Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. News

After a 2010 debut that showcased fourteen playwrights to over 3,500 satisfied patrons, the predominantly African American Philly Urban Theatre Festival (PUTF) returns on September 19th with a focus of diversity onstage.

After a 2010 debut that showcased fourteen playwrights to over 3,500 satisfied patrons, the predominantly African American Philly Urban Theatre Festival (PUTF) returns on September 19th with a focus of diversity onstage.

Arden Theatre Company announced these five productions for their 2011/12 main stage season: · August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts · The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez · Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris · Cyrano by Edmond Rostand, Translated by Michael Hollinger, · Adapted by Hollinger and Aaron Posner · Tulipomania, a world premiere musical by Michael Ogborn

Imagine seeing a red couch parked in the middle of LOVE Park, and then a few days later it appears in Reading Terminal Market or even Independence Visitor Center.

Imagine seeing a red couch parked in the middle of LOVE Park, and then a few days later it appears in Reading Terminal Market or even Independence Visitor Center.

Imagine seeing a red couch parked in the middle of LOVE Park, and then a few days later it appears in Reading Terminal Market or even Independence Visitor Center.

Arden Theatre Company begins 2010 with the Philadelphia premiere of Blue Door written by Tanya Barfield.

Arden Theatre Company begins 2010 with the Philadelphia premiere of Blue Door written by Tanya Barfield and directed by Walter Dallas.

Arden Theatre Company begins 2010 with the Philadelphia premiere of Blue Door written by Tanya Barfield and directed by Walter Dallas.

'Does Your House Have Lions?' Temple University professor Sonia Sanchez' 1998 epic poem about her brother, his alienation from his family, struggle with HIV and the family's eventual healing is being performed as a large-scale collaboration by the Colleges of Dance, Music and Theater Arts at the University of the Arts.

Students from The University of the Arts come together with three of Philadelphia's leading theater artists to bring John Irving's 1985 novel 'The Cider House Rules' to the Merriam Theater stage April 3-5. Johnnie Hobbs Jr. and Aaron Cromie, faculty members in the university's School of Theater Arts, direct the play's first and second parts, respectively.

'Does Your House Have Lions?' Temple University professor Sonia Sanchez' 1998 epic poem about her brother, his alienation from his family, struggle with HIV and the family's eventual healing is being performed as a large-scale collaboration by the Colleges of Dance, Music and Theater Arts at the University of the Arts.

Students from The University of the Arts come together with three of Philadelphia's leading theater artists to bring John Irving's 1985 novel 'The Cider House Rules' to the Merriam Theater stage April 3-5. Johnnie Hobbs Jr. and Aaron Cromie, faculty members in the university's School of Theater Arts, direct the play's first and second parts, respectively.