The America Play
5/19 - 5/31/2026
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. ...
Photos: ARCHDUKE At The Wilma Theater
by A.A. Cristi - April 16, 2025
The Wilma Theater will present the regional premiere of Archduke by award-winning playwright Rajiv Joseph. See brand-new photos from the production. The regional premiere of Archduke runs from April 15 to May 4....
Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
by David Friscic - September 18, 2024
Themes of identity, bonding, loss, self-realization and especially death permeate the numerous layers of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ thought-provoking play The Comeuppance. This penetrating work explores so many layers that it is best to let the experience take you where it will. The high school reunion...
Past Shows
The Snow Queen
11/11 - 11/23/2025
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
4/15 - 5/4/2025
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
2/11 - 3/2/2025
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
9/19 - 12/8/2024
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
10/25 - 10/26/2024
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
10/25 - 10/26/2024
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
9/26 - 10/15/2024
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
1/30 - 2/18/2024
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
9/21 - 9/30/2023
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
6/6 - 6/25/2023
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY YURY URNOV June 6–25, 2023 The Wilma boldly reimagines Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy, set on a beach in the summertime. ...
Bootycandy
5/15 - 6/16/2013
The Wilma Theater: - Robert O'Hara....
Under the Whaleback
3/6 - 4/7/2013
The Wilma Theater: - Richard Bean....
Assistance
1/2 - 2/3/2013
The Wilma Theater: - Leslye Headland....
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
5/23 - 7/1/2012
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
3/7 - 4/3/2012
Body Awareness
1/4 - 2/5/2012
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 ...
Videos
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Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet
Keswick Theatre (12/2 - 1/2) | |
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Naturally 7
Zellerbach Theatre (3/6 - 3/6) | |
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Technicolor: Inspired by Justin Timberlake
Equilibrium Dance Academy (3/28 - 3/28) | |
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Theatre Horizon presents “XOXO: Montco’s Variety Show”
Theatre Horizon (2/11 - 2/22) | |
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David Corsaro ♦ Amazement For All
Smoke & Mirrors Theater in House of Magic (1/23 - 1/24) | |
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The Wild Hymns plus Blank Page Duo at Lititz Shirt Factory January 9th
Lititz Shirt Factory (1/9 - 1/9) | |
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The Net Will Appear
Bristol Riverside Theatre (2/3 - 2/22) | |
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Complications in Sue
Academy of Music (2/4 - 2/8) | |
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