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Photos: Akeem Davis and Kishia Nixon Star In THE MOUNTAINTOP At Arden Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2025

Arden Theatre Company continues its 2025/26 season with The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson. Check out photos of the production....

Citywide James Ijames Pass Celebrates Philadelphia-Based Playwright


by Stephi Wild - October 29, 2025

For the first time in the region, three leading theaters are launching a multi-theater pass dedicated to a single contemporary playwright. Learn more about the James Ijames pass here!...

WISHING TO GROW UP BRIGHTLY World Premiere is Coming to Theatre Horizon


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 2025

Theatre Horizon will present the world premiere of Wishing to Grow Up Brightly, a new musical created by Amanda Morton, Matthew Decker, Brenson Thomas, and Josh Totora. Learn more!...

Arden Theatre Company To Present Katori Hall's THE MOUNTAINTOP Beginning October 30


by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2025

Arden Theatre Company will continue its 2025/26 season with The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson....

1812 Productions' LA OTRA Will Make World Premiere During Philadelphia Fringe Festival


by Stephi Wild - September 02, 2025

1812 Productions, Philadelphia's all-comedy theater company, is preparing for a hilarious, moving, fantastical theatrical world premiere co-created by Tanaquil Márquez and Eliana Fabiyi. ...

RENT Now Extended at Arden Theater Through Late June


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2025

Arden Theatre Company's upcoming production of RENT has been extended once again with eight additional performances. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets....

RENT Extended at Arden Theatre Company Through Late June


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 08, 2025

Arden Theatre Company's upcoming production of RENT has been extended for 16 additional performances. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets....

HOLY GRAIL OF MEMPHIS Extended Again At Arden Theatre Company


by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2025

Arden Theatre Company's current production, Holy Grail of Memphis, will receive another extension due to its overwhelming popularity. The show now runs through March 9 with eight additional performances....

Past Shows

RENT
RENT
5/15 - 6/8/2025


At the end of the millennium, a group of bohemians in the East Village struggle with love, loss, and gentrification amidst the AIDS crisis. In ...

RENT
RENT
5/15 - 6/8/2025


At the end of the millennium, a group of bohemians in the East Village struggle with love, loss, and gentrification amidst the AIDS crisis. In ...

The Hobbit
The Hobbit
4/2 - 5/25/2025


Our unlikely hero, Bilbo Baggins, would much rather be sitting in his cozy Hobbit Hole with a cup of tea and a plate of bacon ...

August Wilson’s King Hedley II


After seven years in prison, King returns to his family and community, determined to take control of his life. But his hopes conflict with the ...

August Wilson’s King Hedley II


After seven years in prison, King returns to his family and community determined to take control of his life. But his hopes conflict with the ...

Holy Grail of Memphis
Holy Grail of Memphis
1/16 - 2/23/2025


When Newton Stover III discovers the long-lost recordings of a legendary bluesman in the basement of his granddaddy’s rundown music studio, he resolves to rebuild ...

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
11/27 - 1/19/2025


Join Peter Pan on an adventure to Neverland, a magical island where there are no parents, no chores, and fairies and pirates rule! Introduce your ...

Intimate Apparel
Intimate Apparel
10/24 - 12/1/2024


The time is 1905. The place, the Lower East Side. Sewing beautiful lingerie gives Esther Mills, an African American seamstress, an intimate look at the lives ...

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive


When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon must risk life, liberty, ...

POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive


When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon must risk life, liberty, ...

Once on This Island
Once on This Island
5/16 - 6/16/2024


In search of her place in the world with guidance from the island gods, Ti Moune, a fearless young woman of the French Antilles, risks ...

Pinocchio
Pinocchio
4/10 - 6/2/2024


A modern retelling of the classic tale — a wooden boy, a nose that grows, a huge whale, and a cricket with a lot of ...

The Lehman Trilogy
The Lehman Trilogy
3/7 - 4/7/2024


Weaving together nearly two centuries of family history, The Lehman Trilogy charts the humble beginnings, outrageous successes and devastating failure of the financial institution that would bring ...

Ladysitting - World Premiere! - Now Extended to March 10th


This world premiere play, by acclaimed Philadelphia writer Lorene Cary, explores the life and last year of Lorene’s Nana – a fiercely strong and independent ...

What the Constitution Means to Me


Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition and developed a deep love of the Constitution by winning debate competitions around the country. In this hopeful, ...

Assassins
Assassins
9/21 - 10/15/2023


The Arden returns to the genius work of Stephen Sondheim with this audacious musical that speaks to the moment we are in as a country ...

Violet
Violet
5/25 - 6/25/2023


This multi-award-winning musical follows a scarred woman who embarks on a cross-country bus trip to be healed by a minister, discovering the true meaning of ...

Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood
4/12 - 6/4/2023


This wildly inventive and humorous adaptation puts a spin on the popular fairy tale when a delivery driver calls into question an actor’s production of ...

August Wilson's Radio Golf
August Wilson's Radio Golf
3/23 - 4/16/2023


The last chapter of August Wilson’s monumental ten-part series, The American Century Cycle, will come to the F. Otto Haas Stage. Set in Pittsburgh in ...

Clyde's
Clyde's
1/26 - 3/5/2023


Just outside of Reading, PA, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption as they find purpose and ...

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
12/7 - 1/29/2023


Arden Children’s Theatre is back! Join us for the heart-warming story of a special friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider. Wilbur, Charlotte ...

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
12/7 - 1/29/2023


Arden Children’s Theatre is back! Join us for the heart-warming story of a special friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider. Wilbur, Charlotte ...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
11/3 - 12/11/2022


This much-loved production returns to the Arden on the Arcadia Stage! A moving, insightful, and hilarious one-person play leads audiences through a remarkable journey that ...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
11/3 - 12/11/2022


This much-loved production returns to the Arden on the Arcadia Stage! A moving, insightful, and hilarious one-person play leads audiences through a remarkable journey that ...

The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
10/6 - 11/6/2022


A cramped apartment. A family struggling to escape the past. And a Gentleman Caller who brings the one thing they all desperately crave – hope. ...

Dr. Suess's The Cat in the Hat


A gloomy day indoors for Sally and her brother is upended entirely upon the arrival of the eccentric Cat in the Hat. This production of ...

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
3/12 - 4/12/2020


Tennessee Williams masterpiece depicts a story of love, lust, and the memories we leave behind. Join us as the F. Otto Haas stage transforms into ...

My General Tubman
My General Tubman
1/16 - 3/1/2020


A world premiere by acclaimed Philadelphia playwright Lorene Cary, My General Tubman is a beautiful and exciting new play about the complex journey of Harriet ...

An Illiad
An Illiad
11/13 - 12/8/2019


The infinite beauty of storytelling consumes this provocative adaptation of Homers classic. The Trojan War is placed beside our modern day, presenting the allure of ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
10/24 - 12/8/2019


Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things explores Strayeds time as the anonymous advice columnist, Dear Sugar. While navigating her readers questions ...

Ragtime
Ragtime
9/19 - 10/20/2019


This Tony Award-winning tale follows the intersection of cultures, classes, and nationalities all fighting for their American dream in New York City at the turn ...

Indecent
Indecent
5/22 - 6/23/2019


Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogels critically acclaimed play with music is about the creation of the controversial Yiddish play God of Vengeance and is a ...

Treasure Island
Treasure Island
4/3 - 6/9/2019


Emily – a young girl with big dreams – transforms her living room into the wild seas, in this retelling of the classic pirate tale. ...

How I Learned What I Learned


In this solo show, the late playwright August Wilson shares stories about his first jobs, first loves, and his encounters with racism in this theatrical ...

Gem of the Ocean
Gem of the Ocean
2/28 - 3/31/2019


Set in 1904, this first installment of August Wilson’s The American Century Cycle journeys to Pittsburgh’s Hill District and tells a mystical story of freedom, ...

74 Seconds...To Judgement
74 Seconds...To Judgement
1/17 - 3/10/2019


A jury of 6 has been deadlocked for over a week – struggling to decide what is ‘justifiable homicide’- in this powerful and provocative new ...

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
11/28 - 2/3/2019


Join us for the heart-warming story of a special friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider. Wilbur, Charlotte and their barnyard friends have ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
5/17 - 6/17/2018


Fun Home Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel Directed by Terrence J. Nolen ...

The Arden Cabaret Series: Alex Keiper and the Next Generation Cabaret


Alex Keiper (Arden’s The Secret Garden, Metamorphoses, A Little Night Music) hosts a cabaret of Philadelphia’s next generation of musical theatre talent. This evening of ...

Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye


Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Adapted by Lydia R. Diamond Directed by Raelle Myrick-Hodges On the F. Otto Haas Stage MARCH 1 – APRIL 8, ...

A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1/11 - 2/25/2018


A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen Directed by Terrence J. Nolen On the Arcadia Stage JANUARY 11 – FEBRUARY 25, 2018 Nora and Torvald are ...

Touch Tones
Touch Tones
10/19 - 12/3/2017


Story by Michael Hollinger & Robert Maggio Book & lyrics by Michael Hollinger Music by Robert Maggio Directed by Emmanuelle Delpech October 19 - December ...

TouchTones
TouchTones
10/19 - 12/3/2017


Single Tickets are now Available to purchase! The Arden Theatre Company presents TouchTones A new musical comedy about love, sex, and the fantasy at the ...

Gypsy
Gypsy
5/18 - 6/18/2017


A Musical Fable Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee On the F. ...

The Light Princess
The Light Princess
4/5 - 5/28/2017


A world premiere! Adapted from the story by George MacDonald Book and Lyrics by Tony Lawton Music by Alex Bechtel April 5 - May 28 ...

The Legend of Georgia McBride
The Legend of Georgia McBride
10/13 - 11/27/2016


By Matthew Lopez. Directed by Emmanuelle Delpech. On the Arcadia Stage. October 13-November 27, 2016. He’s young, he’s broke, he’s just found out his wife ...

Stupid F**king Bird
Stupid F**king Bird
9/15 - 10/16/2016


In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of The Seagull, Arden co-founder Aaron Posner scoops up Chekhov’s tale of unrequited love, missed opportunities, and ...

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
5/12 - 6/19/2016


After the sudden death of her parents, ten-year-old Mary Lennox is sent to live with an uncle whom she’s never met. Mourning the loss of ...

The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales


What do you get when you take fairy tale classics and turn them on their heads? The widely acclaimed Caldecott Award-winning book comes to the ...

Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running
3/10 - 4/10/2016


The civil rights movement is sweeping across Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1969 and Memphis Lee’s diner is scheduled to be torn down, a casualty of ...

Funnyman
Funnyman
1/14 - 3/6/2016


New York City, 1959. An aging vaudevillian comic, grasping to remain relevant in the ever-changing world of “show biz,” tries to revive his career with ...

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates


Hans and his sister Gretel are determined to win the local ice skating race, though they can only afford cheap wooden blades. When a kind ...

Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
10/1 - 11/1/2015


From acclaimed playwright Mary Zimmerman (of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre) comes this dazzling adaptation of Ovid’s classic myths. A rippling, onstage pool conjures a magical world ...

Passon
Passon
5/21 - 6/28/2015


Passion Book by JAMES LAPINE Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN Production Co-Conceived by JORGE COUSINEAU and TERRENCE J. NOLEN ...

The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
4/15 - 6/21/2015


The Jungle Book By GREG BANKS Based on the story by RUDYARD KIPLING Directed by MATTHEW DECKER Arden’s The Jungle Book is a brand new ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
3/5 - 4/19/2015


Macbeth By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by ALEXANDER BURNS Fueled by ambition, Macbeth cuts a bloody path to power, spurred on by his wife, Lady Macbeth ...

Under the Skin
Under the Skin
1/15 - 3/15/2015


Under the Skin World Premiere By MICHAEL HOLLINGER Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN Lou, a man dying of kidney failure, asks his estranged daughter Raina ...

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
11/26 - 2/1/2015


Beauty and the Beast By CHARLES WAY Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN Meet two sisters: Cassandra, eager to experience life; and Belle, who is afraid of ...

Great Expectations
Great Expectations
10/23 - 12/14/2014


Great Expectations Based on the book by CHARLES DICKENS Adapted by GALE CHILDS DALY Directed by MATTHEW DECKER Charles Dickens’ classic coming-of-age novel springs to ...

 La Bête
La Bête
9/24 - 10/12/2014


La Bête By DAVID HIRSON Directed by EMMANUELLE DELPECH Dazzling displays of verbal wit and manic farce distinguish this uproarious comedy featuring Arden favorite Scott ...

 La Bête
La Bête
9/11 - 10/12/2014


La Bête By DAVID HIRSON Directed by EMMANUELLE DELPECH Dazzling displays of verbal wit and manic farce distinguish this uproarious comedy featuring Arden favorite Scott ...

La Bête
La Bête
9/11 - 10/12/2014


La Bête By DAVID HIRSON Directed by EMMANUELLE DELPECH Dazzling displays of verbal wit and manic farce distinguish this uproarious comedy featuring Arden favorite Scott ...

La Bête
La Bête
9/11 - 10/12/2014


La Bête By DAVID HIRSON Directed by EMMANUELLE DELPECH Dazzling displays of verbal wit and manic farce distinguish this uproarious comedy featuring Arden favorite Scott ...

Videos


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The Diary of Anne Frank
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The America Play in Philadelphia The America Play
The Wilma Theater (5/19 - 5/31)
Lindsey Noel ♦ I’M A MAGICIAN in Philadelphia Lindsey Noel ♦ I’M A MAGICIAN
Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (12/20 - 12/20)
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show in Philadelphia The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Philadelphia (12/13 - 12/13)
Naturally 7 in Philadelphia Naturally 7
Zellerbach Theatre (3/6 - 3/6)
David Corsaro ♦ Amazement For All in Philadelphia David Corsaro ♦ Amazement For All
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