A efficiency at a earlier Philly Theatre Week. (Picture by Rayna Adams.)
PHILADELPHIA: Theatre Philadelphia has introduced the return of Philly Theatre Week, one of many largest theatre festivals within the area. The 2023 pageant will function greater than 100 performances from March 23 to April 2.
“Philly Theatre Week is all the time such an thrilling time of the yr for theatregoers,” Theatre Philadelphia government director LaNeshe Miller-White stated in an announcement. “Theatre Philadelphia has moved to a pay-what-you-can mannequin for this yr’s Theatre Week with a purpose to guarantee entry for all to the performances. It’s an amazing alternative for somebody to strive theatre for the primary time, or to strive a brand new firm or kind of present.”
Philly Theatre Week will showcase 50 occasions from 41 artists and corporations, together with productions, readings, and particular occasions. The pageant shall be held in Philadelphia in addition to surrounding suburbs, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.
All Philly Theatre Week exhibits will provide pay-what-you-can tickets, permitting patrons to select the worth they pay primarily based on their skill, although exhibits are providing solely a restricted variety of pay-what-you-can ticket. The total listing could be discovered on the Philly Theatre Week web site, together with a full listing of occasions.
A free preview occasion of the pageant shall be held on March 20 on the Kimmel Cultural Campus. The occasion will function work from the Street Firm Theater Group, Run Boy Run Productions, InterAct Theatre Firm, Theater Unspeakable, and others. Registration is required to attend.
“Since 2018, I’ve participated in each Philly Theatre Week,” stated Chris Davis, an artist who will current work at this yr’s pageant, in an announcement. “Theatre Philadelphia works arduous to showcase each present, from the large theatres to the small theatres, and subsequently makes the taking part in discipline rather more equitable, particularly for small producers like myself.”
Philly Theatre Week is offered by Theatre Philadelphia, the area’s umbrella group whose mission is to unite, rejoice, and promote the Philadelphia area’s numerous and rising theatre neighborhood. As of 2021, the group had a price range of roughly $349,500.
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