Events
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The Walworth Farce
Presented by Inis Nua Theatre Company May 8-May 27, 2012 What can happen when we become stuck by the stories we tell about our lives? Following on the success of Inis Nua’s production of Bedbound in 2010, visit the world of Enda Walsh again in the rundown London bedsit of a seemingly exiled father and his two sons. Twisting and turning, this farce combines uproarious comedic moments with shocking realism to portray a family absorbed by their own personal mythology.
Originally commissioned by Druid Theatre Company, The...
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Inis Nua Theatre Company |
05/08/12 -
05/27/12 |
Off Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia |
Moms Let Loose
Presented by New Candlelight Theatre June 9-June 10, 2012 Moms Let Loose! blends musical numbers, stand-up comedy and audience participation, culminating in a rollicking Q&A finale. Moms Let Loose! brings together America’s funniest moms and grandmas to perform a family oriented, clean comedy show. Full buffet included with the price of the ticket. Cash bar and free parking available.
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New Candlelight Theatre |
06/09/12 -
06/10/12 |
New Candlelight Theatre, Wilmington |
Deadly Beloved - Murder Mystery
Presented by New Candlelight Theatre June 15, 2012 You have been cordially invited to...Deadly Beloved. Dinner, dessert and death. This hilarious murder mystery takes you through the reception of newlyweds Buzz and Alma Gahner. Includes dinner, show and some audience participation. Cash bar and free parking available.
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New Candlelight Theatre |
06/15/12 |
New Candlelight Theatre, Wilmington |
Children's Summer Theater Camp
Presented by Marple Newtown Players June 25-June 29, 2012 Under the direction of Thomas-Robert Irvin, campers will start their day with theatre games and warm-ups to get to know each other. From there, they will work in groups where the fun continues.
In the June session they will adapt the stories of Hans Christian Andersen (known for such classic tales as The Little Mermaid, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Thumbelina and The Emperor’s New Clothes) into short plays which they will perform in a showcase for...
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Marple Newtown Players |
06/25/12 -
06/29/12 |
129 Park Ave, Swarthmore |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company July 18, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive. This...
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/18/12 |
Auburn Road Vineyard, Pineville |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company July 20, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive. This...
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/20/12 |
Brookhaven Municipal Lawn, Brookhaven |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company July 21, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive. This...
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/21/12 |
20th Century Club Lawn, Lansdowne |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company July 26, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive. This...
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/26/12 |
White's Road Park, Lansdale |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company July 26, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive. This...
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/26/12 |
White's Road Park, Lansdale |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company July 28, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive. This...
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/28/12 |
West Goshen Community Park, West Chester |
Our Town
Presented by Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company at Abington Art Center July 12, 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Allen Radway
In its 8th year of bringing free rheatre to the Greater Philadelphia area, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company will provide audiences with a production that bears the hallmarks of the thoroughly established CCTC style: energy, accessibility, clarity, passion, and heart. Our Town, in its celebration of the everyday moments of life, is truly a reflection of all that is glorious and fragile in being alive....
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Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company |
07/12/12 |
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Academy of Music June 5-June 10, 2012 Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Philadelphia! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including 'Be Our Guest' and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the...
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
06/05/12 -
06/10/12 |
Academy of Music, Philadelphia |
Kristin Chenoweth
Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Academy of Music June 1, 2012 Emmy® and Tony Award® winner Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film with the captivating grace that only she can project. Beloved by Broadway fans for her triumphant Tony-nominated star turn as the original Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, she has also appeared on ABC's Pushing Daisies and Fox's runaway hit, Glee. As a concert artist, she has performed to sold-out crowds at Carnegie Hall, Donmar Warehouse, Lincoln Center,...
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
06/01/12 |
Academy of Music, Philadelphia |
My Fair Lady
Presented by Act II Playhouse at Act II Playhouse April 24-June 17, 2012 The classic Broadway musical, specially adapted for our intimate venue. See it as you’ve never seen it before! Professor Henry Higgins is the consummate London bachelor, but his life is turned upside down when he meets Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle. Complications ensue when he makes a bet with his best friend that he can train Eliza to pass her as a proper lady. Based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, My Fair Lady boasts wit, wisdom and unforgettable songs, such as...
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Act II Playhouse |
04/24/12 -
06/17/12 |
Act II Playhouse, Ambler |
Improv Comedy: The N Crowd
Presented by The N Crowd at Actors Center May 25-December 21, 2012 The N Crowd wants you to share a laugh at the Actors Center. They perform improv entirely dependent on suggestions provided by the audience. When you come, you're expected to have a slew of things to yell out when asked for suggestions.
Philly Style magazine called this show ''Philadelphia's premier improv comedy troupe" while the Philly Metro said that this troupe was "keeping Philly funny." In 2008 and 2010, The N Crowd was named "Best Comedy...
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The N Crowd |
05/25/12 -
12/21/12 |
Actors Center, Philadelphia |
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...
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InterAct Theatre Company |
06/01/12 -
06/24/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Main Stage, Philadelphia |
American Romance: The Brave & The Tragic
Presented by New City Stage Company at Adrienne Theater - Second Stage May 17-June 10, 2012 Assymetric:
There is a mole on the Fifth Floor. Sometimes finding the mole is the easy part. To exterminate a mole takes guts... it takes guile... it takes extreme prejudice. And the only way to come out on top is to be... ASYMMETRIC...
Josh was the top interrogator in an elite anti-terrorist intelligence wing of the CIA until it all fell apart. Now he has one more chance to redeem himself, and to put his life and career back on track. But to do so...
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New City Stage Company |
05/17/12 -
06/10/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Second Stage, Philadelphia |
Savage/Love and Tongues
Presented by New City Stage Company at Adrienne Theater - Second Stage May 26-June 3, 2012 Innovative poetry and movement unfurl in this physical theatrical experience. Savage/Love is a propulsive quest of a lonely man looking for love and serves as a prelude to
Tongues
, a passionate fever dream in which a dying man delivers his last rites. These stream of consciousness confessionals are performed with live original music created just for our production.
This is a remount of New City's 2011 Fringe Festival hit,...
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New City Stage Company |
05/26/12 -
06/03/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Second Stage, Philadelphia |
Asymmetric
Presented by New City Stage Company at Adrienne Theater - Second Stage May 17-June 10, 2012 There is a mole on the Fifth Floor. Sometimes finding the mole is the easy part. To exterminate a mole takes guts... it takes guile... it takes extreme prejudice. And the only way to come out on top is to be... ASYMMETRIC...
Josh was the top interrogator in an elite anti-terrorist intelligence wing of the CIA until it all fell apart. Now he has one more chance to redeem himself, and to put his life and career back on track. But to do so could mean destroying the only person who...
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New City Stage Company |
05/17/12 -
06/10/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Second Stage, Philadelphia |
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Presented by 11th Hour Theatre Company at Adrienne Theater - Skybox June 1-June 24, 2012 THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts! As we learn about their lives and loves, we are treated to the girls performing such classic ‘50s and ‘60s songs as “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Lipstick On Your Collar,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “It’s My...
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11th Hour Theatre Company |
06/01/12 -
06/24/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Skybox, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama Summer Camp-Into The Woods
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company June 25-June 29, 2012 Explore the possibilities when you step deep into the forest. Take a magical journey while creating an original play set somewhere in the woods.
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Arden Theatre Company |
06/25/12 -
06/29/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
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Arden Theatre Drama School Summer Camp - Super Sleuths & Detectives
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Arden Theatre Company |
07/23/12 -
07/27/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama School - Summer Camp Teen Company Masterclass Week
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company June 25-June 29, 2012 Workshops in musical theatre, acting, improv and more! Arden teaching artists, who you’ve seen on stage or in the classroom, will lead this week of classes with each day concentrating on his or her area of expertise. Pick just one workshop to concentrate on your favorite aspect of theatre or sign up for the whole week to get a complete view of what it takes to be a professional theatre artist.
For grades 9-12.
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Arden Theatre Company |
06/25/12 -
06/29/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama School - Summer Acting Camp Teen Company
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company July 23-August 2, 2012 Philly’s finest theatre pros will teach you how to be an active listener, create believable characters, establish objectives, and dissect scenes. You’ll have a blast as you learn to work with a script and build your ensemble skills. Then, invite your friends and family to watch you star in a performance, showcasing all you’ve learned in just two weeks. Includes camp T-shirt.
For grades 9-12.
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Arden Theatre Company |
07/23/12 -
08/02/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama School - Teen Company Summer Musical Theatre Camp
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company August 6-August 23, 2012 Work with Philly’s top musical theatre professionals to become a triple threat! You’ll learn how to read music, sing harmonies, and interpret and present a song. Over the three weeks of camp, you’ll rehearse a musical revue to perform for your family and friends.
For grades 6-12.
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Arden Theatre Company |
08/06/12 -
08/23/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama School - Arden's Got Talent
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company June 25, 2012 Sharpen your acting skills by working on scenes from contemporary plays with theatre professionals Liz Filios and James Ijames. This class will challenge you to analyze text and create believable characters while honing your performance technique.
For grades 9-12.
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Arden Theatre Company |
06/25/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama School Whose Line Is It?
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company June 26, 2012 Always wanted to be on Saturday Night Live? Timing and teamwork are just some of the skills you will learn as you create new characters and storylines while thinking on your feet. In this improv and sketch comedy class you will play theatre games and use short form scenes to increase your listening and ensemble building skills that will develop you into a believable, exciting improviser.
For grades 9-12.
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Arden Theatre Company |
06/26/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Arden Theatre Drama School The Sing Off
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company June 27, 2012 Take this fast-paced one-day musical theatre intensive with one of Philly’s finest pros: actor Alex Keiper. A perfect addition to your musical theatre training, you will learn challenging material from popular Broadway shows.
Price of class also includes a ticket to the Arden’s 6:30 pm performance of Tulipomania: The Musical featuring your teacher, Alex.
For grades 9-12.
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Arden Theatre Company |
06/27/12 |
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia |
Robin Hood
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company - Arcadia Stage April 25-June 17, 2012 Enter Sherwood Forrest with Robin Hood, the legendary hero! Wielding a bow and arrow, Robin and his merry men join forces to stand up for what’s right. This athletic take on the fabled story features trickery, disguises, swordfights, live music and plenty of help from the audience.
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Arden Theatre Company |
04/25/12 -
06/17/12 |
Arden Theatre Company - Arcadia Stage, Philadelphia |
Tulipomania
Presented by Arden Theatre Company at Arden Theatre Company - F. Otto Haas Stage May 24-July 1, 2012 Before we had the sub prime mortgage crisis, Holland had the Tulip bulb bubble. Six strangers in an Amsterdam hash bar recall this seedy story of love, sex, money, and power. From the writer and composer of Café Puttanesca and Baby Case comes a new musical that gets high off our financial lows.
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Arden Theatre Company |
05/24/12 -
07/01/12 |
Arden Theatre Company - F. Otto Haas Stage, Philadelphia |