Iron Age Theatre Takes Part in BRIDGE-PHL Festival 2017

Iron Age Theatre is proud to be a part of the BRIDGE-PHL festival running November 2-5 Evenings at 7:30pm and matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. We will be presenting WALK BY THE FIRE by Daniella Vinitski and featuring Richard Bradford and Niya Colbert.

Walk by the Fire is set in the Caribbean during the last night of Carnival. Borrowing from elements of magical realism, the two main characters, Ilife, a hotel housekeeper burned out from a life of commercial servitude, and "Radja," a native fisherman, flirt and spar over philosophy, spirituality, freedom, and what it means to be alive.

Walk by the Fire is concerned with the themes of work and dignity, as well as exploring the generational impact of colonialism on a people and their land. Walk by the Fire first premiered in Philadelphia through a collaborative workshop/reading through the PDC, and was directed by Iron Age artistic director J.H. Doyle. This play was originally revised and developed in the Caribbean, and later workshopped through director/dramaturg and African-American Theatre scholar Deanna Downes at the University of Colorado.

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Niya Colbert performs all over Philly and is a member of Theatre in the X. Richard Bradford is a member of Iron Age Theatre, Curio Theatre and recently premiered his play about Fred Hampton at the Philly Fringe.

The Bridge PHL Theatre Festival 2017

AGAIN by TS Hawkins
Directed by Katrina Shobe
Welcome Wagon by Francesca Pazniokas
Directed by Carla Ezell
Mississippi Smiles by Kamillah Abdul-Malik
Directed by Kamillah Abdul-Malik
Walk by the Fire and Die in Your Sleep by Daniella Vinitski
Directed by J.H. Doyle
Prosthesis by Alan Stolzer
Directed by Seeyali Siingh
In M. Day by Craig Liggeons
Directed by Craig Liggeons
Diversity Day by Gabrielle Corsaro, Kathy Harmer, & Carla Ezell
Directed by Gabrielle Corsaro

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