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St. Stephen's Theater

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Home to the Lantern Theater Company.

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    St. Stephen's Theater

    923 Ludlow Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19107

    Phone: 215-829-9002   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

      05/17/12- 06/10/12

      The Island St. Stephen's Theater The Island Presented by Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater May 17-June 10, 2012 The Island is Robben Island, South Africa's notorious prison, where John and Winston are political prisoners and cellmates. After absurdly grueling days laboring under the sun, they return to their dark cell to rehearse a makeshift performance of Sophocles' play Antigone. Winston takes the part of young Antigone, who defies the laws of the state for the sake of her conscience. John takes the part of Creon, the king, who is so desperate to hold onto power that he will crush any...

  • • Upcoming Events

      09/04/12- 09/23/12

      New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 St. Stephen's Theater New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 Presented by Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater September 4-September 23, 2012 As the Inquisition bears down on them, a small Jewish community flees Portugal to find a tenuous peace in seemingly liberal Amsterdam. But Spinoza, a favorite son of the community and the rabbi's heir apparent, is a revolutionary thinker. When the boldness of his ideas strains the bounds of Amsterdam's professed tolerance, it leads to a dangerous confrontation between powerful political forces and his own beloved community. Based on true events in the life of one of the greatest philosophers...

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    05/17/12- 06/10/12

    The Island St. Stephen's Theater The Island Presented by Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater May 17-June 10, 2012 The Island is Robben Island, South Africa's notorious prison, where John and Winston are political prisoners and cellmates. After absurdly grueling days laboring under the sun, they return to their dark cell to rehearse a makeshift performance of Sophocles' play Antigone. Winston takes the part of young Antigone, who defies the laws of the state for the sake of her conscience. John takes the part of Creon, the king, who is so desperate to hold onto power that he will crush any...

  • Upcoming Events

    09/04/12- 09/23/12

    New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 St. Stephen's Theater New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 Presented by Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen's Theater September 4-September 23, 2012 As the Inquisition bears down on them, a small Jewish community flees Portugal to find a tenuous peace in seemingly liberal Amsterdam. But Spinoza, a favorite son of the community and the rabbi's heir apparent, is a revolutionary thinker. When the boldness of his ideas strains the bounds of Amsterdam's professed tolerance, it leads to a dangerous confrontation between powerful political forces and his own beloved community. Based on true events in the life of one of the greatest philosophers...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    03/12/12- 03/26/12	Scholars: In Conversation - Sex, Swords & Surprises in Shakespeare's Verona St. Stephen's Theater
    03/01/12- 04/08/12	Romeo and Juliet St. Stephen's Theater
    02/07/12- 02/12/12	The Great Divorce St. Stephen's Theater
    12/08/11- 12/31/11	Private Lives St. Stephen's Theater
    12/08/11- 01/08/12	Private Lives St. Stephen's Theater
    10/23/11	Fall Philosophy Festival Part 3: Theater and the Age of Reason St. Stephen's Theater
    10/21/11	Fall Philosophy Festival Part 2: Theater and the Age of Reason St. Stephen's Theater
    10/10/11	Fall Philosophy Festival Part 1: Theater and the Age of Reason St. Stephen's Theater
    10/06/11- 11/12/11	New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 St. Stephen's Theater
    07/09/11- 07/23/11	Dear Edwina St. Stephen's Theater
    07/06/11- 07/23/11	Pippin St. Stephen's Theater
    05/19/11- 06/12/11	Vigil St. Stephen's Theater
    03/21/11- 04/04/11	Scholars: In Conversation - Midsummer's Magic: Commedia, Sex and the Supernatural St. Stephen's Theater
    03/10/11- 04/17/11	A Midsummer Night's Dream St. Stephen's Theater
    01/13/11- 02/13/11	A Skull in Connemara St. Stephen's Theater
    12/08/10- 12/18/10	Heresy St. Stephen's Theater
    12/08/10- 12/15/10	The Devil and Billy Markham St. Stephen's Theater
    12/03/10- 12/19/10	The Great Divorce St. Stephen's Theater
    10/21/10- 11/21/10	Uncle Vanya St. Stephen's Theater
    09/25/10- 09/27/10	The N**** Files St. Stephen's Theater
    09/14/10- 09/18/10	Droit du Seigneur St. Stephen's Theater
    09/13/10- 09/18/10	A Lesson in Dead Language by Adrienne Kennedy St. Stephen's Theater
    09/09/10- 09/12/10	The Crowded House St. Stephen's Theater
    09/04/10	Factory St. Stephen's Theater
    09/02/10- 09/11/10	Dracula St. Stephen's Theater
    07/26/10	A Midsummer Night's Dream St. Stephen's Theater
    05/19/10- 06/06/10	The Screwtape Letters St. Stephen's Theater
    05/01/10	Celebrate Arts & Aging with: Henry IV, Part I St. Stephen's Theater
    04/01/10- 05/09/10	Henry IV, Part I St. Stephen's Theater
    02/26/10	Artistic Directors: In Conversation St. Stephen's Theater
    02/04/10- 02/28/10	The Breath of Life St. Stephen's Theater
    12/18/09	Artistic Director: In Conversation St. Stephen's Theater
    12/03/09- 01/10/10	Scapin St. Stephen's Theater
    10/30/09- 11/15/09	Endgame St. Stephen's Theater
    10/16/09	Artistic Directors: In Conversation St. Stephen's Theater
    10/16/09	Artistic Director: In Conversation St. Stephen's Theater
    09/24/09- 10/18/09	Happy Days St. Stephen's Theater
    09/08/09- 09/13/09	ConNEXTions: The Next Generation of Opera St. Stephen's Theater
    04/03/09- 05/17/09	Hamlet St. Stephen's Theater