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Hedgerow Theatre's 89th season offers a range of genres, including mystery, comedy, music, and classics. The mainstage productions are Deathtrap, Ira Levin's comic thriller (August 23 to September 23); The Crucifer of Blood, a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Paul Giovanni (October 4 to November 25); Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Nagle Jackson (December 6-24); the Nunsense sequel Meshuggah-Nuns! by Dan Goggins (December 27 to January 27); the world premiere of Strictly Platonic, a comedy by local playwright Larry McKenna (February 7 to March 3); the classic French farce A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau (March 14 to April 28) and an original adaptation of Jane Austen's masterpiece Pride and Prejudice (May 9 to June 16).

Hedgerow Theatre's 89th season offers a range of genres, including mystery, comedy, music, and classics. The mainstage productions are Deathtrap, Ira Levin's comic thriller (August 23 to September 23); The Crucifer of Blood, a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Paul Giovanni (October 4 to November 25); Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Nagle Jackson (December 6-24); the Nunsense sequel Meshuggah-Nuns! by Dan Goggins (December 27 to January 27); the world premiere of Strictly Platonic, a comedy by local playwright Larry McKenna (February 7 to March 3); the classic French farce A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau (March 14 to April 28) and an original adaptation of Jane Austen's masterpiece Pride and Prejudice (May 9 to June 16).

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center today announced the 22nd Annual National Puppetry Conference. The Conference begins June 9, 2012 and culminates with public performances June 16 & 17. Pre-Conference intensive workshops run June 6-8. The Conference is open to puppeteers, theatre designers, actors, musicians, directors, artists, producers, playwrights and students as an ideal venue to experiment and develop new work.

The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia's 2011 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre took place on Wednesday, October 3, 2011! The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 66 voters who each saw 8 of the 147 shows nominated this year. Four additional awards-Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, the Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations, Brown Martin Philadelphia Award and the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist-will also be distributed at the ceremony.

The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia today announced 121 nominations in 23 categories for the 2011 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 66 voters who each saw 8 of the 147 shows nominated this year. Four additional awards-Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, the Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations, Brown Martin Philadelphia Award and the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist-will also be distributed at the ceremony.

With two days until the April 7 opening night of the long-awaited Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), the Kimmel Center anticipates the debut of over 30 newly commissioned works, including the world premiere of Hope: an Oratorio, composed by Jonathan Leshnoff and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia with conductor Roberto Minczuk, April 24.

With two days until the April 7 opening night of the long-awaited Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), the Kimmel Center anticipates the debut of over 30 newly commissioned works, including the world premiere of Hope: an Oratorio, composed by Jonathan Leshnoff and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia with conductor Roberto Minczuk, April 24.

The National Puppetry Conference is proud to announce the 21st annual Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Hands down, the best venue in which to collaborate, experiment, explore and develop your ideas and talents relating to puppet theatre, the National Puppetry Conference is open to puppeteers, theatre designers, actors, musicians, directors, artists, producers, playwrights and students. The Pre-Conference intensive workshops run from June 8th to the 10th with the full Conference beginning June 11th and culminating with public performances June 18th and 19th.

Thanks to the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, February has been named New Play Month. To celebrate its commitment to the development of new works, Plays & Players (P&P) is gearing up for not one but three months of activities.

Looking for a truly unique holiday gift this year? How about a once-in-a-lifetime experience? The upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), which holds the spotlight for three and a half weeks next spring (April 7 to May 1), has you covered, with a slate of unprecedented programming featuring virtually every artistic genre, targeted to the young and young-at-heart alike. Today, with an eye towards making this year's gift-giving season the easiest yet, festival organizers announce a full menu of special ticket packages sure to please everyone on your list. Additionally, PIFA Holiday Ticket Packages are discounted 10% when bought together vs. single ticket prices. Any or all of the Ten Holiday Ticket Packages, each including 3 diverse programs, can be purchased online at www.pifa.org, or at the Kimmel Center Box office, and the newly re-designed PIFA website provides easy access to detailed information on all PIFA partner organizations and events.

Looking for a truly unique holiday gift this year? How about a once-in-a-lifetime experience? The upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), which holds the spotlight for three and a half weeks next spring (April 7 to May 1), has you covered, with a slate of unprecedented programming featuring virtually every artistic genre, targeted to the young and young-at-heart alike.

Two time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals is thrilled to announce the cast of Carnival!. This musical love story will run from July 9 - Sept 18 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. This production will be sponsored by Bank of America, Amica and Mohegan Sun.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced details of the upcoming 20th Anniversary Season of its National Puppetry Conference, which will take place June 9 through 20, once again under the leadership of Artistic Director Pam Arciero. This year's Conference, drawing participants from around the world, will represent the largest gathering of puppet theater artists in its history.

Two time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals is thrilled to announce the cast of Carnival!. This musical love story will run from July 9 - Sept 18 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. This production will be sponsored by Bank of America, Amica and Mohegan Sun.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced details of the upcoming 20th Anniversary Season of its National Puppetry Conference, which will take place June 9 through 20, once again under the leadership of Artistic Director Pam Arciero. This year's Conference, drawing participants from around the world, will represent the largest gathering of puppet theater artists in its history.

Important new works for the stage are regularly being produced all across Greater Philadelphia in significant numbers! Currently, at the Walnut Street Theatre, two new plays can be seen - one a timeless look at the corrupt politician (The Prince by Bill Van Horn and Armen Pandola), and the other about the seeds of change that brought our national politics to where it is today (The Eclectic Society by Eric Conger).

Theatre Project kicks off its 2009-10 subscription series Oct. 9-25 with Gilles Segal's 'The Puppetmaster of Lodz,' Performance Workshop Theatre's revival of its critically acclaimed production. Directed by Marlyn G. Robinson, it stars Marc Horwitz, whose performance in the title role twice earned Baltimore City Paper's best actor award, in 1995 and 2002.

Exceptional performances highlight the third production by Performance Workshop Theatre of Gilles Segal's haunting play since 1995.