Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance
This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES: Interview with Aaron Cromie, Scott Greer, Maggie Lakes, Matthew Mastronardi, and Amanda Jill Robinson
View More Welsh Christmas in Philadelphia: Interview with the cast of Walnut Street Theatre’s A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALESPAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.
View More ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well wovenThe simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.
View More A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toadMeehan and Collins use convincing Christopher Walken impressions in an intriguing look at how the fantasies of popular culture provide escape from our lives while they shape them.
View More TWO WALKENS (Miniature Refrigerator Operator): Finding Christopher Walken, finding usSketches of William Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective.
View More Theater in Sketch: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC)There is a strange, uncomfortable mix of intimacy and isolation at play when a group of people are thrust into total darkness together.
View More BECOMING AN IMAGE (PAFA): Intimacy and isolation in the dark – Cassils at PAFAThe messiness in Rachel Gluck’s debut play is what make it most lifelike. In the end, what are any of us but destructive dualities, fighting between our desires and our own self-interest?
View More ANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualitiesDid you know you were a member of a secret religious cult? You are, and a meeting has been called to elect a new leader
View More Shhh… tell no one, invite everyone: Almanac Dance Circus Theater has a secret showWritten by Welshman Dylan Thomas in the 1950s, A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES is every nostalgic Christmas trope with song thrown in, and it’s totally delightful.
View More A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES (Walnut Street): 60-second reviewThe Grimmish fairy tale kingdom is transformed to Paoli Shoals, a town depressed by the collapse of a once-thriving recording industry
View More SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light): Festive wake-upNoel Hanley’s masterful treatment of Neil Simon’s RUMORS exemplifies a farce done right.
View More RUMORS (Allens Lane Theater): 60-second review“Is this a dance performance or a social experiment?”
View More Dance in Sketch: AT HOME WITH THE HUMORLESS BASTARDHANDLE WITH CARE is brilliantly seasoned with humor—the type found when differing cultures collide.
View More HANDLE WITH CARE (Montgomery Theater): 60-second reviewWhen Megan Farley was still studying theater at Rutgers University in Camden, she thought life as an actor was going to be easy after college.
View More The Unemployed Young Actor, a case studyWhat exactly is the relationship between Jean and Terry?
View More JEAN & TERRY (FringeArts): A mystery of the heartPhiladelphia artist Melissa Krodman and long-time collaborator Kelly Bond enter the mind’s eye for an experimental new play.
View More Theater in Sketch: JEAN & TERRYwhat’s on stage in Philadelphia this month?
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar: December 2016Lauren Feldman’s 7-week course for Philadelphia area playwrights had such a profound impact on those she taught.
View More “Lauren Feldman is a goddess”: 10 Philadelphia playwrights describe a beloved PlayPenn teacherPhiladelphia offers a whole host of Nutcracker productions and other productions that have become holiday traditions.
View More Philadelphia DANCE Annual Holiday Dance Guide 2016For their debut production, Susanne Collins and Kevin Meehan looked to one of the most iconic actors of contemporary cinema: Christopher Walken.
View More Meeting the TWO WALKENS: Susanne Collins and Kevin Meehan on their new work