Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theater at 1714 Delancey Place, will present the world premier of Concrete Dinosaur by Nicholas Wardigo running January 7 - 24 in the 3rd Floor Skinner Studio.
Nicholas Wardigo is a recipient of the Roger Cornish Award, as well as Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. He has enjoyed productions and/or staged readings with Theatre Exile, Flashpoint Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, The Brick Playhouse and InterAct Theatre Company. Previous projects have included writing the script for The 2006 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. He also wrote the well-received Exit, Corpse which appeared at Plays & Players last season.
Concrete Dinosaur stars five local Philadelphia actors, Aileen Goldberg, Polly MacIntyre, Peggy Smith, Lora Mirigliani and Armando Batista.
Performances are slated for January 7 - 24, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 4pm. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door for adults, $15 student rush, and $10 for groups of 10 or more. January 7 and 8 are special preview performances, and regular priced tickets will be $5 off. There will also be a talkback with the show's playwright and director hosted by the resident dramaturg, Martha Wade Steketee of PDC (Philadelphia Dramatists Center) after the Sunday January 10 performance. All performances will be given in Plays & Players Skinner Studio on the third floor at 1714 Delancey Place (between Spruce & Pine Streets). Tickets may be purchased at www.playsandplayers.org or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For further information, call (215) 735-0630.Videos