Plays & Players Announces Shows For OnStage Preview Series

Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theater at 1714 Delancey Place, has teamed up with Represented Theatre Company's REP RADIO to present On Stage Philadelphia's Performing Arts Preview Series featuring ten minute sneak-peak performances of upcoming productions in the Greater Philadelphia area representing theatre, dance, music, comedy and multimedia. Audiences will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with artists, and take advantage of special offers to the upcoming productions. April's lineup is full of diverse and exciting upcoming productions including:

Title of Show: The Swedish Match, adapted by RST from a short story by Anton Chekhov

Name of Company: Red Square Theatre

Web Address: www.redsquaretheatre.weebly.com

One-Sentence Description: A detective questions a dimwitted shepherd about his late-night encounter with two shady characters.

Title of Show: Safe
Name of Company: Inspira Theatre Company
Web Address: www.inspiraphilly.com
One-Sentence Description: A bank has been robbed and the perpetrators have corralled staff and patrons into the vault.

Title of Show: Guilty=mc2 
Name of Company: Radio Hound Productions
Web Address: www.radiohoundproductions.org
One-Sentence Description: P.I. Boson Higgs, PhD., must use his scientific genius to save a woman's life, in the radio noir adventure of the Science Detective.

Title of Show: GRAVEDIGGER: The Plays of Mark Borkowski
Name of Company: B. Someday Productions
Web Address: www.walkingfishtheatre.com
One-Sentence Description: Based on a real life character, "A Gravedigger's Tale" takes place in a cemetery somewhere in Kensington. The Gravedigger is digging a 3x3, trying to kick some habits, and not get too distraught about his work.

Show: Everything Must Go 

Improv Theater (PHIT)

Web:http://www.phillyimprovtheater.com, http://www.everythingmustgo.com

Description: Most improv groups perform a series of quick scenes, but Everything Must Go performs just one during their entire show - it's like 24 but with no Jack Bauer, a lower bodycount, and jokes.

Title of Show: "You Mix - I pull" from "From the Inside[OUT]" 
Name of Company: Between Movement Contemporary Dance Company
Web Address: www.bemoved.org
One-Sentence Description: A blend of chaos and control, this work explores emotional and physical "tug-of-war" as the world pulls you in endless directions. "You Mix-I Pull" is a non-stop rush that will leave you breathless, a little dazed, and yearning for more.

Title of Show: Philly Tap Teaser
Name of Company: David Pershica and Tapography
Web Address: www.tapography.bravehost.com
One-Sentence Description: An "open mic night" for tap dancers from the Philadelphia area, established in April 2008. All are welcome to drop by to this fun and dynamic evening of tap artistry

All performances are held at Plays & Players Skinner Studio on the Third floor at 1714 Delancey Place (between Spruce & Pine Streets). Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased at www.playsandplayers.org or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For additional information, call (215) 735-0630.

ABOUT REPRESENTED THEATRE COMPANY ANDREP RADIO:
Founded by Producing Artistic Director, Darnelle Edwin Radford, established in 2004 to promote creativity through the creation and exposure of new vessels of artistic expression.

REP RADIO is the official podcast of Represented Theatre Company featuring performing artistic in the Greater Philadelphia area; breaking the fourth wall to give an inside look at the plays and The Players. Since April 2009, the podcast has worked with the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia to feature over 100 theatrical productions and events in 2009 including the Barrymore Awards, SPARK Showcase and the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival. For more information, visit www.represented.org or www.repradio.org or call (215) 687-4512.

ABOUT PLAYS & PLAYERS:
Plays & Players is celebrating its 98th Season of performance in Philadelphia. Located in the historic Plays & Players Theatre at 1714 Delancey Place, which includes two performance spaces, Plays & Players offers year-round memberships that include both social and entertainment possibilities. To learn more about memberships go to www.playsandplayers.org or call (215) 735-0630.

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