Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,
View More Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times
This week, Josh, Christopher, and John largely disagree about Zona Gale’s Miss Lulu Bett, the winner in 1921. They talk dream casts, feminism, and the crisis of modernity!
View More Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale (1921): Chosen by Committee Episode 3
Hella Fresh Theater’s production of Osceola lives on in these theaterless times thanks to photographer Kyle Cassidy and videographer Brian Siano, who adapted it for the screen.
View More Watch OSCEOLA the Film: Stream a recent Philly theater production
Henrik Eger interviews the star of Hedgerow’s new production of a classical Greek tragedy.
View More MEDEA, A Woman in Crisis: Interview with Jennifer Summerfield
Danton, Marat, Robespierre, and their ilk have mostly been forgotten, while the guillotined Marie retains fame.
View More MARIE ANTOINETTE (Curio): You say you want a revolution?
This month, actor Summerfield showcases another side of her talents with MARY SHELLEY, a solo performance she created for rare book museum the Rosenbach.
View More Frankenstein’s Author: Jennifer Summerfield on her new show MARY SHELLEY
Casting actors you don’t know is like getting a dog from the animal shelter. Shit is cool for a while but then they flip the fuck out and bite you or run away.
View More Philly Actors Who Are Better Than You (at acting) and Deserve to be Seen
Considering a trimmed, contemporized, and feminized version of a classic British drama
View More Gaslighting Done Right: Interview with the cast of Hedgerow Theatre’s reinvented ANGEL STREET
Jennifer tells us how and why she staged this haunting tale of one woman’s mental collapse.
View More A Room with a View: Jennifer Summerfield talks THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
Phindie editor Christopher Munden gives his weekend performing arts picks: BalletX’s Summer Series, Jennifer Summerfield’s The Yellow Wallpaper, and Greenfield Collective’s Bad Hamlet with Brews. And more!
View More Philly’s Kinda Cool Episode 3: Interviews, theater picks, local music, and WEEN
Suffering from a “temporary nervous depression,” a woman is locked away in a large house by her husband, with only the wallpaper to keep her company.
View More THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): 60-second review
A brilliant new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s romantic comedy of manners captures the satiric wit and sociological insight of the 19th-century classic.
View More SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (People’s Light): An epic production of an Austen classic
Paul Kuhn is perhaps the finest designer in Philadelphia’s independent theater. He tells Phindie about his prop design for a site-specific production of Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER.
View More Arming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLER
This not your usual resurrection of the Dracula story of seducing young women to join him in the realm of the undead.
View More DRACULA (Hedgerow): Raising the stakes
TV-famous fashion designer Autumn Kietponglert created a gorgeous mourning dress for an upcoming production of HEDDA GABLER.
View More HEDDA Gets Styled to Rock: Interview with designer Autumn Kietponglert
The fanciful adventures of knight errant Don Quixote and loyal his sidekick Sancho Panza are refreshingly revived.
View More DON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anew
Celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2015, the Powel House is hosting an array of special events in the fine and performing arts throughout the year.
View More The Powel House: Utilizing Historic PhilaLandmarks as venues for the arts
In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 2: Penelope Reed on working with a young director in ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)
In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 1: Kittson O’Neill talks about directing the veteran cast of ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)