    03/12/09- 04/05/09	Road Calvary Center for Culture and Community