The America Play
May 19 – May 31, 2026
A Black Abraham Lincoln impersonator named the “Foundling Father” runs “The Great Hole of History,” a tourist attraction where visitors can meet other historical lookalikes....
Review: Philadelphia Ballet's Holiday Staple The Nutcracker Returns to the Academy of Music
by Scott Serio - December 07, 2025
Philadelphia Ballet's Holiday Staple The Nutcracker Returns to the Academy of Music in Center City Through New Year's Eve....
Past Shows
The Snow Queen
Nov 11 – Nov 23, 2025
The Wilma’s first offering for an all-ages audience, ‘The Snow Queen,’ is the timeless tale reimagined through a lens of delightful whimsy and profound truth....
Archduke by Rajiv Joseph
Apr 15 – May 4, 2025
The Wilma Theater presents the regional premiere of ‘Archduke’ by Rajiv Joseph. Three boys – Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabe, and Nedeljko abrinovi – are recruited...
The Half-God of Rainfall
Feb 11 – Mar 2, 2025
The Wilma Theater presents Half-God of Rainfall, a story by Nigerian-born British poet and playwright Inua Ellams. Blending Yoruba and Greek mythologies, it tells the...
The Comeuppance
Sep 19 – Dec 8, 2024
From the boundary-pushing, Obie Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon), this electrifying comedy is a meditation on impermanence, nostalgia, and isolation. Anticipating their 20-year high...
'Can I Be Frank' by Morgan Bassichis
Oct 25 – Oct 26, 2024
In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis revisits queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya’s...
'Can I Be Frank' by Morgan Bassichis
Oct 25 – Oct 26, 2024
In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis revisits queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya’s...
Dog Man: The Musical
Sep 26 – Oct 15, 2024
Best buds George and Harold have been creating comics for years, but now that they’re in 5th grade, they figure it’s time to level up...
My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion
Jan 30 – Feb 18, 2024
Sasha’s 82-year-old mother has lived in Kyiv her whole life. When Russia invades Ukraine in 2022, Sasha copes with her fears by imagining her mother...
10 Days in a Madhouse
Sep 21 – Sep 30, 2023
Is she insane? Or just pretending? This psychological drama follows trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly through her internment at Blackwell's Asylum, exposing, as Bly did, notions...
Twelfth Night
Jun 6 – Jun 25, 2023
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDIRECTED BY YURY URNOVJune 6–25, 2023The Wilma boldly reimagines Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy, set on a beach in the summertime."Twelfth Night is a...
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
May 23 – Jul 1, 2012
The most honored play in a generation concludes the Wilma’s 2011/2012 Season – and then returns for the 20th Anniversary of Part Two: Perestroika to...
Curse of the Starving Class
Mar 7 – Apr 3, 2012
Body Awareness
Jan 4 – Feb 5, 2012
Director Anne Kauffman thrilled Wilma audiences in 2010 with the smash hit Becky Shaw, winning a Barrymore for Best Director. She returns to Philadelphia next...
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