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Lightning Rod Special presents SUPERHOST, a Halloween audio thriller

Smalley Bogg October 26, 2020 No Comments

Listening party on October 27th and available for streaming on Lightning Rod Special’s website starting October 28th

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Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Interview with director Matt Pfeiffer about SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (People’s Light)

Henrik Eger March 10, 2020 No Comments

Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

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DANCE NATION (Wilma): What it means to be ferociously pubescent

Joshua Herren October 27, 2019 No Comments

The constant menace of teenage ambition hums under the entire production.

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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate September 20, 2019 No Comments

THERE is not a place on Earth’s map. It is not a poem recital, nor is it a play.

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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 15, 2019 No Comments

Visually arresting and aurally haunting, THERE makes rarefied language solid and visceral

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PASSAGE (Wilma): Love and death in Country X

Christopher Munden May 1, 2018 No Comments

The way to get an audience to ask itself profound questions about a work is not by asking the audience profound questions about the work.

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BLOOD WEDDING (Wilma): Movement in the veins

Christopher Munden November 3, 2017 2 Comments

Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING makes a fitting vehicle for the Wilma Theater in-house troupe.

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THESE TERRIBLE THINGS (Berserker Residents): 2017 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 22, 2017 No Comments

The Berserker Residents may parody the conventions of theater, but they clearly believe in its power

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WHITE (Theatre Horizon): Representation matters

Cameron Kelsall May 8, 2017 2 Comments

Playwright James Ijames offers a searing examination of the commodification of black experience.

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How should Philadelphia Theatre Company rebrand itself?

Cameron Kelsall April 23, 2017 1 Comment

Cameron Kelsall has some ideas for the new executive director.

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Bi Jean Ngo and Mina Kawahara in YOU FOR ME FOR YOU. Photo by Kate Raines/Plate 3 Photography.
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YOU FOR ME FOR YOU (Interact): Sisters in different worlds

Dorie Byrne March 31, 2017 No Comments

This thoughtful production changes how we see the world and ourselves

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IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?

Julia Taus March 15, 2017 No Comments

The Berserker Residents take us back to school

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IT’S SO LEARNING is Even Berserker!

FringeArts March 6, 2017 No Comments

Republished by kind permission from FringeArts. Bradley Wrenn, co-founder of The Berserker Residents, talks about how the company is revamping their 2015 Fringe hit It’s So Learning…

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INFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethics

William Brock January 21, 2017 No Comments

The play has a compelling point to make about the diversity of truth and mutual respect, but in the end, it’s difficult to take the argument seriously.

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THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS: THE ELECTION SPECIAL (1812 Productions): Yuugely funny

Julie Zeglen October 25, 2016 No Comments

Ho boy, it’s been quite the election cycle. Thankfully, Philadelphia has 1812 Productions to ease the pain with its annual satirical show.

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AN OCTOROON (Wilma): A melodrama, a social commentary, an experience

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 29, 2016 No Comments

Beyond being entertaining and thought-provoking, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s AN OCTOROON is an experience

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What Can The Wilma Do With $10 Million?

Christopher Munden January 12, 2016 1 Comment

A new $10 million in funds includes money for an updated facade, a cafe space, and a 10-member artistic company.

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THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): The tenth anniversary of an annual favorite

Debra Miller December 5, 2015 No Comments

This year’s installment of the annual politically-incorrect political comedy skewers the presidential candidates and brings some welcome laughs to a troubled week

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ANTIGONE (Wilma): Spectacular, but a spectacular failure

Ninni Saajola October 18, 2015 No Comments

The man behind the 2013 Fringe Festival hit AJAX, The Madness directs his version of ANTIGONE for the Wilma Theater.

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IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): 2015 Fringe Review 51

Debra Miller September 15, 2015 No Comments

Go back to school with The Berserker Residents in this highly interactive ensemble-devised piece, in which you are the student and your teachers are berserk!

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