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1340-48 S. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147



Theatre Exile's Production of JOB Extends Through Late November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 19, 2025

South Philadelphia-based theater company Theatre Exile will present the Philadelphia premiere of award-winning playwright Max Wolf Friedlich's psychological thriller JOB, directed by Producing Artistic Director Deborah Block...

Arden Theatre Company To Present Katori Hall’s THE MOUNTAINTOP This Fall


by A.A. Cristi - November 18, 2025

Arden Theatre Company will present THE MOUNTAINTOP by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall beginning October 30, directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson....

Photos: Akeem Davis and Kishia Nixon Star In THE MOUNTAINTOP At Arden Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2025

Arden Theatre Company continues its 2025/26 season with The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by Barrymore Award winner Brett Ashley Robinson. Check out photos of the production....

Theatre Philadelphia Names Darnelle Radford As New Executive Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 05, 2025

​After an extensive national search, the Board of Theatre Philadelphia has named Darnelle Radford as the organization's new Executive Director. A longtime advocate for the city's arts scene, Radford brings nearly two decades of experience as a theater producer, media entrepreneur, and arts administr...

Theatre Philadelphia Names Darnelle Radford As New Executive Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 05, 2025

​After an extensive national search, the Board of Theatre Philadelphia has named Darnelle Radford as the organization's new Executive Director. A longtime advocate for the city's arts scene, Radford brings nearly two decades of experience as a theater producer, media entrepreneur, and arts administr...

A CHORUS LINE & More Lead Philadelphia's November 2025 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - October 31, 2025

Philadelphia is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for November 2025 include A Chorus Line and more....

Citywide James Ijames Pass Celebrates Philadelphia-Based Playwright


by Stephi Wild - October 29, 2025

For the first time in the region, three leading theaters are launching a multi-theater pass dedicated to a single contemporary playwright. Learn more about the James Ijames pass here!...

Villanova Theatre To Present TRYING By Alison Scaramella, Winner Of The 2025 Sue Winge Award


by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2025

Villanova Theatre will present two staged readings of TRYING, a new play by Alison Scaramella (MA ’22) and winner of the 2025 Sue Winge Playwriting Award, on October 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. in the Smith Performance Lab at the John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts....

WISHING TO GROW UP BRIGHTLY World Premiere is Coming to Theatre Horizon


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 2025

Theatre Horizon will present the world premiere of Wishing to Grow Up Brightly, a new musical created by Amanda Morton, Matthew Decker, Brenson Thomas, and Josh Totora. Learn more!...

JOB Comes to Theatre Exile This Month


by Stephi Wild - October 13, 2025

South Philadelphia-based theater company Theatre Exile will present the Philadelphia premiere of award-winning playwright Max Wolf Friedlich's psychological thriller JOB....

Past Shows

JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich
JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich
10/30 - 11/16/2025


Jane, an employee at a big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. ...

A Puppeteer with The Palsy Performs Scenes from Shakespeare or, the Ghost in the Machine


Skerpro in association with Theatre Exile are thrilled to announce the world premiere production of A Puppeteer with the Palsy Performs Scenes from Shakespeare or, ...

Glitter in the Glass by R. Eric Thomas


Chelle, a Black mid-career artist, has written a check that she's not sure her talent can cash. When the city of Baltimore takes down the ...

Philly GRIT (2025)
Philly GRIT (2025)
2/26 - 3/15/2025


Philly Grit is a series of shows by Philadelphia performers who step outside the boundaries of traditional theater to shine an embarrassingly bright light on ...

Theatre Exile presents: Camp Cookie


Camp Cookie is a vibrant and emotionally resonant cabaret crafted and performed by drag artist Cookie Diorio and featuring Isa Ardiente, Jess Conda, and Aarimonnie. ...

RED
RED
10/24 - 11/10/2024


Join Theatre Exile for their premiere of RED by John Logan! Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history ...

the Are We Free Yet? project by TS Hawkins


AngelPirate Productions presents a staged reading of: the Are We Free Yet? project based on the book by Tina Strawn curated, written & directed by ...

Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person


Three funny and irreverent solo shows that shine an embarrassingly glaring light on our world. Like the fluorescents in an airport bathroom.

A Case for the Existence of God


With humor, empathy, and wrenching honesty this play unfolds in an office cubicle where two people unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile ...

Camp Siegfried
Camp Siegfried
10/26 - 11/12/2023


Travel back to 1938 Long Island for a summer of young love, campfires, and dances. Against the idyllic backdrop of a summer camp, two teenagers ...

Abandon
Abandon
4/27 - 5/21/2023


Luella is alone - haunted by the ghost of her son. Joshua is alone - kicked out of his house by his brother. One winter ...

Theatre Exile presents: The Light by Loy A. Webb


Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. What started as the happiest day of a loving couple’s lives quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the ...

Wolf Play
Wolf Play
10/27 - 11/20/2022


A woman, longing for a child, finds a Korean boy looking for a new home on a Yahoo chat board. Her wife is a promising ...

Today is My Birthday
Today is My Birthday
4/28 - 5/22/2022


Today is My Birthday is an eccentric comedy by award-winning screenwriter and playwright Susan Soon He Stanton that follows an out-of-work journalist named Emily, who ...

Saturday Mourning Cartoons


While dealing with the death of their younger brother, Jessica and Benny have a falling out over whether to put their abuela, Yolanda, in a ...

Abandon
Abandon
1/31


On January 31, Theatre Exile presents a one-night-only virtual reading of Abandon by Philadelphia-based playwright, director, and performer James Ijames through its new play development ...

Theatre Exile presents Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland


Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland paints a human portrait of a contemporary Tejano family willing to go to the extreme for a spot on ...

Cabaret of the Exiled – Spring Edition


Theatre Exiles beloved cabaret event has returned for a Spring performance! Join us for this virtual extravaganza with showman and innovative tour-de-force Johnny Showcase, along ...

Theatre Exile presents TS Hawkins’s ‘They’ll Neglect to Tell You’


Grace is a burgeoning therapist. Merci dangles for freedom at the bottom of a bourbon glass. College sweethearts and newlyweds, they elope to Philadelphia for ...

Theatre Exile presents R. Eric Thomas's ‘The Ever Present’


The Ever Present takes place outside, as a group of residents discusses a vacant lot. The neighbors all have a connection to the house that ...

Thrivin' Ain't Easy 101: Choreopoem Masterclass with TS Hawkins


In a socio-political, media-driven climate, how can folx do to find peace and inspiration? Register for award-winning writer and performance artist TS Hawkinss workshop, Thrivin ...

Sin Eaters
2/11 - 3/7/2021


Due to popular demand, Theatre Exile has extended the video on-demand option for Sin Eaters by Anna Moench! Beginning March 1, you can still purchase ...

Conversations in Exile with Dominic A. Sisti, PhD and Martine Kieffer, MSW, LCSW


Dominic A. Sisti is assistant professor and director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare in the Department of Medical Ethics ...

Among the Dead
Among the Dead
5/2 - 4/26/2019


Date: May 2-26 Time: Mon-Thurs - 7pm, Fri & Sat- 8pm, Sunday- 3pm Description: Among the Dead is a dark and poignant comedy about a ...

An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch
An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch
2/14 - 3/10/2019


directed by Joe CanusoPhiladelphia PremiereFebruary 14-March 10Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th Street An Oak Tree is a darkly comic and moving play about loss, the ...

Completeness by Itamar Moses
Completeness by Itamar Moses
11/29 - 12/23/2018


Elliot builds a computer program to help Molly with her research project, and the variables in their evolving relationship shift as rapidly as the terms ...

Sing The Body Electric
Sing The Body Electric
4/19 - 5/13/2018


Sing The Body Electric BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER World Premiere presented by Theatre Exile Directed by Deborah Block All performances of Sing The Body Electric will ...

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
Dear Evan Hansen in Philadelphia Dear Evan Hansen
Pittsburgh Musical Theater (4/30 - 5/24)
Havana Hop
Philadelphia Theatre Company (1/17 - 1/18)
Arden Theatre Company Presents: The Mountaintop in Philadelphia Arden Theatre Company Presents: The Mountaintop
The Arden Theatre Company (10/30 - 12/14)
Kayhan Kalhor in Philadelphia Kayhan Kalhor
Zellerbach Theatre (3/8 - 3/8)
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women in Philadelphia The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women
Temple Theaters (2/19 - 2/23)
The Nursery by Clifford Odets in Philadelphia The Nursery by Clifford Odets
The Sam Theater at The Flea (9/24 - 9/24)
Illumination in Philadelphia Illumination
Prima Theatre (11/21 - 12/23)
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