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InterAct Theatre Company

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Founded in 1988, InterAct is a theatre for today's world, producing new and contemporary plays that explore the social, political, and cultural issues of our time. InterAct's aim is to educate, as well as entertain, its audiences, by producing world-class, thought-provoking productions, and by using theatre as a tool to foster positive social change in the school, the workplace and the community. Through its artistic and educational programs, InterAct seeks to make a significant contribution to the cultural life of Philadelphia and to the American theatre.

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    InterAct Theatre Company

    2030 Sansom Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103

    Phone: 215-568-8077   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    01/20/12- 02/12/12

    Microcrisis Adrienne Theater - Main Stage Microcrisis Presented by InterAct Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Main Stage January 20-February 12, 2012 What happens when wheeler-dealers on Wall Street use the Nobel Prize-winning concept of microcredit to ravage the world economy? Fast on the heels of the current recession, MICROCRISIS is a scathing satire that follows a smart, slick, big-vision banker as he draws a gaggle of innocent do-gooders into an outrageous global lending scheme, bouncing seamlessly between the U.S., Ghana, and Monaco. Never stopping to consider the destruction in their wake, the banker and his unwitting accomplices...

  • Upcoming Events

    03/27/12- 04/22/12

    Outside The Frame: Voices from the Other America Adrienne Theater - Main Stage Outside The Frame: Voices from the Other America Presented by InterAct Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Main Stage March 27-April 22, 2012 We have searched far and wide to bring together this first-time festival of presented works that illuminate the richness and complexity of our contemporary world. The Festival will showcase an exciting array of acclaimed and engaging first person narratives that celebrate and challenge our American identity. The festival will feature more than half a dozen new works performed over a three week period in March 2012. Festival Line Up:   VALIANT Adapted...

    06/01/12- 06/24/12

    Etched In Skin On A Sunlit Night Adrienne Theater - Main Stage Etched In Skin On A Sunlit Night Presented by InterAct Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Main Stage June 1-June 24, 2012 Originally commissioned by InterAct in 2009, this intense and theatrical drama about lust, culture clash, and betrayal marks the arrival of one of the most exciting new voices in American theatre. The compelling story follows Jules, an African-American painter who has fled the U.S. under ambiguous circumstances and embraced a whole new life and family in Iceland. As Barack Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign makes Jules more homesick than ever, her husband presents their biracial...

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    01/20/12- 02/12/12

    Microcrisis Adrienne Theater - Main Stage Microcrisis Presented by InterAct Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Main Stage January 20-February 12, 2012 What happens when wheeler-dealers on Wall Street use the Nobel Prize-winning concept of microcredit to ravage the world economy? Fast on the heels of the current recession, MICROCRISIS is a scathing satire that follows a smart, slick, big-vision banker as he draws a gaggle of innocent do-gooders into an outrageous global lending scheme, bouncing seamlessly between the U.S., Ghana, and Monaco. Never stopping to consider the destruction in their wake, the banker and his unwitting accomplices...

  • Upcoming Events

    03/27/12- 04/22/12

    Outside The Frame: Voices from the Other America Adrienne Theater - Main Stage Outside The Frame: Voices from the Other America Presented by InterAct Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Main Stage March 27-April 22, 2012 We have searched far and wide to bring together this first-time festival of presented works that illuminate the richness and complexity of our contemporary world. The Festival will showcase an exciting array of acclaimed and engaging first person narratives that celebrate and challenge our American identity. The festival will feature more than half a dozen new works performed over a three week period in March 2012. Festival Line Up:   VALIANT Adapted...

    06/01/12- 06/24/12

    Etched In Skin On A Sunlit Night Adrienne Theater - Main Stage Etched In Skin On A Sunlit Night Presented by InterAct Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Main Stage June 1-June 24, 2012 Originally commissioned by InterAct in 2009, this intense and theatrical drama about lust, culture clash, and betrayal marks the arrival of one of the most exciting new voices in American theatre. The compelling story follows Jules, an African-American painter who has fled the U.S. under ambiguous circumstances and embraced a whole new life and family in Iceland. As Barack Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign makes Jules more homesick than ever, her husband presents their biracial...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    10/21/11- 11/13/11	The How & The Why Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    09/11/11	A Human Equation Adrienne Theater - Skybox
    05/27/11- 06/19/11	In a Daughter's Eyes Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    04/08/11- 05/08/11	Two Jews Walk Into a War... Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    02/16/11- 02/19/11	2011 Young Voices Monologue Festival Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    01/29/11- 02/13/11	Love Lessons from Abu Ghraib Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    01/21/11- 02/13/11	Lidless Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    10/22/10- 11/14/10	Silverhill Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    06/21/10	The Black Pearl Cabaret African American Museum in Philadelphia
    05/29/10	Celebrate Arts & Aging with: Black Pearl Sings Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    05/28/10- 06/27/10	Black Pearl Sings Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    05/07/10	Celebrate Arts & Aging with: When We Go Upon The Sea Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    04/09/10- 05/09/10	When We Go Upon The Sea Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    01/22/10- 02/21/10	City of Numbers: mixtape of a city... Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    10/23/09- 11/22/09	The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre
    05/29/09- 06/28/09	Little Lamb Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    04/10/09- 05/10/09	Jihad Jones & the Kalashinikov Babes by Yussef El Guindi Adrienne Theater - Main Stage
    02/09/09- 06/15/09	Writing Aloud Adrienne Theater - Main Stage