Philadelphia 2018/2019 Season In Review by Majorie Bicknell
  • "A Softening of Her Eyes" stage shot
    1) "A Softening of Her Eyes" at the Charles Brown IceHouse. Photo by Ara Barlieb
  • "Click" stage shot
    2) "Click" at Simpatico Theatre. Photo by Daniel Kontz
  • "Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man" stage shot
    3) "Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man" at Wilma Theater. Photo by Johanna Austina
  • "The InterAct Theatre Company / Passage Theatre production of "Salt, Pepper, Ketchup."
    4) "The InterAct Theatre Company / Passage Theatre production of "Salt, Pepper, Ketchup." Photo by Joey Stocks

If you think Philadelphia theatre is a hidebound because we’re the birthplace of the Barrymores and home to the Walnut Street Theatre, the “oldest theatre in continuous use in the English-speaking world,” then it’s time to think differently. We’re one forward-looking town. Want proof? This season over fifteen local playwrights were among those that saw their new works produced here!

Theatres from A to Z are getting in the action. The Arden has produced 28 new works in their 30-year history and this year’s choice was playwright Kash Goins’ 74 Seconds…To Judgement, about a deadlocked jury in a justifiable homicide case.

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