THE WILMA THEATER

The Wilma Theater presents Half-God of Rainfall, a story by Nigerian-born British poet and playwright Inua Ellams. Blending Yoruba and Greek mythologies, it tells the ...

From the boundary-pushing, Obie Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon), this electrifying comedy is a meditation on impermanence, nostalgia, and isolation. Anticipating their 20-year high ...

In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis revisits queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya’s ...

In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis revisits queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya’s ...

Best buds George and Harold have been creating comics for years, but now that they’re in 5th grade, they figure it’s time to level up ...

Sasha’s 82-year-old mother has lived in Kyiv her whole life. When Russia invades Ukraine in 2022, Sasha copes with her fears by imagining her mother ...

Is she insane? Or just pretending? This psychological drama follows trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly through her internment at Blackwell's Asylum, exposing, as Bly did, notions ...

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY YURY URNOV June 6–25, 2023 The Wilma boldly reimagines Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy, set on a beach in the summertime. ...

Theatre Horizon: Jaylene Clark Owens, Hollis Heath, Janelle Heatley, Chyann Sapp....

Set in Russia over the course of 90 years, this thrilling and epic new play by Rajiv Joseph traces the stories of seven men and ...

Set in Russia over the course of 90 years, this thrilling and epic new play by Rajiv Joseph traces the stories of seven men and ...

Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw ...

adapt: Rosa Barba, Blanka Zizka from Etel Adnan; music: Alex Dowling....

What will endure when the cataclysm arrives – when the grid fails, society crumbles, and we’re faced with the task of rebuilding? Anne Washburn’s imaginative ...

Stew ; book: Stew ; lyrics: Stew ; music: Stew , Heidi Rodewald; dir: Tea Alagic. The Wilma Theater:...

In Tanya Ronder’s spare, yet strikingly beautiful modern translation Lorca’s Blood Wedding finds a refreshing new and compelling poetic world while retaining its sumptuous language ...

Blanka Zizka; music: Mariana Sadovska; dir: Blanka Zizka....

This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

Wajdi Mouawad; dir: Wajdi Mouawad....

Wajdi Mouawad; dir: Wajdi Mouawad....

Andrew Bovell; dir: Blanka Zizka....

Andrew Bovell; dir: Blanka Zizka....

Stew , Heidi Rodewald....

Stew , Heidi Rodewald....

Ten years ago, Pastor Paul's church was a modest storefront. Now it houses thousands, with a coffee shop in the lobby and a baptismal font ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; dir: Joanna Settle....

Tom Stoppard; dir: Blanka Zizka....

After a case of sibling rivalry culminates in civil war, King Creon of Thebes forbids anyone from burying the traitor who started it in this ...

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of ...

William Shakespeare; dir: Blanka Zizka....

Dan O?Brien; dir: Michael John Garc...

Paula Vogel....

Lisa D?Amour....

Danai Gurira....

The Wilma Theater: - Robert O'Hara....

The Wilma Theater: - Richard Bean....

The Wilma Theater: - Leslye Headland....

The most honored play in a generation concludes the Wilma’s 2011/2012 Season – and then returns for the 20th Anniversary of Part Two: Perestroika to ...

Director Anne Kauffman thrilled Wilma audiences in 2010 with the smash hit Becky Shaw, winning a Barrymore for Best Director. She returns to Philadelphia next ...