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Asian Arts Initiative

1219 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
Philadelphia, PA

Upcoming Shows

LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe

LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe

Sep 16 – Sep 19, 2026

Edgar Allan Poe's LIGEIA Reimagined through Physical Theatre at Cannonball Festival in Philadelphia The solo performance will run at Asian Arts Initiative. PHILADELPHIA, PA: LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe will be presented in the Cannonball Festival, part of the Philadelphia Fringe...

The Black Pearl and the Frivolous Prince

Sep 12 – Sep 20, 2026

A famous boxer, disillusioned by discrimination and deception, reinvents himself as a dancing, singing, saxophone-playing cabaret star. When he becomes a poet's muse and the boxing ring calls him back to regain his title, the show questions whether it is the return of a prodigal...

A Poem & A Mistake

Sep 23 – Sep 25, 2026

A one-woman play by Cheri Magid, performed by Sarah Baskin and directed by Michelle Bossy, that re-examines Ovid's Metamorphoses and questions what we inherit from stories passed down to us. Myrrha, a grad student in the classics, confronts her professor over the fifty sexual...

ACTION开拍

ACTION开拍

Sep 22 – Sep 26, 2026

"When I was eighteen, I discovered that my great-grandfather directed twenty-one films in 1930s China. Why did nobody ever tell me? Where can I find his films? What did he believe in as an artist? Now I step onstage, searching through fragments for answers—in a world still...

The Deer Ones

Sep 13 – Sep 26, 2026

Audience members shape the fate of the main character in this interactive dramedy with alternate endings. Written, performed, and produced by first-time show creator Michelle Nguyen, the semi-autobiographical piece follows the imaginary friends of a young girl named Robin during...

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Review: RENT at Bucks County Playhouse

Review: RENT at Bucks County Playhouse

by Marakay Rogers · September 10, 2026

As the group Straight No Chaser sings, 'Five hundred twenty five thousand choirs have sung this... thanks to the writer, we all leave sad.'  Without detail - yes, true. Jonathan Larson died before opening night of his own show about death and dying and drugs and rent strikes, leaving a show that fe…

Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Bucks County Playhouse

Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Bucks County Playhouse

by Marakay Rogers · July 1, 2026

Blurb: Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved South Pacific sails into Bucks County Playhouse with soaring performances, standout choreography, and a Broadway-caliber cast led by Ryan Silverman, Alexandra Socha, Ann Sanders, and Mike Schwitter. Director Denis Jones delivers a vibrant revival that proves …

Previews: PHILADELPHIA BALLET'S 7TH ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL at Red Rose Farm

Previews: PHILADELPHIA BALLET'S 7TH ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL at Red Rose Farm

by Scott Serio · May 29, 2026

In what has become a much-anticipated event to close each season, the Philadelphia Ballet returned to Board Chairman David F. Hoffman’s lovely Red Rose Farm for the seventh time in a celebration of dance and volunteers, and a chance for benefactors to enjoy fabulous dance in a pastoral setting and…

Past Shows

YOUR QUEEN PRESENTS: PETRUS

Sep 9 – Sep 11, 2026

A darkly comic solo show inspired by the extraordinary true story behind Beauty and the Beast, blending drag, clown, and handmade theatricality. Queen Catherine de' Medici recounts how she becomes a theatermaker and transforms Petrus Gonsalvus, a 16th-century man born in the...

Let's Make An Album!

Let's Make An Album!

Sep 17 – Sep 25, 2025

LET’S MAKE AN ALBUM! is a new immersive performance series by Philadelphia pop-punk outfit Happier Than Ever, attempting to break down the wall between artist and audience. Join the punk trio as they lead an evening of songwriting essentials, guiding the audience through the...

Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play

Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play

Aug 23

Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play is a free, immersive, interactive show about three poor theatre artists who break into a dark theater in order to perform their own play. Completely immersed from arrival, audiences "break into" a dark performance space to witness the...

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Forrest Theatre (1/26-1/31)
Michael Mayo in Philadelphia Michael Mayo
Harold Prince Theatre (10/02-10/02)
Jonathan Burns ♦ Life of the Party in Philadelphia Jonathan Burns ♦ Life of the Party
Smoke & Mirrors Theater (9/18-9/19)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again) in Philadelphia The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again)
Delaware Shakespeare (9/08-9/27)
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