Wilma Theater News

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 8/19/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia has announced the return to live performances with their 2021-22 Season, featuring three plays that are about families and communities facing moments of crises; all explore important issues in daring, theatrical ways.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, announced today that nominations for the Zelda Fichandler Award are now being accepted through August 1, 2021.

The Wilma Theater's Co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka has announced that on July 31, 2021, she will step back from the theater she co-founded. During her 40 years of work at the Wilma, she has become one of the most renowned theater artists in Philadelphia and in the country.

The Wilma Theater is pleased to announce the release of a new digital performance that is designed to be viewed in the dark. HOLD FAST is a stunning short movie - full of gorgeous music and enchanting dance - that meditates back on our sorrowful year in quarantine, and looks forward to the hopeful but changed new world before us.

THE ROT, a collaboration between lead artist/composer/lyricist/performer Sarah Gliko, HotHouse Company members Justin Jain, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, and Campbell O'Hare, and composer and sound editor Michael Kiley, is a meeting of perspectives and a transformation into something unknown.

Theatre streaming platform OVERTURE+ has announced the opportunity for 10 regional affiliate theatres to stream BREATHE, the new musical conceived by #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult (in her theatrical debut) and playwright Timothy Allen McDonald, to local audiences now through Friday, July 2.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/10/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

THE FLOOR WIPERS, conceived by Wilma HotHouse member Taysha Marie Canales and featuring the HotHouse's Jaylene Clark Owens, is a hilarious sketch that tells the story of two women who clean the floors during basketball games.

Tonight's the night!  The 87th Annual Drama League Awards will be streamed today, May 21, 2021 at 7:00PM ET. Who will win? BroadwayWorld is updating the list live!

Wilma Theater’s Fat Ham is a witty take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet where the only death is the patriarchy.Let's see what BWW's critic had to say...

Moonstone Connections episode 7 is now available. The episode features Executive Director / CEO of The Theatre Communications Group in NYC, Teresa Eyring. TCG has invested in building greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in the American theatre field and promotes a vision for 'a better world for theatre, and a better world because of theatre.'

Theatre Horizon's Art Houses program has announced the sixth show of the popular series, which partners professional theatre artists with families and households throughout the Greater Philadelphia region to create original performance works that will be presented on a monthly basis.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Artistic Director Steve Maler, together with the City of Boston and Mayor Kim Janey, have announced the Company's plans to return to live performance this summer with its 25th anniversary production of Free Shakespeare on the Common.

Today, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret Company along with a slew of incredible partners and artists, announce show details for the Beardmobile -- a roving, multi-use cabaret truck that makes live performance accessible in the age of the pandemic.

The Drama League has just announced the 2021 Nominees and Special Recognition Honorees for The 87th Annual Drama League Awards. Keeping in the tradition of honoring the outstanding accomplishments of the theatrical community, as they have since 1935, this year the organization has established five unique categories to honor the extraordinary achievements of artists across the nation who created digital and socially-distanced theatrical productions during this challenging year of suspension for live arts.

New Light Theater Project will present The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests, written by Michael Aguirre and directed by Sarah Norris. The show begins streaming on Monday, March 29 for a limited engagement through Sunday, April 11. Presented as part of 59E59 Theaters Plays In Place program, tickets are free with a suggested donation of $15.

Today, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret Company along with a slew of incredible partners and artists, announce the Beardmobile -- a roving, multi-use cabaret truck that makes live performance accessible in the age of the pandemic.

Popular Philadelphia photographer Ashley Smith's work has been featured by a number of the region's premiere performing arts institutions, including the Arden Theatre Company, Wilma Theater, Theatre Philadelphia, and others.

The Wilma Theater has announced that Low Cut Connie will headline their annual Fête fundraising event. The digital party is set to take place on Sunday, April 11, 2021 starting at 5:30PM, will celebrate the Wilma's bold and adventurous commitment to presenting groundbreaking art, and serves as the theater's largest fundraiser of the season.