Tickets to Temple Theaters 2015-16 Season Now on Sale

Tickets are now on sale for Temple Theaters 2015-2016 season of performances at Temple University - a spellbinding selection of timeless classics, provocative contemporary drama, and beloved musical theater. The season includes six mainstage productions: a 40th anniversary production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange, the Cole Porter musical comedy Anything Goes, John Guare's A Free Man of Color, William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, a modern adaptation of The Odyssey by Mary Zimmerman, and Godspell, the first major musical by Stephen Schwartz. Single tickets, full season subscriptions and flex packages are available online now, via Temple Theaters' new website tfma.temple.edu. In person and phone sales begin Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Tomlinson Theater or by phone, 215-204-1122.

Temple Theaters is proud to present the groundbreaking drama for colored girls... as its season opener, running September 16-24 in the Randall Theater. A series of twenty poems set to music and dance, the play celebrates 40 years as a triumphant expression of modern womanhood and the African-American experience. Director Lee Kenneth Richardson, founding artistic director of Crossroads Theatre Company and original director of The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, brings a wealth of experience and vision to this timeless piece.

The wild and wonderful Anything Goes runs October 1 - 11 in the Tomlinson Theater. Cole Porter's hilarious, vaudevillian musical is brought to life with a cast of over thirty actors and full orchestra with classic showstoppers like "Blow Gabriel Blow" and "It's De-Lovely." Peter Reynolds, director of last season's Brigadoon and co-founder of Philadelphia's Mauckingbird Theatre Company, will be steering this ship of tap dancing sailors along with choreographer Maggie Anderson and music director Gina Giachero.

In the spring, Temple Theaters will bring Mary Zimmerman's enchanting adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey to the Tomlinson Theater, March 16-26, 2016. Sexy and inspired, this contemporary play breathes new theatrical life into the epic tale of Odysseus' arduous journey home. Temple alumnus Brandon McShaffrey, director of last season's Merrily We Roll Along, along with a sophisticated production team, will tackle this "giant" production, an Odyssey for a new century.

See full press release for information on all six mainstage productions offered by Temple University's Department of Theater. Temple Theaters, now entering its fourth year as part of the Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts at Temple University, is pleased to celebrate its 48th season. Located on the northern edge of the Avenue of the Arts and just moments away from the heart of Philadelphia's thriving theatre community, Temple Theaters has established itself as one of the finest nationally-ranked theater training programs in the nation. For more about Temple Theaters, visit tfma.temple.edu/theater.

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