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ACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES ANTS ON A LOG Journeys Curious: Think Outside the Pipeline!
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Journeys, a celebration of life, love, and the enduring human spirit Curious: Think Outside the Pipeline! is the musical story of two that keeps us all moving forward. AWB company members will siblings who organize their neighbors to fight for clean air. With the perform songs and select scenes from Broadway’s greatest musicals. help of a songful community and a dancing pencil, Clio and Taylor learn to stand up for their beliefs, striving to make big change even Family-Friendly, Musical, Disability Awareness - Access any time with in the face of some bigger, more powerful people. This 40-minute registration musical is set to the Ants' award-winning soundtrack. Family-Friendly, LGBTQ+, Musical - Access any time with registration ADVENTURES IN THEATER HISTORY: PHILADELPHIA Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia Podcast APORIA ARTISTS COLLECTIVE Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 But Not Uncle Vanya Available Any Time Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 A bi-weekly podcast about the history of theater and performance in Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Philadelphia! Starting in March 2021, it celebrates Philadelphia area Pay What You Can theater, and it is completely socially distanced! Uncle Vanya. But without. You know. Uncle Vanya. An existentialist History Podcast, Podcast - Access at any time with registration take on Chekhov’s classic work, where Astrov, Sonia & Yelena are left figuring out the story on their own. Created with scenes from the original text, woven together with letters between he & his muse, Olga Knipper of the Moscow Art Theatre, and new content from ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia playwright, Alice Hakvaag. Actors @ Play Classics, Devised, Experimental, Reading, Workshop - Access any Tuesday, April 27 from 4:00pm-5:00pm time with registration
Online Workshop Online Alexander Technique training for actors. Alexander Technique AUGUST WILSON CONSORTIUM Philadelphia invites you to join us for class online: your first class is Celebrating August Wilson! FREE! Discover how this powerful tool for self-discovery has helped actors around the world free up their movement, their voices and Tuesday, April 27 - All Day their expressive impulses. Ariel Weiss has been helping actors in the Philadelphia area since 1988 and has served as faculty at the Brind Live Virtual Theatre Event School at the University of the Arts and Pig Iron School. Bring your sides, scripts and monologues and let’s play! Artists, academics, and community folks will come together to celebrate the life and works of one of the greatest playwrights of the Workshop - Access at specific times with registration twentieth century August Wilson. Drama, Family-Friendly, Panel Discussion, Town Hall / Open Forum, Workshop - Access at specific times with registration ANASTASSIA VERTJANOVA The Golden Cockerel Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 THE BLACK THEATRE ALLIANCE OF PHILADELPHIA Places, Please! - The Corner Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Pay What You Can Monday, April 26, 2021 from 6pm - 8pm The Golden Cockerel, one of Pushkin's charming shorter narrative Virtual Discussion or Industry Meeting poems, is getting a little love in this year's upcoming Philadelphia's Theater Week! Read in a chamber theater style and accompanied For Black Theatre Artists only -- Please join the Steering Committee by video work and shadow puppetry, The Golden Cockerel is sure to of BTAP as they present and discuss options, contacts, links for delight. rehearsal, performance/event spaces available to Black artists and companies, especially as the country prepares to return to in-person Classics, Experimental, Reading, Poetry - Access any time with productions in the not too distant future. BTAP is deeply interested in registration hearing from the Black Theatre community about what is needed (in terms of space) so please consider this event a space for discussion. Virtual Discussion or Industry Meeting, Town Hall / Open Forum - Access at specific times with registration FREE + PAY WHAT YOU CAN FREE + PAY WHAT YOU CAN
BIELLO MARTIN STUDIO CROSSROADS COMEDY THEATER Cockroaches & Cologne Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By The News Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Sunday, April 25 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Sunday, May 2nd from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Theatre Related Film or Short Film Live Virtual Theatre Event A short, quirky musical about a couple who meet for a hookup at Pay What You Can a Manhattan hotel, only to find out much more about each other Extree! Extree! Read all about it! Comedy show discusses the news than they ever imagined. Created as a comic diversion during the of the week and creates hilarious improvised scenes inspired by early months of COVID, Cockroaches & Cologne was cast and it! News articles are sent in by viewers leading up to the show and rehearsed via Zoom, filmed safely in a green screen studio starring show director, Mike Marbach, will present articles to the cast who a husband-and-wife duo, with art and orchestrations added will be hearing them for the first time. Get caught up on the latest remotely. goings on of this big blue marble and laugh at the antics of the ace performers. Can't watch live? Your pay what you can ticket includes Comedy, Musical, short musical film -Access any time with a link to watch up to two weeks after the performance! registration Comedy, Improv, World Premiere - Access at specific times with registration
CINEPLAY PRODUCTIONS CROSSROADS COMEDY THEATER Apostle of Freedom The Future Thursday, April 22 - Friday, April 30 Friday, April 30th from 9:30pm-10:15pm Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Live Virtual Theatre Event Pay What You Can Pay What You Can Long before the two-headed monsters of Covid-19 and social Doing whatever it takes to make audiences laugh since 2013, this injustice, one man, a Philadelphian, risked his life to rescue those improv team has built a reputation domestically and abroad as a afflicted with the young nation's first medical crisis just after group of weirdos who create comedy that is always more than the committing the first Civil Rights Act in this country, a walkout from sum of their parts. Give them a suggestion and watch as it gets St.George's Methodist Church, a church he helped build. Witness turned into a recreation of the past, a twisted sci-fi dystopia, or possibly a feat of physical strength. The pandemic has grounded the powerful and unforgettable story of Richard Allen, founder their festival performances, so don't miss this opportunity to watch of the AME Church, starring acclaimed actor Leonard Dozier in a them from your couch! The Future is: Fred Brown, Caitlin Corkery, one-an tour de-force. David Donnella, Rob O’Neill, Kristen Schier, and Molly Scullion Drama, American Premiere - Access any time with registration Comedy - Access at specific times with registration
CIRQUE DU NUIT Thickett / Quest 2 CROSSROADS COMEDY THEATER Not Yet Rated: An Improvised Movie Friday, April 30 from 8:30pm - 10:15pm Saturday, May 1 from 2:30pm - 4:15pm Thursday, April 22 from 8:00pm - 8:45pm Friday, April 23 from 8:00pm - 8:45pm Live Virtual Theatre Event Saturday, April 24 from 8:30pm - 9:15pm Pay What You Can Friday, April 30 from 8:00pm - 8:45pm Saturday, May 1 from 8:30pm - 9:15pm Thickett is a virtual immersive quest, where the world may turn on Sunday, May 2 from 8:30pm - 9:15pm the stories you tell. Dive into a digital adventure with live actors, Live Virtual Theatre Event hidden mysteries, fairy tales and corporate espionage. Pay What You Can Thickett is a corporation in charge of gathering the lost pages of In a world filled with movies… this one has not been made. an ancient, powerful book of tales. You have just been hired as an Using movie tropes and your suggestions, the cast will put on employee, otherwise known as a “seeker”. The CEO has a hidden a performance that's part story telling, part acting out, and past, the three departments are in competition, and everyone is completely made-up! Action, Horror, Rom-Com, Sci-fi, Fantasy, waiting to see how you will play. Western... it's all on the table. No script. No props. No idea what's gonna happen. Can't watch live? We got you! Your pay what you Devised, Experimental, Family-Friendly, LGBTQ+, Improv, can ticket covers viewing the show up to a week following the show Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World Premiere, date. Interactive - Access at specific times with registration Comedy, Experimental, Improv - Access at specific times with registration
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CROSSROADS COMEDY THEATER Oh Snap! An MCU Podcast Live! DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY Monday, April 26th from 7:30pm - 9:00pm Clifford Brown International Jazz Day Awards Concert Live Virtual Theatre Event Friday, April 30, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm Oh Snap! is a podcast aimed at casual fans of the Marvel Cinematic Live Virtual Theatre Event Universe. Each week we discuss the latest offering from the MCU Pay What You Can through discussion and lots of laughs. Join us for our first live show The inaugural Clifford Brown International Jazz Day Awards without even leaving your house! This week we will be discussing Concert will be held as part of the City of Wilmington’s the finale of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but we'll open it up International Jazz Day Festivities. The evening of music will to any Marvel questions / theories you've been waiting to talk about. feature trumpeter Terrel Stafford and the Clifford Brown Festival Comedy, Live Podcast Recording - Band along with an awards ceremony. Join emcee Tina Betz, Access at specific times with Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Wilmington, in naming registration honorees for the following awards: Clifford Brown Legacy Award; Clifford Brown Advocacy, Volunteerism, & Philanthropy in Jazz Award; Clifford Brown Young & Swinging Award; and the Clifford CROSSROADS COMEDY THEATER Brown Top Jazz Presenter Award. Study Hall: 7th Anniversary Show! International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, Saturday, April 24 from 7:00pm-8:00pm artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots, future and Live Virtual Theatre Event impact; raise awareness of the need for intercultural dialogue and Pay What You Can mutual understanding; and reinforce international cooperation and communication. Join us online to celebrate seven years of regular shows! Seven years of educating and entertaining audiences on stage and now Musical, Jazz Extravaganza - Access at specific times with on line! Join Drexel University Professor Michael Yudell as he leads registration this virtual classroom where lectures and current events inspire comedy created on the spot. Guests will present a lecture or news item from their field for discussion after which a cast of some of Philly’s funniest performers will use what they’ve learned (or didn’t) DIE-CAST to improvise hilarious scenes right before your eyes! Don’t be late to Dispatches From Gloria Study Hall! Saturday, April 24 from 9:00pm - 9:30pm Comedy, Improv - Access at specific times with registration Sunday, April 25 from 8:00pm - 8:30pm Monday, April 26 from 8:00pm - 8:30pm Friday, April 30 from 8:00pm - 8:30pm Saturday, May 1 from 9:00pm - 9:30pm CROSSROADS COMEDY THEATER Study Hall: Facts About the Vax Live Virtual Theatre Event Pay What You Can Saturday, May 1 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm What do you do after an insurrection? Search through the detritus Live Virtual Theatre Event of characters, images, music, games, Imposters, spoken word, Pay What You Can zines, and nook miles in an episodic collage that is the quiet after The Storm. How far would you go? Who do you believe? Are the Unsure what to believe about the various covid-19 vaccines? Come voices in your head calling, Gloria? to Study Hall and let our public health experts, including Professor Michael Yudell of Drexel University, ease your mind and give you the Dispatches from Gloria explores how we construct our own confidence you need to get that shot to protect yourself and others. understanding of the world using the stories, fantasies, and games We’ll separate fact from fiction and make you laugh along the way we encounter. This multi-media piece was created for Discord and uses both live and pre-recorded material. Once you begin, you will Comedy, Improv - Access at specific times with registration have access to explore on your own as well as an appointment to connect live. You may return to discover more as the world grows. Don't be intimidated; we will help you connect. The internet belongs to everyone. Devised, Experimental, Philadelphia Premiere, World Premiere, Immersive - Access at specific times with registration
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DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA Writing for TV with Ken Levine THE GIDDY ROUND This Little World Friday, April 23 from 7:00pm-8:30pm Thursday, April 22 from 10PM - 11:PM Live Virtual Theatre Event Saturday, April 24 from 7:30PM - 8:30PM Wednesday, April 28 from 7:30PM - 8:30PM Dramatists Guild member Ken Levine has written over 200 television Sunday, May 2 from 6:30PM - 7:30PM episodes for such shows as M*A*S*H, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons and Wings, and won an Emmy for his work on Cheers. He's also Live Virtual Theatre Event directed over 60 television episodes. So who better than Ken to Pay What You Can explain the difference between writing for the stage and writing for television, how to create a pilot with the legs to run for many seasons In this playful solo performance adapted from Shakespeare's Richard and what it's like to work in the writers' room on a major television II actor Owen Corey uses intricate, kinetic body-puppetry, and a host show? Join us for an inside look at writing for television, and maybe of voices and characterizations, to explore a timely tale of isolation, come away with the information you need to write a show of your civil dislocation, political upheaval, and a king's fall from power. own. This workshop, organized by Philadelphia DG Regional Rep Marjorie Bicknell, will aim to share basic tools and industry knowledge Classics, Devised, Drama, Philadelphia Premiere - Access at specific of writing in television for playwrights, composers, and lyricists. times with registration Workshop - Access at specific times with registration THE GORGEOUSITY The Zoomousity DREXEL CO-OP THEATRE COMPANY Thursday April 22nd from 7:00pm-8:30pm Essential: Behind the Scenes/A Launch Party Wednesday, April 28 from 7:00pm-8:30pm Friday, April 23 from 7:00pm-8:00pm Thursday, April 29 from 7:00pm-8:30pm Friday, April 30 from 7:00pm-8:30pm Virtual Discussion Live Virtual Theatre Event We welcome you to a launch party and behind-the-scenes look at Pay What You Can the making of Essential, a 24-episode original series exploring the Grab some drawing supplies and a snack. Get ready to sing and richness of the human experience in the context of the COVID-19 dance and play. Let Aoede and Terpsichore-Ancient Muses of Song pandemic. Based on interviews with real people from all walks of and Dance, guide you and your new friends upon the vast seas of life, student actors portray frontline workers, medical professionals, your astonishing, collective imaginations. creatives, community leaders, drag queens, Black Lives Matter organizers, parents, and more. Join Drexel students on their journey Comedy, Devised, Experimental, Musical, Improv - Access at specific to answer the question, “What does it mean to be ‘essential’ in this times with registration moment?”
Devised, Drama, LGBTQ+, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, HANNAH PARKE World Premiere, Panel Discussion, Documentary Theatre - Access at Birth. Sparkle. Death. A New Music Spectacular specific times with registration Thursday, April 22 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Friday, April 23 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Saturday, April 24 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm GEMINI VOICES CO. Sunday, April 25 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Dream Roles: A Virtual Cabaret Thursday, April 29 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Friday, April 30 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Saturday, May 1 from 7:30pm - 8:30pm Saturday, May 1 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Live Virtual Theatre Event Sunday, May 2 from 7:00pm - 7:25pm Pay What You Can Theatre Film or Short Film Pay What You Can Dreams will come true on May 1st, 2021! That's right- Gemini Voices Co. will be hosting a Dream Roles Cabaret, where local artists will After being diagnosed with a rare brain disorder, we follow a young perform songs from roles they hope to one day perform in full. woman through a kaleidoscopic rabbit hole in the form of the five Featuring selections from musicals, operas, and more, this live event stages of grief. Where the brain now lacks, it is filled with trippy, will be streamed to the public for free, with suggested donation. As defective medications, forthcoming brain surgeries, and know- part of the Gemini Voices monthly online cabaret series, this concert nothing doctors. She is left unlatched and alone inside of the one supports artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. A portion of the thing that is broken: her brain. With each song, new feelings will be proceeds will go directly to the performers. born and will die. Comedy, Drama, Musical, Cabaret - Access at specific times with Comedy, Experimental, Musical, World Premiere - Access at specific registration times with registration
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THE HUM'N'BARDS THEATER TROUPE INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY The #Knightlife Renaissance Faire The Niceties - A Virtual Presentation Saturday, May 1 from 5:00pm-9:00pm Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Live Virtual Theatre Event Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Pay What You Can A "blisteringly smart" (Boston Globe) drama in which Zoe, a brilliant Black college student, and her white history professor Janine square off over the Hear ye, hear ye! #KnightlifeRenFaire returns to the digital realm! role slavery played in the American Revolution. Heightened by protests Join in the spring-time merriment from the comfort of your and a social media frenzy, their taut and timely debate careens out of home as entertainers dazzle with music, art, dance, combat, control and threatens to derail their careers and their lives. Directed by and beyond streaming from The Hum'n'bards Theater Troupe Kathryn MacMillan. Starring Angela Bey & Janis Dardaris. Facebook page. Beginning at 5pm, we will feature artisans to demonstrate their craft. You will have the chance to win their Drama, Philadelphia Premiere - Access any time with registration wares in an online raffle, with proceeds going to Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia! Then, join us at 7pm for some #Knightlife entertainment: singing, magic, drag, stage combat, Shakespeare, and so much more! MALLBODIES Mallbodies, A Performative Elegy to the American Shopping Mall Comedy, Experimental, LGBTQ+, Musical, Variety, Nightlife, Drag - Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Access at specific times with registration Audio Performance Pay What You Can IDIOPATHIC RIDICULOPATHY CONSORTIUM Shopping malls hold a strong place in American culture as well as personal Into the Absurd: A Virtually Existential Dinner Conversation culture. Mallbodies, is a soundwalk performance dedicated to - and in critique of - our experience and memory of the American shopping mall. Saturday, April 24 at 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Greg DeCandia and This project is designed to be listened to by individual audience members Kate Brennan using headphones while exploring a shopping mall of their choosing. Saturday, May 1 at 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - James Jackson Mallbodies explores the origins of the shopping mall, our attraction to it, our histories within it, and how malls could function today and into the future. Virtual Discussion Mallbodies is performed for an audience of one (or do it with a friend!) as they stream the series of tracks on a playlist on the Mallbodies website. Absurd, abstract and intriguing, revealing the passions and purpose of creators in our community and around the country, Mallbodies is a self-guided immersive experience that lasts a little over an hour, though you may decide to pause the audio at times and spend more these are the conversations happening weekly at 5:00 pm at the time in certain locations. Mallbodies requires a smart device to play the virtual dinner table on Into the Absurd: A Virtually Existential project as well as headphones or other listening devices. Dinner Conversation, presented virtually by The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, the Philadelphia-based theater Devised, Audioplay - Access any time with registration company whose mission is to present absurdist theater to audiences in the Philadelphia region. Conversation - Access at specific times with registration NUBIENNE PRODUCTIONS Home to Homeland Thursday, April 22 from 7pm - 8pm INIS NUA THEATRE COMPANY Friday, April 23 from 7pm - 8pm How to Be Brave Saturday, April 24 from 1pm - 2pm Saturday, April 24 from 7pm-8pm Thursday, April 22-Sunday, April 25 Sunday, April 25 from 1pm - 2pm Thursday, April 29 from 7pm - 8pm Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Friday, April 30 from 7pm - 8pm Pay What You Can Saturday, May 1 from 1pm - 2pm Saturday, May 1 from 7pm - 8pm Single-parent Katie is having a terrible morning: her mom is Sunday, May 2 from 1pm - 2pm yelling, her daughter is bleeding, and the smoke alarm just went Pre-Recorded Theatre Event off. Overwhelmed, Katie runs out the door and on a wild ride Pay What You Can through Newport, Wales. Featuring a stolen BMX bike, a quick dip in the River Usk, and an impromptu public dance number, How To A dance play highlighting the power of the connecting forces of dance Be Brave is an uplifting reminder of how our hometowns shape cultures of Baltimore, New Orleans, Africa, and Beyond. who we are. Comedy, Devised, Experimental, Musical, Philadelphia Premiere - Access at Comedy, American Premiere - Access any time with registration specific times with registration
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PENN THEATRE ENSEMBLE PHILADELPHIA SCENIC WORKS Nobody Goes to Moscow Q&A with Philly Scenic Works Thursday, April 22nd from 7:00pm-8:30pm Wednesday April 28 from 3:30pm - 5:30pm Friday, April 23rd from 7:00pm-8:30pm Saturday, April 24th from 2:00pm-3:30pm Virtual Discussion or Industry Meeting Live Virtual Theatre Event Join representatives from Philadelphia Scenic Works and learn more about what we do, who we serve, and even virtually tour our shop! Three sisters in a podunk one-light town. They've got to get to Moscow... sound familiar? But this time, there’s a global Town Hall / Open Forum, Q&A/Meet and Greet - Access any time with pandemic. What happens when a thousand hopes and dreams registration get twisted and compressed in quarantine? Will they ever get vaccinated? Will they ever get the Moscow? The ensemble hijacks Chekhov’s masterpiece on a wild, digital ride... PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY Classics, Comedy, Devised, Drama, American Premiere - Access The McNally Award Moment at specific times with registration Friday, April 30 from 7:00pm - 7:30pm Panel Discussion PEOPLE'S LIGHT Get the Scoop on SPIRITUAL UPRISING Join us as we announce the recipient of the 2021 Terrence McNally Award, which honors the magic and transformative power of theater Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 as a way to reach into the hearts and minds of audiences. This award will Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Pay What You Can celebrate socially responsible art and civically engaged playwrights who aim to dismantle systems of racism and oppression through Before rehearsals began, Resident Dramaturg & EDI fearless and audacious art. Coordinator Gina Pisasale sat down for an in-depth Zoom discussion with creator Zonya Love, members of the creative The Philadelphia-based playwright selected for the McNally Award team, and local experts to get the full Scoop on Spiritual will receive a cash award of $5,000 and development guidance at Uprising. Watch the video for a fascinating deep-dive into the PTC, including administrative and dramaturgical support. We will global and enduring impact of Negro Spirituals, the particular also facilitate access to professional connections for the future of the connection between these songs and our region, unsung playwright and their work following the exploration at PTC. heroes of Black American music, and much more. Virtual Discussion or Industry Meeting - Access at specific times with Panel Discussion - Access any time with registration registration
PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS' COLLECTIVE PHILADELPHIA YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS Jane Eyre Pandemic! A Radio Play Monday April 26 from 7:00pm-10:00pm Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Live Virtual Theatre Event Audio Performance Pay What You Can After a childhood of hardship but also hard-won lessons, Jane By: Katie Lu. Directed by: Cat Ramierez. Eyre becomes the governess at a gloomy, isolated estate called Thornfield Hall. There she encounters peculiar servants, A professional production of a first-place winning play. From the unsettling secrets, and the enigmatic master of the house, Playwright: "Pandemic is a politically charged piece that explores Mr. Rochester. Introverted but fiercely brave, Jane defies racism, both externalized and internalized, through the eyes of two expectations of class and position by falling in love with Mr. starkly different generations--the 1930s and modern day 2020. It Rochester. But the painful mysteries of Thornfield and its portrays how racism exists today in subtlest ways that are easily master may make happiness there impossible. Jane Eyre is a missed but also in violent, hateful ways like that of a hundred years sweeping, heart-rending story of romance, independence, and ago. It also sheds important light on the Chinese Exclusion Act, an the conquering spirit of a brave young woman. often overlooked part of our history that is not taught in schools, and draws a parallel between those acts and the rise of anti-Asian- This one night reading event is the culmination of a workshop American sentiment with the COVID-19 crisis. However, in such a on this adaptation that will be produced as a co-production bleak story, I see my play as a sense of hope. The younger generations with Drexel University in the Spring of 2022. are turning over the world and sparking change." Classics, Drama, World Premiere, Reading, Workshop - Access Drama, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World Premiere, at specific times with registration Radio Play - Access any time with registration
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SEWER RATS PRODUCTIONS PHILLY PACK Pompeii White Dress Wednesday, April 28 at 7:00pm Thursday, April 29 at 7:00pm Friday, April 23 at 6:00pm, 6:15pm and 6:30pm Friday, April 30 at 7:00pm Live Outdoor Event Saturday, May 1 at 7:00pm Peek through the garage doors at Philly PACK to witness a Audio Performance mother and daughter performance inspired by Pablo Picasso's Denny Cloud is a journalist with some baggage. He's had a difficult Girl Before a Mirror and Sue Monk Kidd/Ann Kidd Taylor's book relationship with his family and his parents especially. His mother died Traveling with Pomegranates. roughly five years ago and his father just recently. He struggles to put these pieces together and shape his images of these people as well as Dance-Theatre - Access at specific times with registration the influences they've had on him. While handling this grief he receives an ominous invitation from an old friend and Sheriff, Steven Burke calling him to a small town where he is dealing with an issue of his own. One of supernatural proportions. THE PHOENIX THEATRE The series will consist of 4 episodes roughly 15 - 20 minutes long each The Second Annual Surprise Birthday Party for William and can be accessed through our website. Shakespeare Drama, Mystery, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World Friday, April 23 from 7:00pm-9:00pm Premiere, Audio Drama - Access any time with registration Live Virtual Theatre Event Pay What You Can SHAMIKA BYRD Don’t tell Shakespeare, but we’re throwing him another surprise Shamika Byrd in Concert birthday party! This year the bard is turning 457 so we’re all getting together again to perform some more of his work! It'll be Friday, April 23 from 8:00pm - 8:30pm a night of scenes, monologues, songs, sonnets, and of course... Saturday, April 24 from 8:00pm - 8:30pm CAKE! Friday, April 30 from 8:00pm- 8:30pm Saturday, May 1 from 8:00pm - 8:30pm Classics, Comedy, Drama - Access at specific times with registration Live Virtual Theatre Event Pay What You Can Shamika Byrd in Concert, performing original music as well as R&B/Soul favorites. RE-ENTRY COMMITTEE OF PHILLY THEATRE Digital Casting and Audition Workshop Musical, Vocal performance - Access at specific times with registration Tuesday, April 27 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm Live Virtual Event THE STRIDES COLLECTIVE Ignite Tips and Tricks to make your online audition and performance work stand out. This event will include a short demo between Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 actors and directors on our panel, an info session on how to make a successful online audition, and where to send it once it's done! Audio Performance Access at specific times Sparks fly when ten students at Alexandria College – a prestigious, Virtual Discussion or Industry Meeting - private institution in Newport, Rhode Island– find themselves immersed with registration in a fall semester full of new relationships, old secrets, and a shocking discovery that threatens to change campus life forever. Reimagined from its original form as an interactive website, you have full access to a playlist of hidden audio recordings, voicemails, and phone calls to help you unravel the story of how a fire broke out in the campus library days before winter break. Interact with it how you like; listen straight through, jump around, or play detective and figure out who you think it is before listening to the epilogues where each of the ten students reveal all they know. Devised, Drama, Experimental, LGBTQ+, Mystery - Access any time with registration
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VAL DUNN AND JENNA KUERZI TEMPLE THEATERS The Dumpster Dive Chance the Snapper Saturday, April 24 from 10:00am - 2:00pm, Herman's Coffee Friday, April 30 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm, Corner of 13th and Reed Thursday, April 22-Friday, April 23 Saturday, May 1 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm, Clark Park Sunday, May 2nd from 10:00am - 1:30pm, Dickinson Square Park Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Live Outdoor Event "Urbs in Horto" meaning "City in a Garden" is the latin motto of the great city of Chicago, Illinois. But in the summer of 2019, From the international superstars who brought you Johnny Depp: a that garden was invaded by a large reptile spotted lurking Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism comes some totally free PPE in one of the windy city's glorious public park features: The (Personalized Punk Experiences). Swing by our humble outdoor craft Humboldt Park Lagoon. Now the city with big shoulders, the table for some handcrafted joy! Wait, is this a show or a craft fair? It’s second city, the whole smelly onion, is in crisis. Based on a true sort of both! story about an alligator (dubbed Chance the Snapper) that Val Dunn will write you a punk song, Jenna Kuerzi will perform said punk brought a major metropolitan area to its knees, this fun and song, and YOU will take home a totally adorable copy of these one of touching musical follows park officials, corrupt politicians, city a kind lyrics — all for the stunning price of pay-what-you-decide/zero flag obsessed Chicagoans, anxious herpetologists, and one dollars. Whether you need to laugh, rage, or mourn, we will tailor the plucky young alligator in peril as they work together to find the PPE to your socially-distanced heart’s desire. Various pandemic craft meaning of allyship, friendship, community, and home. projects made by these under-baked auteurs will also be available for purchase. Comedy, Musical, Workshop - Access any time with registration Comedy, Devised, Drama, Experimental, Family-Friendly, LGBTQ+, Improv, Reading, Drop-In Event - Access at specific times with registration TEMPLE THEATERS Sick Moves! (or The Dancing Plague of 1518) Thursday, April 22 - Friday, April 30 WE'RE TRYING UP HERE! ENTERTAINMENT Business Casual Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Thursday, April 22 - Sunday May 2 VERY loosely inspired by actual events, and written entirely in quarantine– Sick Moves! (or The Dancing Plague of 1518) is Pre-Recorded Virtual Theatre Event the story of Kamille, a young 16th-century apothecary in the A collection of short workplace comedies brought to you by the Village of Sass-burg. When the Village is struck by a plague that unemployed. causes non-stop boogieing (...are they doing the hustle?), ex- apothecary – Kamille Remy – is called into action. Will Kamille Business Casual includes: save the Village in time? Only a toll of the Church Bell and some A Smooth Transition by Mrinalini Kamath, Foaming at the Mouth by Liv sick moves will tell! Surveying a century of dance crazes, Sick Shoup, Studio Executive by Jake Segelbaum, and The Long Haul by Brian Moves! is an original pop/rock musical comedy about the things Diroff, Devin O'Brien. we turn to when the world turns upside down. Featured Artists: Gary Bowman, Rita Castagna, Jordan Dallam, Brooke Musical, Workshop - de Zutter, Brian Diroff, Nick Erholm, Alexa Joseph, Caroline Juelke, Vida Access any time with registration Manalang, Devin O'Brien, Jake Segelbaum, Liv Shoup, Michael Stahler, Satchel Williams. - Access any time with registration THEATRE HORIZON Comedy, World Premiere Art Houses: The Santoro & Wiley Family
Saturday, 4/24 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm WILMA THEATER Code Black Planet Live Virtual Theatre Event Pay What You Can Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Professional award-winning theatre artists are paired with local Pre-Recorded Theatre Event area households to create an evening of original theater. Each performance will expand on the concept of family in the era of Explore secret transmissions from Black Planet, kaleidoscopic quarantine and explore the sensational moments that can be correspondences that cinematically mix spoken word, music, sketch found within the familiar every day. There will be a talk back comedy, and more. after the performance. One of the Wilma's HotHouse Shorts, digital projects created by the Wilma’s acclaimed acting company. HotHouse Shorts are free to the Comedy, Devised, Experimental, Family-Friendly - Access at public, though donations are encouraged to support our company and specific times with registration the Wilma’s ongoing work. Comedy, Devised, Drama, Experimental, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World Premiere - Access any time with registration
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YANNICK TRAPMAN-O'BRIEN The Telelibrary WILMA THEATER Expired Saturday, April 24 - 2:00pm - 2:50pm Saturday, April 24 - 5:00pm - 5:50pm Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Saturday, April 24 - 10:00pm - 10:50pm Monday, April 26 - 7:00pm - 7:50pm Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Wednesday, April 28 - 11:45am - 12:35pm Dive into a cyberspace underworld through this interactive Live Audio Performance website. Demons, both classical and contemporary, lurk among the Pay What You Can virtual artifacts, waiting to be purged. The Telelibrary is an interactive, literary telephone adventure for an audience the size of the other end of a phone call. Using cutting- One of the Wilma's HotHouse Shorts, digital projects created by edge telephonic technology, it will provide you with adventure, the Wilma’s acclaimed acting company. HotHouse Shorts are free entertainment and edification from the comfort and social distance of to the public, though donations are encouraged to support our your own home. The catalogue is constantly changing and evolving company and the Wilma’s ongoing work. with new selections and features, with a system is designed to adapt to your needs and preferences. Classics, Devised, Drama, Experimental, Mystery, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World Premiere - Access any time Experimental, Improv, Reading, Interactive - Access at specific times with registration with registration
WILMA THEATER YES! AND...COLLABORATIVE ARTS The Lagniappe Project Be Careful What You Wish For Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Saturday, April 24 at 7:00pm - Sunday, April 25 at 7:00pm Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Pay What You Can Pull up a seat at this documentary feast, where performer Melanye Finister shares her mother’s recipe for Creole gumbo with In this multi-medium musical movie, a mythical creator, Elah, is residents from Northern Children’s Services, attempting to find frustrated with the fact that her creations on earth are not quite as community and comfort. worshippy as she had expected. A trickster coyote offers to travel to earth and steal the fire from their bellies, which makes them dull and One of the Wilma's HotHouse Shorts, digital projects created by complacent--but at least they complain a lot less. But two human the Wilma’s acclaimed acting company. HotHouse Shorts are free siblings, Prometheus and Abel, think there might be something to the public, though donations are encouraged to support our missing. When they set out on a perilous voyage to try and find company and the Wilma’s ongoing work. what they lack, they encounter mythical animals, divine beings, and a new friend, Pandora, who, mysteriously, has a locked door in her Created in partnership with Northern Children’s Services. chest. The trio finds that in order to bring depth and color back to the humans of earth, they have to push the boundaries of their own Devised, Drama, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World reality, and maybe even go head to head with the great creator Premiere, Documentary - Access any time with registration herself. Family-Friendly, Musical - Access at specific times with registration WINGS OF PAPER Spilled Milk (& other messy bits) YES! AND...COLLABORATIVE ARTS SHADOW COMPANY Monday, April 26 - Sunday, May 2 In The Moment Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Friday, April 30 at 7:00pm - Sunday, May 2 at 7:00pm Pay What You Can Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Spilled Milk (& other messy bits) is a collection of 10 minute shorts Pay What You Can diving into unique worlds of heartbreaking chaos. Think Wes Anderson meets Fleabag with no budget set to pop music. It's We're all experiencing this pandemic, but what is life like in this gonna get messy. current moment for our teenagers? See through the eyes of some teens for their take on the issues that are affecting them; anxiety Comedy, Devised, Drama, LGBTQ+, Musical, Philadelphia Premiere, over all the unknowns of their future, the overwhelm of information, American Premiere, World Premiere - Access any time with the loneliness and isolation in quarantine; mourning the loss of registration major milestones in their lives....all while experiencing "normal" parts of being a teenager. This piece originally aired as a 5 part series in August of 2020. Devised, Experimental - Access at specific times with registration $15 EVENTS $15 EVENTS
CHRIS DAVIS 11TH HOUR THEATRE COMPANY Bortle 8 performed by Keith Conallen Quarantine Cabaret: Elena Camp & Rajeer Alford Friday, April 30 from 8:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday, April 24 from 7:30pm-8:30pm - Live Event Saturday, May 1 from 10:00pm - 11:00pm Sunday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 - Recording, Philly Theatre Week Access Live Virtual Theatre Event Live Virtual Theatre Event A search for darkness in an age of artificial light. Bortle 8 goes from the depths of the ocean to the night sky in the hopes of finding the last Adorable real-life couple, Elena Camp & Rajeer Alford, will serenade untouched place on Earth. audiences with moving duets, unique interpretations of classical musical theatre pieces, and more as part of 11th Hour's spring Comedy, Drama - Access at specific times with registration Cabaret Series. Event will be streamed live on April 24th, and available for replay up to two weeks after original air date. Musical, Philadelphia Premiere - Access at specific times with registration CSZ PHILADELPHIA ComedySportz Saturday, April 24 from 7:30pm-8:30pm 1812 PRODUCTIONS Saturday, May 1 from 7:30pm-8:30pm The Way I Walk Live Virtual Theatre Event Thursday, April 29 from 7-8:30pm ComedySportz is an improv comedy show unlike anything you've Friday, April 30 from 8-9:30pm seen before: two teams of improvisers battle each other for points Saturday, May 1 from 8-9:30pm and laughs, AND through the interactive chat, you, The Loyal Fans are Sunday, May 2 from 2-3:30pm involved in the fun; making suggestions, awarding points, and helping to choose the WINNER! Featuring some of the funniest improvisers in Live Virtual Theatre Event Philadelphia, the Players use their wits and Fan suggestions to create comedic scenes and games on the spot. An Announcer provides scoring It’s all about playing the game until the game starts playing you. updates and color commentary and a Referee acts as host, timing the games, calling the fouls, and getting suggestions from The Loyal Fans. In an American corporate office, four women co-workers are given With quick, smart, and inclusive humor, ComedySportz is a high-energy a team-building exercise. Office friends but real-life strangers, they comedy event, appropriate for EVERYONE. All shows are currently being work via Zoom like millions of others— so close but so far away. performed on-line and interactive with an exciting visual design, streamed What begins as an awkward conversation to make the boss happy to your computer, phone and in your home. Join us on-line and see why turns into a startling and revealing look at four unique individuals, ComedySportz remains Philadelphia’s longest-running comedy show! each on her own path, rolling the dice, and playing the cards she's dealt. In this real-life game, what does it mean for a woman to ‘lose Comedy, Family-Friendly, Improv - Access at specific times with a turn’ or ‘go bankrupt?’ Does anybody ever get to ‘pass go’ and registration make that $200? At what point do you say, ”To hell with it,” and start making up your own rules? As these four teammates show, there is so much joy and laughter to be had in life, but sometimes it’s a long EGOPO CLASSIC THEATER walk to get there. Nocturne Comedy, Devised, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World Tuesday, April 27 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm Premiere - Access at specific times with registration Wednesday, April 28 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm Thursday, April 29 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm Friday, April 30 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm Saturday, May 1 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Sunday, May 2 from 8:00pm - 9:30pm No Child... Live Outdoor Event Thursday, April 27 - Sunday, May 2 “Fifteen years ago, I killed my sister”. Thus begins this haunting story of Pre-Recorded Theatre Event pain and isolation. Before the event, you receive directions to a remote abandoned parking lot in Philadelphia. You arrive in the night, your vehicle Diving into the overlooked world of a teaching artist, NO CHILD illuminating the empty landscape. A man appears out of the darkness, follows playwright Nilaja Sun as she struggles to lead a class in blinded by your headlights. Through your FM radio, he begins to share the a city public school. This one-person, award-winning show holds story of his journey to redemption. You, and your car, become essential nothing back, as Sun challenges the American education system and players in this theatrical nightmare as his life (re)emerges out of the defends the need for enhanced arts programming for young people. darkness and silence. Featuring a tour-de-force performance by Taysha Canales and directed by Justin Jain. Drama - Access at specific times with registration Drama - Access any time with registration
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HELLA FRESH THEATER Frauenschlläechterei PHILADELPHIA DRAMATISTS CENTER Talk Dirty to Me: Plays With Dirty Words in the Title Thursday, April 22- Sunday, May 2 Thursday, April 22 from 8:00pm - 10:00pm, Live Preview, $15 Theatre By Mail Friday, April 23 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Live, $15 Saturday, April 24 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Live, 15 A German lawyer attempts to make Brigette Helm an American movie Friday, April 30 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Rerun, PWYC star in 1933 Hollywood. A play told in mailed installments sent to you in Saturday, May 1 2021 from 700pm - 9:00pm, Rerun, PWYC the mail culminating in a performance in your home. Sunday, May 2 from 2:00pm-4:00pm, Rerun, PWYC Comedy, Drama, Experimental - Access any time with registration Live and Pre-Recorded Virtual Theatre Event $15 and Pay What You Can Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?! Don't worry. This isn't KALEIDOSCOPE CULURAL ARTS COLLECTIVE your mother, and this isn't your mother's theatre showcase. The First Cousins PDC believes in freedom of speech, and that includes the freedom to perform plays with swears in the title. PDC put out a call for Thursday, April 29 - Sunday, May 2 10-minute plays with dirty words in the title. A blind juried reading of all submissions by PDC’s board of directors-at-large selected the Pre-Recorded Theatre Event best plays, and we produced the top seven for all the vulgarians to enjoy. See you at the show...you potty-mouths! After the funeral of a beloved cousin, the first cousins are left to deal with a family secret that has haunted them since childhood. Through Comedy, Drama, Experimental, LGBTQ+ - Access at specific times tears, anger, and humor, they stumble forward to healing. with registration Philadelphia Premiere, World Premiere, Tragi-Comedy - Access any time with registration THEATRE ARIEL Leaves from the Garden LANTERN THEATER COMPANY Saturday, April 24 from 8:00pm-9:20pm From the Lantern Archives: MEASURE FOR MEASURE Sunday, April 25 from 2:00pm-3:20pm Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Access at specific times with registration Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Jewish storytelling is a spoken word tradition that links one generation to the next. Drawing stories from the desk of world- When the power of the State is put in the service of one man's lust, renowned storyteller and folklorist Howard Schwartz, Theatre Ariel Shakespeare creates one of his greatest heroines to combat the abuse. has created a story-theatre performance, celebrating our tradition Isabella's courage and brilliance are called upon to fight back against of sharing wisdom through stories. Leaves from the Garden takes power, corruption, and sexual blackmail. This major play in the Bard's you on journeys around the world to encounter witches, demons, canon will surprise and move modern audiences with its timely insights haunted trees, a magical oud, and wise Rabbis to discover the Story into human motivation and resilience. of Us. Eight classic folktales explore the importance of vows, family, ethical behavior, guarding the earth, the power of love, healing, Measure for Measure is part of Plays from the Lantern Archives, trust, and faith. Theatre Ariel’s Leaves from the Garden is a visually a new program celebrating some of the finest productions from engaging Zoom production that is perfect for intergenerational recent Lantern seasons, brought vividly back to life on screen. This programming, ages 12+. performance was professionally filmed with a live theater audience in April 2019. Once you launch the stream, you will have 24 hours to Family-Friendly, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere, World finish. Premiere, Story theatre - Live Virtual Theatre Event Classics, Drama, Virtual Event - Access at specific times with registration WITHOUT A CUE PRODUCTIONS, LLC Murder By Gaslight PEOPLE'S LIGHT Saturday, April 24 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Spiritual Uprising Saturday, April 24 from 8:00pm - 9:00pm Sunday, April 25 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Sunday, April 25 from 8:00pm - 9:00pm Friday, April 30 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Friday, April 30 from 8:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday, May 1 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Zonya Love (Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole, Broadway’s The Color Purple) Sunday, May 2 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm brings her forthcoming collection of reimagined Negro Spirituals to the People’s Light stage in this filmed concert event. The nationally acclaimed actor-musician leads a full band through evocative new Live Outdoor Event renditions of songs like “My Way’s Cloudy” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” while illustrating the music’s deep cultural and historical Join Without A Cue Productions for a walking tour murder mystery. significance. A walk of about a mile is part of the performance. Musical, Philadelphia Premiere, American Premiere - Pre-Recorded Walking Tour Murder Mystery, Mystery - Access at specific times Theatre Event with registration $30 EVENTS $30 EVENTS
LAUREL TREE THEATER THE WILMA THEATER A Doll's House 20/20 Fat Ham Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, May 2 Thursday, April 29 - Sunday, May 2
Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Pre-Recorded Theatre Event Ibsen's classic adapted to 2020. Nora Helmer has a beautiful life A world premiere filmed production. and a dreadful secret: She’s $300,000 in debt, possibly going to jail and being blackmailed by one of her husband’s subordinates. The ghost of Juicy’s dad haunts him and asks for revenge – on On top of it all, she’s quarantined alone at home where her only Juicy’s uncle, who has now married his widowed mom. Sound human interaction comes from friends who drop by on Bubble familiar? Yes, but ... Chat throughout the day. This contemporary adaption of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set in the As Nora’s story unfolds, so do the lives of the people around American South, explores big issues (like toxic masculinity and her: COVID19, desperation, unemployment and power struggles cycles of violence) with a light touch. Fat Ham is the latest from interweave over Bubble a Zoom-like environment created award-winning playwright and Wilma Co-Artistic Director James specifically for in this independently funded film which brings Ijames (Kill Move Paradise, WHITE). Henrik Ibsen’s Victorian masterpiece to lockdown. Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+, Philadelphia Premiere, American Classics, Drama - Access any time with registration Premiere, World Premiere - Access any time with registration
THEATRE EXILE Zoo Motel Thursday, April 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, April 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Saturday, April 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Sunday, April 25, 3:00pm - 4:00pm Thursday, April 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, April 30, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Saturday, May 1, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Sunday, May 2, 3:00pm - 4:00pm Live Virtual Theatre Event How many secrets can one room hold? Step into this virtual odyssey that combines interactive live theater, gripping storytelling, cinematic illusions, and magic all in one creative hour of surprises. Theatre Exile invites you to check into Zoo Motel, devised by director, designer, and performer Thaddeus Phillips in 2020 as a quarantined experiment that offers a window into what’s possible for live performance — a world where audiences from around the globe can share a mind-bending adventure in the comfort of their own home. Broadcast live and online from one room in a South American village, Zoo Motel takes you on a journey to Spain, Japan, the Mojave Desert, and other parts of the world alongside fellow motel guests. One room, endless possibilities. Comedy, Drama, Family-Friendly - Access at specific times with registration THEATRE PHILADELPHIA Learn more about resources at Theatre Philadelphia
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