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THEATRE EXILE

1340 S. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Philly GRIT (2025)
Philly GRIT (2025)
2/26 - 3/15/2025


Philly Grit is a series of shows by Philadelphia performers who step outside the boundaries of traditional theater to shine an embarrassingly bright light on ...


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PETER PAN Returns For Arden Children's Theatre's First 2024/25 Production


by A.A. Cristi - November 19, 2024

This holiday season, Arden Children’s Theatre invites families to embark on a magical adventure with an imaginative adaptation of the timeless classic Peter Pan....

TKTS Booth Will Open in Philadelphia


by Nicole Rosky - November 19, 2024

The TKTS Philadelphia booth opens Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the Independence Visitor Center. We have all of the details about how to get discount theatre tickets at the new location here!...

MAKE READY AGAIN Comes to Journey Arts


by Stephi Wild - November 12, 2024

Journey Arts will present Make Ready Again, an original work by dancer Marguerite Hemmings this December., held at Theatre Exile. Learn more about the performance here!...

THE CAFE MOCHA MURDERS Will Be Performed by Pier Players Theatre Company


by Stephi Wild - October 07, 2024

Straight off of its hit musical production of The Angry Grammarian, Pier Players Theatre Company will return with the Philadelphia premiere of the murder mystery comedy The Café Mocha Murders....

IRIS' 'I'M OKAY' TEA PARTY Comes To Philly Fringe


by Blair Ingenthron - August 04, 2024

Paper Doll Ensemble will present Iris' “I'M OKAY” Tea Party, an absurdist tragicomedy, on September 14 at 2:00pm, September 14 at 7:00pm, and September 15 at 2:00pm at Sawubona Creativity Project, as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival....

THE FLUXUS BROTHERS PRESENT: GOOD AND BAD ART to Premiere As Part Of The Cannonball Festival


by Blair Ingenthron - August 04, 2024

The Fluxus Brothers Present: Good Art Bad Art will premiere as part of the Cannonball Festival on September 13th, 18th, and 27th at The MAAS Building....

SOHRAB IS BUMBLING FORIEGNER Set for Philadelphia Fringe


by Blair Ingenthron - August 03, 2024

Sohrab is Bumbling Foriegner will premiere as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival on September 16th, 21st, and 22nd at Christ Church Neighborhood House....

Interact Theatre Company Presents THE CLIMB A World Premiere Production


by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2024

To kick off summer, InterAct Theatre Company will present THE CLIMB by By C.A. Johnson....

Three New Musicals Will Be Showcased by MusiCoLab


by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2024

New musicals by three Philadelphia-area creative teams will be in the spotlight on April 14 at 3 pm and April 15 at 7 pm, when MusiCoLab presents A Closer Look at the Louis Bluver Theater at the Drake....

THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER Comes to Philadelphia This Month


by Stephi Wild - March 05, 2024

What if the January 6, 2021 insurrection was successful? The Last Yiddish Speaker by Deborah Zoe Laufer imagines this alternate reality where a white supremacist regime has come into power. Learn more about the play here!...

Past Shows

RED
RED
10/24 - 11/10/2024


Join Theatre Exile for their premiere of RED by John Logan! Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history ...

the Are We Free Yet? project by TS Hawkins


AngelPirate Productions presents a staged reading of: the Are We Free Yet? project based on the book by Tina Strawn curated, written & directed by ...

Nosejob
9/7 - 9/21/2024


Nosejob is a world premiere production by Lightning Rod Special set at a Catholic university in the early 2010s. The story follows sorority friends who ...


Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare ...

Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person


Three funny and irreverent solo shows that shine an embarrassingly glaring light on our world. Like the fluorescents in an airport bathroom.

A Case for the Existence of God


With humor, empathy, and wrenching honesty this play unfolds in an office cubicle where two people unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile ...

Camp Siegfried
Camp Siegfried
10/26 - 11/12/2023


Travel back to 1938 Long Island for a summer of young love, campfires, and dances. Against the idyllic backdrop of a summer camp, two teenagers ...

Abandon
Abandon
4/27 - 5/21/2023


Luella is alone - haunted by the ghost of her son. Joshua is alone - kicked out of his house by his brother. One winter ...

Theatre Exile presents: The Light by Loy A. Webb


Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. What started as the happiest day of a loving couple’s lives quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the ...

Wolf Play
Wolf Play
10/27 - 11/20/2022


A woman, longing for a child, finds a Korean boy looking for a new home on a Yahoo chat board. Her wife is a promising ...

Today is My Birthday
Today is My Birthday
4/28 - 5/22/2022


Today is My Birthday is an eccentric comedy by award-winning screenwriter and playwright Susan Soon He Stanton that follows an out-of-work journalist named Emily, who ...

Saturday Mourning Cartoons


While dealing with the death of their younger brother, Jessica and Benny have a falling out over whether to put their abuela, Yolanda, in a ...

Abandon
Abandon
1/31


On January 31, Theatre Exile presents a one-night-only virtual reading of Abandon by Philadelphia-based playwright, director, and performer James Ijames through its new play development ...

Theatre Exile presents Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland


Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland paints a human portrait of a contemporary Tejano family willing to go to the extreme for a spot on ...

Cabaret of the Exiled – Spring Edition


Theatre Exiles beloved cabaret event has returned for a Spring performance! Join us for this virtual extravaganza with showman and innovative tour-de-force Johnny Showcase, along ...

Theatre Exile presents TS Hawkins’s ‘They’ll Neglect to Tell You’


Grace is a burgeoning therapist. Merci dangles for freedom at the bottom of a bourbon glass. College sweethearts and newlyweds, they elope to Philadelphia for ...

Theatre Exile presents R. Eric Thomas's ‘The Ever Present’


The Ever Present takes place outside, as a group of residents discusses a vacant lot. The neighbors all have a connection to the house that ...

Thrivin' Ain't Easy 101: Choreopoem Masterclass with TS Hawkins


In a socio-political, media-driven climate, how can folx do to find peace and inspiration? Register for award-winning writer and performance artist TS Hawkinss workshop, Thrivin ...

Sin Eaters
3/1 - 3/7/2021


Due to popular demand, Theatre Exile has extended the video on-demand option for Sin Eaters by Anna Moench! Beginning MARCH 1, you can still purchase ...

Sin Eaters
2/11 - 3/7/2021


Due to popular demand, Theatre Exile has extended the video on-demand option for Sin Eaters by Anna Moench! Beginning March 1, you can still purchase ...

Conversations in Exile with Dominic A. Sisti, PhD and Martine Kieffer, MSW, LCSW


Dominic A. Sisti is assistant professor and director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare in the Department of Medical Ethics ...

Babel
2/13 - 3/8/2020


BABEL is a dark comedy set in the near future. Two couples are having trouble getting pregnant and the lengths they go to in order ...

Babel
2/13


BABEL is a dark comedy set in the near future. Two couples are having trouble getting pregnant and the lengths they go to in order ...

On the Exhale
11/29 - 12/22/2019


Mart?_n Zimmerman; dir: Matt Pfeiffer....

Among the Dead
Among the Dead
5/2 - 4/26/2019


Date: May 2-26 Time: Mon-Thurs - 7pm, Fri & Sat- 8pm, Sunday- 3pm Description: Among the Dead is a dark and poignant comedy about a ...

An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch
An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch
2/14 - 3/10/2019


directed by Joe CanusoPhiladelphia PremiereFebruary 14-March 10Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th Street An Oak Tree is a darkly comic and moving play about loss, the ...

Completeness
11/29 - 12/23/2018


How does a computer scientist hook up with a molecular biologist? He uses the algorithm method, of course. But when Elliot offers to build a ...

Completeness by Itamar Moses
Completeness by Itamar Moses
11/29 - 12/23/2018


Elliot builds a computer program to help Molly with her research project, and the variables in their evolving relationship shift as rapidly as the terms ...

Sing The Body Electric
Sing The Body Electric
4/19 - 5/13/2018


Sing The Body Electric BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER World Premiere presented by Theatre Exile Directed by Deborah Block All performances of Sing The Body Electric will ...

Really
1/25 - 2/18/2018


Jackie Sibblies Drury; dir: Shawn LaCount. Matter & Light Fine Art:...

Ideation
10/12 - 11/5/2017


Aaron Loeb; dir: Michael Stevenson....

The Invisible Hand
5/12 - 6/5/2016


Ayad Akhtar; dir: Matt Pfeiffer....

A Behanding in Spokane
A Behanding in Spokane
4/19 - 5/13/2012


A stranger is on the hunt for what is missing. Who has it?...

Knives in Hens
Knives in Hens
2/9 - 3/4/2012


There's a murder going' happen in the old mill. Who will die?...

Gruesome Play Ground Injuries
Gruesome Play Ground Injuries
11/10 - 12/4/2011


Love Hurts. So do broken bones. Which is worse?...

The Aliens
The Aliens
9/1 - 9/18/2011


Two angry young men sit behind a Vermont coffee shop and discuss music and Bukowski. When a lonely high-school student arrives on the scene, they ...

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