Mission: To entertain, educate, and enlighten audiences with exciting world premieres and innovative explorations of classic works.

Mission: To entertain, educate, and enlighten audiences with exciting world premieres and innovative explorations of classic works.

To reach emerging audiences through accessible, affordable theatre that uses critical moments of the past to show the way to a better, more equitable future. * In our community we focus on engagement, respect, and collaboration. * In our performances we focus on the stories of social justice advocates, activists, people of color, and women.

For nearly 70 years since its establishment in 1953, Allens Lane Art Center has been a vital cornerstone in the Mount Airy, Germantown, and Greater Philadelphia communities with the mission of Growing Together Through the Arts. Allens Lane Theater typically presents four mainstage plays each season, continuing a long-standing community theater program that has seen thousands of artists and audience members pass through its doors. We are committed to producing the best of contemporary theater, exciting new plays, and boldly reimagined classics - especially plays that tell the stories of people...

Quintessence theatre group is dedicated to bringing epic works of classic drama and literature to the contemporary stage. As Philadelphia’s text-based actor-focused repertory theatre, quintessence re-envisions the classics to inspire our community to consider what is essential in theatre and in human nature.

By building a community of a diverse group of artists through the culmination of a citywide celebration, Philadelphia will become a national leader in recognizing the valuable influence women and femme folx play in the arts, at the forefront of honoring the value of women’s contributions to storytelling, artistic advancement and creative innovation.

Orbiter 3 is part of a national momentum to increase production of new plays by local writers, fueled by artists, theaters, and playwright support organizations that share a belief in the importance of new plays.

Rooted in the African American tradition, New Freedom Theatre is an institution dedicated to achieving artistic excellence in professional theatre and performing arts training for the enrichment of the community.

We are dedicated to providing a performing arts experience featuring the works of African American playwrights and a resident ensemble of actors.

Act II Playhouse is committed to creating and programming theatre in a venue whose intimacy draws audiences and actors into dynamic interaction.

First World Theatre Ensemble, resident theatre at CEC, is a professional company that uses the stage as a platform for change. Zuhairah McGill, Founder

The Annenberg Center is dedicated to the advancement of a diverse and thriving cultural community through the pursuit of excellence, innovation and intellectual engagement in the performing arts. Affirming its core belief in the power of the arts to transform lives, the Annenberg Center embraces creative expression from the past and the present, of local and global origin, to expand the worlds of all who participate. As a destination and a resource, the Annenberg Center connects and engages artists, audiences, the University of Pennsylvania and the regional community through shared...