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Past Shows

 Hurricane Diane
Hurricane Diane
5/1 - 5/19/2024


Directed by Molly Rosa Houlahan  Meet Diane: a charming butch permaculture gardener with a mission. Secretly Dionysus— the god of wine, revelry, and vegetation—Diane returns ...

People’s Light presents the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Christina Anderson


Despite growing up in landlocked Kansas, Janice Collen’s childhood is defined by water — her mother and father are prominent activists in the movement to ...

People’s Light presents “Songs for Nobodies” by Joanna Murray-Smith


Malvern-based theatre People’s Light presents the critically-acclaimed production Songs for Nobodies by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith. The one-woman show stars actress and singer Bethany Thomas ...


Kathryn Petersen; lyrics: Michael Ogborn; music: Michael Ogborn; dir: Bill Fennelly. World Premiere...

Dot
9/18 - 10/20/2019


Colman Domingo; dir: Colman Domingo....

Nina Simone: Four Women
2/27 - 3/31/2019


Christina Ham; dir: Faye Price....

Cinderella: A Musical Panto
11/14 - 1/6/2019


Our holiday tradition continues! Heralded by The Philadelphia Inquirer as “the Jupiter” of our musical pantos, the multiple award- winning Cinderella returns to delight audiences ...

Such Things As Vampires
9/20 - 10/31/2018


Zak Berkman, Stuart Carden, Jessie Fisher, Mary Tuomanen; dir: Stuart Carden. World Premiere...

Mark Twain's River of Song
8/1 - 8/26/2018


Leonard C. Haas Stage: Randal Myler, Dan Wheetman; dir: Randal Myler....

Skeleton Crew
6/13 - 7/8/2018


As the Great Recession of 2008 begins to decimate industries across America, the once-gleaming “Motor City” has lost its luster. At one of its still-standing ...

I Will Not Go Gently
3/21 - 4/15/2018


Jennifer Childs; music: Jennifer Childs, Christopher Colucci; dir: Harriet Power. Steinbright Stage:...

The Diary of Anne Frank
2/21 - 3/31/2018


adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; dir: David Bradley. Leonard C. Haas Stage:...

Morning's At Seven
1/10 - 2/4/2018


Paul Osborn; dir: Abigail Adams. Steinbright Stage:...

Aladdin: A Musical Panto
11/15 - 1/7/2018


Pete Pryor, Samantha Reading; lyrics: Michael Ogborn; music: Michael Ogborn; dir: Pete Pryor. Leonard C. Haas Stage:...

Lights Out: Nat 'King' Cole
10/11 - 12/3/2017


Colman Domingo, Patricia McGregor; dir: Patricia McGregor. World Premiere...

Moon Over Buffalo
7/19 - 8/13/2017


Playmakers, Inc. presents Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig, directed by Kay Files. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Project Dawn
6/7 - 7/9/2017


Karen Hartman; dir: Abigail Adams. World Premiere...


With his handmade silk suits, wide array of hats and tiny gold pocket watch, Edward Tulane was the most exceptional toy in Abilene’s room. He ...

I and You
3/29 - 4/23/2017


On the night before a class assignment is due, Caroline and Anthony plumb the mysteries of a Whitman poem…unaware that a deeper mystery has brought ...

The Matchmaker
2/15 - 3/12/2017


Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved ...

Surviving Twin
1/21 - 2/5/2017


Loudon Wainwright III; music: Loudon Wainwright III; dir: Joseph Haj....


Pete Pryor, Samantha Reading; lyrics: Alex Bechtel; music: Alex Bechtel; dir: Pete Pryor, Samantha Reading. World Premiere...


Pete Pryor, Samantha Reading; lyrics: Alex Bechtel; music: Alex Bechtel; dir: Pete Pryor, Samantha Reading. World Premiere...


Randal Myler, Dan Wheetman; dir: Randal Myler....


Randal Myler, Dan Wheetman; dir: Randal Myler....

The Mountaintop
9/28 - 10/30/2016


The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...

The Mountaintop
9/28 - 10/30/2016


The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...


A tribute to the legendary Man in Black. Growing up dirt-poor, wrestling with family tragedy, striking out on his own, emerging as a songwriter, finding ...


A tribute to the legendary Man in Black. Growing up dirt-poor, wrestling with family tragedy, striking out on his own, emerging as a songwriter, finding ...


Zak Berkman; dir: Lisa Rothe....

A Single Shard
4/27 - 5/29/2016


adapt: Robert Schenkkan from Linda Sue Park; dir: Seema Sueko....

Richard III
3/16 - 4/24/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Samantha Bellomo....

Sense and Sensibility
2/10 - 3/20/2016


"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost ...


Kathryn Petersen; lyrics: Michael Ogborn; music: Michael Ogborn; dir: Pete Pryor....

Auctioning the Ainsleys
10/14 - 11/8/2015


Laura Schellhardt; dir: Abigail Adams....

All My Sons
9/9 - 10/4/2015


Winner of the 1947 Tony Award for Best Play. During the war Joe Keller and Steve Deever ran a machine shop which made airplane parts. ...

Videos


The Wanderers in Philadelphia The Wanderers
Lantern Theater Company (9/5 - 10/6)

BUY NOW & SAVE Tracker
Without God as My Lover
Yellow Bicycle Theater (9/19 - 9/22) Tracker
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth in Concert in Philadelphia Jim Henson’s Labyrinth in Concert
Keswick Theatre (9/26 - 9/26) Tracker
Blippi: Join the Band Tour! in Philadelphia Blippi: Join the Band Tour!
Keswick Theatre (9/29 - 9/29) Tracker
Of Mice and Women in Philadelphia Of Mice and Women
Xora Odelle's Personal Residence (9/20 - 9/28)

NEW PLAY Tracker
Great Balls of Fire in Philadelphia Great Balls of Fire
Fulton Theatre (1/25 - 1/26)
Eric Samuels ♦ Mind Games: It’s All Fun & Games until Someone Loses Their Mind! in Philadelphia Eric Samuels ♦ Mind Games: It’s All Fun & Games until Someone Loses Their Mind!
Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater (11/16 - 11/16)
Forever Plaid in Philadelphia Forever Plaid
Fulton Theatre (4/25 - 5/18)
The Listeners in Philadelphia The Listeners
Academy of Music (9/25 - 9/29)
PHOTOS
Jesus Christ Superstar in Philadelphia Jesus Christ Superstar
Fulton Theatre (2/14 - 3/9)
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