S T A R R Busby performs a modern spiritual from (PRAY), Baltimore Center Stage's production blending music, movement, poetry, and ritual into a celebration of Black womanhood, faith, and community.
Chaz T. Martin and R. Eric Thomas will present VARIETY PACK Vol. 3 in Center City Philadelphia, featuring 15 genre-defying acts spanning clown shows, improv, sketch, and a polyamorous dating game show, with all tickets priced at $15.
Theatre Exile will present LONG LIVE THE QUEEN (A HER-STORY OF DRAG) as part of its Studio X-hibition program. The reading will take place in Philadelphia and highlights a new work blending drag and opera.
XTRAVAGANZA will be performed at Baltimore Center Stage next year. Performances will run May 7–June 13, 2027. The ballroom-inspired musical features a book by R. Eric Thomas, with music and lyrics by Khiyon Hursey.
Darius 'Zenith' Case has joined the workshop cast of the new musical XTRAVAGANZA, which tells the true story of ballroom icon and voguing trailblazer José Xtravaganza.
The Foundry at PlayPenn, Philadelphia's preeminent playwrights collective for emerging professional writers, welcomes Rayne, Siddarth Anand, and Monica Flory as new Foundry members and its Class of 2028.
A new musical titled XTRAVAGANZA is currently in development with an invited workshop presentation at Gibney Studios in New York. Featuring music and lyrics by Khiyon Hursey and a book by R. Eric Thomas, the project is inspired by the life of ballroom pioneer José Xtravaganza.
Everyman Theatre announced the addition of the immensely talented Baltimore based actor Chinai Routté to its Resident Company of Artists. Routté, a seasoned performer with a diverse background in theatre, film, and television, who brings a powerful presence and a charm to the Company. Her appointment underscores Everyman's commitment to fostering a dynamic ensemble of actors and designers that drives its artistic vision.
South Philadelphia-based theatre company Theatre Exile wilconclude its 2024–25 season with the East Coast premiere of Glitter in the Glass, a wildly funny and thought-provoking new play by award-winning writer R. Eric Thomas.
Theater makers have a “show must go on” spirit. So it is no surprise that the vast majority of the over forty artistic leaders I spoke to in the last two weeks believed they would find a way to survive even without promised National Endowment for the Arts funding. But it won’t be easy.
This May, InterAct Theatre Company invites you to experience the unexpected with Variety Pack, a two-weekend festival celebrating Philadelphia's most unconventional, boundary-pushing alt-comedy acts.
About Face Theatre will present the return of Re/Generation Studio, a weekend of community building, education, and performance to help build the future of queer theater. Learn more!
The American Theatre Critics and Journalists Association has revealed six finalists for the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered professionally outside of New York City in 2024.
MRS. HARRISON is one of those rare productions that succeeds in entertaining while also forcing us to examine our assumptions, in this case about the stories we claim as our own.
Portland Center Stage has announced its upcoming production of Mrs. Harrison, a thought-provoking drama by celebrated playwright R. Eric Thomas.
PlayPenn announced the expansion of its 20th Anniversary New Play Development Conference to more Philadelphia districts, featuring four plays selected from open submissions for development.
Author and comedian Martha Cooney debuts her solo show, Walk Me Through Your Resume: The Show, at the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The show is directed by Charles J., his directorial debut after years of acting on regional stages.
PlayPenn welcomes natyna bean, Nick Jonczak, and Pravin Wilkins. L M Feldman and R. Eric Thomas who will continue as Lead Artists, led the search. The new members, all Philadelphia-based playwrights, natyna bean, Nick Jonczak, and Pravin Wilkins, round out the 2025 Foundry class of nine.
See photos and videos from the 2024 Moth Ball honoring Andre De Shields!
Applications for new Foundry members open in June 2024.
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