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Tag: Quintessence Theatre Group

Features Theater

Is there money in theater? Where does it come from? Who gets it?

Christopher Munden April 15, 2014 5 Comments

Phindie looks at tax returns for local theaters to see how much they brought in from what sources. We also look at who the best paid employee was for each “non-profit”.

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Photo by Shawn May
Reviews Theater

MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (Quintessence): America’s Ghosts Return to Haunt

Julius Ferraro April 11, 2014 1 Comment

There are plenty of things to thrill over in Quintessence Theatre Group’s stirring, and impressively-performed, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. Director Alex Burns and his well-picked ensemble continue to impress.

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Photo © Jacques-Jean Tiziou / www.jjtiziou.net.
Previews Theater

And the winners are….

Christopher Munden November 5, 2013 No Comments

The Barrymore Awards are on hiatus this year, returning in all their splendor for the 2013/14 season, but on November 4, 2013, Theatre Philadelphia gave out several awards recognizing local theaters and artists.

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Josh Carpenter (as Marlow), Sonja Field (as Kate Hardcastle) in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Photo by Alexander Burns.
Reviews Theater

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Quintessence): A contemporary 18th-century comedy

Julius Ferraro October 29, 2013 1 Comment

SHE STOOPS is an 18th-century comedy of manners and mistaken identities by Oliver Goldsmith. It is considered by many to be the most enduring of…

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
Reviews Theater

HAMLET (Quintessence): Brevity is the soul of it

Christopher Munden October 16, 2013 2 Comments

Hip, fast-paced, with a frat-boy-cool lead: these aren’t usually phrases to describe HAMLET. But Quintessence Theatre Group’s heavily edited version takes a bare bodkin to Shakespeare’s story of revenge and existential crisis in the state of Denmark.

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Features Previews

Revolution Shakespeare! The FIVE BEST Shakespeare plays according to artistic director Griffin Stanton-Ameisen

Griffin Stanton-Ameisen October 7, 2013 No Comments

The FIVE BEST Shakespeare plays according to Revolution Shakespeare artistic director Griffin Stanton-Ameisen.

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The Misanthrope, Quintessence, review photo
Reviews Theater

THE MISANTHROPE (Quintessence): What’s not to like?

Christopher Munden May 10, 2013 No Comments

I hope one day to see (and understand) a Moliere play in the original French, though as I’m not doing anything about that desire except…

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Quintessence Theatre Arms and the Man Photo by Shawn May
Reviews Theater

ARMS AND THE MAN (Quintessence) plays up the farce

Christopher Munden April 23, 2013 1 Comment

Two main threads run through George Bernard Shaw’s plays: social critique (he was an early member of the socialist Fabian society) and sharp observant humor.…

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Features Theater

Tax time. Is there any money in theater?

Christopher Munden April 15, 2013 1 Comment

Like the rest of us, theater companies have to file taxes. This tax day, we look at some information from the most recent publicly available tax returns (generally 2012) for some major and independent Philadelphia companies.

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Alexander Burns Quintessence Theatre Philadelphia
Interviews Theater

Classics Now and Forever: Interview with Quintessence Theatre’s Alexander Burns

Josh McIlvain May 7, 2011 2 Comments

Quintessence Theatre Group is wrapping up its inaugural season at the Sedgwick Theater in Mount Airy with The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, which is…

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