Temple Theaters

Tomlinson Theater, 1301 W. Norris St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Past Shows

The Prom

Apr 17 – Apr 26, 2026

The Prom by Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar April 17th-26th Tomlinson Theater, 1301 W. Norris St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Four eccentric Broadway stars, in desperate...

The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women

Feb 19 – Feb 23, 2026

The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women by Carolyn Gage February 19th-23rd Randall Theater, 2020 N. 13 St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 In this farcical and profoundly engaging feminist...

Detroit '67

Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2026

Detroit '67 by Dominique Morisseau January 29th - February 2nd Randall Theater, 2020 N. 13 St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Unfolding during an explosive moment in our country’s...

Titanic

Oct 22 – Oct 26, 2025

Titanic by Maury Yeston and Peter Stone October 22nd-26th Tomlinson Theater, 1301 W. Norris St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Epic and majestic, with moments of heartbreaking intimacy, the five-time...

Beating a Dead Horse

Oct 9 – Oct 13, 2025

Beating a Dead Horse by (Temple Playwriting Professor) Jenny Stafford Directed by Peter ReynoldsOctober 9th-13th Randall Theater, 2020 N. 13 St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 “A Nice Farm Upstate...

Silent Sky

Sep 18 – Sep 21, 2025

Silent Sky tells the remarkable true story of female astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, who, in the early 1900s, faces restrictions at the Harvard Observatory while charting...

Mystic Rapture

Apr 25 – Apr 27, 2025

Mystic RaptureCreated by Jaime Jarrett, Julissa Mishay Norment and Megan Nicole O'BrienBook & Lyrics by Julissa Mishay NormentMusic by Jaime JarrettDirected by Megan Nicole O’BrienLean...

Goblin Market

Mar 21 – Mar 23, 2025

Goblin MarketBook by Brandi Underwood | Music & Lyrics by Jesse Hampsch Directed, Developed and Choreographed by Dylan Cole Additional Lyrics by Christina RossettiCan unearthly fairytale worlds...

Our Country's Good

Feb 21 – Feb 23, 2025

Our Country’s Good By Timberlake Wertenbaker Directed by Taylor Harlow February 21st, 22nd, 23rd. Australia in 1789 is a hellish hole for English prisoners brought there to suffer. Out...

Earth Logic

Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2025

Earth LogicBy Peter ChanskyDirected by Marcus GiamattiJanuary 31st and February 2ndAn astronaut couple lands on a strange, distant planet; when they meet a native being...

Poker in a House with Women

Jan 30 – Feb 1, 2025

Poker in a House with WomenBy Jolie London-GlickmanDirected by Amina RobinsonJanuary 30th - February 1stA woman and her pregnant daughter-in-law gather their family to sit...

The Tempest

Dec 5 – Dec 8, 2024

Set against the backdrop of the Mediterranean, Shakespeare's The Tempest unfolds a tale of magic and intrigue, highlighted by the powerful character of Prospero, portrayed...

If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be A MuhF***a

Oct 18 – Oct 20, 2024

In the vibrant village of Affreakah-Amirrorkah, the narrative unfolds around Akim, celebrated as the epitome of beauty amidst her envious classmates. Tori Sampson's contemporary adaptation...

A Chorus Line Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante Music by Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics by Edward Kleban Directed by Christopher Windom Choreographed by Shannon MurphySeptember 27th, 28th, 29th, Oct. 4th, 5th, and 6th. Tomlinson Theater...

Airness

Mar 21 – Mar 30, 2024

AirnessBy Chelsea MarcantelDirected by Marcus GiamattiStage Manager: Sam StoffelWhen Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But she discovers...

Pippin

Feb 22 – Feb 29, 2024

PippinBook by Roger O. Hirson, music and lyrics by Stephen SchwartzDirected by Peter ReynoldsStage Manager: Erin McHughJoin us on a journey through the mind of...

Skellig

Feb 8 – Feb 10, 2024

SkelligBy David AlmondDirected by Taylor HarlowStage Manager: Isabella PhillipsIn the garage of his new house, a young boy finds an indescribable creature…. Is it a...

From Okra to Greens

Feb 1 – Feb 3, 2024

From Okra to GreensBy Ntozake ShangeDirected by Ontaria Kim WilsonStage Manager: Scarlet Garcia PenaThe celebrated author of for colored girls… captures the poetic cadences of...

Xanadu

Nov 10 – Nov 15, 2023

XanaduBook by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John FarrarDirected by Dylan ColeStage Manager: Sam StoffelBased on the cult classic film,...

Big Fish

Nov 9 – Nov 14, 2023

BIG FISHBook by John August, music and lyrics by Andrew LippaDirected by Megan O'Brien PerriStage Manager: Julia MaggioBased on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace...

Choir Boy

Oct 5 – Oct 8, 2023

CHOIR BOYBy Tarell Alvin MccraneyDirected and Choreographed by Devon SinclairStage Manager: Scarlet GarciaThis award-winning play follows young Pharus on his journey toward becoming the best...

Eleanor and Dolly

Sep 14 – Sep 24, 2023

ELEANOR AND DOLLY By Jenny StaffordDirected by Brandon McshaffreyAn ambitious high school senior is determined to fulfill one of her life goals: to marry her...

Everybody

Apr 20 – Apr 29, 2023

This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Cat Ramirez, follows a character named Everybody (who is...

Tartuffe

Mar 17 – Mar 26, 2023

Orgon is a man who has everything: money, power, a beautiful home and family. But, when the irresistible Tartuffe entrances him, the seemingly perfect household...

Into the Woods

Feb 23 – Mar 2, 2023

In this Tony Award-winning musical and Sondheim classic (book by James Lapine, directed by Brandon McShaffrey), a Baker and his wife, Cinderella, Jack, Little Red...

Exit Strategy

Jan 26 – Feb 5, 2023

The teachers of Chicagos Tumbldn High School don't live in some inspirational movie. When the school is slated for closure, Ricky, the vice principal, has...

Chekhov Shorts

Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2022

If you asked 19th century playwright Anton Chekhov about his works, he would say they were all comedies. This night of curated scenes from some...

Being Heard Fall Festival

Nov 4 – Nov 17, 2022

The BEING HEARD Fall Festival will feature relevant and timely pieces performed by Temple theater students. It includes new and devised work, concert-style performances of...

Once On This Island

Oct 13 – Oct 22, 2022

One of the most beloved musicals in Broadway history, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND tells the epic story of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl who,...

Dance Nation

Sep 22 – Oct 2, 2022

Somewhere in middle America, an army of preteen competitive dancers plots to take the dance world by storm, by any means necessary. If their new...

Group Project

Sep 8 – Sep 18, 2022

On the day of the big test, a high school classroom spirals into chaos. Teachers are missing and none of the questions make sense. Will...

The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret

Aug 31

Mauckingbird Theatre Company is pleased to welcome The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret to the Tomlinson Theater at Temple University for a one-night-only engagement of epic...

BLOOD AT THE ROOT

Mar 18 – Mar 27, 2022

TEMPLE THEATERS PRESENTS: BLOOD AT THE ROOT The Final Mainstage Production of Temple Theaters’ 2021-2022 Season Runs March 18-27 PHILADELPHIA, PA — “Way some people...

HEAD OVER HEELS

Feb 18 – Feb 24, 2022

HEAD OVER HEELSSongs by The Go-Go's Conceived and Original Book by Jeff WhittyBook adapted by James MagruderBased on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip SidneyDirected by...

FEFU AND HER FRIENDS

Jan 26 – Jan 29, 2022

FEFU AND HER FRIENDS by Mara Irene Forns (ONLINE EVENT) Directed by Rebecca May Flowers January 26-29, 2022 (7:30 pm & Sat Matinees @ 2...

GHOSTS

Jan 13 – Jan 16, 2022

GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen (live via Zoom) Directed by Marcus Giamatti Stage Manager: Sam Cashion January 13 - 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm January 16,...

The Country Wife

Mar 27 – Apr 7, 2020

Banned for nearly 200 years for its salacious content, this classic, ribald, restoration comedy of coquettes and cuckolds is a playful sex-fueled satire telling the...

Love Labour's Lost

Feb 20 – Mar 1, 2020

At their five-year college reunion, the King and his friends completely swear off the very idea of falling in love, but when four eligible young...

Somewhere

Jan 29 – Feb 9, 2020

With the world on the brink of ecological collapse, an entomologist and her brother follow what may be the final flight of the Lepidoptera Danaus...

Men on Boats

Nov 15 – Nov 22, 2019

Four boats. One river. One big big canyon. MEN ON BOATS is a true(ish) history based on the journal of one-armed adventurer Maj. John Wesley...

Peter & the Starcatcher

Nov 15 – Nov 22, 2019

Molly, a young starcatcher-in-training, begins her adventure on the high seas with a trunk full of secret treasure when she befriends an unnamed orphan boy....

Sweet Charity

Oct 10 – Oct 20, 2019

Lifes a game and the fickle finger of fate chooses who loses in this charming tale of a sassy, diehard romantic, dancehall hostess whose naivety...

Enemy of the People

Sep 11 – Sep 22, 2019

When a poisoned water source threatens the lives of vacationers in a Norwegian resort town, local scientist Dr. Tom Stockmann plans to report the danger...

The Matchmaker

Mar 25 – Apr 4, 2015

Wilder’s classic American farce about the tipsy relationship between love and money centers on the charming, charismatic Dolly Levi, hired by rich widower Horace Vandergelder...

Merrily We Roll Along

Mar 12 – Mar 22, 2015

Merrily We Roll Along - Moving backwards in time, this emotional piece examines the lives of Broadway composer Franklin Shepard, his former partner, and estranged...

Arcadia

Feb 11 – Feb 21, 2015

Arcadia - Moving fluidly between 1809 and the present, ARCADIA is oozing with desire and jealousy. Stoppard's classic follows the inhabitants of a wealthy English...

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