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Philadelphia Critics Wanted

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Past Shows

The Unexpected 3rd
9/17 - 10/19/2025


In a gripping blend of memoir, stand-up, protest, and poetry, Kathryn Grody presents her solo work The Unexpected 3rd at People's Light. This world premiere, ...

 Hurricane Diane
Hurricane Diane
5/1 - 5/19/2024


Directed by Molly Rosa Houlahan  Meet Diane: a charming butch permaculture gardener with a mission. Secretly Dionysus— the god of wine, revelry, and vegetation—Diane returns ...

People’s Light presents the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Christina Anderson


Despite growing up in landlocked Kansas, Janice Collen’s childhood is defined by water — her mother and father are prominent activists in the movement to ...

People’s Light presents “Songs for Nobodies” by Joanna Murray-Smith


Malvern-based theatre People’s Light presents the critically-acclaimed production Songs for Nobodies by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith. The one-woman show stars actress and singer Bethany Thomas ...

Dot
9/18 - 10/20/2019


Colman Domingo; dir: Colman Domingo....

Nina Simone: Four Women
2/27 - 3/31/2019


Velvet-throated songstress Nina Simone hypnotized audiences with her signature renditions of standards from the American songbook. But on September 15, 1963, a devastating explosion in ...

Videos


Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet in Philadelphia Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet
Keswick Theatre (12/2 - 1/2) Tracker
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)
Draw the Circle in Philadelphia Draw the Circle
Hedgerow Theatre Company (1/21 - 2/1)
Complications in Sue in Philadelphia Complications in Sue
Academy of Music (2/4 - 2/8)
The 70s Experience in Philadelphia The 70s Experience
Prima Theatre (2/6 - 2/22)
Michael Dardant ♦ The Cajun Sensation - December 12th & 13th 2025 - 8PM in Philadelphia Michael Dardant ♦ The Cajun Sensation - December 12th & 13th 2025 - 8PM
Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (12/12 - 12/13)
Family Magic Shows @ 1 PM in Philadelphia Family Magic Shows @ 1 PM
Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (1/3 - 4/25)
Little Women in Philadelphia Little Women
Hedgerow Theatre Company (11/26 - 12/28)
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