There’s a wonderful movement these days in the Philadelphia theater world to give voice to our younger generation. Dwindling arts funding, as well as the…
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Author: James Kiesel
James Kiesel is a proud Philadelphia-based nerd who makes websites for a job and theater for a living. He founded GDP Productions (www.gdpproductions.com) in July of 2011, and is a core member of Philadelphia's only fight-based theatre ensemble, the 95 Runagates. You can reach him at james.kiesel@gmail.com
WICCANS IN THE HOOD / TRADING RACES (Brainspunk): Let’s talk about race, baby
Brainspunk Theater keeps the conversation on race going with a pair of one-acts by Kansas City writer Michelle T. Johnson, WICCANS IN THE HOOD and TRADING RACES: FROM RODNEY KING TO PAULA DEEN.
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THE 39 STEPS (Theatre Horizon): Thriller? I hardly know her!
Plot-wise, 39 STEPS stays quite true to the original film (often down to the dialogue), with a few other Hitchcock references thrown in for good measure. The difference? This play is the height of camp.
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UPPER MIDDLE CLASS WHITE (Thespionage): A DIY romcom
Thespionage Theater Company trumpets itself as a ‘pay what you can’ theater company; every ticket is priced by the audience member, and every dollar made is put into the budget for the next show. It’s an interesting new approach to small-theater funding in an age where the little guys are increasingly struggling against larger marketing machines, dwindling grant money, and thinly spread audiences of theatergoers.
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OWNERS (InVersion): A farce in a dark world
OWNERS, a dark comedy by British playwright Caryl Churchill, is an examination of the sexual politics of power and property. It’s a fun, dark world, where everything and everyone is just an acquisition waiting to happen; apartments are traded for babies, which are traded for sex, which is used as leverage for more negotiations and scheming.
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