Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Wilma Theater ## Posts - [Exciting leadership news from the Wilma!](https://wilmatheater.org/news/exciting-leadership-news-from-the-wilma/) - I’m excited to share some leadership news from the Wilma with you! Next season, Lindsay Smiling will become our sole Artistic Director, and I’m honored to lead the theater forward with him. To celebrate this news alongside the opening of The America Play, which Lindsay directs and performs in, is meaningful and fitting. I have come to know Lindsay in his Co-Artistic Director role - [Dramaturgy: The America Play](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/dramaturgy-the-america-play/) - Note from Dramaturg, Mariah Ghant Suzan-Lori Parks has fascinated me for years. I first encountered her work in my History of World Drama course in college, when I was just beginning to understand the power of adaptation. Reading In the Blood and Fking A cracked something open in me. Her transformation of The Scarlet Letter into these bold, unique plays shook me— she didn’t simply retell it. She - [Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philly-theaters-reel-from-sudden-loss-of-nea-funding/) - Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. By Peter CrimminsUpdated May. 7, 2025 11:04 am The emails started arriving late Friday night. At 9:44 p.m., Tyler Dobrowsky, co-artistic director of the Philadelphia Theatre Company, got word that $50,000 he - [National Endowment for the Arts grant cancellations cut deep in Philly](https://wilmatheater.org/news/national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant-cancellations-cut-deep-in-philly/) - Dozens of Philadelphia-area organizations had been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2025, only to have them terminated. by Rosa Cartagena and Peter Dobrin Published May 6, 2025, 1:19 p.m. ET Quintessence Theatre opened its latest production over the weekend with an urgent plea to the audience over the state of arts funding: Call - [Dramaturgy: Archduke](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/dramaturgy-archduke/) - Slippery Pasts and Less Terrible Futures: Reflections and Research on Archduke Kellie Mecleary, Production Dramaturg "Some of the most interesting recent writing on the subject [of WWI] has argued that, far from being inevitable, this war was in fact 'improbable' - at least until it actually happened...I have tried to remain alert to the fact - [Half-God BONUS Content](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/half-god-bonus-content/) - A Collaboration with the Masculinity Action Project (MAP) STREAM THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL NOW! THE PODCAST The Podcast series will include commentary, interviews, audience feedback, and conversations in response to The Half-God of Rainfall. Each episode is hosted by MAP facilitators Dwight Dunston and Toby Fraser. EPISODE 1 - EPISODE 2 - EPISODE 3 - EPISODE - [Dramaturgy: The Half-God of Rainfall](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/dramaturgy-the-half-god-of-rainfall/) - By Brittany Onukwugha Have you ever had this experience? It's in the quiet moments, when a family member, friend, or stranger drops the most out-of-left-field lore you could ever imagine! What is lore, you ask? Something you can't get from google, at least not in the same way. Something that illuminates a part of the - [Broad Street Review Podcast with Suli Holum](https://wilmatheater.org/news/broad-street-review-podcast-with-suli-holum/) - Listen Here! THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL BY INUA ELLAMSDIRECTED BY LINDSAY SMILING February 11 – March 2, 2025 Nigerian-born British poet and playwright Inua Ellams blends Yoruba and Greek mythologies into an incredible story of a demigod-turned-NBA superstar in The Half-God of Rainfall. The epic poem follows a half-Nigerian mortal, half-Greek God named Demi, who possesses - [Wilma Theater presents Inua Ellams’s The Half-God of Rainfall](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-theater-presents-inua-ellamss-the-half-god-of-rainfall/) - Kiran Pandey | Jan 29, 2025 Take a centuries-old oral storytelling tradition, mix in Yoruba and Greek mythology, and add a pinch of the NBA, and you might get something like Inua Ellams’s The Half-God of Rainfall, the latest production from the Wilma Theater. It may sound ambitious, but if there’s any theater that’s well-equipped for - [Best Theater of 2024 - The Washington Post](https://wilmatheater.org/news/best-theater-of-2024-the-washington-post/) - 10 best plays and musicals of 2024: Rachel McAdams, ‘Oh, Mary!’ and more - The Washington Post Column by Naveen KumarReflecting on the year in theater, the most memorable part for me is obvious: the privilege I’ve had ofventuring into the D.C. scene in my new position as theater critic. If I’m allowed even one - ['The Comeuppance' brings laughter and reflection to The Wilma Theater](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-comeuppance-brings-laughter-and-reflection-to-the-wilma-theater/) - Set in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, this expertly balanced play weaves the levity of early aughts music, dancing and friendship into dark themes of grief, war, and mortality. The characters go in and out of enjoying each other's company and questioning their friendships, reunion attendance, and life choices. - [(Review) The Comeuppance](https://wilmatheater.org/news/review-the-comeuppance/) - I didn’t have much of an idea of what I was walking into, but I walked out pretty sure I had just seen one of the best plays I’ve ever seen in my life. Read the full article. - [‘The Comeuppance’ at the Wilma is a probable antidote to our existential dread](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-comeuppance-at-the-wilma-is-a-probable-antidote-to-our-existential-dread/) - The Comeuppance is a must-see for anyone feeling the existential dread brought upon by their own mortality or the recent election results. It invites us to see the humanity in those whose lives or political opinions don’t align with ours Read the full article here. - [Morgan Green and Taysha Canales discuss "The Comeuppance" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins](https://wilmatheater.org/news/morgan-green-and-taysha-canales-discuss-the-comeuppance-by-playwright-branden-jacobs-jenkins/) - Wilma Theater co-artistic director Morgan Green and HotHouse Company member-actor Taysha Canales discuss the opening production of the Wilma’s 2024/2025 season, "The Comeuppance" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, running November 19 to December 8 on the Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia. Listen to the podcast here (starting at 40:57). - [Dramaturgy: The Comeuppance](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/dramaturgy-the-comeuppance/) - Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Danse Macabre - By Jessica Rizzo The theater is a place where artists and audience gather in one space to die together for a little while, to share the experience of time passing as we collectively drift towards oblivion. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ The Comeuppance can be seen as concretizing this ritual, with all-knowing Death - [Wilma Welcomes ‘Can I Be Frank?’ A New ‘Solo’ Performance by Morgan Bassichis](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-welcomes-can-i-be-frank-a-new-solo-performance-by-morgan-bassichis/) - October 16, 2024 “Morgan Bassichis is one of those luminescent performers you simply can’t look away from,” said Morgan Green, Co-Artistic Director of the Wilma. “I find myself lingering on their every word. I can’t wait to bring their incredible interpretation of Frank Maya’s work to Philadelphia and share it with Wilma audiences.” Read the - [‘Can I Be Frank?’ pays tribute to comedian Frank Maya](https://wilmatheater.org/news/can-i-be-frank-pays-tribute-to-comedian-frank-maya/) - By Cameron Kelsall - October 14, 2024 Maya’s pathbreaking career ended in 1995, when he died of an AIDS-related illness at the age of 45. Like many brilliant artists who perished in the epidemic, his name has been somewhat lost to history. Morgan Bassichis would like to change that. The queer, nonbinary artist crafted “Can - [Elder millennials face off against death. Guess who wins?](https://wilmatheater.org/news/elder-millennials-face-off-against-death-guess-who-wins/) - Review by Naveen Kumar Mortality stalks the edges of a 20th high school reunion in “The Comeuppance” by D.C. native Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, now at Woolly Mammoth. Taysha Marie Canales, left, Jaime Maseda, Sarah Gliko and Alana Raquel Bowers in Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's production of “The Comeuppance.” (Cameron Whitman) The play’s dissection of early middle - [Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.](https://wilmatheater.org/news/regional-reviews-washington-d-c/) - The ComeuppanceWoolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyReview by Susan Berlin Sarah Gliko, Alana Raquel Bowers, Jordan Bellow, and Taysha Marie CanalesPhoto by Cameron Whitman Photography Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is not only one of the most imaginative playwrights currently writing, he is also a native of the Washington metropolitan area. His engrossing and sometimes head-spinning play The Comeuppance, now - [‘The Comeuppance’ is a Masterful, Modern Danse Macabre](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-comeuppance-is-a-masterful-modern-danse-macabre/) - Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes our souls for a spin in"The Comeuppance," the masterful season opener at Woolly Mammoth. By Kate Wingfield on September 22, 2024 The Comeuppance – Photo: Cameron Whitman A fascinating contemplation, The Comeuppance takes another journey into playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ alternate universe in which the ordinary is sent spiraling into the extraordinary. - [Theatre Review: ‘The Comeuppance’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, a co-production with The Wilma Theater](https://wilmatheater.org/news/theatre-review-the-comeuppance-at-woolly-mammoth-theatre-a-co-production-with-the-wilma-theater/) - Posted By: Anne Valentino September 16, 2024 (Left to right) Sarah Gilko, (Katelyn), Alana Raquel Bowers (Urshula), Jordan Bello (Emilio), and Taysha Maria Canales (Kristina). Photo by Cameron Whitman Photography. In “The Comeuppance,” darkness clouds the spiritual, emotional, and psychological well-beings of the characters and also quite literally makes its appearance in the form of - [Dance With Death: The Comeuppance Gives DMV Natives of a Certain Age Their Due](https://wilmatheater.org/news/dance-with-death-the-comeuppance-gives-dmv-natives-of-a-certain-age-their-due/) - The audience for this Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play from 2023 should be up for 9/11 voyeurism and thinking about immortality. by Rebecca J. Ritzel September 23rd, 2024 Alana Raquel Bowers as Ursula in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s The Comeuppance at Woolly Mammoth; Credit: Cameron Whitman Photography Listening for answers fuels the play’s dramatic tension. Read the full article - [In Woolly Mammoth’s ‘The Comeuppance,’ a D.C.-born playwright’s work comes home](https://wilmatheater.org/news/in-woolly-mammoths-the-comeuppance-a-d-c-born-playwrights-work-comes-home/) - by Elliot C. Williams Branden Jacobs-Jenkins drew on his youth spent in D.C. and Maryland for his play coming to Woolly Mammoth Theatre this month. Courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is many things: a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony Award winner, a professor at Yale. He’s also a D.C. native who - [Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company](https://wilmatheater.org/news/review-the-comeuppance-at-woolly-mammoth-theatre-company/) - The Comeuppance truly takes us to a new theatrical level in content as well as form. By: David Friscic Sep. 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 - [Mortality, Chaos, and Aging Millennials: ‘Comeuppance’ at Woolly Mammoth](https://wilmatheater.org/news/mortality-chaos-and-aging-millennials-comeuppance-at-woolly-mammoth/) - September 20, 2024 by Norah Vawter Sarah Gliko, Alana Raquel Bowers, Jordan Bellow, and Taysha Marie Canales in The Comeuppance. Cameron Whitman Photography. Alternatingly funny, shocking, and heartbreaking, the play centers on a group of high school friends reuniting twenty years after graduation. The acting is sharp, the dialogue witty, and the production moves easily - [The Comeuppance, Who Knew Substance Could Be So Funny](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-comeuppance-who-knew-substance-could-be-so-funny/) - By Wayne A. Young Somehow MacArthur Genius Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins made contemporary discussions about January 6, COVID, Columbine, death, sexual-orientation, mental illness, homelessness, September 11, and veterans’ affairs, reflective and absolutely hilarious. Read the full article here. - [Artist Spotlight: Morgan Bassichis](https://wilmatheater.org/news/artist-spotlight-morgan-bassichis/) - I truly believe that this is a show that’s going to make a difference to people, whether they’re in the theatre community or just looking to see what promises to be an interesting show. This is going to be something beautiful and new. Let’s experience it. Read the full article here - [‘The Comeuppance’ comes home to DC at Woolly Mammoth](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-comeuppance-comes-home-to-dc-at-woolly-mammoth/) - Woolly teams up with Philadelphia's Wilma Theater to mount Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' dark comedy, set in Prince George's County. Jacobs-Jenkins’ witty and moving dark comedy focuses on five friends in 2023 who reunite twenty years after graduating from a high school in Prince George’s County, outside of Washington, DC. Known as the “Multi-Ethnic Reject Group,” they - [Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists](https://wilmatheater.org/news/over-10-million-in-new-funding-to-strengthen-philadelphia-area-cultural-groups-and-artists/) - The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has awarded $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists, including $3.5 million to help ensure the future of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local artists. New this year, - [Top 2024 Destinations: Arts & Culture Guide to Philadelphia](https://wilmatheater.org/news/top-2024-destinations-arts-culture-guide-to-philadelphia/) - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is honored with a regional Tony](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-is-honored-with-a-regional-tony/) - June 16, 2024 by Matt Stevens The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia is being honored for its work over the last five decades as an acclaimed and innovative regional theater. First established in 1973 as a feminist collective called the Wilma Project, the Wilma moved into its current 300-seat theater in Center City in 1996. It - [The Tonys honor Wilma Theater’s ‘vibrant and bold’ art](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-tonys-honor-wilma-theaters-vibrant-and-bold-art/) - The Philadelphia theater company behind 'Fat Ham' is the first theater in Pennsylvania to receive a Regional Theatre Tony Award. NEW YORK — Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater accepted the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award on Sunday night at the 77th annual Tony Awards at the Lincoln Center. The award, presented during The Tony Awards Act One, - [Midweek News Podcast, Rose Luardo, Scott Kipp, Hilma at the Wilma and travel talk](https://wilmatheater.org/news/midweek-news-podcast-rose-luardo-scott-kipp-hilma-at-the-wilma-and-travel-talk/) - By Ryan deRoche In this episode of Midweek News, Ryan is in Chicago, at the beginning of a camping trip with his kids. He lists their itinerary and talks about camping on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land and encountering a mountain lion one time! It's an exciting episode. Plus Ryan and Roberta both have - [Time Out of Mind: The Welkin and Hilma](https://wilmatheater.org/news/time-out-of-mind-the-welkin-and-hilma/) - By Sara Holdren From The Welkin, at the Atlantic. Photo: Ahron R. Foster I’ve been waiting for quite a while for Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin to make its westward pass over the Atlantic. Like Halley’s Comet—which the play’s characters are restlessly anticipating in rural England in 1759, and which lagged its namesake’s predictions by more - [HILMA (Review)](https://wilmatheater.org/news/hilma-review/) - Who gets to decide who is canonized as one of the masters and who is labeled a cook? If Hilma Af Klint was around today documenting the building of her spiral temple on TikTok and talking about the commission from Amaliel she might have gone viral, or gotten her own TLC special nestled between strange - [A Vibrant and Musical Look at the Art of Hilma af Klint](https://wilmatheater.org/news/a-vibrant-and-musical-look-at-the-art-of-hilma-af-klint/) - -Brenda Hillegas If you took a bunch of your favorite musicals, threw them into a hat and shook it up, then dumped it out onto the Wilma Theatre stage, you’d have Hilma. Needless to say, I was all in. This new rock opera concept, produced in partnership with New York theatre company New Georges, highlights the life - [‘Hilma’ at the Wilma and More Philly Delving](https://wilmatheater.org/news/hilma-at-the-wilma-and-more-philly-delving/) - By Richard Selden • June 13, 2024 For those planning to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art this month to see “Mary Cassatt at Work,” here is a performing arts roundup and a lodging option. First, let’s get oriented. In 1682, William Penn and surveyor Thomas Holme plotted out the City of Brotherly Love as - [The Wilma Theater staging world premiere of 'Hilma' through June 23](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-wilma-theater-staging-world-premiere-of-hilma-through-june-23/) - By Steph Walton PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Wilma Theater continues to make history with the new, three-part contemporary opera, "Hilma." Morgan Green, one of the Co-Artistic Directors at The Wilma Theater, is directing the production. "This show is about Hilma af Klint, abstract painter and mystic," says Green. "And is just now recently being sort - [Wilma Theater creatives talk new opera and Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-theater-creatives-talk-new-opera-and-tony-award/) - by AD Amorosi Johanna Austin It’s a great month to be a part of the Wilma Theater. Along with the world premiere of its first-ever opera and the contemporary sound of ‘HILMA‘ — based on the life of LGBTQIA art heroine Hilma af Klint, running now through June 23 — the Wilma is busy celebrating - [The Wilma’s Tony reminds us to keep fighting for Philly’s arts community](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-wilmas-tony-reminds-us-to-keep-fighting-for-phillys-arts-community/) - by Alaina Johns At the curtain call for Yury Urnov's 2023 production of 'Twelth Night', the artists and the audience honored longtime resident stage manager Patreshettarlini Adams. (Photo by Alaina Johns.) Broad Street Review doesn’t usually break news like last week’s announcement of a 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award for The Wilma Theater. Other outlets - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award Alongside $25,000 Grant](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-to-receive-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award-alongside-25000-grant/) - By Joshua Doyle The Tony Awards administration committee confirmed Wednesday that the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will be honored with the prestigious 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award. This accolade not only recognizes the theater's sustained artistic excellence but also its contribution to the national theater scene. Along with the title, the theater will receive a - [‘HILMA’: 20th-century queer visionary artist inspires 21st-century opera](https://wilmatheater.org/news/hilma-20th-century-queer-visionary-artist-inspires-21st-century-opera/) - by Larry Nichols Evan Spiegelman The Wilma Theater is set to reintroduce theatergoers to a 20th-century queer artist who was many decades ahead of her time with the world premiere of “HILMA,” June 4-23. “HILMA” brings to life the story of the Swedish artist and mystic, Hilma af Klint, who is considered one of the - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater wins a Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-wins-a-tony-award/) - The Regional Theater Award recognizes the company’s unique creative structure and risk-taking productions over the last 45 years. by Peter Crimmins The leadership of Wilma Theater delight in the win of a Tony Award for Best Regional Theater. They are (from left) Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg and Co-Artistic Directors Lindsay Smiling, Morgan Green and Yury - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater takes home Tony award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-takes-home-tony-award/) - The performance space is the first in Pennsylvania to win the regional prize, which comes with a $25,000 grant. By Kristin HuntPhillyVoice Staff Provided image/Johanna Austin The Wilma Theater mounted productions in a 100-seat theater on Sansom Street before moving to its current, larger location on Broad Street. The Wilma Theater has won the Tonys' - [The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia Receives 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-wilma-theater-in-philadelphia-receives-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award/) - The theater will receive a grant of $25,000. By: Stephi Wild The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor recognizes a regional theatre company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally. The theater - [The Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-wilma-theater-to-receive-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award-2/) - By Alex Mecklosky Photo: Getty Images The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor, recognizing a regional theatre company that has displayed a continuous level of - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-to-receive-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award-3/) - The award comes with a $25,000 grant. Zachary Stewart The Wilma Theater, which has been producing in Philadelphia since 1973, will be the recipient of this year’s Tony Award for Regional Theatre, which recognizes sustained achievement from a theater outside of New York City. A home for challenging new work, the Wilma has produced plays - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater Wins 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-wins-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award/) - The honor includes a grant of $25,000. By Logan Culwell-Block Wilma Theatre Artistic Directors Lindsay Smiling, Morgan Green, and Yury Urnov Johanna Austin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Wilma Theater has been named the winner of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Awards, an honor that includes a grant of $25,000 funded by City National Bank. The honor is - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater To Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-to-receive-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award-2/) - by Greg Evans The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award, an annual honor recognizing a regional theatre company that has displayed “a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally.” The award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. “We are delighted - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater to receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-to-receive-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award/) - The 77th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will be broadcast live from Lincoln Center on June 16. Andy Lefkowitz The Tony Awards administration committee has announced that the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor, recognizing a regional theater company that has displayed a continuous level of - [The Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-wilma-theater-to-receive-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award/) - The 77th Annual Tony Awards to Broadcast Live from The David H. Koch Theaterat Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York Cityon Sunday, June 16 on CBS New York, NY (May 22, 2024) – The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, The - [Wilma Theater receives special Tony Award for regional theatre](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-theater-receives-special-tony-award-for-regional-theatre/) - It is the first theater in Pennsylvania to get this recognition. The Wilma Theater will receive the 2024 regional theatre Tony Award, the Tony Awards administration committee announced on Wednesday. It is the first theater in Pennsylvania to receive the award, which recognizes “a regional theatre company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater takes home Tony Award for Regional Theatre](https://wilmatheater.org/news/philadelphias-wilma-theater-takes-home-tony-award-for-regional-theatre/) - The Wilma is the first theater in Pennsylvania to win the award since 1976 The Wilma’s leadership team: Co-Artistic Directors Morgan Green, Lindsay Smiling, and Yury Urnov, and Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg. Photo credit The Wilma/En Route Marketing By Sabrina Boyd-Surka, KYW Newsradio PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — You don’t have to go to New York - [Wilma Theater in Center City wins 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-theater-in-center-city-wins-2024-regional-theatre-tony-award/) - The award recognizes a theatre company that has contributed to the growth of theatre nationally and comes with a $25,000 grant. By Alicia Vitarelli Wednesday, May 22, 2024 10:54 AM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There's HUGE news out of the theater world this morning.The Wilma Theater on Broad Street in Center City just found out that - [Dramaturgy: Hilma](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/dramaturgy-hilma/) - Hilma af Klint - Pioneer and Mystic by Jackie Tileston It is 1906, and in a studio in Stockholm, a woman in her 40’s is moving across giant sheets of paper spread on the floor with a paintbrush in hand while in a trance state, receiving explicit instructions from nonphysical guides on exactly what to - [Reimagining Brecht and Being a ‘Good Person’ in 21st Century Capitalism](https://wilmatheater.org/news/reimagining-brecht-and-being-a-good-person-in-21st-century-capitalism/) - by Walter Bilderback Director Justin Jain’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Setzuan is a prime exemplar of the Wilma’s HotHouse company of performers, created by Wilma co-founder Blanka Zizka almost a decade ago, and stands as their inventive, 21st century response to Brecht’s work. Jain, an original HotHouse member, is the first - [Morgan Asks Kate and Robert to Talk About the Process of Writing HILMA](https://wilmatheater.org/news/morgan-asks-kate-and-robert-to-talk-about-the-process-of-writing-hilma/) - KATE: Okay, well, do you want, like, origin story? MORGAN: That'd be great, yeah. ROBERT: How do you remember us coming up with this thing? K: It was 2020 to early 2021. We had been writing over Zoom for our band. I think that felt good and, I mean, I don't know how you felt - [On a mission: Making Philly theaters more sustainable, less wasteful ](https://wilmatheater.org/news/on-a-mission-making-philly-theaters-more-sustainable-less-wasteful/) - Instead of trashing sets after a production’s run ends, these producers want to see more material reused in future shows. The Wilma Theater’s latest production, The Good Person of Setzuan, features a zero-waste set made from trash and recycled materials created by Set Designer Stephen Dufala and Production Manager Matthew Zumbo. (Joanna Austin/Wilma Theater) Theaters - [Artist Spotlight: Bi Jean Ngo](https://wilmatheater.org/uncategorized/artist-spotlight-bi-jean-ngo/) - (Photo credit to Johanna Austin) When you’re looking at a show like The Good Person of Setzuan, you need someone dynamic in the starring role. It’s not a light show, and it’s not an easy show. But what an actor has to offer makes all the difference. I’ve seen a lot of plays in my - [Dramaturgy: The Good Person of Setzuan](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/dramaturgy-the-good-person-of-setzuan/) - A note from Dramaturg, Kellie Mecleary The Good Person of Setzuan is one of the plays that German playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote while in exile in the late 1930s, while he watched from afar as Hitler reigned terror across Europe. It was a dark time for him, and for his country, and some of that - [Zoe Writes Theatre: The Good Person of Setzuan](https://wilmatheater.org/uncategorized/zoe-writes-theatre-the-good-person-of-setzuan/) - Okay, I will definitely be the first person to tell you that Bertolt Brecht is hard. He’s definitely one of the great playwrights. Anyone who has studied his works can tell you that. But he’s deep, and he’s heavy, and he’s hard to read and watch. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot to - [Review: The Good Person of Setzuan](https://wilmatheater.org/news/review-the-good-person-of-setzuan/) - (Photo credit to Johanna Austin) Okay, I will definitely be the first person to tell you that Bertolt Brecht is hard. He’s definitely one of the great playwrights. Anyone who has studied his works can tell you that. But he’s deep, and he’s heavy, and he’s hard to read and watch. That doesn’t mean that - [‘The Good Person of Setzuan’: Local director Justin Jain talks Wilma Theater production](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-good-person-of-setzuan-local-director-justin-jain-talks-wilma-theater-production/) - By Liz DeclanMarch 26, 2024 5:12 pm Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is putting on a production of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good Person of Setzuan” April 2-21 with Philadelphian local director Justin Jain at the helm. Using an adaptation of Brecht’s play by playwright Tony Kushner, Jain is queering and reclaiming “The Good Person of Setzuan,” blending his experiences as a - [Two Comic Playwrights Find Dark Humor in Russian Aggression](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/26/russian-troll-farm-theatre-review) - By Helen Shaw Sarah Gancher’s “Russian Troll Farm” and Sasha Denisova’s “My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion” look for truth in a world of lies. Russian cyber saboteurs take aim at the American electorate in Sarah Gancher’s wry comedy. Illustration by Claire Merchlinsky Theatre has become a slow art. It takes time to write a - [Wilma Theater spoofs Asian cultural ignorance with a wall of trash](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-theater-spoofs-asian-cultural-ignorance-with-a-wall-of-trash/) - Brecht’s “The Good Person of Setzuan” is a hodge-podge of Asian cultural references to spoof audience awareness. Peter CrimminsListen to interview here From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The set of the Wilma Theater’s production of “The Good Person of Setzuan” looks - [Review: MY MAMA AND THE FULL SCALE INVASION at Woolly Mammoth Theatre](https://wilmatheater.org/news/review-my-mama-and-the-full-scale-invasion-at-woolly-mammoth-theatre/) - Woolly Mammoth presents a stunning tale of love, loyalty, and resilience. By: Jake Bridges Sep. 18, 2023 How do you tell the story of a person who has lived 1,000 lives? How do you capture a life that includes being born into Nazi occupation, raising a child, surviving a massive nuclear accident, and a full-scale - [Review: The Good Person of Setzuan](https://wilmatheater.org/news/broad-street-review/) - REVERSING ORIENTALIST TROPESThe Wilma Theater presents Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Setzuan Mina ReinckensApr 09, 20243 minute read Upholding Brechtian alienation while inviting in Asian audiences: Bi Jean Ngo and the ensemble of the Wilma’s ‘Good Person of Setzuan’. (Photo by Johanna Austin.) In director Justin Jain’s interpretation of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Setzuan, - [INTERVIEW: On stage at the Wilma Theater, 'The Good Person of Setzuan' examines the idea of 'goodness'](https://wilmatheater.org/news/6abc-on-stage-at-the-wilma-theater-the-good-person-of-setzuan-examines-the-idea-of-goodness/) - WATCH INTERVIEW By Nydia Han and Heather Grubola Wednesday, April 10, 2024 10:57AM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A provocative and powerful play is running now at The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. It's called 'The Good Person of Setzuan' and while it was written about 85 years ago, its themes are very much relevant today. 'The Good Person of Setzuan' examines the idea of goodness - [My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/my-mama-and-the-full-scale-invastion-dramaturgy/) - A note from Adapter and co-dramaturg, Kellie Mecleary My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion was written in the first few months of the war in Ukraine, in 2022, while the United States was firmly supporting the country’s seemingly-miraculous defense against Russia. It is both a personal tale of a woman’s complicated relationship with her mother, - [Hope for Mama and the Rest of Us](https://wilmatheater.org/news/hope-for-mama-and-the-rest-of-us/) - https://www.americantheatre.org/2023/08/24/hope-for-mama-and-the-rest-of-us/ Producing a new play about the full-scale invasion written by a Ukranian playwright, Russian-born director Yury Urnov feels disheartened by the actions of his home country and hopeful for Ukraine. BY YURY URNOV As a Russian-born stage director living and working in the U.S., and of course thinking about my home country’s war on Ukraine, it - [Ukraine Support Resources](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/ukraine-support-resources/) - Donate Art Shield Art Shield is a non-profit connecting theatres in the US and Europe. They are currently raising funds to assist Ukrainian arts organizations impacted by the invasion. In addition, they are working to document the stories of Ukrainians living through this war. Donate to Art Shield BlueCheck The full-scale invasion in Ukraine is - [What a Piece of Work is ‘Fat Ham’ at the Wilma](https://wilmatheater.org/news/what-a-piece-of-work-is-fat-ham-at-the-wilma/) - By Tracy Hawkins I have heard Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” described as a play about procrastination, a play about misogyny, a play about revenge, and so on. I have never heard it described as a comedy. Ay, there’s the rub. The glorious production of James Ijames’ Pulitzer prize-winning, Tony-nominated play “Fat Ham” at the Wilma Theater takes - [Pulitzer-winning spin on 'Hamlet' to open at Wilma Theater](https://wilmatheater.org/news/pulitzer-winning-spin-on-hamlet-to-open-at-wilma-theater/) - Philly resident James Ijames penned the comedic Shakespeare riff 'Fat Ham,' which takes place at a Southern barbecue BY KRISTIN HUNT - Philly Voice Philly resident James Ijames became the most celebrated playwright in the city in 2022 when his play "Fat Ham" won a Pulitzer Prize. The humorous take on Shakespeare's classic "Hamlet" ran off-Broadway - ['Fat Ham' dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/news/fat-ham-dramaturgy/) - A Letter from Dramaturg/Assistant Director Mariah Ghant Pride Land, PBS Legendary on HBO Paris is BurningJohnson Family VacationMedea’s Family ReunionDo the Right ThingSoul Food B*A*P*S* Production Imagery Inspiration - [Fat Ham BBQ and Q&A](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/fat-ham-bbq-and-qa/) - The cast of FAT HAM and resident stage manager, Pat Adams head to Dibbs BBQ in West Philly to answer some questions about the show and to EAT SOME DELICIOUS FOOD! - [Two Men Fishing](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/two-men-fishing/) - by Kinohi Nishikawa - Wilma Board Member The Wilma Theater’s 2022-2023 season ended with Twelfth Night, and like many theatergoers, this wasn’t my first encounter with Shakespeare’s play. I’ve read Twelfth Night a handful of times, I’ve seen different versions of it over the years, and I even had the role of Malvolio thrust upon - [2022-23 Barrymore Nominees](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/2022-23-barrymore-nominees/) - [In ‘My Mama’ at Woolly Mammoth, Zelensky and Putin meet their match](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2023/09/21/my-mama-ukrainian-play-woolly/) - ['An active social act': the Ukrainian playwright paying tribute to her mother on stage](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/18/ukraine-war-play-my-mama-full-scale-invasion-sasha-denisova?CMP=share_btn_fb) - [Exciting News for the Wilma Education Program](https://wilmatheater.org/news/exciting-news-for-the-wilma-education-program/) - The Wilma Theater is proud to announce that the William Penn Foundation has renewed their support of our Wilmagination in-school residency program, as well as our Wilma All-Stars after school program with a three year grant. Both of these programs serve the students of Philadelphia's public high schools - all at no charge to the - [American Theatre: Hope for Mama and the Rest of Us](https://www.americantheatre.org/2023/08/24/hope-for-mama-and-the-rest-of-us/) - by Yury Urnov - [⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Love Wins at the Wilma’s 'Twelfth Night'"](https://www.playshakespeare.com/twelfth-night-reviews/theatre-reviews/love-wins-at-the-wilma-s-twelfth-night) - [BEST OF PHILLY: 2023 Hot Ticket](https://www.phillymag.com/best-of-philly-archive/fat-ham/#:~:text=Best of Philly,-2023 Hot Ticket&text=This year, the show opened,November 24th through December 17th.) - [Fall 2023: Performing Arts And Live Music Take Center Stage in Philadelphia](https://www.visitphilly.com/media-center/press-releases/fall-2023-performing-arts-and-live-music-take-center-stage-in-philadelphia/) - [Top Theatres Around the US](https://cluballiance.aaa.com/the-extra-mile/articles/series/aaa-world/top-theaters-around-the-us) - [Consulting on gender and intimacy in “Twelfth Night”](https://epgn.com/2023/06/15/consulting-on-gender-and-intimacy-in-twelfth-night/) - ["The most fun I have had all year"](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil571.html) - [‘Twelfth Night’ has taken over Philly theaters this season. But why?](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/shakespeare-twelfth-night-philadelphia-theater-20230615.html) - [Twelfth Night, but with Disco Balls, Shines on the Wilma Stage](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2023/06/14/twelfth-night-but-with-disco-balls-shines-on-the-wilma-stage/) - [Review: The Wilma Theater presents William Shakespeare’s 'Twelfth Night'](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/wilma-theater-presents-shakespeares-twelfth-night) - [Review: 'Twelfth Night'](https://phindie.com/23554-twelth-night-wilma-beach-blanket-bard/) - [Why do we return to Shakespeare?](https://wilmatheater.org/news/why-do-we-return-to-shakespeare/) - by Co-Artistic Director Morgan Green As I reflect on my lead year as Co-Artistic Director at the Wilma, I find myself wondering…why do we return to Shakespeare over and over? After a season full of experimental new work, solo performance, and world premieres, one could argue it’s out of place. After watching Twelfth Night, which - [The Story of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scn9-C_zhsU) - [Which Jersey Shore Are You?](https://www.buzzfeed.com/krisandcats/which-jersey-shore-are-you-e6lu33r7ks) - [“What I Am and What I Would: Shakespeare and Non-binary Imagination”](https://wilmatheater.org/news/what-i-am-and-what-i-would-shakespeare-and-non-binary-imagination/) - by Abby Weissman and Leo Mock Shakespeare is not our queer icon. He spends much time describing the differences between men and women, their faults and their gifts. In Love’s Labours Lost, we hear Berowne’s effusive praise: “[women] are the books, the arts, the academes That show, contain, and nourish all the world.” (Act IV, - [Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Weekend](https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/top-5-stage-performances-to-stream-this-weekend-may-5-7/) - ["Fresh and inventive"](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil555.html) - [‘Fat Ham’ earns five Tony Award nominations, including best play](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/fat-ham-tony-award-nominations-james-ijames-wilma-theater-20230502.html) - [ETERNAL LIFE PART 1 at The Wilma Theater Now Streaming](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/ETERNAL-LIFE-PART-1-At-The-Wilma-Theater-Now-Streaming-20230501) - [The Wilma is Tony-nominated! FAT HAM nominated for Best Play, four other awards](https://deadline.com/2023/05/tony-award-nominations-2023-1235352038/) - [Review: Living Forever Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be in 'Eternal Life Part 1'](https://www.theatermania.com/news/review-living-forever-isnt-all-its-cracked-up-to-be-in-eternal-life-part-1_1698496/) - ['Eternal Life Part 1' set to hit the Wilma Theater stage](https://6abc.com/eternal-life-part-1-the-wilma-theater-live-shows-philadelphia/13180168/?uid=1068872&promo=) - [Review of ETERNAL LIFE PART 1](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil555.html) - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater Will Present Fat Ham, World Premieres, More in Upcoming Season With New Co-Artistic Director](https://www.playbill.com/article/philadelphias-wilma-theater-will-present-fat-ham-world-premieres-more-in-upcoming-season-with-new-co-artistic-director) - [Review of "Eternal Life Part 1"](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/wilma-theater-presents-nathan-alan-daviss-eternal-life-part-1) - [‘Fat Ham’ comes to Philly in November](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/fat-ham-philadelphia-wilma-return-james-ijames-20230414.html) - [The Wilma announces new season and leadership changes](https://www.inquirer.com/news/wilma-theater-new-leadership-fat-ham-new-season-20230414.html) - [Announcing 2023-24 Season, and Lindsay Smiling as new Co-Artistic Director](https://wilmatheater.org/news/announcing-2023-24-season-and-lindsay-smiling-as-new-co-artistic-director/) - Dear Friend of the Wilma, We are so thrilled to announce our 2023-24 Season, which contains two world premieres, a reclaimed classic, and the Philadelphia on-stage premiere of James Ijames’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fat Ham. Before we tell you more about the season, we have a big announcement: Lindsay Smiling, an original Wilma HotHouse Company - ['Eternal Life Part 1' dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/news/eternal-life-part-1-dramaturgy/) - A Letter from Dramaturg Mariah Ghant Nathan Alan Davis creates a world full of questions in Eternal Life Part 1. The characters ask one another “What is consciousness?”; “What is your life philosophy?”, “Have you lost the will to live?” and, my favorite, “You have property in Greenland?!”. The characters and their questioning of life, - [‘Eternal Life Part 1,′ directed by Morgan Green, makes its world premiere at the Wilma](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/theater-philaldephia-spring-season-world-premiere-eternal-life-part-1-wilma-20230412.html) - [Amid Exile and Fire, a Revered Russian Theater Director Is Reborn](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/theater/dmitry-krymov-russia-ukraine-director.html) - [Wilma Theater showcases the beauty of living in 'Eternal Life Part 1'](https://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/the_arts/wilma-theater-showcases-the-beauty-of-living-in-eternal-life-part-1/article_50a280d7-663b-5024-83f0-d5dae310f06f.html) - [Listen to an interview with Director Morgan Green](https://soundcloud.com/phillycam/april-3-2023-ad-amorosis-theater-in-the-round) - [Q&A: South Philly’s Pulitzer-Winning Playwright James Ijames on His Big Broadway Debut](https://www.phillymag.com/news/2023/03/21/james-ijames-fat-ham-broadway/) - [Wilma Theater Presents ETERNAL LIFE PART 1, April 11- 30](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theater-Presents-ETERNAL-LIFE-PART-1-April-11--30-20230315) - [The best theater in Philly this spring](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/best-theater-shows-philadelphia-spring-2023-20230310.html) - ["KISS combines the raw forms of entertainment while educating and brining a strong call to action. It moved you from laughter to tears and it was beautifully executed."](https://www.toitime.org/kiss-presented-by-wilma-theatre/) - ['Kiss,' a daring play about migrants](https://aldianews.com/en/local/philadelphia/kiss-play-about-migrants) - [The Syrian Soap Opera](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-syrian-soap-opera/) - by production Dramaturg Rayya El Zein The premise of the Wilma’s latest production, Kiss, is that a group of American actors find and stage a “Syrian soap opera” out of interest in and solidarity with Syrian artists in the context of that country’s civil war. After they put on a production of the play, they discover - [‘Kiss' Is More Than It Seems](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/philly-live/kiss-is-more-than-it-seems/3500022/) - ["An extraordinary production and a must-see for anyone in Philadelphia"](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil533.html) - ["I would recommend this hilarious, gut-wrenching, and provocative production of 'Kiss' to everyone. "](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/the-wilma-theater-presents-guillermo-calderóns-kiss) - [KISS Review](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2023/02/06/guillermo-calderons-kiss-examines-the-cultural-understandings-we-try-to-interpret-on-stage/) - [A Note from KISS Director Fadi Skeiker](https://wilmatheater.org/news/a-note-from-kiss-director-fadi-skeiker/) - Producing a play that challenges our perception of the “Other” is a fierce task that can happen only on a stage like the Wilma’s where bold ideas are presented, performed, and contested. As a director and applied theatre practitioner, I am compelled to expose the hidden stories of marginalized people who live among us and - [In ‘Kiss,’ actors try a Syrian soap opera with cringey results — and that’s the point](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/kiss-theater-fadi-skeiker-syria-wilma-20230125.html) - [VIDEO: About "Kiss"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh05IcKK0Sk&t=8s) - [Guillermo Calderón's KISS to be Presented at The Wilma Theater This Month](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Guillermo-Calderns-KISS-to-be-Presented-at-The-Wilma-Theater-This-Month-20230117) - [5 Philly theater experts on what to see in 2023](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/james-ijames-new-plays-philly-theater-2023-20230104.html) - [It's So I Don't Kill Myself: Millennial Playwrights Seek Beauty in the Despair](https://joeysims.substack.com/p/its-so-i-dont-kill-myself-millennial) - [Yesterday is Done: Best Theater of 2022](http://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2022/12/yesterday-is-done-best-theater-of-2022.html) - ["Fat Ham" by James Ijames goes to Broadway](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/theater/fat-ham-broadway.html) - ["Endearing and quietly moving ... a highly valuable snapshot of life on the front lines of modern education."](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/wilma-theater-presents-milo-cramers-school-pictures) - ["Charming from start to finish ... very hilarious ... beautifully heartbreaking. It is absolutely worth your time and money to see this production."](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil516.html) - ["Milo Cramer’s 'School Pictures' will open your eyes on the public school system"](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2022/11/13/milo-cramers-school-pictures-will-open-your-eyes-on-the-public-school-system/) - ["Be prepared to have a good time while you learn."](https://www.toitime.org/the-wilma-theatre-presents-school-pictures/) - [Inhabiting the lives of students in “School Pictures"](https://epgn.com/2022/11/09/inhabiting-the-lives-of-students-in-school-pictures/) - ["School Pictures" Dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/school-pictures-dramaturgy/) - [Welcome to "School Pictures" from Lead Artistic Director Morgan Green](https://wilmatheater.org/news/welcome-to-school-pictures-from-lead-artistic-director-morgan-green/) - I am thrilled to bring my friend Milo Cramer to the Wilma Theater with the world premiere of their solo show, School Pictures. When Milo and I were at Bard College together, soaking up inspiration from our shared mentor, JoAnne Akalaitis, Milo represented everything I was afraid to try on stage. They were brave and - [“Join the anti-patriarchal party”](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/the-wilma-theater-presents-tall-orders-those-with-2-clocks) - [THOSE WITH 2 CLOCKS review](https://philadelphiaweekly.com/those-with-two-clocks/) - ["Hilariously funny and profoundly insightful"](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil508.html) - [‘2 Clocks’ disassembles toxic masculinity with humor](https://whyy.org/articles/two-clocks-wilma-theater-toxic-masculinity/) - ["Truly, this is an awesome night out."](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2022/10/10/those-with-2-clocks-opens-wilmas-2022-23-season-with-laughs-dancing-and-no-boundaries/) - [Jennifer Kidwell Knows What Time It Is](https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/09/20/jennifer-kidwell-knows-what-time-it-is/) - [Read the Wilma Safety plan for Fall](https://wilmatheater.org/safety/) - [Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Fat Ham' takes 'Hamlet' in unexpected directions](https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1106366826/pulitzer-prize-winning-play-fat-ham-takes-hamlet-in-unexpected-directions) - [The Stunning Reconsiderations of FAIRVIEW at the Wilma Theatre — Review](https://www.theatrely.com/post/the-stunning-reconsiderations-of-fairview-at-the-wilma-theatre-review) - [Pulitzer Prize-winning Fairview Challenges Wilma Theatre Audiences to do Something](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2022/06/12/pulitzer-prize-winning-fairview-challenges-wilma-theatre-audiences-to-do-something/) - [“POWERFUL … YOU WILL NOT LEAVE THE SAME … I NEED YOU TO SEE THIS TRANSFORMATIVE WORK”](https://www.toitime.org/wilma-theatre-presents-fairview/) - [Commentary: How Anton Chekhov became the playwright of the moment](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-06-06/why-anton-chekhov-characters-are-everywhere-right-now) - ["The power of live theater has never felt more immediate"](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/the-wilma-theater-presents-jackie-sibblies-drurys-fairview) - [A Pulitzer Prize winner’s modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-pulitzer-prize-winners-modern-take-on-shakespeares-hamlet) - [A profile of 'Fairview' star Melanye Finister](https://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/the_arts/pulitzer-prize-winning-drama-fairview-comes-to-the-wilma-th/article_d64a2148-8473-5f9c-ad96-9c09845bbceb.html) - [Philly’s James Ijames, fresh off a Pulitzer win, on directing another Pulitzer-winner, ‘Fairview’](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/james-ijames-pulitzer-fairview-fat-ham-wilma-philadelphia-20220531.html) - [Plenty of buzz for 'Fairview' at the Wilma Theater](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/walnut-street-theatre-blithe-spirit-props-james-ijames-fariview-20220524.html) - ["A sculptor of space, a sculptor of energy"](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-sculptor-of-space-a-sculptor-of-energy-a-qa-with-fairview-set-designer-lawrence-e-moten-iii/) - A Q&A with Fairview set Designer Lawrence E. Moten III Fairview, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Jackie Sibblies Drury, is a play about a Black family, with a twist. What feels like a recognizable TV comedy begins to shift, and through the course of the play we discover it is more about American views and - ['Fairview' Director's Note](https://wilmatheater.org/news/fairview-directors-note/) - I am a fan of playwrights. The way people root for and follow sporting teams and star-level athletes, that’s how I interact with playwrights and their plays. I have been a Jackie Sibblies Drury fanatic since I appeared in her hypnotic and arresting play We Are Proud to Present… I learned from being inside one - [James Ijames on the ‘Wildest Dream’ of His Pulitzer Win—and Reinventing ‘Hamlet’ in ‘Fat Ham’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-ijames-on-the-wildest-dream-of-his-pulitzer-win-and-reinventing-hamlet-in-fat-ham) - [Philly playwright James Ijames wins the Pulitzer Prize](https://whyy.org/articles/philly-playwright-james-ijames-pulitzer-prize/) - [Lighting The Way: LD Thom Weaver Brings Order To The Cherry Orchard](https://www.livedesignonline.com/theatre/thom-weaver-designs-cherry-orchard) - [World Premieres of SCHOOL PICTURES and ETERNAL LIFE PART 1 & More Announced for The Wilma Theater 22/23 Season](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/World-Premieres-of-SCHOOL-PICTURES-and-ETERNAL-LIFE-PART-1-More-Announced-for-The-Wilma-Theater-2223-Season-20220517) - [The Wilma Theater Announces 2022-2023 Season, Including School Pictures, Twelfth Night, More](https://www.playbill.com/article/the-wilma-theater-announces-2022-2023-season-including-school-pictures-twelfth-night-more) - [Lead Artistic Director Morgan Green introduces the 2022-23 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/news/lead-artistic-director-morgan-green-introduces-the-2022-23-season/) - Hi Everyone! I’m happy to announce the Wilma Theater’s 2022-2023 Season: five plays jam-packed with intellect and feeling. Many brilliant and generous voices contributed to the process of selecting this year’s offerings, from both new and returning Wilma artists. These plays asks probing questions of theater itself: Whose stories can we tell and for whom? - [A Cherry Orchard That Chops Down Most of the Trees](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/theater-review-wilma-theaters-the-cherry-orchard.html) - [South Philadelphia playwright wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama](https://6abc.com/2022-pultizer-prize-drama-fat-ham-james-ijames-south-philly-native/11838594/) - [Q&A: Philly Playwright James Ijames on Winning the Pulitzer](https://www.phillymag.com/news/2022/05/10/james-ijames-pulitzer-fat-ham/) - [James Ijames on Winning a Pulitzer and Making ‘Hamlet’ a Comedy](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/theater/james-ijames-fat-ham-drama-pulitzer.html) - [James Ijames wins Pulitzer Prize in Drama for FAT HAM](https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/james-ijames) - ["I loved every minute of it"](https://www.toitime.org/wilma-theatre-presents-the-cherry-orchard/) - ["This adaptation of 'The Cherry Orchard' is chaotic and beautiful and astoundingly funny and achingly sad."](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/wilma-theater-presents-dmitry-krymovs-adaption-of-chekhovs-the-cherry-orchard) - [A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots](https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/17/cherry-orchard-chekhov-ukraine/) - [Home Is Gone: Dmitry Krymov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ at the Wilma](https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/04/18/home-is-gone-dmitry-krymovs-cherry-orchard-at-the-wilma/) - ["The Cherry Orchard" is unique, funny, and a must-see this season at Wilma Theater](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2022/04/16/a-different-kind-of-orchard-the-cherry-orchard-is-unique-funny-and-a-must-see-this-season-at-wilma-theater/) - [Russian director reimagines classic Russian play “The Cherry Orchard” for the Wilma Theater](https://whyy.org/articles/russian-play-cherry-orchard-wilma-theater-philadelphia/) - ["The Cherry Orchard" featured on BBC World Service](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172ykwbz6fxt7x) - [Home Is Gone: Dmitry Krymov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ at the Wilma](https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/04/18/home-is-gone-dmitry-krymovs-cherry-orchard-at-the-wilma/) - [Profile of "Cherry Orchard" performer Lindsay Smiling](https://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/the_arts/the-cherry-orchard-actor-is-inspired-by-fellow-actors-and-current-events/article_ca60311f-174b-5ad5-97e9-b29b4666d8af.html) - [A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots](https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/17/cherry-orchard-chekhov-ukraine/) - ["The Cherry Orchard" is unique, funny, and a must-see this season at Wilma Theater](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2022/04/16/a-different-kind-of-orchard-the-cherry-orchard-is-unique-funny-and-a-must-see-this-season-at-wilma-theater/) - [Russian director reimagines classic Russian play “The Cherry Orchard” for the Wilma Theater](https://whyy.org/articles/russian-play-cherry-orchard-wilma-theater-philadelphia/) - [Russian director leads Wilma production of ‘Cherry Orchard’ and worries about the fate of his own nation](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/dmitry-krymov-wilma-theater-cherry-orchard-20220411.html) - ["A TRUE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT" - A NOTE FROM CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR YURY URNOV](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-note-from-co-artistic-director-yury-urnov/) - For me and for many theater artists around the world, Dmitry “Dima” Krymov is a legend, an icon of directing. He is one of the few who manages to invent a unique theatrical language which audiences adore. Everybody loves what he creates on stage: from theater newbies to seasoned critics. Artistically, Kyrmov’s works are contemporary, - [LEARN MORE ABOUT 'THE CHERRY ORCHARD'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/learn-more-about-the-cherry-orchard/) - READ: “WHICH ONE IS THAT?” SIMILARITIES IN CHEKHOV’S PLAYS ___________________________________________ READ: "A TRUE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT," A WELCOME NOTE FROM CO-ARTISTIC DIECTOR YURY URNOV ___________________________________________ WATCH: THE PLOT OF THE CHERRY ORCHARD IN TWO MINUTES (Contains Spoilers) - [“Which One is That?”: Similarities in Chekhov’s Plays](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/which-one-is-that-similarities-in-chekhovs-plays/) - by Wilma Artistic Administrator Mariah Ghant The past couple of months as the Wilma has been making a return to in-person theater, many of my friends have been asking the, “So, what is the Wilma producing this year?,” question. The conversation inevitably proceeds in some version of the below script: Mariah We’ve got some fun - [Acclaimed director Dmitry Krymov leading original adaptation of Russian play at Wilma Theater](https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/wilma-theater-russian-director-stranded-philadelphia-ukraine-war) - [What it’s like to be a Russian artist now](https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/01/russian-artists-putin-ukraine/) - [The Wilma Theater to Present Benefit Reading of Natal'ya Vorozhbit's BAD ROADS](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/The-Wilma-Theater-to-Present-Benefit-Reading-of-Natalya-Vorozhbits-BAD-ROADS-20220318) - [Wilma Theater presents a contemporary Ukrainian play about war](https://whyy.org/articles/wilma-theater-contemporary-ukrainian-play-about-war/) - [We stand with Ukraine](https://wilmatheater.org/news/we-stand-with-ukraine/) - The Wilma Theater stands in solidarity with Ukraine, and wholeheartedly supports its people and their undeniable right to freedom and independence. The unjustified, bloody aggression of Putin's regime against a free and independent nation has no logic or excuse. In this dark moment, we don't underestimate the danger to the people of Ukraine and the - [Wilma Theater to Present New Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theater-to-Present-New-Adaptation-of-THE-CHERRY-ORCHARD-20220221) - [Review: The Floor Wipers](https://tokentheatrefriends.com/2022/02/07/review-the-floor-wipers/) - [How the Wilma Created its Virtual Fundraiser](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/how-the-wlma-created-its-virtual-fundraiser/) - When the Wilma Theater decided to move fully virtual in response to the COVID-19 outbreak on March 11, 2020, the most urgent question we had to face was what to do with our annual fundraiser. The Fête was scheduled to happen in-person on our stage a mere six weeks later, on Sunday, May 3. Ultimately, - [MAKING CONVERSATION AND COMMUNITY](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/making-conversation-and-community/) - by Lee Ann Etzold, Wilma Theater Portable Studio Program Director Learning a new language as an adult is not easy. It requires practice, focus, and dedication. But what can help inspire that learning is creativity and a strong community. For a couple of years, the Wilma Theater’s Portable Studio – which offers free theater programming - [The Floor Wipers: A Comedy’s Call for Action](https://thinkingdance.net/articles/2022/01/21/3/The-Floor-Wipers-A-Comedys-Call-for-Action/) - [Inside "The Cherry Orchard" Workshop](https://wilmatheater.org/news/inside-the-cherry-orchard-workshop/) - ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Our upcoming spring production, is a new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, created by our HotHouse Acting Company in collaboration with master Russian director Dmitry Krymov, who was recently named "one of the world's finest theatermakers" by The New York Times. For two weeks in November 2021, the cast and crew workshopped this bold new show, - ["Fat Ham" named Best of the Year by the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/theater/best-theater.html) - ["Minor Character," "Fat Ham," and "Clay" called among the year's best](http://aworkunfinishing.blogspot.com/2021/12/onstage-and-streaming-my-top-theater.html) - [Philly's Wilma Theater Brings ‘Minor Character' to Stage With ‘Mare of Easttown' Actress](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/philly-live/phillys-wilma-theater-brings-minor-character-to-stage-with-mare-of-easttown-actress/2988863/) - [A backstage pass to the reopening of Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts](https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/podcasts/the-rundown-from-kyw-newsradio-47872/a-backstage-pass-to-the-reopening-of-philadelphias-avenue-of-the-arts-837542733) - [Theater to see this month: Spring Awakening, Minor Character, and more](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater-philadelphia-october-20211013.html) - [In fits and starts, live shows are coming back to Philly theaters](https://whyy.org/articles/in-fits-and-starts-live-shows-are-coming-back-to-philly-theaters/) - [The Multiple Selves in 'Minor Character'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/the-multiple-selves-in-minor-character/) - by Alisa Stamps, MSS, LCSW, Therapist and author of The Gaslighting Recovery Journal ________________ Wilma Co-Artistic Director and 'Minor Character' Co-Creator Morgan Green said one idea at the heart of the play is that “everyone has multiple selves inside of themselves.” In an earlier blog post, the show's creative team previously responded to Morgan’s quote, and what the idea - [A Q&A With 'Minor Character' Director Yury Urnov](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-qa-with-minor-character-director-yury-urnov/) - Wilma Co-Artistic Director Yury Urnov was our lead artistic director during our fully virtual 2020-21 Season, where the Wilma created acclaimed digital productions, such as 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning' and 'Fat Ham.' Yury, however, did not helm any of that season's productions, as the play he had planned to direct - 'Minor Character' - - [From 'Mare of Easttown' to 'Minor Character'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/from-mare-of-easttown-to-minor-character/) - Wilma HotHouse Company Member Suli Holum was recently seen on the hottest show of the summer, HBO's Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet. Now, she's getting ready to appear on the Wilma stage in Minor Character, a modern remix of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's classic work Uncle Vanya, which runs Oct. 5-24. Much of the - ["A Celebration of Theater" - A Q&A with 'Minor Character' Performer Justin Jain](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-celebration-of-theater-a-qa-with-minor-character-performer-justin-jain/) - Minor Character is The Wilma's first in-person performance in 20 months. The show is a modern, fun remix of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Six translations of Chekhov's masterwork are kaleidoscopically knitted together to make a new play that is highly entertaining, endlessly surprising, and powerfully revelatory. Much of the cast plays multiple roles, with some - [An interview with 'Minor Character' Co-Creator Morgan Green](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/an-interview-with-minor-character-co-creator-morgan-green/) - Minor Character is a new production of a play that took New York by storm prior to the pandemic. A remix of six English translations of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's classic play Uncle Vanya, Minor Character was originally created over many years by the young New York Company New Saloon. New Saloon was co-founded by - [Real and Ridiculous: Personal Reflections on Chekhov](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/real-and-ridiculous-personal-reflections-on-chekhov/) - By Kellie Mecleary, Production Dramaturg I have a confession to make. I have historically struggled to connect with Chekhov’s plays. I’d have questions, like: what’s so interesting about a bunch of rich people being sad in a house together? And why are these people so hopeless? Why can’t they see that their lives are not - [Wilma Theater's "Minor Character" Available For Streaming](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theaters-MINOR-CHARACTER-SIX-TRANSLATIONS-OF-UNCLE-VANYA-AT-THE-SAME-TIME-Will-Be-Available-For-Streaming-Next-Week-20211021) - ["Absolutely should not be missed"](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2021/10/10/welcome-back-to-wilma-theater-with-the-regional-premiere-of-minor-character/) - ["WORTH THE WAIT ... A COMIC GEM"](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/wilma-minor-character-review-20211010.html) - [Curtains Rise Again For Live Performances At Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater With COVID Precautions In Place](https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/10/05/curtains-rise-again-for-live-performances-at-philadelphias-wilma-theater-with-covid-precautions-in-place/) - [Theater Suli Holum: From Winslet to the Wilma](https://philly.metro.us/suli-holum-from-winslet-to-the-wilma/) - [Wilma Theater welcomes back first live shows since pandemic began](https://6abc.com/entertainment/wilma-theater-welcomes-back-first-live-shows-since-pandemic-began/11080570/) - [Suli Holum from ‘Mare of Easttown’ takes on Chekhov](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/theater-philadelphia-chekhov-vanya-fringe-20210929.html) - [Many Selves and 'Minor Character'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/many-selves-and-minor-character/) - Wilma Co-Artistic Director and Minor Character Co-Creator Morgan Green says one idea at the heart of the play is that “everyone has multiple selves inside of themselves.” Minor Character is a fun remix of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; six translations of Chekhov's masterwork are kaleidoscopically knit together to make a highly entertaining new play. The actors - ["I am so excited about 'Minor Character' because I feel like it's the perfect way to welcome back audiences into our theater," notes Co-Artistic Director James Ijames.](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theater-Announces-Return-To-Live-Performances-With-Regional-Premiere-Of-MINOR-CHARACTER-SIX-TRANSLATIONS-OF-UNCLE-VANYA-AT-THE-SAME-TIME-20210901) - [Wilma Theater Announces Return to Live Performances with Regional Premiere of MINOR CHARACTER](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2021/09/01/wilma-theater-announces-return-to-live-performances-with-regional-premiere-of-minor-character/) - [Tickets now on sale for "Minor Character"](https://wilmatheater.org/event/minor-character/) - ["The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia perfected beautiful film-stage hybrids"](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/theater/joshua-william-gelb-theater-in-quarantine.html?searchResultPosition=1) - [What Wilma has in store](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/cirque-du-nuit-gala-glen-foerd-philadelphia-20210818.html) - [After 40 Years, a Luminary of Theater’s Avant-Garde Departs](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/theater/blanka-zizka-wilma-theater.html) - [The Wilma Theater Announces Return To Live Performances With 2021-22 Season, Featuring Stories About Families & Communities](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/The-Wilma-Theater-Announces-Return-To-Live-Performances-With-2021-22-Season-Featuring-Stories-About-Families-And-Communities-20010101) - [A Note from James Ijames about our 2021-22 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-note-from-james-ijames-about-our-2021-22-season/) - Hello! You look great! We are so excited to see you! It is so wonderful to be welcoming you back to the Wilma’s stage, after a year of working remotely. We have done a great deal during this past year, creating digital productions while preparing for your return to our building. The productions in our - [Wilma’s HotHouse Shorts: Short But Deep](https://www.phillypressreview.com/life/arts_and_entertainment/wilma-s-hothouse-shorts-short-but-deep/article_60df8f4e-ea28-11eb-b3ef-07fbfe186909.html?utm_source=phillypressreview.com&utm_campaign=/newsletter/optimize/pfp-newsletter/?shad&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline) - [Get them while they’re HotHouse](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/philadelphia-fringe-festival-2021-live-and-virtual-shows-20210721.html) - [Wilma Theater co-founder Blanka Zizka announces Emeritus status in 2021](https://philly.metro.us/wilma-theater-co-founder-blanka-zizka-announces-emeritus-status-in-2021/) - [Wilma Co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka to Step Back After 40 Years](https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/07/06/wilma-co-artistic-director-blanka-zizka-to-step-back-after-40-years/) - [Blanka Zizka, a giant of Philadelphia theater, will retire from the Wilma](https://whyy.org/articles/blanka-zizska-a-giant-of-philadelphia-theater-will-retire-from-the-wilma/) - [Wilma Theater guiding spirit Blanka Zizka is stepping down](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/blanka-zizka-wilma-theater-philadelphia-stepping-down-20210630.html) - [Co-Founder Blanka Zizka to become Artistic Director Emeritus](https://wilmatheater.org/blanka-zizka-news/) - ["Rough Around the Edges" - An interview with "Hold Fast" creator Steven Rishard](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/rough-around-the-edges-an-interview-with-hold-fast-creator-steven-rishard/) - Hold Fast is a new digital video short from the Wilma HotHouse Acting Company, streaming beginning Thursday, June 25 on the Wilma’s web site, available for free with registration. It was created by HotHouse Company Member Steven Rishard. What was the initial spark for your HotHouse Short? Steven: Initially, the piece began as a way to talk about grief or - [The New York Times reviews "The Floor Wipers"](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/theater/short-plays-streaming-online.html?referringSource=articleShare) - [A Q&A with Sarah Gliko about "The Rot"](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-qa-with-sarah-gliko-about-the-rot/) - The Rot is a new digital video short from the Wilma HotHouse Acting Company, streaming beginning Thursday, June 17 on the Wilma’s web site, available for free with registration. This new music video was created as a unique collaboration between lead artist/composer/lyricist/performer Sarah Gliko, along with fellow HotHouse Company members Justin Jain, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, and Campbell O'Hare, - [AN UPDATE ON OUR SEASON](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/an-update-on-our-season/) - As you may remember, we had expected to finish our 2020-21 season (which ends July 31) with one final full production: the comedy Minor Character. However, due to the rapidly changing conditions, we have decided to postpone the production. Look for our 2021-22 Season announcement in a few weeks; Minor Character will either be part of that season or a future - [A Q&A with "The Floor Wipers" creator Taysha Marie Canales](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-qa-with-the-floor-wipers-creator-taysha-marie-canales/) - The Floor Wipers is a new digital video short, streaming beginning Thursday, June 10 on the Wilma’s web site, available for free with registration. The short is hilarious sketch about two women who wipe up the courts during basketball games inside a COVID bubble. Q: What was the initial spark for your HotHouse Short?­ Taysha: My husband loves - [Billie Awards: "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" nominated as best Socially Distant Showstopper](https://billypenn.com/2021/05/26/philadelphia-awards-show-billies-voting-open/) - [How Six Philly Artists and Organizations Pivoted and Thrived During the Pandemic](https://www.phillymag.com/things-to-do/2021/05/22/arts-during-pandemic/) - [What a Piece of Work is FAT HAM at Wilma Theater](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/BWW-Review-What-a-Piece-of-Work-is-FAT-HAM-at-Wilma-Theater-20210520) - [Fat Ham: To Be or Not to Be Tragic](https://www.gaycitynews.com/fat-ham-to-be-or-not-to-be-tragic/) - [In a Broadway Minute Reviews 'Fat Ham'](https://www.wwfm.org/post/broadway-minute-reviews-fat-ham#stream/0) - [The New Yorker calls FAT HAM "UPROARIOUS"](https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/theatre/fat-ham-05-17-21) - [A Story all its own](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-presents-james-ijamess-fat-ham#) - ["Wildly inventive"](https://www.theolympian.com/entertainment/article250994529.html) - [A New Hamlet Centers Black and Queer Characters](https://thinkingdance.net/articles/2021/05/04/3/A-New-Hamlet-Centers-Black-and-Queer-Characters/) - [James Ijames on ‘Fat Ham,’ the South, and Embodying the Story](https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2021/05/04/fat-ham-james-ijames-interview/) - [FAT HAM Playwright James Ijames interviewed on The Feed at Night](https://foxsoul.tv/the-feed-at-night-slip-n-fall-tiktoks-fat-ham/) - ["Fat Ham" is a New York Times Critics' Pick](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/theater/fat-ham-review.html) - [Brennen S. Malone: Hamming it up](https://epgn.com/2021/04/28/brennen-s-malone-hamming-it-up/) - [HotHouse Acting Company member Lindsay Smiling interviewed about "Fat Ham" and Philly Theatre Week](https://phl17.com/web-exclusives/philly-theatre-week-is-in-full-swing/) - [These are the shows that Philly theater insiders can’t wait to see this spring](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/philly-theater-plays-musicals-spring-2021-20210420.html#loaded) - [How Philly playwright James Ijames envisioned ‘Fat Ham,’ a Black queer retelling of ‘Hamlet’](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/james-ijames-wilma-theater-fat-ham-hamlet-20210422.html) - [Cooking Up a Gumbo](https://www.lebonchef.tv/news/cooking-up-a-gumbo/) - [The 2021 Fête is "packing local star power"](https://whyy.org/articles/nolibs-restaurant-week-classic-guitar-fest-low-cut-connie-and-empanadas-at-home-in-this-weeks-things-to-do/) - [Wilma Theater’s Fête Fundraiser to be headlined by Low Cut Connie](https://philly.metro.us/wilma-theaters-fete-fundraiser-to-be-headlined-by-low-cut-connie/) - ['Heroes of the Fourth Turning' nominated for a Drama League Award](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-The-Drama-League-Announces-2021-Nominees-in-Five-New-Categories-20210330) - ['Fat Ham' puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's classic 'Hamlet'](https://6abc.com/community-events/fat-ham-puts-a-contemporary-spin-on-shakespeares-classic-hamlet/10429360/) - [Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Black and Global Majority Artists, Theatremakers, and Emotional Labor](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-black-and-global-majority-artists-theatremakers-and-emotional-labor/) - by Noelle Diane Johnson Noelle Diane Johnson is the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer for the Wilma's digital production of 'Fat Ham.' This is the first production the Wilma has had an EDI Officer. Hiring an EDI Officer was one of the demands made by a group of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) - [Streaming Date Change for Wilma Theater's Fat Ham](https://www.playbill.com/article/in-the-news-lct-presents-anna-deavere-smith-series-featuring-keynote-and-performance-a-triassic-parq-the-musical-reunion-concert) - [Philly theater shows to check out this spring season](https://philly.metro.us/philly-theater-shows-to-check-out-this-spring-season/) - [Inside "Fat Ham"](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/inside-the-fat-ham-film-shoot/) - To honor the original people on whose land Fat Ham is being captured, please click here to read this land acknowledgement. Associate Director Briana Gause is sharing the inside scoop into the making of the digital capture of James Ijames' new play FAT HAM, a modern adaptation of HAMLET, which will be available to stream - [Putting a Black queer spin on Shakespeare](https://epgn.com/2021/03/15/putting-a-black-queer-spin-on-shakespeare/?fbclid=IwAR2WAh4flotNtV53yXGZfow1ao9SI88I2DFEYpAQtshFtFTd1PrLXuOjL_g) - [Philly actors, musicians, and artists wondered if they’d ever work again. Then life unfolded in surprising ways, some profound.](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/covid-19-pandemic-philadelphia-artists-20210313.html) - [Sharing the Load: Adapting to the Pandemic in a Shared Leadership Role](https://howlround.com/sharing-load) - [Short innovations](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-presents-the-hothouse-companys-expired-and-lagniappe-project#) - The Wilma presents the HotHouse Company’s ‘Expired’ and ‘Lagniappe Project’ - [Review: Series explores theater roads less traveled](https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/arts-and-entertainment/2021/02/26/review-series-explores-theater-roads-less-traveled/) - [How ‘Wolves’ and ‘Heroes’ Are Saving Pandemic Theater](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/theater/wolves-and-heroes-virtual-theater.html) - [James Ijames' 'Fat Ham' Gets Digital Premiere](https://www.playbill.com/article/in-the-news-jack-holdens-cruise-and-james-ijames-fat-ham-get-digital-premieres) - [Low Cut Connie Headlines Wilma Theater's Digital Fête](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Low-Cut-Connie-Headlines-Wilma-Theaters-Digital-Fte-20210225) - [Wilma Theater Announces World Premiere Digital Production Of James Ijames' FAT HAM](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theater-Announces-World-Premiere-Digital-Production-Of-James-Ijames-FAT-HAM-20210224) - ["Perfect for a mid afternoon break" - CLAY review](https://brendaonbroad.wordpress.com/2021/02/21/i-participated-in-these-three-virtual-theatre-pieces-last-week-and-you-should-too/) - [Melanye's Family's Gumbo Recipe](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/melanyes-family-gumbo-recipe/) - In the new documentary The Lagniappe Project, Wilma HotHouse Acting Company Member Melanye Finister shares her mother’s recipe for Creole gumbo with residents from Northern Children’s Services, attempting to find community and comfort. Melanye was generous enough to share the recipe, below. Ingredients:1 C veg oil1 C flour3-4 C chopped onions2-3 C chopped green peppers2-3 - [A theatrical laboratory](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-presents-the-hothouse-companys-code-black-planet-and-clay#) - The Wilma presents the HotHouse Company’s ‘Code Black Planet’ and ‘Clay’ - [An interview with Ross Beschler about 'Expired'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/an-interview-with-ross-beschler-about-expired/) - Expired is unlike anything the Wilma has created before. It's an interactive web site, loosely inspired by certain Greek myths. As you click freely into the site, it transforms into a digital underworld, revealing videos and imagery to be explored and examined. Wilma HotHouse Acting Company Member Ross Beschler (Describe the Night, There) was the - [The Story Behind Wilma Theater's 'Code Black Planet' Short](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/philly-live/the-story-behind-wilma-theaters-code-black-planet-short/2694008/) - [A Q&A with Krista Apple about "Clay"](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-qa-with-krista-apple-about-clay/) - Clay is a new digital audio production streaming Feb. 12-March 7 on the Wilma’s web site, available for free with registration. The short tells the surprisingly poignant story of one everyday object. The production was led by Wilma HotHouse Acting Company Member Krista Apple, who created it collaboratively with three other company members – Jered McLenigan, Brandon J. - [An interview about 'Code Black Planet' with Anthony Martinez-Briggs](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/an-interview-about-code-black-planet-with-anthony-martinez-briggs/) - Code Black Planet is a new digital production on the Wilma's web site, available for free with registration. The 23-minute movie is made up of kaleidoscopic transmissions from Black Planet, "a planet beyond the stars created by and entirely inhabited by Black people," according to co-creator, performer, and co-writer Anthony Martinez-Briggs. Anthony, a HotHouse Acting - [HotHouse Shorts and Fat Ham listed in best of spring shows by Philadelphia Inquirer](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/things-to-do-philadelphia-winter-2020-20210130.html) - [Explore new theater every week in February with Wilma's HotHouse Shorts](https://philly.metro.us/explore-new-theater-every-week-in-february/) - [The Wilma Theater Presents Four Original Hothouse Shorts This February](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/The-Wilma-Theater-Presents-Four-Original-Hothouse-Shorts-This-February-20210119) - [AMNY names "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" one of the best shows of the year](https://www.amny.com/news/ambroadway-the-best-and-worst-of-live-entertainment-in-2020/) - [Token Theatre Friends review "Heroes of the Fourth Turning"](https://tokentheatrefriends.com/2020/12/15/ep-23-a-streetcar-named-audio-play-feat-sullivan-jones-and-robert-ohara/) - [Wall Street Journal calls "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" one of the Best Theater of 2020](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-theater-of-2020-with-broadway-dark-due-to-covid-19-an-at-home-curtain-call-11607882400?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1) - [Being Stuck and Perpetuating Whiteness in 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/being-stuck-and-perpetuating-whiteness-in-heroes-of-the-fourth-turning/) - by Wilma HotHouse Company Member Justin Jain Let’s start with the basic assumption that I am not a monolith. What I will share here is my (and only my) viewpoint. I do not speak on behalf of a race, creed, or group of people. What follows is my own idiosyncratic lived experience of the artistic - ["A flawless, impressively well-cast production of a work of singular distinction, one for which the word 'remarkable' is, if anything, an understatement."](https://www.wsj.com/articles/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning-review-a-culture-war-conversation-piece-11607629032) - [The New York Times calls HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING "unmissable" with an "excellent cast"](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/arts/things-to-do-weekend-coronavirus.html) - [Truth outside the bubble: Review of 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning'](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-presents-will-arberys-heroes-of-the-fourth-turning#) - [In a Broadway Minute Reviews Wilma Theater’s ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’](https://www.wwfm.org/post/broadway-minute-reviews-wilma-theater-s-heroes-fourth-turning) - [Wilma Theater is putting on the acclaimed ‘Is God Is’ as an audio play, recorded from quarantine](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-theater-james-ijames-audio-play-is-god-is-20200722.html) - [Wilma Theater created the season’s hottest show in a quarantine bubble in the woods](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-theater-philadelphia-heroes-fourth-turning-quarantine-bubble-20201127.html) - [Wilma Theatre puts on bubble play with 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning' virtual show](https://6abc.com/community-events/wilma-theater-presents-bubble-play-heroes-of-the-fourth-turning/8445103/) - [Wilma Theater’s lacerating ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ is a drama full of our moment](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-theater-philadelphia-heroes-of-the-fourth-turning-dates-review-20201201.html) - [The Best Live Theater to Stream This Week](https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-best-theater-to-watch-online-today-streaming#Tuesday) - [Recording HEROES: Wilma’s Kellie Mecleary talks about producing a digital, site-specific production](http://phindie.com/21975-recording-heroes-wilmas-kellie-mecleary-talks-about-producing-a-digital-site-specific-production/) - [How to Have Difficult Conversations](https://wilmatheater.org/how-to-have-difficult-conversations-with-loved-ones-when-you-disagree/) - [Unexpected Hero](https://wilmatheater.org/news/unexpected-hero-2/) - [Inside the Wilma Bubble](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/inside-the-wilma-bubble/) - [Community Connections in the Virtual World ](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/community-connections-in-the-virtual-world-/) - by Wilma Theater Portable Studio Program Coordinator Rachel O'Hanlon-Rodriguez When the pandemic became a reality only a few short months (but-it-feels-like-years) ago, I remember Portable Studio Director Lee Ann Etzold and I making a commitment to hold onto our connections to the community that we’ve built through the Wilma Theater’s Portable Studio. We became determined - [Philadelphia's performing arts industry goes virtual to survive pandemic](https://6abc.com/society/phillys-performing-arts-industry-goes-virtual-to-survive-pandemic-/8236416/) - [A video message and poetry reading from Co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-message-from-blanka/) - During this difficult time, we'll be sharing responses from our artists to the current global pandemic. Co-artistic Director Blanka Zizka recently returned from teaching in Europe and had this message and reading to share. - [Inside the Wilma Bubble](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/inside-the-wilma-bubble/) - HotHouse Company Member Sarah Gliko documented her experience living in the "Wilma bubble" as she rehearsed and captured Heroes of the Fourth Turning. ANTICIPATION Writing from the in between. We vibrate in the space between Zoomland and the Great Outdoors. Our cast and crew has just finished up virtual rehearsals for Will Arbery’s Heroes of - [The Show Goes on for These Philly-Area Theater Companies](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/philly-live/the-show-goes-on-for-these-philly-area-theater-companies/2600676/) - [Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is putting on Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning”](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/theater/streaming-theater.html) - [Wilma Theater takes 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning' on the road and performs in artistic bubble](https://www.radio.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/wilma-theater-takes-show-on-the-road-performs-in-bubble) - ['Heroes of the Fourth Turning' is one of Philly theater insiders’ top pick for the digital fall season](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/philadelphia-theater-fall-2020-season-wilma-theatre-horizon-20201002.html?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=WilmaTheater&utm_campaign=WilmaTheaterWebsite&utm_content=WilmaTheaterWebsite) - [Love and Grit podcast features Wilma Theater's Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg](https://www.visitphilly.com/features/visit-philly-love-and-grit-podcast/?gclid=CjwKCAjw5p_8BRBUEiwAPpJO6630sPwe-fA9WhFj45Ertf2o0V6E5dCNmiJykDMozkg6--u6mC0k_BoCYz8QAvD_BwE) - [Unexpected Hero](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/unexpected-hero/) - Mary Elizabeth Scallen—who goes by MB—serves as both performer and researcher for the Wilma's production of Heroes of the Fourth Turning. In the midst of rehearsal, she penned the following in response to the play's characters and ideas. _______________________________________________ In this beautifully written, compelling work Playwright Will Arbery acts as Poet Investigator Exorcist Four young friends shaped - [An interview with DESCRIBE THE NIGHT playwright Rajiv Joseph](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/an-interview-with-describe-the-night-playwright-rajiv-joseph-2/) - Describe the Night played at the Wilma Theater from Jan 28-Feb. 16, 2020. WILMA DRAMATURG WALTER BILDERBACK: Why do you think audiences should come to see Describe the Night? What do you hope audiences will take away from seeing it? What questions do you hope they ask themselves? PLAYWRIGHT RAJIV JOSEPH: My main goal with - [Wilma Theater Launches New Digital Production, CODE BLUE, Recorded On iPhones](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theater-Launches-New-Digital-Production-CODE-BLUE-Recorded-On-iPhones-20200626) - [Stage Managers’ Association Announces 2020 Del Hughes Award Recipients, including Wilma Stage Manager Patreshettarlini Adams](https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/07/08/stage-managers-association-announces-2020-del-hughes-award-recipients/) - [Catching the Tail of Mr. Burns: an Interview with Director Yury Urnov](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/catching-the-tail-of-mr-burns-an-interview-with-director-yury-urnov/) - Russian director Yury Urnov is directing Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns: a Post Electric Play for the Wilma. We were first introduced to Yury through Woolly Mammoth Theatre in DC, where he is a company member, and his astonishing production of Guillermo Calderon’s play Kiss (which Yury directed again this summer in Siberia). Since that time, Yury has led several - [The Wilma Theater is a recipient of a 2020 Pew Center for Arts and Heritage Grant](http://pewcenterarts.org/2020grants ) - [The Wilma Theater and Arlekin Players Theatre Presents Live Interactive Art Experiment STATE VS. NATASHA BENINA](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Arlekin-Players-Theatre-Presents-Live-Interactive-Art-Experiment-STATE-VS-NATASHA-BENINA-20201015) - [A conversation with 'Is God Is' performers Brett Ashley Robinson and Danielle Leneé](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/is-god-is-blog-post-performers/) - 'Is God Is' performers Brett Ashley Robinson and Danielle Leneé spent the month of June preparing for their first experience with a radio play. Brett (who plays Anaia) and Danielle (who plays Racine) spoke with me about bringing these characters to life while quarantined in their own homes. The following is a transcript from a - [Interview with 'Kill Move Paradise' playwright, James Ijames](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/interview-with-kill-move-paradise-playwright-james-ijames/) - We asked HotHouse actor Lindsay Smiling to interview playwright James Ijames about Kill Move Paradise and being an artist in Philadelphia. Lindsay Smiling plays Isa in the Wilma production of Kill Move Paradise and also acted in James Ijames’ play Moon Man Walk, which was produced by Orbiter 3 in 2015. Lindsay Smiling: I remember meeting you when you first arrived - [More on the Globe](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/more-on-the-globe/) - Dear Friends of the Wilma, As artistic leaders for the Wilma, we want to share more details on the Globe concept. Since March 13, we moved all operations of the Wilma remotely, including our administrative efforts, our education programs, and our artistic production. We will not open our facilities before it is safe to do - [A Conversation with 'Is God Is' playwright Aleshea Harris](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-conversation-with-is-god-is-playwright-aleshea-harris/) - When Covid-19 forced theaters to close, the Wilma committed to finding a way to produce the final show of their season, 'Is God Is' by Aleshea Harris. I spoke with Aleshea Harris at the beginning of the rehearsal process for the radio play workshop production, amidst the pandemic and widespread protests inspired by the uprising for Black Lives. We spoke - [An Interview with 'Is God Is' designers](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/interview-with-is-god-is-designers/) - The original design team for 'Is God Is' was deep in the process of preparing for the stage production when the pandemic shut down theaters. I spoke to Thom Weaver, the set designer for the original production, and Chris Sannino, a sound engineer who joined the team during the pandemic. Thom and Chris are also - [A conversation with 'Is God Is' Director James Ijames and Stage Manager Patreshettarlini Adams](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/james-ijames-pat-adams-is-god-is-conversation/) - While awaiting the release of 'Is God Is,' the Wilma's first radio play production, I had a Zoom conversation with director James Ijames and stage manager Patreshettarlini (Pat) Adams. They shared their reflections on this unprecedented moment in history and art-making. This transcript of our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Please enjoy! - [Meet our new Board leadership](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/meet-our-new-board-leadership/) - With our 2020-21 Season, the leadership of the Wilma has completely changed. We have a new cohort of Co-Artistic Directors, a new Managing Director, and now, new leadership of our board of directors. We interviewed our newest board members - including our new Board President and Vice President - to learn how they got involved - [Wilma Hybrid Model](https://wilmatheater.org/news/wilma-hybrid-model/) - Globe Design by Sara Brown, Misha Kachman, Matt Saunders We don't yet know whether Fat Ham and Minor Character - the final shows in our 2020-21 Season - will be produced fully digitally or with a hybrid approach between online and in-person. We will not re-open the theater before it is safe to do so, - [An Update to Our 2020-21 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/news/an-update-to-our-2020-21-season/) - Dear Wilma Friends, Today we are sharing thoughts about our 2020-21 Season and have some important and exciting updates to share. Even while working remotely, the Wilma kept producing through the summer. Our archival video of Kill Move Paradise raised more than $40,000 in support of Black Lives Matter Philly; more than 1,250 people listened to our - [The Wilma has been making creative adjustments for the 20/21 season](https://philly.metro.us/the-wilma-has-been-making-creative-adjustments-for-the-20-21-season/) - [Sharing thoughts about the 2020-21 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/the-wilma-globe/) - Design by Sara Brown, Misha Kachman, Matt Saunders READ ABOUT THE WILMA GLOBE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES Dear Friend of the Wilma, Like all theaters around the country and across the world, we are spending most of our time trying to understand how we can bring our next season (beginning in late 2020 or early 2021) - [The best things to do in Philly this week](https://www.inquirer.com/things-to-do/things-to-do-philadelphia-weekend-20200924.html) - [Our response to We See You White American Theatre](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/our-response-to-we-see-you-white-american-theatre/) - To the We See You White American Theatre Coalition and all BIPOC theatermakers We, the Wilma Theater’s Cohort of Artistic Directors, Managing Director, and Board Chair and Vice Chair (the Wilma’s Leadership Team), wish to thank you for and respond to the demands made by your coalition on June 8, 2020. The tremendous work you - [Play about Belarus uprising on stage in Philly, and around the world](https://whyy.org/articles/play-about-belarus-uprising-on-stage-in-philly-and-around-the-world/?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=WIlmaTheaterWebSite&utm_content=WIlmaTheaterWebSite) - [The Wilma Theater Participates In Worldwide Reading Of Andrei Kureichik's INSULTED. BELARUS(SIA)](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/The-Wilma-Theater-Participates-In-Worldwide-Reading-Of-Andrei-Kureichiks-INSULTED-BELARUSSIA-20200921) - [A Bold Step...](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/a-bold-step/) - NEWS FROM THE HOTHOUSE If you've seen shows at the Wilma in the past decade, you have gotten to know the Wilma HotHouse Company, our incredibly talented, award-winning ensemble of performers. They are at the core of the work we do as a theater company. Beginning this 2020-21 Season, we are deepening our relationships with these - [The Wilma Theater announces incoming Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg](https://wilmatheater.org/news/the-wilma-theater-hires-managing-director-leigh-goldenberg/) - The Wilma Theater is thrilled to announce that Leigh Goldenberg has been hired to the theater's newest managing director, replacing interim Managing Director Neil Kutner. Goldenberg, who is currently the Executive Director of Theatre Philadelphia, will begin March 23. Leigh Goldenberg leads mission-driven and creative organizations, with a commitment to Philadelphia. Since January 2017, she - [Wilma Resident Stage Manager Patreshettarlini (Pat) Adams honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in the Art of Stage Management](https://wilmatheater.org/news/patreshettarlini-adams-lifetime-achievement/) - The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) has announced its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management. The 2020 honourees include Wilma Theater Resident Stage Manager Patreshettarlini (Pat) Adams. The Del Hughes honour is awarded to those who represent the finest qualities and artistic achievement in stage management throughout their lifelong career. - [Philly officials say theaters can reopen, but many are unsure that will happen](https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/philly-theaters-can-reopen-but-many-remain-uncertain) - [Don’t expect theater to return to Philly Sept. 8 just because city says it can](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/theater-coronavirus-reopening-philadelphia-guidelines-20200902.html) - [Philadelphia Theater, Music Venues Will Glow Red To Raise Awareness Of Hardships Facing Entertainment Industry](https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/09/01/philadelphia-theater-music-venues-will-glow-red-to-raise-awareness-of-hardships-facing-entertainment-industry/) - [Philly arts venues to go red for live events workers](https://whyy.org/articles/philly-arts-venues-to-go-red-for-live-events-workers/) - [Take the Stage](https://www.hospitalitydesign.com/projects/main/covid-19-design-considerations/?blocked=true) - [Renovation Rethink?](https://www.wsj.com/articles/renovation-rethink-11597261118) - [Multi-talented artist shows off skills in the Wilma Theater's 'Code Blue'](https://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/music/multi-talented-artist-shows-off-skills-in-the-wilma-theaters-code-blue/article_53e34d6f-df5b-5fed-983a-0e814220ef56.html) - [Theater at a social distance: But is it even theater if it’s Zoom (or Disney+) where it happens?](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater-in-coronavirus-pandemic-hamilton-theatre-for-one-20200816.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=ios&utm_campaign=app_ios_article&utm_content=KSXUCKGKDBGCLB3YHSEV3P4QCA) - [The Wilma Theater Seeking Paper Cranes For Special Installation At Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/The-Wilma-Theater-Seeking-Paper-Cranes-For-Special-Installation-At-Sunday-Breakfast-Rescue-Mission-20200807) - [Here are some only-in-Philly ways to warm up kids’ brains for school (or whatever it’s called now)](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/things-to-do-with-kids-philadelphia-august-2020-20200809.html) - [The show must go on: how the Wilma Theater is coping with the fallout from the coronavirus](https://www.npr.org/2020/08/04/898997962/an-artful-pivot) - [Column: Theater box seats are poised to become fashionable again during the COVID-19 era](https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-theater-box-seats-covid19-0731-20200729-5ktk5f56pjcjpa6hcks3r6267q-story.html) - [When Revenge Is Bitter : Wilma Theater’s IS GOD IS](http://philadelphiafreepress.com/when-revenge-is-bitter-wilma-theaters-is-god-is-p8363-95.htm) - [Review: 'Is God Is'](https://tokentheatrefriends.com/2020/07/28/review-is-god-is/) - [See Lighting Foundation: Support for Immigrant Theater Artists](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/see-lighting-foundation/) - On July 1, the See Lighting Foundation launched a drive for monthly contributions. They are committed to supporting immigrant theater artists during the global pandemic. Please donate if you can. While live theater is on an indefinite pause, freelance theater artists have cycled through multiple phases of this crisis. It is strange to remember that - ["Is God Is" Review: "Powerful and Impressive Theater"](https://www.wwfm.org/post/broadway-minute-reviews-wilma-theaters-god) - ["Is God Is" Review: Sounds of revenge](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-presents-aleshea-harriss-is-god-is-reimagined-radio-style#) - [Philly's Wilma Theater Makes a Historic Move with its First Aural Drama, “Is God Is”](https://www.dosagemagazine.com/phillys-wilma-theater-makes-a-historic-move-with-its-first-aural-drama-is-god-is/) - [Close your eyes and pretend you’re in the theater](https://www.thrillist.com/events/philadelphia/things-to-do-in-philly-this-weekend) - [The best live theater to stream online](https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-best-theater-to-watch-online-today-july-23-july-24) - ['Is God Is' is "highly" recommended](https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/07/20/online-this-week-its-possible/) - [With the stage off limits, Wilma Theater tries something new: a radio play](https://whyy.org/articles/with-the-stage-off-limits-wilma-theater-tries-something-new-a-radio-play/) - [The Wilma is bringing an early technique back for a new show](https://philly.metro.us/the-wilma-is-bringing-an-early-technique-back-for-a-new-show/) - [Wilma Theater Will Present Audio Version of Aleshea Harris' Is God Is](https://www.playbill.com/article/wilma-theater-will-present-audio-version-of-aleshea-harris-is-god-is) - [The Wilma Theater Presents Their First Ever Audio Drama, IS GOD IS](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/The-Wilma-Theater-Presents-Their-First-Ever-Audio-Drama-IS-GOD-IS-20200715) - [Announcing an Audio Production of "Is God Is"](https://wilmatheater.org/event/is-god-is/) - [Recipe for Recovery: Wilma Theater designs arena of the future, rooted in the past](https://6abc.com/entertainment/wilma-theater-designs-arena-of-the-future-rooted-in-the-past/6289248/) - [Wilma Theater adapts for COVID performances with ideas from the past](https://whyy.org/articles/wilma-theater-adapts-for-covid-performances-with-ideas-from-the-past/) - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater Designs Socially Distanced Auditorium](https://www.theatermania.com/philadelphia-theater/news/philadelphia-wilma-theater-socially-distance_91155.html) - [Innovative Theater Combines Old Techniques With New to Design a Social Distancing Auditorium](https://www.core77.com/posts/100613/Innovative-Theater-Combines-Old-Techniques-With-New-to-Design-a-Social-Distancing-Auditorium) - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater Offers Social Distancing Solution](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199563/odds-ends-idina-menzel-among-stars-talking-about-their-love-of-disney-in-new-podcast-more/) - [How Do You Make a Theater Safe Again?](https://www.dancemagazine.com/coronavirus-theaters-2646364524.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1) - [Wilma Theater draws up blueprint to keep audience socially distanced during Covid-19](https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2020/07/01/wilma-theater-covid-19-response.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+bizj_national+(Bizjournals+National+Feed)) - [Philadelphia's Wilma Theater Re-Configures Space to Allow for Audience Distancing](https://www.playbill.com/article/philadelphias-wilma-theater-re-configures-space-to-allow-for-audience-distancing) - [Wilma Theater unveils plans for arena inspired by Shakespeare’s Globe](https://www.phillyvoice.com/wilma-theater-new-arena-wilma-globe-seperate-audience-boxes-covid-19/) - [US theatre designs socially distanced auditorium inspired by Shakespeare's Globe](https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/socially-distanced-shakespeare-globe-wilma_51885.html) - [Wild design at Wilma Theater borrows from Shakespeare’s Globe for COVID distancing](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-globe-theater-coronavirus-box-seats-20200701.html) - [The Wilma and the Wilma Globe featured in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/theater/wilma-theater-social-distancing.html) - [Making 'Code Blue'](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/making-code-blue/) - Artistic Director Blanka Zizka shared this behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the short digital production, Code Blue. Code Blue is looking at our current moment of crisis that has been exacerbated by two kinds of viruses: COVID-19 and racism. The digital production was inspired by simplistic language of Donald Trump during his daily briefings - [Wilma Theater puts itself out on the cutting edge of COVID-19 art with a 13-minute iPhone drama](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-theater-philadelphia-covid-19-iphone-play-by-blanka-zizka-and-wilma-hothouse-20200626.html) - [A step forward in shutdown](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-presents-code-blue-a-digital-performance-open-to-all) - [Martha Graham Cracker talks headlining online fundraiser](https://epgn.com/2020/04/28/martha-graham-cracker-talks-headlining-online-fundraiser/) - [12 Streamable Plays That Depict Black Lives Pierced by Racism](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/theater/racism-streamable-plays.html?searchResultPosition=1) - [Making art in a time of crisis and protest](https://whyy.org/episodes/making-art-in-a-time-of-crisis-and-protest/) - An interview with Co-Artistic Director James Ijames - [A Message of Solidarity: Black Lives Matter](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/statement-from-the-wilma-leadership/) - The murder of George Floyd and countless other Black people is the result of a long and deadly tradition of institutional racism and anti-blackness. We recognize that, as a theater, we help shape the stories that form our national narrative. We recognize that, at many moments in our history, we have been complicit in maintaining - [In Philly theater, union contracts and digital content are feeling out a way to coexist](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/actors-equity-streaming-content-wilma-theater-playpenn-peoples-light-philadelphia-20200618.html) - [Stream of James Ijames’ Kill Move Paradise Released to Raise Money for Black Lives Matter Philly](https://www.playbill.com/article/stream-of-james-ijames-kill-move-paradise-released-to-raise-money-for-black-lives-matter-philly) - [The Wilma to stream ‘Kill Move Paradise,' about black men slain by police, to benefit Black Lives Matter Philly](https://www.inquirer.com/news/wilma-theater-kill-move-paradise-james-ijames-philadelphia-police-deaths-20200608.html) - [Describing 'Describe the Night"](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/describing-describe-the-night/) - Actor Ross Beschler chronicles the process of playing Author Isaac Babel The journal of Russian author Isaac Babel plays a central role in “Describe the Night” as it appears and reappears over a span of 90 years. We asked actor Ross Beschler to journal his own experience of playing Isaac at the Wilma. Lunch break during technical rehearsal. - [WilmaPass featured on NBC10](https://youtu.be/Pfd7iksUMpU) - [Wilma Theater asks subscribers to buy into an unknown future](https://whyy.org/articles/wilma-theater-asks-subscribers-to-buy-into-an-unknown-future/) - [Wilma Theater ushers in a new model](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/coronavirus-philadelphia-arts-impact-art-museum-wilma-theater-kimmel-center-20200505.html) - [Wilma Announces 2020-21 Season, Flexible Subscription Package](https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/05/06/wilma-announces-2020-21-season-flexible-subscription-package/) - [WilmaPass offers audiences a new way to support and experience theatre](https://philly.metro.us/wilmapass-offers-audiences-a-new-way-to-support-and-experience-theatre/) - [Announcing the Wilma's 2020-21 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/announcing-our-2020-21-season/) - [Wilma Theater Announces Innovative WilmaPass Program For Their 2020/21 Season](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Wilma-Theater-Announces-Innovative-WilmaPass-Program-For-Their-202021-Season-20200503) - [The Virtual Fete on ABC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKYL96SFgnA) - [FÊTE ACCOMPLI: THE WILMA THEATRE’S ANNUAL FÊTE CELEBRATION GOES VIRTUAL](https://www.dosagemagazine.com/fete-accompli-the-wilma-theatres-annual-fete-celebration-goes-virtual/) - [An Updated Message from the Wilma concerning the Global Pandemic](https://wilmatheater.org/news/a-message-from-the-wilma-concerning-the-global-pandemic/) - Hello, At the Wilma we like to take big artistic risks. But we never take risks with people’s health and safety. For that reason, we have made some important decisions to protect the health and safety of our artists, staff, audiences, and students during this global pandemic: Our administrative and box office staff is working - [The Wilma Theater’s Fête Fundraiser will now be online](https://philly.metro.us/the-wilma-theaters-fete-fundraiser-will-now-be-online/) - [The next chapter at the Wilma with Yury Urnov](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/wnwn/next-chapter-at-wilma-theater-co-artistic-director-yury-urnov) - [The Wilma Theater Announces First Ever Online Fête Fundraiser, Featuring Martha Graham Cracker](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2020/04/08/the-wilma-theater-announces-first-ever-online-fete-fundraiser-featuring-martha-graham-cracker/) - [Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale Adds An Extra Performance At The Wilma Theater](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/RENAISSANCE-IN-THE-BELLY-OF-A-KILLER-WHALE-Adds-An-Extra-Performance-At-The-Wilma-Theater-20200301) - [Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale takes on gentrification, collective memory at the Wilma Theater](https://whyy.org/articles/renaissance-in-the-belly-of-a-killer-whale-takes-on-gentrification-collective-memory-at-the-wilma-theater/) - ["Something special that entertains and enlightens all"](http://thetheatreguide.com/2020/03/01/renaissance-in-the-belly-of-a-killer-whale-wilma-theatre-theatre-review/) - ["Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale at the Wilma is too good to miss, so hurry"](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-theater-theatre-philadelphia-renaissance-belly-killer-whale-review-20200228.html) - ["Everything you love about theatre"](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2020/02/28/renaissance-in-the-belly-of-a-killer-whale-a-must-see-at-wilma-theatre/) - [Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale extends through March 7](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/RENAISSANCE-IN-THE-BELLY-OF-A-KILLER-WHALE-Extends-Through-March-7-At-The-Wilma-Theater-20200106) - ["A terrific epic play ... a triumph"](https://www.broadstreetreview.com/theater/the-wilma-theater-presents-rajiv-josephs-describe-the-night?fbclid=IwAR2TRr5SzY-wMEx4k17EBXHwrbKFS3LBW-jZLpj55L7OO56MT8beSTnNwcg#) - [Announcing the Wilma Next Chapter: New Artistic Leadership](https://wilmatheater.org/next-chapter/) - Founding Artistic Director Blanka Zizka will be joined by three new artistic directors: Yury Arnov, James Ijames, and Morgan Green - [Due To Popular Demand, The Wilma Theater's Describe the Night Extends To February 22](https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Due-To-Popular-Demand-The-Wilma-Theaters-DESCRIBE-THE-NIGHT-Extends-To-January-22-20200205) - [ABC Loves the Arts on Describe the Night](https://6abc.com/5874132/) - [Describe the Night is a profound and timely examination of truth, deception and power](https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/philly/phil476.html) - [Describe the Night Brings Passion, Drama to Philly Stage](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/the-scene/describe-the-night-brings-passion-drama-to-philly-stage/2285885/) - [Wilma Theater’s new play is a shocking, funny, epic take on Putin’s Russia.](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/wilma-theater-theatre-philadelphia-describe-the-night-leech-soup-review-20200201.html) - [Interview with Describe the Night actor Keith Conallen](http://www.epgn.com/arts-and-culture/theater/15723-out-actor-talks-new-role-philly-career) - [Actor Steven Rishard discusses Rajiv Joseph’s Obie-winning play, Describe the Night](https://gohomephillyblog.com/2020/01/06/actor-steven-rishard-discusses-rajiv-josephs-obie-winning-play-describe-the-night-at-wilma-theater-1-28-to-2-16/) - [Describe the Night is a story of historical and mythical proportions](https://www.metro.us/things-to-do/philadelphia/Describe-the-Night-at-the-Wilma-theater) - [‘Dance Nation’ at Wilma Theater: An entertaining look at the fierce, shy world of the 13-year-old girl](https://www.inquirer.com/arts/dance-nation-wilma-theater-tickets-dates-review-20191026.html?fbclid=IwAR0tqCxBBlmB2ImeM3Nzx0KI3QhoMrtZlzVPChRfpZgFWNEcWSwEEbxv4uM) - [Describe the Look: An Interview with Describe the Night Costume Designer Vasilija Zivanic](http://blog.wilmatheater.org/2020/01/09/describe-the-look-an-interview-with-describe-the-night-costume-designer-vasilija-zivanic/) - [An interview with Describe the Night playwright Rajiv Joseph](http://blog.wilmatheater.org/2019/12/10/an-interview-with-describe-the-night-playwright-rajiv-joseph/?_ga=2.223719259.1344409703.1579529155-1902541755.1572020037) ## Pages - [Home](https://wilmatheater.org/) - [Subscribe to our 2026/2027 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/subscribe-2026-27-season/) - Subscribe to our 2026/27 Season Welcome! Subscribers are essential to the Wilma's success on stage and off. New this year is flexible ticketing. Opt out of any one show and use those tickets for other productions in the season. Can't make it to Animal Farm? You can exchange those tickets into Horsegirl & Cowdaddy or - [Staff & Board](https://wilmatheater.org/about/staff-board/) - Staff Members Co-Artistic Directors Morgan Green, Lindsay Smiling, Yury UrnovManaging Director: Leigh GoldenbergArtistic Director Emeritus: Blanka Zizka Artistic Associate Artistic Director: Kellie MeclearyAssociate Producer: Brittany OnukwughaHotHouse Company: Krista Apple, Ross Beschler, Taysha Marie Canales, Keith Conallen, Melanye Finister, Sarah Gliko, Suli Holum, Justin Jain, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Jered McLenigan, Bi Jean Ngo, Kishia Nixon, Campbell O'Hare, Jaylene Clark - [Corporate Giving/Sponsorship](https://wilmatheater.org/support/corporate-giving-sponsorship/) - Corporate Giving/Sponsorship There are multiple ways that your organization can become involved with the Wilma! Corporate Sponsorship There are opportunities to support our productions, our outreach and educational programs and ongoing special events. Contact our Development Director Jessica Betts at JBetts@WilmaTheater.org to learn more about our corporate sponsorship program. In-Kind Giving Make a gift of in-kind - [Monthly Giving](https://wilmatheater.org/monthly-giving/) - Monthly Giving When you give to the Wilma Theater, you become an integral part of the adventurous art that you see on our stage. Donating monthly strengthens your commitment even further, helping provide the Wilma with consistent support through every step of the artmaking process. We are pleased to offer monthly giving options at each - [Donor Benefits](https://wilmatheater.org/support/donor-benefits/) - Donor Benefits When you become a donor to The Wilma Theater, you’re doing so much more than helping us create bold, audacious art. You become an integral part of our community, supporting long-term production and new play development, our one-of-a-kind HotHouse acting company and our outreach and education programs. In appreciation of your generous support, - [Donor Happenings](https://wilmatheater.org/support/donor-happenings/) - Donor Happenings Donors have year-round access to exclusive parties and events, including Opening Night receptions and our annual Fête. Opening Nights Join the celebration! The first Friday of every show is Opening Night, with a packed house and a post-show reception. Subscribe to Opening Nights to make sure you always have a seat. Donors of - [Employment](https://wilmatheater.org/about/employment/) - Fall Internship The Wilma Theater seeks someone with an interest in learning about a Regional Theater Artistic department, with some administrative experience, to serve as Artistic Intern. The Wilma Theater creates living, adventurous art, presenting bold, original, well-crafted, thought-provoking productions that represent a range of voices, viewpoints, and styles. The Wilma’s organizational values were developed through conversations - [HotHouse Summer Institute](https://wilmatheater.org/hothouse-summer-institute/) - HotHouse Summer Institute July 6-24, 2026 Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm On stage at the Wilma Theater The HotHouse Summer Institute invites professional and emerging actors (current college and graduate students welcome) to train on stage at the Wilma in the HotHouse Company’s practice of embodied acting. The 3-week Institute is led by HotHouse Company members including Wilma - [The America Play Digital Program](https://wilmatheater.org/ap-digital-program/) - Prefer a PDF? Download the program here. - [WilmaHouse Book Club](https://wilmatheater.org/wilmahouse-book-club/) - WilmaHouse Book Club Event May 30th following The America Play at 2pm The Wilma Theater, Head House Books, and Harriett's Bookshop are teaming up for a book club event, inspired by one of our most prominent American playwrights, Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner, Suzan-Lori Parks's play, THE AMERICA PLAY. 1. Read the book.2. See the play.3. - [Rent the Wilma](https://wilmatheater.org/about/rent-the-wilma/) - Rent the Wilma The Wilma Theater's state-of-the-art auditorium offers the latest in stage technology, while the raked seating and carefully designed lobby complete the feeling of comfortable and glamorous surroundings. Theater Specs Proscenium stage measuring 44' wide by 46' deep 296 seats 50' fly tower 308 circuits and over 250 lighting instruments State-of-the-art sound system - [Childcare Matinee](https://wilmatheater.org/childcare-matinee/) - Childcare Matinees Poor Judge: 1/24Miz Martha: 3/28The America Play: 5/30 In association with Music Theatre Philly, we are happy to offer childcare for select performances. Childcare provided 1:30-4pm at Music Theatre Philly, 1301 Locust Street (2 blocks from the Wilma!) Ages 5-11, child must be potty-confident $30/child. $20 for each additional sibling. Limit 15 participants, advance - [Artistic Statement & History](https://wilmatheater.org/about/mission-history/) - [Post-Show Talk Backs](https://wilmatheater.org/the-let-out/) - Post-Show Talk Backs Our Post-Show Talk Backs are paneled discussions on the Wilma stage, where audiences get a deeper dive on the themes of the play from artists, dramaturgs, and outside experts. Panelists and host will be shared closer to each shows event. How do I attend? Entry is free to those who have a ticket - [ONE-NIGHT ONLY READING SERIES](https://wilmatheater.org/one-night-only-reading-series/) - ONE-NIGHT ONLY READING SERIES What are readings? Wilma productions start long before they reach the stage. Throughout the year, our Resident Acting Company, HotHouse, reads through a number of plays before we've even decided to stage them. Why host a reading? Our artistic team's decisions within and around a play are influenced by how the play sounds - [FAQ HotHouse Summer Institute](https://wilmatheater.org/faq-hothouse-summer-institute/) - FAQ - HotHouse Summer Institute I am a current college student studying theater and I don’t have a professional resume. May I apply? If you have theater experience, are a current theater student over the age of 18, and you have the intention to work professionally, you are welcome to apply. What is the payment - [AllStars](https://wilmatheater.org/education/for-kids/all-stars/) - Wilma AllStars After School Theater Program for High Schoolers Wilma AllStars is the young adult theater ensemble of the Wilma Theater. AllStars meet weekly for acting and performance creation workshops led by Wilma Teaching Artists and Hothouse Acting Company Members. AllStars will gain artistic experience through collaboration with peers and professionals. This Spring, AllStars will - [2025-26 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/2025-26-season/) - OUR 2025-26 SEASON 25/26 Season Art by Haeg Design THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON By James Ijames Directed by Brett Ashley RobinsonMarch 17 - April 5, 2026 Behold the feverish Martha Washington, our first First Lady, on her deathbed, surrounded by the enslaved people poised to claim freedom the moment she - [For Schools](https://wilmatheater.org/education/for-schools/) - [DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City](https://wilmatheater.org/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-philadelphia-center-city/) - DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City This Center City hotel is south of City Hall on Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts on Broad Street and steps away from our theater. Amenities include city and river views, a variety of dining options, and a fitness center.DoubleTree by Hilton is our Season Sponsor therefore if you book - [Support](https://wilmatheater.org/support/) - [Wilma Merch](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-merch/) - All other Wilma Merch t-shirts totes hoodies tank tops hats & more! Merch Store - [About](https://wilmatheater.org/about/) - [PJ Digital Program](https://wilmatheater.org/pj-digital-program/) - [Important POOR JUDGE Update](https://wilmatheater.org/important-poor-judge-update/) - An important update and schedule change for our upcoming performances of Poor Judge at the Wilma Hello friends of Pig Iron and the Wilma Theater, I’m writing to let you know about some changes to our upcoming performances of Poor Judge.As many of you know, our beloved Dito van Reigersberg, conceiver and lead performer of - [HotHouse Professional Training](https://wilmatheater.org/hothouse-professional-training/) - HotHouse Professional Training Language started as noises expressing a need, a feeling, an intent to another living being; and that noise… came from the body as a whole HotHouse Resident Acting Company Founder, Blanka Zizka What is HotHouse Professional Training? The practice of embodied acting that draws on a variety of stage-acting methods. HotHouse Founder, - [HotHouse](https://wilmatheater.org/artists/hothouse/) - HotHouse [The Wilma HotHouse] welcomes shows whose daring aesthetics depart from the factory-setting naturalism of most American stages… Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times The Wilma HotHouse Company is the Wilma Theater’s ensemble of actors – an intrepid, process-oriented community of artists who meet regularly to train our bodies and voices in pursuit of deeper and - [Wilma Values](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-values/) - Wilma Values WILMA THEATER ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES Curiosity: A willing, playful, open-minded approach to each encounter, each person, our work and ourselves with an inquisitive imagination about what may emerge. Courage: A desire to approach our work with boldness and openness, despite fear. Care: Thoughtfully considering the needs and wants of others with empathy. Rigor: Fostering an environment - [Frequently Asked Questions about Streaming](https://wilmatheater.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-streaming/) - WHERE DO I PURCHASE A STREAMING TICKET OR SUBSCRIPTION? To purchase tickets and subscriptions for streaming, go to the Wilma website here: https://wilmatheater.gumroad.com/ You’ll purchase access and watch the performance through a website called Gumroad. WHAT IF I ALREADY PURCHASED A DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION? Our Digital Subscribers will receive a unique Promo Code to enter - [The Snow Queen Activity Guide](https://wilmatheater.org/the-snow-queen-activity-guide/) - Printable PDF - [Accessibility](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/accessibility/) - Accessibility The Wilma offers a variety of accessibility accommodations to better serve our audiences. Please contact the Box Office at least 24 hours in advance of the performance if you have any questions about the services we have offered below. Seating Wheelchair accessible seating is available. For your convenience and to guarantee availability, please reserve - [Cafe Chats](https://wilmatheater.org/cafe-chats/) - Cafe Chats WHAT Please join us after particular performances throughout the season for our Cafe Chats, an informal conversation about the show with members of the HotHouse Acting Company in the cast. Grab a drink and a seat and talk about the production with artists and your fellow audience members. Stay for as little or - [Black Affinity Night](https://wilmatheater.org/black-affinity-night-2/) - Black Affinity Night - A SUMMER DAY Join in a curated space for people in the Black community to authentically engage with our shows this season. This season's Black Affinity Nights are:The Snow Queen: 11/21Poor Judge: 1/23Miz Martha: 3/27The America Play: 5/26 These events are PAY WHAT YOU WILMA, meaning you choose what you pay. Pay - [2025 Wilmarket](https://wilmatheater.org/2025-wilmarket/) - Wilma Flea Market & Open House Saturday, October 4, 2025 10:00 AM to 4:00 PMOn stage at the Wilma Theater WILMARKET Returns! Join us and take a piece of the Wilma home with you. We are opening up our stage and filling it with costumes, props, and set pieces from past Wilma shows - all available for purchase - [Group FAQ](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/box-office/group-faq/) - FAQ Please email groupsales@wilmatheater.org with more question or to reserve group tickets. How many people qualify as a "group?"You must have 10 or more people to qualify as a group. What discount do groups get?Groups of 10 or more get a 20% discount. Can I purchase a group of tickets online and get the discount?Yes! 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During her tenure, she started Philly Theatre Week, a region-wide celebration of theatre performance supported by the - [The Wilma's Statement on the rescinded NEA Funding](https://wilmatheater.org/our-statement-on-rescinded-nea-funding/) - The Wilma's Statement on the rescinded NEA Funding - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/frequently-asked-questions-wilma/) - Frequently Asked Questions about the Wilma Theater Q: What is playing at the Wilma stage or streaming? Check out our On Stage page to see the latest. Q: What is your seating chart? Click here to see the Wilma Theater's Seating Chart. Q: How do I make a ticket purchase?Single ticket purchases may be made - [Contact Us](https://wilmatheater.org/about/contact-us/) - Contact Us Box Office: 215-546-7824 | tickets@wilmatheater.orgAdministrative Offices: 215-893-9456 The Wilma Theater is located at the corner of Broad & Spruce Streets in Center City Philadelphia. The mailing address is: Wilma Theater265 S Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19107 - [2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award](https://wilmatheater.org/2024-regional-theatre-tony-award/) - The Wilma Wins a Tony Award! New York, NY (May 22, 2024) – The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor, recognizing a regional theatre company - [Black Affinity Night - THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL](https://wilmatheater.org/black-affinity-night-the-half-god-of-rainfall/) - Black Affinity Night - THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL Join in a curated space for people in the Black community to authentically engage with our Friday, February 21 performance of THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL. Post-show dance party with Nigerian-Amercian DJ AFRVBZ and a special guest drummer from Odunde Festival!!! For more information, visit, www.afrvbz.com. This event is - [Ticketing and Data Associate ](https://wilmatheater.org/ticketing-and-data-associate/) - Ticketing and Data Associate Position Summary The Ticketing and Data Associate (Tessitura) reports to the Audience Engagement Manager and Marketing and Design Manager. The Ticketing and Data Associate is responsible for providing excellent customer service to The Wilma Theater’s guests and is the in-house Tessitura expert in Marketing and Front of House assisting the Marketing - [Audience Engagement Manager ](https://wilmatheater.org/audience-engagement-manager/) - Audience Engagement Manager Position Summary The Wilma Theater is seeking an enthusiastic, personable and customer-focused Audience Engagement Manager to ensure our patrons enjoy exceptional experiences both in-person and online. This dynamic role combines front-of-house management and digital content creation, making it ideal for someone passionate about theater and audience engagement. This person should have a - [Black Affinity Night - THE COMEUPPANCE](https://wilmatheater.org/black-affinity-night-the-comeuppance/) - Black Affinity Night - THE COMEUPPANCE Join in a curated space for people in the Black community to authentically engage with our Friday, December 6 performance of The Comeuppance. This special night, in partnership with Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia (BTAP), is themed Naughty Aughties in honor of THE COMEUPPANCE's class of 2002 reunion. Feel free - [Safety](https://wilmatheater.org/safety/) - Wilma Safety Protocols Updated Mask Policy Audience members who wish to continue wearing masks are always welcome to do so however they are not required for any performance. Should our policies change, we will update this page. Have Any Additional Questions? Please contact us. - [Relaxed Performance Guide](https://wilmatheater.org/relaxed-performance-guide/) - Relaxed Performance Guide What is a Relaxed Performance? A relaxed performance is intended to be responsive to and inclusive of audience members who may benefit from a considered, relaxed environment at the theater, including (but not limited to) those with autistic spectrum conditions, anyone with sensory or communication disorders, learning disabilities, or anyone who wants - [Community Practice Coordinator](https://wilmatheater.org/community-practice-coordinator/) - Community Practice Coordinator Position Summary The Community Practice Coordinator is a position designated to evolve the Wilma Theater’s Portable Studio Programing, help expand outreach to connect audiences to Wilma’s existing accessibility services, and to assist in implementing the Accessible Productions Initiative (API Program). Funded by a William Penn Foundation grant through July 31, 2026, the - [Open Call Audition - November 1, 2024](https://wilmatheater.org/open-call-audition-november-1-2024/) - Open Call Audition - November 1, 2024 The Wilma Theater announces Open Call Auditions for our 2024-25 Season on Friday, November 1st, from 12noon -6pm. We are primarily casting possible understudies for our Spring Season and other opportunities that may arise over the course of the season. Please prepare either ONE monologue not exceeding 3 min - [Education](https://wilmatheater.org/education/) - [Wilma Hothouse Company](https://wilmatheater.org/artists/hothouse-company/) - Wilma Hothouse Company Founded by Artistic Director Emeritus Blanka Zizka, the HotHouse Company is the Wilma's acclaimed, award-winning resident artists. The company meets weekly to train, read plays, and develop their artistry. Most roles in the Wilma's season are cast from the acting company. Learn More About the HotHouse Methods HotHouse Emeritus Kevin MeehanEd SwideyBrian - [OUR 2023-24 SEASON](https://wilmatheater.org/2023-24-season/) - THE WILMA THEATER'S 2023-24 SEASON NOV 24 - DEC 17, 2023 The Pulitzer Prize-winning play finally arrives on stage in Philadelphia, in a celebratory new production, following its limited Broadway run! James Ijames’s riff on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set at a BBQ in the South, and centers Juicy, who is Black, queer, and soft – - [Internships](https://wilmatheater.org/education/internships-and-fellowships/) - Internship Program The Wilma Internship Program provides opportunities to gain valuable experience working at a highly respected regional theater. Interns will learn new skills while being mentored by experienced theater professionals. Our interns serve an important function at the Wilma and are treated as valued members of the staff. Although all interns apply to work - [News & Press](https://wilmatheater.org/about/news-press/) - News & Press For press inquiries, please contact our En Route PR Rep Tracy Buchholz, Tracy@enroutemarketing.com WILMA MEDIA KIT - [Artists](https://wilmatheater.org/artists/) - [Wilma Leadership](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-artistic-directors/) - [Current Season](https://wilmatheater.org/season-3/) - [Wilmagination](https://wilmatheater.org/education/for-schools/wilmagination/) - Wilmagination The students were able to make connections from the themes in the play to content we study in class. The entire process has greatly enhanced the learning of our students. Thank you for making a difference in the lives and learning of our students. This is an experience they will never forget! Carl Ackerman, Constitution - [Pride Night](https://wilmatheater.org/pride-night/) - Pride Night Join us for “Blooming Pride: A Queer Dance Party” at the Wilma following the evening FAT HAM performance. Come dressed in whatever makes you feel most out and proud—your weirdest, most extravagant outfits are encouraged! Show up in drag, show up in leather, show up in the highest heels you own- more is - [Theater of Immediate Response Workshop](https://wilmatheater.org/theater-of-immediate-response-workshop/) - Theater of Immediate Response Workshop Led by Sasha Denisova and Yury Urnov THEATER OF IMMEDIATE RESPONSE is a new term, which comes from Ukranian playwright Sasha Denisova’s unique writing style. Denisova’s work draws from actual texts, speeches, and events, but is not documentary theater; it has fantastical elements, but it is hard to call her - [Black Affinity Night](https://wilmatheater.org/black-affinity-night/) - Black Affinity Night Join in a curated space for people in the Black community to authentically engage with our Tuesday, November 28th performance of Fat Ham. On behalf of WURD Tiffany Bacon (radio personality and Fat Ham costume designer) will be hosting a Q&A with Fat Ham playwright, James Ijames and director, Amina Robinson. Our - [Whenever Ticket redemption](https://wilmatheater.org/whenever-redemption/) - Whenever redemption If you have purchased Whenever tickets, please use this form to choose your dates in our 2023-24 Season. Please submit the form to redeem your ticket at least 48 hours before you wish to attend the show. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOWS IN OUR SEASON - [Ways to Give](https://wilmatheater.org/support/ways-to-give/) - Ways to Give The Wilma Theater relies on financial support from individuals, institutions, and community partners to help continue its mission. Thank you for your generous support! Donate Online Make a one-time, monthly, quarterly, or annual gift using our secure online form. Donate Now Donate by Mail Please complete the donation form and include it - [Twelfth Night program](https://wilmatheater.org/twelfth-night-program/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDIRECTED BY YURY URNOV On stage June 6-25, 2023Streaming June 26-July 23, 2023 Costume Designer Ivania StackLighting Designer Thom WeaverSet Designer Misha KachmanSound Designer/Composer/Music Director Michael KileyProjection Design/Videographer Leslie Rivera Stage Manager Patreshettarlini AdamsProduction Manager Matt ZumboAssistant Director Skye FortTechnical Director Ben HenryDramaturg Kellie MeclearyMovement Coordinator Jungwoong KimCREWAssistant - [Camp Wilma](https://wilmatheater.org/education/for-kids/camp-wilma/) - Camp Wilma I love Camp Wilma. Every year it’s one of my favorite camps. It just gets better and better. I make a lot of new friends here and have a great time with them. Bea Youth aged 10 to 17 take center stage with the Wilma! Your child will work with professional theater artists - [Open Mic redirect](https://wilmatheater.org/event/open-mic-with-jaylene-clark-owens-twelfth-night/) - [The Wilma's 2022-23 Season](https://wilmatheater.org/2022-23-season/) - The Wilma's 2022-23 Season TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDIRECTED BY YURY URNOV JUNE 6-25, 2023 The Wilma boldly reimagines Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy about twins separated by a shipwreck. Set on a beach, the story is about getting to the other side of grief, and moving towards reunion and resolution. SEATING INFORMATION All shows in the - [Season redirect](https://wilmatheater.org/2023-24-season/) - [Dinner and a Show Discount](https://wilmatheater.org/dinner-and-a-show/) - Dinner and a Show Discount Save 10% on Eternal Life Part 1! Eternal Life is a new play, set in the near future, centers on an idealistic family … and the goose that just came with the house. On stage April 11–30 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW HOW TO REDEEM: Use code CENTERCITY10 or click this link to - [School Pictures Program](https://wilmatheater.org/school-pictures-program/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS SCHOOL PICTURES WRITTEN BY AND PERFORMED BY MILO CRAMERDIRECTED BY MORGAN GREEN Nov. 2-20, 2022 PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jean KimSOUND DESIGN, VOCAL COACH, MUSIC DIRECTOR Michael KileyLIGHTING DESIGNER Isabella Gill-GomezVIDEOGRAPHER Les RiveraSTAGE MANAGER Patreshettarlini Adams*ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Sophiann MooreDRAMATURGY The Wilma AllStarsCOVID-19 SAFETY MANAGER Elliot GreerAUDIO ENGINEER Edward SmithHEAD ELECTRICIAN Michael HamletWARDROBE - [Kiss Program](https://wilmatheater.org/kiss-program/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS KISS BY GUILLERMO CALDERÓNDIRECTED BY FADI SKEIKER On stage Jan. 31-Feb. 19, 2023Streaming Feb. 20-March 5, 2023 Assistant Director Zaina Yasmin DanaDramaturg Rayya El Zein Stage Manager Patreshettarlini Adams Assistant Stage Manager Chloe Kincade Dialect Coach Fajer Al-KaisiCovid Safety Officer Elliot Greer Set Designer Jian JungLighting Designer Reza Behjat Costume Designer - [KISS RESOURCES](https://wilmatheater.org/kiss-resources/) - KISS POST-SHOW RESOURCES This note was prepared before the devastating earthquake of February 6, 2023. For resources regarding the latter, please scroll down. Thank you for attending Kiss! Now that you’ve seen the show, we’ve collected some resources and materials that might help you think through the production’s questions and provocations – and then move those - [Cancelled Ticket Form](https://wilmatheater.org/cancelled-ticket-form/) - Cancelled Ticket Form The Wednesday, Feb. 1 performances of Kiss has been cancelled due to a non-COVID related illness. Please use this form to exchange your tickets, turn your ticket to a donation to support the Wilma's mission, request a refund, or exchange to a future performance in our season. All exchange fees will be waived. - [Next Chapter](https://wilmatheater.org/next-chapter/) - The Next Chapter The Wilma has embarked on a new artistic vision called “The Next Chapter.” Under this plan, three new Co-Artistic Directors have been hired by the Wilma’s Board of Directors to collaborate alongside Co-founding Artistic Director Blanka Zizka. Zizka is now sharing the artistic leadership with three acclaimed directors and artists: Morgan Green, - [School Pictures Dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/school-pictures-dramaturgy/) - School Pictures Dramaturgy After living inside the School Pictures universe through rehearsals and discussions, the AllStars - the young adult theater ensemble of the Wilma Theater - gathered to share some stories of their experiences as students here in Philadelphia. - [Those With 2 Clocks Funsavers page](https://wilmatheater.org/2clocksfunsavers/) - Offer for Funsavers Subscribers Take 50% Off any remaining performance of the Wilma Theater's production of the hysterical comedy Those With 2 clocks. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW. HOW TO REDEEM THIS OFFER: Use promo code FUNSAVERS50 to claim this offer, or click the button below. GET YOUR DISCOUNTED TICKETS Cannot be combined with - [Fairview WilmaBill](https://wilmatheater.org/fairview-wilmabill/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS FAIRVIEW BY JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURYDIRECTED BY JAMES IJAMES May 31-June 26, 2022 SET DESIGNER LAWRENCE E. MOTEN IIICOSTUME DESIGNER MAIKO MATSUSHIMALIGHTING DESIGNER THOM WEAVERSOUND DESIGNER DANIEL ISONMOVEMENT COORDINATOR JUSTIN JAINSTAGE MANAGER PATRESHETTARLINI ADAMSASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SUNI B. ROSEDRAMATURG MARIAH GHANTEDI OFFICER NOELLE DIANE JOHNSONINTERIM PRODUCTION MANAGER KATIE CHANCECOVID SAFETY MANAGER KENNY NGUYEN Fairview - [HotHouse Shorts Channel](https://wilmatheater.org/hothouse-shorts-channel/) - Hothouse Shorts Channel NOW AVAILABLE HOLD FAST Find a cozy spot in the dark and watch this stunning short movie – full of gorgeous music and enchanting dance – that meditates back on our sorrowful year in quarantine … and looks forward to the hopeful but changed new world before us. Available until May 15, - [Fairview post-show resources](https://wilmatheater.org/fairview-post-show-resources/) - 'Fairview' post-show resources Thank you so much for attending, Fairview! Now that you’re on the other side of the show, we hope you were able to receive all that it had to offer, and that the performance has you thinking. Below, I’ve included some post-show resources to extend the conversation from Keisha’s gripping monologue and - [The Floor Wipers](https://wilmatheater.org/the-floor-wipers/) - The Floor Wipers Available until May 30, 2022 Enjoy this hilarious sketch about two women who are doing one of America's dirtiest jobs. REVIEW IN THE NEW YORK TIMES Smart, and something I wish other sketch shows, some of which are televised on Saturday nights, would learn from.New York Times READ THE NEW YORK TIMES - [The Rot](https://wilmatheater.org/the-rot/) - The Rot Available until May 30, 2022 Watch this creatively fertile new music video that grapples with the mossy primordial and the dank political. CREATIVE TEAM Conceived by / Composer / Lyricist / Performer: Sarah Gliko*Choreographer / Performer: Campbell O'Hare*Choreographer / Performer: Justin Jain*Lyricist / Performer: Anthony Martinez-Briggs*Audio Mixed and Production: Michael Kiley *Indicates a - [Hold Fast](https://wilmatheater.org/hold-fast/) - HOLD FAST Available until May 30, 2022 Find a cozy spot in the dark and watch this stunning short movie - full of gorgeous music and enchanting dance - that meditates back on our sorrowful year in quarantine ... and looks forward to the hopeful but changed new world before us. Filmed on stage at - [Fairview Dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/fairview-dramaturgy/) - Fairview Dramaturgy RESOURCES Fairview is a daring and adventurous play. It is so aligned with the work that we at the Wilma are always striving to produce. And I can share a little insight from inside the rehearsal room: it has been a major heft to honor what this play asks of us. We understand it will also - [FAIRVIEW Pre-Show Resources](https://wilmatheater.org/fairview-pre-show-resources/) - Fairview Pre-Show Resources A Note from the Dramaturg Fairview is a daring and adventurous play. It is so aligned with the work that we at the Wilma are always striving to produce. And I can share a little insight from inside the rehearsal room: it has been a major heft to honor what this play - [Open Mic](https://wilmatheater.org/event/open-mic-with-jaylene-clark-owens-10/) - [Cherry Orchard WilmaBill](https://wilmatheater.org/cherry-orchard-program/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS THE CHERRY ORCHARD BASED ON THE PLAY BY ANTON CHEKHOVADAPTED BY DMITRY KRYMOV IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WILMA HOTHOUSE COMPANYDIRECTED BY DMITRY KRYMOV On Stage April 12-May 1, 2022Streaming May 2-15, 2022 SET DESIGNER: DMITRY KRYMOV & IRINA KRUZHILINACOSTUME DESIGNER IRINA KRUZHILINALIGHTING DESIGNER THOM WEAVERSOUND DESIGNER DANIEL ISONMOVEMENT COORDINATOR JUNGWOONG KIMSTAGE - [Cherry Orchard Wait List](https://wilmatheater.org/cherry-orchard-wait-list/) - The Cherry Orchard Wait List Please leave your name and email below. We will contact you if seats become available. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. 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Get 50% off your first drink purchase! __________ - [Kill Move Paradise Fundraiser](https://wilmatheater.org/kill-move-paradise-fundraiser/) - Kill Move Paradise Fundraiser for BLM Philly BY JAMES IJAMES DIRECTED BY BLANKA ZIZKA ORIGINALLY PRODUCED AT THE WILMA THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 2018 James Ijames’ New York Times Critics' Pick play Kill Move Paradise tells the story of Isa, Daz, Grif, and Tiny, four Black men who find themselves stuck in a cosmic waiting room in the afterlife. - [Plan Your Visit](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/) - [Code Black Planet](https://wilmatheater.org/code-black-planet/) - Code Black Planet Explore secret transmissions from Black Planet, kaleidoscopic correspondences that cinematically mix spoken word, music, sketch comedy, and more. Available until Jan. 31, 2022 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE LEARN MORE READ: AN INTERVIEW ABOUT ‘CODE BLACK PLANET’ WITH ANTHONY MARTINEZ-BRIGGS Meet the Artists Anthony Martinez-Briggs Conceiver, Writer, Performer Brandon J. Pierce - [Expired](https://wilmatheater.org/expired/) - Expired Available until Jan. 31, 2022 Dive into a cyberspace underworld through this interactive website. Demons, both classical and contemporary, lurk among the virtual artifacts, waiting to be purged. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE LEARN MORE FROM THE CREATORS READ: AN INTERVIEW WITH LEAD ARTIST ROSS BESCHLER Meet the Artists Ross Beschler Lead Artist, - [The Lagniappe Project](https://wilmatheater.org/the-lagniappe-project/) - The Lagniappe Project Available until Jan. 31, 2022 Pull up a seat at this documentary feast, where performer Melanye Finister shares her mother’s recipe for Creole gumbo with residents from Northern Children's Services, attempting to find community and comfort. Meet the Artists Melanye Finister Creator Briana Gause Filmmaker and Editor CREATIVE TEAM Created by Melanye - [Minor Character WilmaBill](https://wilmatheater.org/minor-character-wilmabill/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS MINOR CHARACTER SIX TRANSLATIONS OF UNCLE VANYA AT THE SAME TIME CREATED BY NEW SALOONTEXT BY ANTON CHEKHOVTRANSLATIONS BY MARIAN FELL, LAURENCE SENELICK, PAUL SCHMIDT, CAROL ROCAMORA, MILO CRAMER, AND GOOGLE TRANSLATEORIGINAL MUSIC BY DEEPALI GUPTAADDITIONAL MUSIC BY MICHAEL KILEYORIGINAL DRAMATURGY BY ELLIOT B. QUICKDIRECTED BY YURY URNOV On Stage Oct. 5–24, 2021Streaming - [How to redeem a gift certificate](https://wilmatheater.org/how-to-redeem-a-gift-certificate/) - How to redeem a gift certificate You redeem your gift certificate after adding tickets or subscriptions to your cart at tickets.wilmatheater.org. During checkout, apply the gift certificate by typing the Gift Certificate ID in the field provided, before clicking the Buy Now button. See the image below. When redeeming a gift certificate, please include the - [Ticket Exchange Policy](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/frequently-asked-questions-wilma/ticket-exchange-policy/) - Ticket Exchange Policy One of the many benefits of being a subscriber is the Wilma's Subscriber Ticket Exchange. Call the Box Office at 215.546.7824, stop by, fax us, or email us. You can also mail your tickets to us in advance, along with your request. Single tickets may be exchanged up to 24 hours prior - ['Minor Character' Dramaturgy](https://wilmatheater.org/minor-character-dramaturgy/) - LEARN MORE ABOUT MINOR CHARACTER From Production Dramaturg Kellie Mecleary Real and Ridiculous: Personal Reflections on Chekhov "I have a confession to make. I have historically struggled to connect with Chekhov’s plays." Kellie Mecleary, Production Dramaturg READ THE ESSAY ______________________________ An interview with Minor Character Co-Creator and Wilma Co-Artistic Director Morgan Green READ THE INTERVIEW ______________________________ - [Mailing List](https://wilmatheater.org/about/mailing-list/) - Join Our Mailing List Email First Name Last Name Street City State/Province PostalCode Subscribe - [Heroes Program Rus](https://wilmatheater.org/heroes-program-rus/) - Театр Уилма, Филадельфия, Пенсильвания представляет ГЕРОИ ЧЕТВЁРТОГО ВИТКА Цифровая, сайт-специфик постановка Пьеса: Уилл АрбериПостановка: Бланка Зизка Сценография: Мэт СандерсКамера и монтаж: Йорг КосиноЗвук и перезапись: Кристофер КолуччиКостюмы: Василия Живанич Помощник режиссёра: Патрешетарлини АдамсАссистент оператора: Таж РаучЗвукоинженер: Джо СамалаГардероб: Морган ПортерКОВИД-офицер: Мисси ФёрфСценический бой: Эли ЛиннПродюсер: Келли Меклиари ПЕРСОНАЖИ и АКТЁРЫТЕРЕЗА: Сара ГликоКЕВИН: Джастин ДжейнДЖАСТИН: Джеред МакЛениганЭМИЛИ: - [Heroes program en](https://wilmatheater.org/heroes-program-en/) - The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, PA presents Heroes of the Fourth Turning A digital, site specific production By Will ArberyDirected by Blanka Zizka Production Designer: Matt Saunders Director of Photography/Editor: Jorge CousineauSound Designer/Mix Engineer: Christopher ColucciCostume Designer: Vasilija Zivanic Stage Manager: Patreshettarlini Adams Assistant Director of Photography: Taj RauchSound Engineer: Joe SamalaWardrobe Supervisor: Morgan Porter COVID Officer: Missy FurthFight Consultant: Eli LynnProducer: Kellie Mecleary CASTTERESA: Sarah GlikoKEVIN: Justin JainJUSTIN: Jered McLeniganEMILY: Campbell O’Hare GINA: Mary - [WilmaPass Perks](https://wilmatheater.org/wilmapass-perks/) - WilmaPass Perks Hello! We're pleased to announce WilmaPass Perks! These are exclusive offers for our Subscribers, as a special thank you to them for committing to us during this challenging year. Offers will be sent over email to WilmaPass holders as they become available. Want to promote your business through the WilmaPass Perks program? Contact - [Watch Hold Fast](https://wilmatheater.org/watch-hold-fast/) - HOLD FAST Created by / Sound Design / Creature Construction/ Performer: Steven RishardCamera and Editing: Ben GrinbergLighting: John AllerheiligenOriginal Music: Alex BechtelCostume Consultant: Rebecca KanachPhotography: Johanna Austin LEARN MORE FROM THE CREATOR READ: A Q&A WITH CREATOR STEVEN RISHARD CREATIVE TEAM Created by / Sound Design / Creature Construction/ Performer: Steven Rishard*Camera and Editing: Ben GrinbergLighting: John AllerheiligenOriginal - [Watch Rot](https://wilmatheater.org/watch-rot/) - The Rot Conceived by / Composer / Lyricist / Performer: Sarah GlikoChoreographers / Performers: Campbell O’Hare and Justin JainLyricist / Performer: Anthony Martinez-BriggsAudio Mixed and Production: Michael Kiley LEARN MORE FROM THE CREATORS READ: A Q&A with The Rot Lead Artist Sarah GlikoWATCH: Making of The Rot MEET THE ARTISTS Conceived by / Composer / Lyricist / Performer: Sarah Gliko*Choreographer - [Watch Floor Wipers](https://wilmatheater.org/watch-floor-wipers/) - The Floor Wipers Conceived by / Writer / Performer: Taysha Marie CanalesWriter / Performer: Jaylene Clark OwensWriter / Director: Akeem DavisEditor: Michael Long Enjoy this hilarious sketch about two women who clean the sweat off the floors during basketball games inside the COVID bubble. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FLOOR WIPERS READ: A Q&A WITH CREATOR TAYSHA MARIE CANALES MEET - [Watch The Lagniappe Project](https://wilmatheater.org/watch-lagniappe-project/) - The Lagniappe Project Lead Artist & Creator: Melanye Finister Filmmaker and Editor: Briana Gause COOK MELANYE'S GUMBO TRY OUT THE GUMBO RECIPE MEET THE ARTISTS Melanye Finister* Creator Briana Gause Filmmaker and Editor In partnership with Northern Children’s Services *Indicates a member of the Wilma HotHouse Company ABOUT NORTHERN CHILDREN'S SERVICES Northern Children’s Services supports - [Watch Expired](https://wilmatheater.org/watch-expired/) - Expired Lead Artist & Co-Creator / Performer: Ross Beschler Co-Creators / Performers: Suli Holum, Matteo Scammell, Lindsay Smiling Co-Creator & Web Designer: Brenna Geffers CLICK HERE TO EXPERIENCE EXPIRED WANT A GUIDE INTO THE UNDERWOLRD? Expired is unlike anything the Wilma has done before. If you are feeling confused by the experience, watch this video to get an - [Watch Code Black Planet](https://wilmatheater.org/watch-code-black-planet/) - Code Black Planet Conceived by Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Brandon J. Pierce & Taj Rauch Written & Performed by Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Jaylene Clark Owens, Malika Oyetimein, Brandon J. Pierce & Taj Rauch Directed by Malika Oyetimein AUDIO DESCRIBED VERSION Click here to watch an audio described version of the Code Black Planet. LEARN MORE ABOUT CODE BLACK - [Minor Character](https://wilmatheater.org/event/minor-character/) - Minor Character SIX TRANSLATIONS OF UNCLE VANYA AT THE SAME TIME CREATED BY NEW SALOONTEXT BY ANTON CHEKHOVTRANSLATIONS BY MARIAN FELL, LAURENCE SENELICK, PAUL SCHMIDT, CAROL ROCAMORA, MILO CRAMER, AND GOOGLE TRANSLATEDIRECTED BY YURY URNOV DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED ENJOYABLE OFF-BEAT FUN ​BROADWAYWORLD A zany reworking of one of modern theater’s classic stories, Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Six translations – including - [LATEST UPDATES ON OUR INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ANTI-RACISM, AND ACCESS WORK](https://wilmatheater.org/accountability/) - LATEST UPDATES ON OUR INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ANTI-RACISM, AND ACCESS WORK July 21, 2021 New and Refined Policies, Practices, and Procedures - and Our Organizational Values Since we posted our response to the We See You White American Theatre Coalition in September 2020, we have continued to do the important work of creating new policies, - [Co-Founder Blanka Zizka to become Artistic Director Emeritus](https://wilmatheater.org/blanka-zizka-news/) - Co-Founder Blanka Zizka to become Artistic Director Emeritus Wilma Theater’s Blanka Zizka to Step Back at the end of 2020-21 Season. The Wilma Theater’s Co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka has announced on July 31, 2021 she will step back from the theater she co-founded. After emigrating from Czechoslovakia, Zizka and her late husband Jiri Zizka directed - [A Note from Blanka](https://wilmatheater.org/a-note-from-blanka/) - A Note from Blanka In 1978 in Philadelphia, together with my husband Jiri Zizka, I encountered the artists working in a small collaborative company called the Wilma Project. Video from Vilcek Foundation Slideshow Share your memories Please use this space to share memories from your favorite productions directed by Blanka, your favorite stories of working - [HotHouse Shorts WilmaPass Channel](https://wilmatheater.org/hothouse-shorts-wilmapass-channel/) - Hothouse Shorts Channel This page has moved. Please click here to access the HotHouse Shorts. - [June 2021 Survey](https://wilmatheater.org/june-2021-survey/) - June 2021 Survey Thank you for filling out this survey, and helping us plan for the future of the Wilma. If you fill out this survey by 11:59 pm on Friday, June 18, you will be automatically entered in a raffle for a $100 GrubHub gift card. - [Wilma GIFs](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-gifs/) - [Remaining WilmaPass Tickets](https://wilmatheater.org/remaining-wilmapass-tickets/) - Form to Redeem Remaining WilmaPass Tickets Thank you for being a WilmaPass holder during this challenging season! We hope you enjoyed our digital performances of Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Fat Ham, and the HotHouse Shorts. Please review the email sent by our box office to see how many WilmaPass tickets you still have unredeemed. - [Fat Ham WilmaBill](https://wilmatheater.org/fat-ham-wilmabill/) - THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS Fat Ham by James Ijamesdirected by Morgan Green DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Leslie Rivera PRODUCTION DESIGNER Sara Brown COSTUMES Maiko MatsushimaSOUND AND MUSIC Jordan McCreeLIGHTING Xavier Pierce EDITOR Leslie RiveraSOUND EDITING AND MIXING Jordan McCreeSTAGE MANAGER Patreshettarlini Adams EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICER Noelle Diane Johnson ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Briana Gause ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Taj Rauch CO-LIGHTING DESIGNER Rachael Blackwell SOUND ENGINEER - [Fat Ham press screener](https://wilmatheater.org/fat-ham-press-screener/) - Fat Ham BY JAMES IJAMESDIRECTED BY MORGAN GREEN FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WAS PROVIDED BY: HONORARY PRODUCERS Season Honorary ProducersLinda and David Glickstein Lead Honorary ProducerCarole Haas Gravagno Honorary Producers CircleTobey and Mark DichterHelen and Herman FalaRobert FoleyEva and Michael LeedsMari ShawJeralyn Svanda THE CREATIVE TEAM James Ijames PLAYWRIGHTMorgan Green DIRECTORBrennen S. Malone JUICYKimberly S. - [Welcome to Opening Night!](https://wilmatheater.org/welcome-to-opening-night/) - Fat Ham BY JAMES IJAMESDIRECTED BY MORGAN GREEN FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WAS PROVIDED BY: HONORARY PRODUCERS Season Honorary ProducersLinda and David Glickstein Lead Honorary ProducerCarole Haas Gravagno Honorary Producers CircleTobey and Mark DichterHelen and Herman FalaRobert FoleyEva and Michael LeedsMari ShawJeralyn Svanda THE CREATIVE TEAM James Ijames PLAYWRIGHTMorgan Green DIRECTORBrennen S. Malone JUICYKimberly S. - [Welcome to the Virtual Wilma Fete!](https://wilmatheater.org/welcome-to-the-virtual-wilma-fete/) - Welcome to the Virtual Wilma Fete! [chatroll width='100%' height='100%' id='L12HTZSbHjC' name='2021-virtual-fete-feat-low-cut-connie' apikey='vrmwneqewdpzznks' domain='chatroll.com'] And after the party, it's the after party! The afterparty and help desk are now closed. If you need assistance, please call our Box Office at (215) 546-7824. Remotely! Six feet apart everybody! Are you having technical issues?Come stop by our help - [Virginia Land Acknowledgement](https://wilmatheater.org/virginia-land-acknowledgement/) - Virginia Land Acknowledgement by Fat Ham Equity Diversity and Inclusion Officer Noelle Diane Johnson We acknowledge that we are living and working on land that is not ours. We acknowledge that the Monacan people are the original people of this land. The Monacan people once dominated the region that is now called Virginia and after - [Fete](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete-2021/) - [Fat Ham](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham/) - Fat Ham BY JAMES IJAMESDIRECTED BY MORGAN GREEN COMING IN EARLY 2021 The ghost of Juicy’s dad haunts him and asks for revenge – on Juicy’s uncle, who has now married his widowed mom. Sound familiar? Yes, but … This contemporary adaption of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set in the American South, explores big issues (like toxic masculinity - [Wilma Theater Survey](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-theater-survey/) - Wilma Theater Survey This survey will take about 5 minutes to complete. Your participation in this survey will help us to plan for the future. Please complete it to be entered to win a $50 gift card for GrubHub as a show of our appreciation. - [Wilma Theater Survey - WilmaPass](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-theater-survey-wilmapass/) - Wilma Theater Survey This survey will take about 5 minutes to complete. Your participation in this survey will help us to plan for the future. Please complete to before Monday, March 1 to be entered to win a $50 gift card for GrubHub as a show of our appreciation. - [Audio Described Version "Code Black Planet" Request](https://wilmatheater.org/audio-described-version-code-black-planet-request/) - Request an Audio Described Version of "Code Black Planet" Please submit the form below to request a link to the audio described version of "Code Black Planet." The link will appear after you complete the form, and will also be emailed to you. - [Heroes of the Fourth Turning](https://wilmatheater.org/event/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning/) - Heroes of the Fourth Turning BY WILL ARBERYDIRECTED BY BLANKA ZIZKA Four Catholic conservative friends gather at a backyard party in Wyoming. Their reunion sparks riveting debates that are by turns hilarious, repulsive, and surprisingly seductive. Winner of the 2020 Obie Award for Playwriting, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, and the - [Giving Tuesday](https://wilmatheater.org/giving-tuesday/) - 3 Ways You Can Help Support the Arts This Giving Tuesday, you can make a huge different to arts organizations like the Wilma! Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, we at the Wilma are proud to have continued to employ artists and engage with audiences and students throughout Philadelphia. None of this work would be possible without - [Heroes of the Fourth Turning Wilmabill](https://wilmatheater.org/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning-wilmabill/) - The Wilma Theater presents Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arberydirected by Blanka Zizka Production Designer: Matt Saunders Director of Photography/Editor: Jorge CousineauSound Designer/Mix Engineer: Christopher ColucciCostume Designer: Vasilija Zivanic Stage Manager: Patreshettarlini Adams Assistant Director of Photography: Taj RauchSound Engineer: Joe SamalaWardrobe Supervisor: Morgan Porter COVID Officer: Missy Furth Fight Consultant: Eli LynnProducer: Kellie Mecleary CAST - [How to Have Difficult Conversations with Loved Ones When You Disagree](https://wilmatheater.org/how-to-have-difficult-conversations-with-loved-ones-when-you-disagree/) - How to Have Difficult Conversations with Loved Ones When You Disagree In preparation for Heroes of the Fourth Turning, the Wilma Portable Studio is looking for suggestions for how to handle difficult conversations with loved ones where there is a disagreement. We will post the best advice we hear, while gathering advice from experts, to - [Heroes redirect](https://wilmatheater.org/event/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning/) - [How to Make a Vision Board with Elaina Di Monaco](https://wilmatheater.org/how-to-make-a-vision-board-with-elaina-di-monaco/) - How to Make a Vision Board with Elaina Di Monaco Imagine a production from a director’s point of view, and create this fun craft project! A free lesson from the Wilma Virtual Studio, our education department’s digital learning resources for actors, teachers, and students. SEE MORE LESSONS - [How to Break Down a Monologue with Danielle Leneé](https://wilmatheater.org/how-to-break-down-a-monologue-with-danielle-lenee/) - How to Break Down a Monologue with Danielle Leneé In this video, Wilma teaching artist and actor extraordinaire Danielle Leneé goes through the basics of deciphering and performing a monologue! A free lesson from the Wilma Virtual Studio, our education department’s digital learning resources for actors, teachers, and students. - [Wilma Virtual Studio](https://wilmatheater.org/wilma-virtual-studio/) - WILMA VIRTUAL STUDIO The Wilma Education Department's Virtual Studio provided free virtual theater lessons and activity prompts for children and adults during the pandemic. How to Break Down a Monologue with Danielle Leneé Wilma teaching artist and actor extraordinaire Danielle Leneé goes through the basics of deciphering and performing a monologue! WATCH How to Make - [Theater Mask Making](https://wilmatheater.org/theater-mask-making/) - Theater Mask Making Learn how to make theatrical masks with the Wilma Virtual Studio, our education department's digital learning resources for actors, teachers, and students. WATCH THIS VIDEO SEE MORE LESSONS - [Learn Juggling with Scott Sheppard](https://wilmatheater.org/learn-juggling-with-scott-sheppard/) - Learn Juggling at home with Scott Sheppard Learn how to juggle with the Wilma Virtual Studio, our education department’s digital learning resources for actors, teachers, and students. - [Blue Star Military Family](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/box-office/blue-star-military-family/) - Blue Star Military Family The Wilma Theater has a long-standing commitment to the military personnel in our community, and we welcome you to our theater. All active military personnel with a military ID can receive one free ticket per ID. In addition, guests and veterans can enjoy subsidized tickets for $25 (veterans without military ID - [Blog](https://wilmatheater.org/blog/) - The Wilma Theater Blog - [Code Blue](https://wilmatheater.org/code-blue/) - Code Blue JOIN THE WILMA THEATER MAILING LIST Two men, caught in the chaos of contemporary America. One man, working inside a hospital during the COVID pandemic, comes to grasp the volatility of what it means to be "essential." The other frantically parrots President Trump's rhetoric. This powerful short digital production, directed by Wilma Artistic - [Individual Donors](https://wilmatheater.org/support/special-thanks/individual-donors/) - Individual Donors A Special Note to Our DonorsThis list acknowledges donations as of January 1, 2020. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies and kindly notify us by contacting Development Department at 215-893-9456 x109. + denotes five year consecutive donors* denotes donations to the Theater Lovers Fête 2018 The Premiere - [Feedback form](https://wilmatheater.org/feedback-form/) - Feedback form Thank you for taking the time to write to us about our Wilma Globe and our upcoming Season. Please leave your feedback in the form below. - [Code Blue registration](https://wilmatheater.org/code-blue-registration/) - 'Code Blue' registration Fill out this registration form to receive the link to view Code Blue. The link will be sent to the email you provide in this form. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support this and future Wilma projects by clicking here. By submitting this form, you agree to receive marketing emails - [Past Shows](https://wilmatheater.org/artists/past-shows/) - Past Shows - [Is God Is form](https://wilmatheater.org/is-god-is-form/) - Is God Is form Thank you so much for donating your Is God Is tickets to the Wilma! Your donation is critical to supporting our artists during this forced intermission, and we couldn't be more grateful. ALL TICKET BUYERS WHO DONATE THEIR TICKETS WILL GET FIRST ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL PRODUCTION UPON ITS RELEASE. Please - [Mab Lib Monologue](https://wilmatheater.org/mab-lib-monologue/) - Mab Lib Monologue Are you a writer and/or performer looking for inspiration? Write and perform a new monologue using these prompts from Teaching Artist Marissa Kennedy. Choose a household non-human object - such as a chair, plant, or pet - to recite your monologue to.Choose from one of these first lines:"So this is where you've - [Virtual Bingo With Donovan Lockett](https://wilmatheater.org/virtual-bingo-with-donovan-lockett/) - Virtual Bingo With Donovan Lockett Check out our Bingo Board (click here to download and print) and complete your activities to get BINGO. GET MORE PROMPTS AND LESSONS FROM OUR VIRTUAL STUDIO - [Mad Lib Monologue Submission](https://wilmatheater.org/mad-lib-monologue-submission/) - Mad Lib Monologue Submission - [The James Ijames Haiku Play Project](https://wilmatheater.org/the-james-ijames-haiku-play-project/) - The James Ijames Haiku Play Project I’ve been writing little haiku poems and plays for a while. I like the form because it forces me to be specific and clear. How can I create a story or character or an emotional arc with a 3 line, 5/7/5 structure? Can I build a world in 3 - [James Ijames Haiku Play Submission](https://wilmatheater.org/james-ijames-haiku-play-submission/) - James Ijames Haiku Play Submission - [Is God Is Redirect](/event/is-god-is/) - [Production](https://wilmatheater.org/productions/) - [Renaissance Redirect](/event/renaissance-in-the-belly-of-a-killer-whale/) - [Describe the Night Redirect](/event/describe-the-night/) - [Wilma Blog](http://blog.wilmatheater.org) - [Wilmagination Inquiry](https://wilmatheater.org/education/for-schools/wilmagination/wilmagination-inquiry/) - [For Adult Artists](/education/hothouse-summer-intensive/) - [Jiri Zizka](https://wilmatheater.org/about/mission-history/jiri-zizka/) - Jiri Zizka Jiri Zizka (Co-Founding Artistic Director), born in Prague and educated at Charles IV University, became an Artist in Residence at the Wilma in 1979 and co-Artistic Director in 1981, where he directed over 70 productions. Some of the highlights included Orwell’s Animal Farm, Camus’ The Stranger, Brecht’s Mother Courage, Capeks’ The Insect Comedy, - [Other Events](https://wilmatheater.org/other-events/) - Other Events - [Institutional Donors](https://wilmatheater.org/support/special-thanks/institutional-donors/) - Institutional Donors A Special Note to Our DonorsThis list acknowledges donations as of June 30, 2018. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies and kindly notify us by contacting the Development Department at 215-893-9456 x109. * denotes donations to the Theater Lovers Fête 2017 Foundation, Government & Corporate Donors Abbot - [Special Thanks](https://wilmatheater.org/support/special-thanks/) - [Wilma Young Friends](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/box-office/wilma-young-friends/) - Wilma Young Friends Join other young professionals for pre- and post-show discussions accompanied by light refreshments. Bring and meet Young Friends and see the adventurous art that can only be experienced at the Wilma. Wilma Young Friends Committee Comprised of Wilma patrons ages 21-40, the Wilma Young Friends Committee engages their peers through the planning - [Artistic Leadership](/artist/blanka-zizka/) - Artistic Leadership - [HotHouse Intensive Application](https://wilmatheater.org/education/for-artists/hothouse-summer-intensive/application/) - HotHouse Intensive Application - [Fellowship Application](https://wilmatheater.org/education/internships-and-fellowships/fellowship-application/) - Fellowship Application - [Group Tickets Inquiry](https://wilmatheater.org/visit/box-office/group-tickets-inquiry/) - Group Tickets Inquiry - [For Community](/education/for-community/portable-studio/) - For Community - [Current Show Bios](https://wilmatheater.org/artists/current-show-bios/) - Current Show Bios ## Events - [Horsegirl & Cowdaddy](https://wilmatheater.org/event/horsegirl-cowdaddy/) - *World Premiere* Horsegirl, a trans woman in her thirties, lives a life of routine alongside her father, Cowdaddy, in a forgotten town in Pennsylvania - until she falls in love with a new-to-town teacher, triggering a physical transformation in the wake of which Horsegirl must decide for herself what a happy life looks like. - [FETE 2026: Spring Soiree Under the Marquee](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete-2026/) - [The America Play](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-america-play/) - Step right up! Dig into the holes of American history. In the Press The Wilma Theater presents Suzan-Lori Parks’s The America Play - Broad Street Review Lindsay Smiling stars as a Black Foundling Father in 'The America Play' - The Philadelphia Tribune History takes center stage: Philly theaters go all in telling America’s story ahead of - [Open Mic](https://wilmatheater.org/event/openmic/) - We ask all planning to attend to confirm with securing a ticket which is free, however we suggest a donation of $10.00 if you're able. The event will be in-person, in the Wilma Theater Lobby from 7-8:30pm. Whether you come to listen or share, we hope to see you there! If interested in participating - [THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-most-spectacularly-lamentable-trial-of-miz-martha-washington/) - Streaming April 9 - May 3 In The Press Inquirer: The Weekend | See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this week The Philadelphia Citizen: Taking the Stage that Trump Set, guest commentary by Co-Artistic Director Lindsay Smiling American Theatre Magazine: "James Ijames’s plays are integral to Philly’s theatre community and to the - [Fat Ham](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham-2/) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning play finally arrives on stage in Philadelphia, in a celebratory new production, following its limited Broadway run! James Ijames’s riff on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set at a BBQ in the South, and centers Juicy, who is Black, queer, and soft – and learning to love himself. “A hilarious yet profound tragedy - [JACQUELINE NOVAK: 2026 TOUR](https://wilmatheater.org/event/jacqueline-novak-2026-tour/) - ALL NEW SHOW! Jacqueline Novak is a touring comedian and writer. Her solo show Get On Your Knees sold out major New York runs at the Cherry Lane Theatre and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, toured nationally and internationally, and is now streaming on Netflix; the special, directed by Natasha Lyonne, received an Emmy nomination, praised - [The Little Prince](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-little-prince-2026/) - Whimsical adventures of love and friendship are recounted by a little prince from a faraway planet. Bring your kids, cousins, grandmas, and grown-ups. All Ages (recommended for ages 7+) - [The Animal Farm Project](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-animal-farm-project/) - The all-too-timely satirical classic about an animal rebellion adapted for the stage with a heaping of Wilma magic on top. - [Mx. Rogers' Neighborhood: You Can Never Go Down The Drain](https://wilmatheater.org/event/down-the-drain/) - Wilma Welcomes As Mr. Rogers always said: no matter how bad things are “you can never go down the drain.” Or can you? Hop aboard Trolley and take a gay romp into Mx. Rogers’ Neighborhood! In this irreverently tender parody, The Bearded Ladies' Rose Jarboe takes off her heels to put on…other heels…and ask earnest - [Poor Judge - A Pig Iron Production](https://wilmatheater.org/event/poor-judge-a-pig-iron-production-2/) - Streaming Feb 2nd - 22nd - [WILMA WELCOMES - Alex Edelman: What Are You Going To Do](https://wilmatheater.org/event/alex-edelman/) - One of the most critically hailed comedians of his generation, Alex Edelman is best known for solo shows that blur the line between his stand-up comedy roots and narrative-driven storytelling. His last offering, JUST FOR US, played more than 500 performances all over the world before premiering as an HBO original comedy special in April - [The Snow Queen](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-snow-queen/) - Read and Do Resources - [A Summer Day](https://wilmatheater.org/event/asummerday/) - A Summer Day will be available to stream July 7 - 27 Experience the haunting beauty of Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, directed by inventive Co-Artistic Director Yury Urnov (Mr. Burns, Minor Character, 12th Night) in a production that delves into the depths of human connection, memory, and existential longing. Is there one - [Archduke](https://wilmatheater.org/event/archduke/) - STREAMING May 8 - June 1 Three boys – Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabež, and Nedeljko Čabrinović – are recruited by a mysterious organization with promises of glory, purpose, and a sandwich. Their depraved Captain sends the boys on a mission he claims will restore order and justice to their struggling nation and avenge the unfairness of - [Virtual Personal Pantheons with Brett Ashley Robinson](https://wilmatheater.org/event/personal-pantheons-with-brett-ashley-robinson/) - A Two-Session ZOOM Workshop: Sunday, June 15 | 6:00-9:00pm Sunday, June 22 | 6:00-9:00pm Location: Zoom Cost: $200.00 (At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.) Enrollment Deadline: Saturday, June 14 Workshop Description Dive deeper into your own creative impulses. In this inspiring two-session workshop, each participant will - [Dramaturgy 101 with Kellie Mecleary](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dramaturgy-101-with-kelly-mecleary/) - A Three-Session Workshop: Monday, June 2 | 6:00-9:00pm Monday, June 9 | 6:00-9:00pm Monday, June 16 | 6:00-9:00pm Location: The Studio at the Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St Cost: $300 (At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.) Enrollment Deadline: Friday, May 30 Workshop Description Nerd out - [Movement for Actors with Steven Rishard](https://wilmatheater.org/event/movement-for-actors-with-steven-rishard/) - A Two-Session Workshop: Saturday, June 14 | 10:00am-1:00pm Sunday, June 15 | 10:00am-1:00pm Location: The Studio at the Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St Cost: $250 (At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.) Enrollment Deadline: Thursday, June 12 Workshop Description In this group class students will explore - [Fete Silent Auction](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete-sa2025/) - Welcome to the 2025 Fete Silent Auction! You'll find all of these items available for bidding under the marquee. Bidding starts at 7:30 pm and ends at 9:45 pm! You don't need to be present to win, but stick around if you want to pick up your item on site! Contact Danielle Pisechko about Proxy - [FETE 2025: Spring Soiree Under the Stars](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete-2025/) - Tickets available at the door! Join us! Check out our fantastic event sponsors! 6:00pm VIP Buffet Dinner 7:30 pm Spring Soiree Ridgeland Mansion 4100 Chamounix Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19131 This year's Fete: Spring Soiree Under the Stars, honoring Carole Haas Gravagno, will be a celebration of the passionate support she has given to the - [Describe the Night](https://wilmatheater.org/event/describe-the-night/) - When we say that something is true, it becomes true. When we say that something is false, it becomes false. This Obie Award Winner explores the blurred lines between lies, history and conspiracy theories, as it tracks back and forth across 90 years of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Rajiv Joseph’s (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad - [Romeo and Juliet](https://wilmatheater.org/event/romeo-and-juliet/) - Blanka Zizka and the HotHouse Company bring their visceral and contemporary style to Shakespeare's tragic love story, creating a timely exploration of unconditional love attempting to reconcile unforgivable violence. [Zizka] is a rigorous director whom actors praise for the expectations she sets and the way she invites them to expand their craft. She’s been at - [Big Love](https://wilmatheater.org/event/big-love/) - An idyllic Italian villa. Suddenly, the golden summer evening is shattered by the arrival of fifty runaway brides, fleeing a mysterious arranged marriage. And a spectacular, unique piece of theater begins. A sensation at the famed Brooklyn Academy of Music, Big Love draws on almost every kind of theatrical performance to tell the story of - [Wintertime](https://wilmatheater.org/event/wintertime/) - The visionary author of last season’s hit Big Love strikes out in a bold new direction: a surreal romantic tragicomedy written with the wit of a post-modern Noel Coward. When Jonathan and Ariel come to his family’s summer home in the snowy wintertime, they think they’re in for some amorous solitude. They couldn’t be more - [Raw Boys](https://wilmatheater.org/event/raw-boys/) - From the pen of Dael Orlandersmith, Pulitzer Prize finalist for Yellowman, comes this blistering account of two Irish brothers’ coming-of-age. After a childhood of suffering at the hands of his father, Billy escapes for New York to fulfill his dream of acting. Years later, he sends for his brother, Shane, who soon follows and finds - [Red](https://wilmatheater.org/event/red/) - Journey where few Westerners ever go. . . the fascinating world of Chinese opera. Experience its startling sights and sounds. With breathtaking simplicity, an exciting new playwright evokes that ancient spectacle. Three main characters circle each other, in a battle of wits that slowly reveals a powerful tragedy. For there is more to their relationship - [The Pillowman](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-pillowman/) - Brace yourself for the suspenseful, twisted comedy from the brilliantly talented Irish author of The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Lieutenant of Inishmore that The New York Times hailed as “the season’s most exciting and original new play”. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and 2 Tony Awards, The Pillowman is - [Cloud 9](https://wilmatheater.org/event/cloud-9/) - Cloud 9 was Churchill’s first international hit. Set in a corner of the Victorian British Empire, and later in 1979 London, this sexy and bitingly funny appraisal of society, colonialism, marriage and family – complete with gender-bending and cross-dressing – has deservedly become a beloved modern classic. - [Orpheus Descending](https://wilmatheater.org/event/orpheus-descending/) - This searing drama focuses on a wandering guitar player, his friendship with the storekeeper's wife, Lady, and the town that turns violently against them. This classic play, by one of America's greatest playwrights, shows how social prejudice in a small, southern town threatens the lives of designated outsiders. - [The Magic Fire](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-magic-fire/) - Meet the Berg family -- a chaotic mix of Jews and Gentiles, Viennese and Italians, cultured intellectuals and self-dramatizing prima donnas. Soaring classical music is as much a part of their lives as raucous family get-togethers -- and raucous family arguments. You'll enjoy the rowdy, delightful comedy of this memorable group, and you'll never forget - [Quills](https://wilmatheater.org/event/quills/) - It is 1807 and a notorious writer has been locked away in a lunatic asylum outside of Paris. Despite the institution's desperate attempts to quell his quill, he goes to unimaginable lengths to pen his fantastical tales, much to his captors' chagrin. A 1996 Obie Award-winning Off-Broadway hit, this outrageous new American comedy celebrates the - [The Psychic Life of Savages](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-psychic-life-of-savages/) - A witty, outrageous new play about lunatics, lovers, and poet laureates. Inspired by eccentricities, infidelities, and poet excesses of several notorious contemporary poets, playwright Amy Freed takes a savagely funny look at the perils of genius. Join Bob, Ted, Anne and Sylvia as they trade poems and partners at the intersection of love and literature. - [Les Liaisons Dangereuses](https://wilmatheater.org/event/les-liaisons-dangereuses/) - A brilliant adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' famous novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a sophisticated comedy about the satanic magnetism of two noble conspirators, a comedy of the highest theatrical kind - edged with danger, replete with pain, reminding us that lives can be ruined with the flick of a well-turned phrase. A poignant portrayal - [The Cripple of Inishmaan](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-cripple-of-inishmaan/) - On an island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, where the villagers are paralyzed by desires to be elsewhere, word comes that a Hollywood director is filming a documentary on a neighboring island. This eccentric comedy, filled with a host of charming characters and plot twists, arrives from the author who at age - [Love & Anger](https://wilmatheater.org/event/love-anger/) - Peter Maxwell, a high-powered lawyer, experiences a spiritual rebirth after suffering a life-threatening mortality and morality check. His fate? To take on the most powerful man in the city: the owner of a tabloid newspaper. Far removed from his successful law firm, in a dingy basement office, with the help of an unusual judge and - [The Ruling Class](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-ruling-class/) - When the widowed 13th Earl of Gurney dies abruptly -- in a truly compromising position -- the surviving Gurneys conspire to unseat his unlikely heir and reclaim their ancestral estate. Playwright Peter Barnes brings his peer-less sense of humor to this biting satire on the British aristocracy. - [Avenue X](https://wilmatheater.org/event/avenue-x/) - An exhilarating new a cappella musical celebrating the vibrant rhythms of doo-wop, rock-n-roll, gospel, blues and jazz. Set against the volatile backdrop of a racially-mixed Brooklyn neighborhood in 1963, AVENUE X is a joyous testament to the power of the human voice. - [The Half-God of Rainfall](https://wilmatheater.org/event/thehalfgodofrainfall/) - Streaming March 6-30 Nigerian-born British poet and playwright Inua Ellams blends Yoruba and Greek mythologies into an incredible story of a demigod-turned-NBA superstar in The Half-God of Rainfall. The epic poem follows a half-Nigerian mortal, half-Greek God named Demi, who possesses extraordinary powers yet is burdened by the expectations of his lineage. Demi’s powers grow - [Animal Farm](https://wilmatheater.org/event/animalfarm/) - Limited tickets will be available at the door! Come and see the HotHouse Acting Company and special guests do a reading of the play that started it all! The Wilma Theater's production of ANIMAL FARM in 1979 was the first co-directed by Jiri and Blanka Zizka. We seek to honor their amazing legacy and showcase - [Scene Study for the Professional Actor](https://wilmatheater.org/event/scene-study-for-the-professional-actor/) - A Five-Session Workshop: Sunday, April 20 | 6-9pm Monday, April 21 | 6-9pm Sunday, April 27 | 6-9pm Monday, April 28 | 6-9pm Sunday, May 4 | 6-9pm Location: The Studio at the Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St Cost: $475 (At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.) - [Word Play: Mining the Text with Krista Apple](https://wilmatheater.org/event/word-play-mining-the-text-with-krista-apple/) - A Two-Session Workshop: Sunday, February 23 6:00-9:00pm Monday, February 24 6:00-9:00pm Location: The Studio at the Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St Cost: $250.00 (At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.) Workshop Description Word Play: Mining the Text is for beginning and experienced actors alike who are seeking - [The Bearded Ladies NUTS!!!](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-bearded-ladies-cabaret-nuts/) - THE BEARDED LADIES NUTS!!! : A Squirrelly Sing-A-Long for a world gone nuts! The Bearded Ladies welcome you to acorny afternoon of sing-a-long songs with a live band for a world gone nuts! Led by squirrel-in-chief Jarbeaux and featuring Bearded Ladies hosts Jess Conda, Cookie Diorio, and Jackie Soro. THIS PERFORMANCE IS FAMILY FRIENDLY! - [Clay](https://wilmatheater.org/event/clay/) - Brew a warm cup of tea and listen to these intriguing audio tales, which intertwine to tell the surprisingly poignant story of one everyday object. READ: A Q&A WITH LEAD ARTIST & PERFORMER KRISTA APPLE - [Fat Ham - Digital 2020](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham/) - Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama! We will be producing FAT HAM in our 2023-24 Season. LEARN MORE. A witty take on Shakespeare's Hamlet where the only death is the patriarchy. The ghost of Juicy’s dad haunts him and asks for revenge – on Juicy’s uncle, who has now married his widowed mom. Sound familiar? - [The Cherry Orchard digital production](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-cherry-orchard-digital-production/) - This was the streaming version of our thrilling sold out production of The Cherry Orchard. Filmed and edited to give you the best view of this stunning new production! REVIEWS AND ARTICLES "Wild-hearted ... thrilling ... spirited and messy and funny" -New York Magazine READ THE REVIEW "Chaotic and beautiful and astoundingly funny and - [Minor Character - Digital](https://wilmatheater.org/event/minor-character-digital/) - The latest digital theater from the Wilma, which has "perfected beautiful film-stage hybrids" (New York Times). This is the streaming version of our zany remix of Uncle Vanya. Filmed with four cameras in front of a live audience, and edited to give you the best views of the action! REVIEWS “A COMIC GEM, an exploration - [A reading of "Bad Roads"](https://wilmatheater.org/event/a-reading-of-bad-roads/) - Join us at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. for a reading of Bad Roads - an acclaimed play by Ukrainian writer Natal'ya Vorozhbit - to raise funds for Voices of Children Foundation. Featuring Wilma HotHouse Acting Company members Donations made while reserving your tickets to the reading will - [A Staged Reading of ARCHDUKE](https://wilmatheater.org/event/reading-archduke/) - Join us for a special one-night-only event! Wilma Theater's Founding Artistic Director Blanka Zizka returns to the Wilma for one night to present a staged reading of Rajiv Joseph’s ARCHDUKE on February 29th. The reading will be performed by a select group of our very own Wilma HotHouse Acting Company members. Curtain is at 7 - [FETE 2024: Summer Solstice Under the Stars](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete2024/) - Tickets can be purchased at the door! Find information about our Silent Auction offerings here. We are so excited to announce our annual gala will have a brand-new spin! This special evening, curated by our wonderful HotHouse Company, will celebrate the special alchemy of the Wilma and the artists who define our work and mission. - [Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret](https://wilmatheater.org/event/martha-graham-cracker-cabaret/) - Part of the WilmaWelcomes Series Philadelphia's favorite drag queen and her band return to the Wilma for the first time this decade with their in-your-face rock-and-roll drag cabaret that sits at the rare intersection of drag, theater, comedy, performance art, and live music. Martha (who is played by Pig Iron Theatre Company co-founder Dito - [TheaterWorksUSA’s Dog Man: The Musical](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dogman/) - Part of the WilmaWelcomes Series TheaterWorksUSA’s Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious production based on the worldwide bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club. 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 and write a musical - [Can I Be Frank?](https://wilmatheater.org/event/can-i-be-frank/) - Part of the WilmaWelcomes Series 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 1987 show, Frank Maya Talks. Maya was among the “first out gay comedians on network television” and on the precipice of mainstream success before his death - [The Comeuppance](https://wilmatheater.org/event/thecomeuppance/) - From the boundary pushing, Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon), this electrifying comedy is a meditation on impermanence, nostalgia, and isolation. Anticipating their 20-year high school reunion, fueled by adult jungle juice and pot, four former classmates reminisce at a porch pre-party that hangs on a porous border with the other side. Directed with - [Poor Judge - A Pig Iron Production](https://wilmatheater.org/event/poor-judge-a-pig-iron-production/) - Part of the WilmaWelcomes Series Presented by FringeArts in association with the Wilma Theater and WXPN as part of the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Pig Iron Theatre Company's Poor Judge is an original work of dance-theater cabaret born from the music of alt-rock iconoclast Aimee Mann. Dreamed up by Philadelphia’s beloved Dito van Reigersberg, this - [Audition Prep with Justin Jain](https://wilmatheater.org/event/audition-prep-with-justin-jain/) - A Two-Session Workshop: Sunday, December 15 / 6-8pm Monday, December 16 / 6-8pm Location: The Studio at the Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St Cost: $200.00 (At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.) Workshop Description This all-levels workshop is open to actors seeking to practice or refine their - [MY MAMA AND THE FULL-SCALE INVASION](https://wilmatheater.org/event/my-mama-and-the-full-scale-invasion/) - Streaming Only The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has invested in the Wilma as a leader in the connection between the arts and technology. With their support, we’re committing to digital access to all four plays in our current season. Limited Capacity – Only 300 subscriptions available! Secure your virtual seat today! Single - [THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-good-person-of-setzuan/) - FAQ about Streaming Only available by stream, April 22 – May 19. Three Gods come to the city of Setzuan looking for one good person. They cross paths with Shen Te, a downtrodden young woman trying to lead a “good” life amid the chaotic thrum and bustle of the shantytown. She offers the Gods - [Hilma](https://wilmatheater.org/event/hilma/) - The early 20th century queer mystic and artist Hilma af Klint channeled hundreds of paintings through messages from otherworldly forces, hoping to communicate the mysteries of the universe. Only recently rediscovered and hailed as one of the first-ever abstract artists, she worked in obscurity during a time that was not yet ready to receive her - [Art Show & Silent Auction](https://wilmatheater.org/event/artshow2024/) - The Wilma Theater is showcasing artworks from female-, non-binary-, and/or queer-identifying artists from the Greater Philadelphia Region in an art show and silent auction running from June 7-18, 2024! On June 7, we are celebrating the opening of the World Premiere of the new contemporary opera HILMA which uplifts the life and work of visionary - [77th Annual Tony Awards Watch Party at the Wilma Theater](https://wilmatheater.org/event/tony_watch_party_2024/) - We've all worked long and hard to get the Wilma Theater to where it is today. From our leadership, staff, and artists, to our donors, subscribers, and supporters, together we have all created the amazing theater that is being honored with the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award! Join us as we celebrate this momentous achievement! - [Dungeons & Drama](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dungeons-drama/) - Dungeons & Dragons is a game powered by imagination and an emboldening playground for theater folks. With the freedom to create your own character, engage in improvised roleplay and attack high-stakes scenarios with your fellow adventurers, you and your party truly become the authors of your own narrative. We will roll dice and fight monsters - [AAPI Night](https://wilmatheater.org/event/aapi-night/) - Join us on Wednesday, April 3rd for a special AAPI Affinity Night hosted in partnership with the Asian Arts Initiative (AAI), in conjunction with our production of “The Good Person of Setzuan”. This evening is dedicated to celebrating and engaging with the AAPI community through art, dialogue, and more! WHAT The Wilma Theater's AAPI - [From HAMLET to FAT HAM: James Ijames on the Art of Adaptation](https://wilmatheater.org/event/from-hamlet-to-fatham/) - This intensive one-day class with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames offers a unique opportunity to explore the process of adapting classic stories into fresh and compelling original plays. Participants will learn how Ijames, (who wrote FAT HAM, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s HAMLET) faces the challenge of sourcing from, interpreting, and reckoning with the merits and - [Exploding the Text and Exploring Instincts with Justin Jain](https://wilmatheater.org/event/exploding-the-text-and-exploring-instincts-with-justin-jain/) - A mini-workshop led by HotHouse actor and Director of Good Person of Setzuan, Justin Jain. Utilizing the HotHouse skills of deconstructing theatrical scripts and modalities of workshopping ideas, participants will get a glimpse behind the curtain of what goes into making bold and daring onstage choices, while honoring the artistic impulses and voice of the - [Body Resonance and the Performer’s Impulse](https://wilmatheater.org/event/body-resonance-and-the-performers-impulse/) - Unveil the untapped potential within you as a performer by delving into the symbiotic relationship between body, voice, impulse, and expression in this embodied performance lab, taught by co-Artistic Director and HotHouse Company member Lindsay Smiling. Guided by the innovative techniques honed by HotHouse members, participants will engage in work that prioritizes deep breathing, flexibility, - [Dramaturgy + Design of FAT HAM with Mariah Ghant and Matthew Zumbo](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dramaturgydesign-fat-ham-with-mariah-ghant-and-matthew-zumbo/) - Join us for an incredible exploration of the Wilma Theater's upcoming production of Fat Ham! This class will be taught by the Wilma Theater's Artistic Associate and Literary Manager and Fat Ham Assistant Director Mariah Ghant, as well as Production Manager Matthew Zumbo. With these two teachers, students will gain in-depth knowledge about the artistic - [How to Work in Theater 101 with Leigh Goldenberg](https://wilmatheater.org/event/how-to-work-in-theater-101-with-leigh-goldenberg/) - How to Work in Theater 101 is a class for theater makers of all backgrounds who are hoping to begin their professional careers but are unsure where and how to start. Taught by the Wilma Theater's Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg, students will learn how various kinds of artists work both with theaters and through self-promotion to - [Directing Seminar with Yury Urnov](https://wilmatheater.org/event/directing-seminar-with-yury-urnov/) - Back by popular demand, Wilma Theater Co-Artistic Director Yury Urnov will be teaching another exciting directing class this fall. This class will meet for 3 sessions and is open to both returning and new students. The focus of this course is on the concept of “action” in directing. Students will explore the concept of action - [Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series and Dance Department: "Disposable Bodies"](https://wilmatheater.org/event/cardell-dance-theater-disposable-bodies/) - Who is in and who is out of the current circles of compassion? Disposable Bodies is a major multi-disciplinary dance work that unfolds in layers of sound, movement, and images. Made of a series of episodic installations, the performance captures the shared vulnerability and likeness of all species through immense artistry. Choreographer Silvana Cardell’s movement - [School Pictures](https://wilmatheater.org/event/school-pictures/) - Xavier has stopped doing homework because of climate change. Dana never turns her Zoom camera on. James hates reading. A warmhearted and funny portrait of modern school life, told in musical snapshots of individual teenagers, sung by their broke and hapless tutor. Songwriter and performer Milo Cramer was inspired - [Twelfth Night](https://wilmatheater.org/event/twelfth-night/) - NOW STREAMING ON DEMAND UNTIL JULY 23! Disco balls. Mermaid tails. Surfboards on wheels. The Wilma reimagines Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy as the beach party of the summer! A conservative beach town gets upended by the arrival of shipwrecked twins Viola and Sebastian (both played by MK Tuomanen). Enjoy the hilarious hijinks of a drunken - [FAT HAM Book Launch](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham-book-launch/) - You've seen the Wilma's digital release, you've seen it on Broadway, now join us and get your own copy of Pulitzer-winning Fat Ham, by James Ijames! The Wilma Theater and TCG Books invite you to the launch on Monday, July 17, presenting James Ijames in conversation with Amina Robinson, director of Fat Ham at the Wilma in - [Summer Solstice Soirée](https://wilmatheater.org/event/summer-solstice-soiree/) - Come celebrate the turning of the wheel with the bewitching Wilma HotHouse Company. Join us for a night of live entertainment, seasonal surprises, and magical mischief in our lobby. You’ll get a sneak peek of our enchanting 2023-24 Season, and a chance to win some wickedly wonderful raffle baskets. Look out for some captivating special - [Directing Intensive with Fadi Skeiker](https://wilmatheater.org/event/directing-intensive-with-fadi-skeiker/) - Take your creative work to the next level with University of the Arts professor Fadi Skeiker, who directed the Wilma's unforgettable production of Kiss. This workshop will explore characters' physical gestures and signatures. Following a vocal and physical warmup, participants will direct each other to sculpt memorable and rich characters in space together. Limited spots - [Eternal Life Part 1](https://wilmatheater.org/event/eternal-life-part-1/) - STREAMING NOW UNTIL MAY 21 A family in the near future tries to live well (and forever?) amidst space travel, an ancient goose, and a mysterious man peddling an immortality elixir. "Eternal Life Part 1 is inspired by questions about family, how you pass on what you have to the next generation, and the impossibility - [Fête 2023](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete-2023/) - Join us for our 2023 Theater Lover’s Fête on Monday, May 15 honoring Anne Holmes, our long-time Education Director, as well as the Wilma’s award-winning education programs! This evening, chaired by Jane Hollingsworth, will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Anne’s amazing work while raising funds in support of the Wilma’s education programs and the students - [Directing Intensive with Co-Artistic Director Morgan Green](https://wilmatheater.org/event/directing-intensive-with-co-artistic-director-morgan-green/) - When you are developing and directing a new play, you are "world building" alongside a playwright. In this one-day Directing Intensive, we will approach a scene from Eternal Life Part 1 by Nathan Alan Davis, a world premiere at the Wilma this spring, and explore the wildly different ways it could manifest. With director as - [Language Rooms](https://wilmatheater.org/event/language-rooms/) - Ahmed is a shining example of the American Dream, successfully landing a big-time position as translator at a top secret detainment facility. But things are not what they seem in this twisted workplace as he soon finds himself dodging shifty video cameras and absurd interoffice mind games. From Yussef El Guindi, an exciting playwright whose - [A reading of "Insulted. Belarus(sia)"](https://wilmatheater.org/event/a-reading-of-insulted-belarussia/) - In solidarity with the people and theater community of Belarus, the Wilma Theater is presenting a free performance of Belarus writer Andrei Kureichik's sensational and timely new play, Insulted. Belarus(sia). The free performance was presented live on this web page on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 8 pm and the recording was available until Tuesday, Sept. - [Kiss](https://wilmatheater.org/event/kiss/) - STREAM KISS ON DEMAND FROM FEB. 20-MARCH 5 A group of American actors performing a Syrian soap opera are shocked to realize the limits of their own cultural understanding. REVIEWS AND ARTICLES "EXCITING ... SHOCKING ... I would recommend this hilarious, gut-wrenching, and provocative production of 'Kiss' to everyone." -Broad Street Review "Will make you laugh - [Becky Shaw](https://wilmatheater.org/event/becky-shaw/) - A Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash hit that premiered Off-Broadway earlier this year, Becky Shaw is the latest comedy from Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo (After Ashley, writer/producer of "Law & Order"). When Suzanna decides to set her best friend Max up on a blind date with her husband's mysterious co-worker, Becky Shaw, she sets into - [The Life of Galileo](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-life-of-galileo/) - The epic story of Galileo comes to life in the Wilma’s vibrant re-imagining of Brecht’s masterpiece! In a simple study in Padua, Galileo raises his telescope to the skies and transforms hypothesis into proof that Earth is not the center of the universe. Word of his discovery radiates from the streets of Venice to the - [Stream "School Pictures"](https://wilmatheater.org/event/stream-school-pictures/) - This is the streaming version of the Wilma’s onstage production of School Pictures, available to view on demand. Filmed by multiple cameras and edited to give you the best view of the action. A warmhearted and funny portrait of modern school life, told in musical snapshots of individual teenagers. Writer/performer Milo Cramer was inspired by their real-life - [Those With 2 Clocks](https://wilmatheater.org/event/those-with-2-clocks/) - This hysterical comedy gives the patriarchy a proper pantsing, exposing its enormous fallacy for all to see. Those With 2 Clocks is a fast-paced, genre-defying production combines sketch, drag, and cabaret performance. It culminates in an immersive, subversive, and transformative party with the audience invited onstage and a live DJ set. REVEWS "Subversive, interactive and - [Those With 2 Clocks digital production](https://wilmatheater.org/event/those-with-2-clocks-digital-production/) - This is the streaming version of the Wilma's onstage production of Those With 2 Clocks. Filmed by multiple cameras and edited to give you the best view of the action. This hysterical comedy gives the patriarchy a proper pantsing, exposing its enormous fallacy for all to see. REVEWS “Audiences can fully expect to have their - [Fairview](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fairview/) - EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 26 BY POPULAR DEMAND WINNER, PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA The Frasier family is preparing to celebrate grandma’s birthday, cooking dinner, drinking wine, and hiding secrets. But what starts as a sitcom about a Black family explodes into a raucously brilliant look at race in America. "THE POWER OF LIVE THEATER HAS NEVER - [Fête 2022](https://wilmatheater.org/event/fete-2022/) - VIP pre-show supper at 5:00 PM, with program at 7:00 PM, followed by drinks and dancing. Tickets are no longer available for purchase online. If you would like to purchase a ticket, please call the Box Office at (215) 546-7824. Join host Co-Artistic Director James Ijames and special guests in this one-night-only event as we - [Dance Nation](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dance-nation/) - In this raucously funny 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist, a competitive dance troupe of pre-teen girls - played by women of all ages - vie for the national trophy. Every plié and jeté hurdles them towards self-discovery. You’ll be moved to tears and laughter as you watch them learn about their bodies and desires, and witness - [The Cherry Orchard](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-cherry-orchard/) - A SMASHING REIMAGINING OF CHEKHOV’S MASTERPIECE "Wildly digressive, fascinatingly anarchic" -Washington Post READ THE REVIEW "Unique, funny, and a must-see" -Philadelphia RowHome Magazine READ THE REVIEW STREAMING VERSION AVAILABLE A filmed version is now on sale and will be available to stream on demand May 2-15. Filmed by multiple cameras and edited to give you - [Animal Farm](https://wilmatheater.org/event/animal-farm/) - [Age of Arousal](https://wilmatheater.org/event/age-of-arousal/) - Dare to enter the boldly uncensored world of loosened corsets as five Victorian women pursue a new age where erotic and economic freedom reign supreme. It’s 1885, and a population imbalance leaves England flooded with half a million more women than men. The Women’s Suffrage Movement is invigorated by the rise in numbers as non-married - [Eurydice](https://wilmatheater.org/event/eurydice/) - Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship winner Sarah Ruhl enchanted Wilma audiences in 2005 with her heartwarming play, The Clean House. Finally, with Eurydice comes the artistic reunion theatergoers have been waiting for. On the day Eurydice is to marry her true love Orpheus, a tragic misstep sends her plummeting to the surreal depths - [Ying Tong - A Walk With The Goons](https://wilmatheater.org/event/ying-tong-a-walk-with-the-goons/) - Before Monty Python and Saturday Night Live, The Goon Show made an entire nation go crazy with laughter! During the 1950s, BBC's famous radio series The Goon Show had England laughing week after week, greatly influencing Monty Python and the Beatles, among others - and paved the way for sketch comedy as we know it - [Satchmo at the Waldorf](https://wilmatheater.org/event/satchmo-at-the-waldorf/) - March 1971. Backstage at the Empire Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Louis Armstrong, the greatest trumpet player in the world, sits in his dressing room trying to pull himself together following his celebrated performance. Because as long as they clap, Louis will go out there and play. His mind wanders through the amazing journey - [Minor Character](https://wilmatheater.org/event/minor-character/) - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW A zany remix of Uncle Vanya! We are pleased to welcome back audiences with Minor Character, a joyful and music-filled comedic kaleidoscope. A band of actors come together to perform a warm-hearted yet bittersweet look at love, longing, and the limitations of language. WORTH THE WAIT...A COMIC GEMPhiladelphia Inquirer REVIEWS "A - [Passion](https://wilmatheater.org/event/passion-2/) - [Passion](https://wilmatheater.org/event/passion/) - It had to happen: Stephen Sondheim meets the Wilma. The bold grandmaster of American musical theater meets the boldest professional theater in Philadelphia, with a masterpiece about the frightening power of love. We are in Italy, 1863. Captain Giorgio Bachetti must leave his glamorous lover in the city for a remote military outpost. That's where - [Kill Move Paradise](https://wilmatheater.org/event/kill-move-paradise/) - FROM JUNE 8-21, 2020, THE WILMA STREAMED KILL MOVE PARADISE AS A FUNDRAISER FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER PHILLY. LEARN MORE James Ijames' New York Times Critics Pick play Kill Move Paradise tells the story of Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny, four black men who find themselves stuck in a cosmic waiting room in the afterlife. This play, - [The Body of an American](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-body-of-an-american/) - In 1993, Canadian photojournalist Paul Watson took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. As he shot the picture, Watson believes he heard the soldier say to him: “If you do this, I will own you forever.” Playwright Dan O’Brien was finishing a residency in Princeton - [Mr. Burns](https://wilmatheater.org/event/mr-burns/) - The power grid is gone. D'OH! Disaster has struck and the world is in darkness. In the aftermath, a group of survivors gather in the dead of winter, trying to brave their new reality by recounting another remnant of the bygone world: The Simpsons. Join the HotHouse Company as they tackle Anne Washburn’s wickedly smart - [Lost in Translation/Found in Performance](https://wilmatheater.org/event/lost-in-translation-found-in-performance/) - A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION THE ZOOM WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM (EASTERN TIME) The Wilma's production of Minor Character uses six different English translations of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya from the original Russian. This discussion is an opportunity for audiences to reflect on the struggles and benefits of making meaning in different languages and using translation in performance. We will be in - [Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train](https://wilmatheater.org/event/jesus-hopped-the-a-train/) - Angel Cruz makes one mistake and finds himself in the heart of darkness: the most desolate wing of Riker’s Island prison. There he navigates a tortuous and brutally funny path through tormentors and would be guardian angels to achieve hard won redemption and spiritual freedom. Hailed by the New York Times as "The best playwright - [Heroes of the Fourth Turning](https://wilmatheater.org/event/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning/) - EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! Four Catholic conservative friends gather at a late-night backyard party in Wyoming, shortly before the 2017 eclipse. As they wait for the arrival of their mentor and newly appointed college president, secret passions and fears surface, revealing their troubled place in a divided country. A flawless, impressively well-cast production of a - [Hamlet](https://wilmatheater.org/event/hamlet/) - In the spring, the Wilma will stage back-to-back productions of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s now classic behind-the-scenes comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, both directed by Wilma Artistic Director Blanka Zizka and using essentially the same cast for both productions. The title character in Shakespeare’s tragedy will be played by the powerful actress Zainab Jah, who - [Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale](https://wilmatheater.org/event/renaissance-in-the-belly-of-a-killer-whale/) - Three friends chronicle the gentrification of their changing hometown, and call for a new Harlem Renaissance. A joyful, funny, and thought-provoking fusion of theater, spoken word poetry, music, comedy, and dance! NOT TO BE MISSED -Philadelphia Inquirer READ MORE ADDED PERFORMANCE: Saturday, March 7 at 2 pm ABOUT THE SHOW After Wilma HotHouse actor Jaylene - [HotHouse Shorts Live Discussion](https://wilmatheater.org/event/hothouse-shorts-live-discussion/) - Live over Zoom at 7 p.m. Participate in a live conversation with the talented creators of the HotHouse Shorts, and Wilma HotHouse Company Members. Join us live to participate in the Q&A! Panelists: Brandon J. Pierce (Code Black Planet), Krista Apple, (Clay), Ross Beschler (Expired), and Melanye Finister (The Lagniappe Project), and Wilma Co-Artistic Director - [An Octoroon](https://wilmatheater.org/event/an-octoroon/) - Obie Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes the plot of Dion Boucicault’s 1859 antebellum melodrama, The Octoroon, and smashes it with a 21st century sensibility. Presented through the eyes of the onstage playwright BJJ, this pre-Civil War tale set in the Deep South tells of a slave owner’s affections for a woman whose blood is one-eighth Black. - [The Hard Problem](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-hard-problem/) - Tom Stoppard’s first new play since Rock ‘n’ Roll introduces us to Hilary, a 22-year-old psychology student applying for a coveted position with the Krohl Institute for Brain Science. As Hilary prays for strength to move beyond personal regrets, she passionately explores the blurred lines between science and psychology with her colleagues and her sometimes-lover Spike. Ethics - [Antigone](https://wilmatheater.org/event/antigone/) - With Antigone, The Wilma Theater launches the Wilma Hothouse – an ensemble-based approach to creating theater – through a unique collaboration with Attis Theatre of Athens, Greece. The renowned director Theodoros Terzopoulos (AJAX the madness, co-presented with FringeArts in 2013) will lead eight Philadelphia actors and three Attis actors to create an original adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone. - [Rock 'n' Roll](https://wilmatheater.org/event/rock-n-roll/) - This monumental and extraordinarily theatrical event from Academy Award and four-time Tony® Award winner Tom Stoppard (The Invention of Love), was a recent hit on Broadway following a record-breaking run in London. In 1968, as the world is ablaze with rebellion, Jan, a young Cambridge graduate student with little but a prized collection of rock - [State vs. Natasha Banina](https://wilmatheater.org/event/state-vs-natasha-banina/) - Live performance begins at 8 p.m. A CAPTIVATING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE New York Times, Critic's Pick SHE MAKES HER CASE; THE AUDIENCE DECIDES HER FATE. THIS IS STATE VS. NATASHA BANINA. Performed live, State vs. Natasha Banina tells the story of a teenager in a small-town Russian orphanage, and how her desire to be free led - [What the Butler Saw](https://wilmatheater.org/event/what-the-butler-saw/) - [Blood Wedding](https://wilmatheater.org/event/blood-wedding/) - On the morning of her wedding day, a young Bride is visited by a headstrong former lover, reigniting a family blood feud that has been simmering for years. Their isolated village is a pent-up powder keg of fury and desire, and when they escape together, all that repression is released — to destructive ends. Acclaimed - [Coming Home](https://wilmatheater.org/event/coming-home/) - In his latest play, master playwright Athol Fugard (My Children! My Africa!, “Master Harold”…and the boys) crafts a moving tale of a young South African woman’s never-ending hope for a better future. As a teenager, Veronika left her cherished grandfather's farm with aspirations of becoming a cabaret singer in Cape Town. Years later, she returns - [Happy End](https://wilmatheater.org/event/happy-end/) - [1984](https://wilmatheater.org/event/1984/) - [Seuls](https://wilmatheater.org/event/seuls/) - "[Mouawad] works his way into the depths of your soul... the latest piece by this native Lebanese artist had the effect of an exploding bomb." —Le journal de Montreal Performed worldwide, this semi-autobiographical, tour de force performance comes from Lebanese-Canadian artist Wajdi Mouawad, whose play Scorched was a hit at the Wilma in 2009. Seuls uses stunning imagery and - [Notes of a Native Song](https://wilmatheater.org/event/notes-of-a-native-song/) - Inspired by the art of writer and activist James Baldwin, Stew and Heidi Rodewald (creators of the Tony Award-winning musical Passing Strange) explore Baldwin’s legacy for today’s artists with their song cycle Notes of a Native Song. This rollicking, off-the-cuff production uses music, video, and spoken word to capture the energy behind Baldwin as an artist who spoke - [Body Awareness](https://wilmatheater.org/event/body-awareness/) - Director Anne Kauffman, hailed by The New York Times as "one of the leading lights of downtown theater," thrilled Wilma audiences in 2010 with the smash hit Becky Shaw. She returns to Philadelphia to direct another Off-Broadway hit comedy! Welcome to Shirley State College, Vermont where it’s Body Awareness Week. In charge of the week’s - [Bootycandy](https://wilmatheater.org/event/bootycandy/) - Behind a tall church pulpit, a fire-and-brimstone preacher delivers a shocking sermon to his congregation. On the tropical sands of a deserted island, two lesbians come together. And at the home of a young boy Sutter, a mother scolds him for reading Jackie Collins romance novels. This is just a taste of playwright Robert O’Hara’s - [Under the Whaleback](https://wilmatheater.org/event/under-the-whaleback/) - The year is 1965. Aboard the Kingston Jet docked in Hull, England, a new teenage sailor Daz receives shocking information about his lineage from a legendary deckhand. Flash forward to 1972. A violent storm off the Icelandic coast thrashes the James Joyce and its crew of merchant fishermen, including Daz, with fatal consequences. Flash forward - [Assistance](https://wilmatheater.org/event/assistance/) - What do Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and Anna Wintour have in common? They all need assistance! Enter the world of Nick and Nora, 20-somethings working in a tyrannical tycoon’s downtown Manhattan headquarters, juggling phone calls and jumping through hoops with marathon endurance – all for the privilege of being mocked and insulted by their velociraptor - [Rapture, Blister, Burn](https://wilmatheater.org/event/rapture-blister-burn/) - When celebrity professor Catherine reunites with her best friends from graduate school, now a married couple with kids living in a New England college town, she begins to rethink the choices she’s made over the past twenty years. As these three friends navigate their new relationships with each other, feelings of regret begin to arise. - [The Understudy](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-understudy/) - A smash hit Off-Broadway last year, The Understudy is the latest comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck (Omnium Gatherum, Bad Dates, Mauritius), one of the most produced female playwrights in America. When a smug Hollywood action star lands a prestigious role in Franz Kafka’s newly discovered play on Broadway, things couldn’t be better…until he - [My Wonderful Day](https://wilmatheater.org/event/my-wonderful-day/) - Critically acclaimed in both London and New York, My Wonderful Day is the most recent comedy by Tony® winner Alan Ayckbourn (The Norman Conquests, Absurd Person Singular), who has surprised and entertained audiences with over 70 plays in the past 50 years. In this play, Laverne, an Afro-Caribbean cleaning woman, brings Winnie, her young daughter, - [In the Next Room, or the vibrator play](https://wilmatheater.org/event/in-the-next-room-or-the-vibrator-play/) - It’s the dawn of electricity. Mr. Thomas Edison has become a personal hero of Dr. Givings who begins harnessing this newfound power to treat hysterical patients at his home with an experimental electric apparatus. But as the peculiar buzzing sounds from his office grow louder, Mrs. Givings’ curiosity gets the best of her, exposing cracks - [Macbeth](https://wilmatheater.org/event/macbeth/) - "A VISUAL DAZZLER FOR THE WILMA'S FIRST SHAKESPEARE!" -The Philadelphia Inquirer After 31 seasons of groundbreaking theater, the Wilma presents its first-ever production of Shakespeare with an ambitious staging of the Bard’s final great tragedy. Tempted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches, Macbeth’s ambition to be King of Scotland leads him into a nightmarish - [Curse of the Starving Class](https://wilmatheater.org/event/curse-of-the-starving-class/) - An immensely influential playwright and celebrated actor, Sam Shepard (Buried Child, True West) has received a Pulitzer Prize and both Tony® and Academy Award nominations for his riveting career in theater and film. The Wilma is thrilled to produce his work for the first time this season with the modern classic, Curse of the Starving - [Our Class](https://wilmatheater.org/event/our-class/) - Since its 2009 World Premiere at London’s National Theatre, audiences and critics have been deeply moved by the stories within this extraordinary play that spans eighty years, ranging between Poland and America. “I want to be a fireman.” “I want to be a teacher.” “I want to be a movie star.” Poland, 1925. As these Polish - [The Christians](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-christians/) - Over the course of two decades, Pastor Paul has turned a modest storefront of a church into a Megachurch complete with a coffee shop and bookstore in the lobby, a congregation of thousands, and a baptismal font as big as a swimming pool. On the celebratory day that the church’s debts are paid off, he - [Dionysus was Such a Nice Man](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dionysus-was-a-nice-man/) - Eat Drink and be Merry, for tomorrow we self-destruct. When a family of shepherds in the suburbs of Corinth learn their adopted son Oedipus has ascended the throne of Thebes, they plan a bender to end all benders. But who’s on cleanup after the party’s over? Equal parts irreverent comedy and emotional journey into family dysfunction; - [The Real Thing](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-real-thing/) - A Tony Award-winner for Best Play, THE REAL THING combines Tom Stoppard’s characteristically brilliant wordplay, wit, and insight, illuminating the nature – and the mystery – of love. Henry is a brilliant and celebrated playwright. With his wife Charlotte in the starring role, his new play examines the complexity of love and infidelity. But when passions - [An Audio production of 'Is God Is'](https://wilmatheater.org/event/is-god-is/) - In the Spring, the pandemic forced us to cancel our stage production of 'Is God Is.' We remained committed to this story, and these artists. We're proud that we found a way to share this story with you as an audio play in July 2020! A THRILLING STORY OF REVENGE Twin sisters go on a - [Angels in America, Part One: Millenium Approaches](https://wilmatheater.org/event/angels-in-america-part-one-millennium-approaches/) - 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 kick off 2012/2013. Winner of two Tony® Awards for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize, Angels in America melds love, hate, religion, and politics into a uniquely American epic. The - [Angels in America, Parts One and Two](https://wilmatheater.org/event/angels-in-america-parts-one-and-two/) - From the wreckage of an Angel’s dramatic descent from heaven which concludes Part One: Millennium Approaches, Angels in America forges ahead in Part Two: Perestroika. Everything in our world is changing. The AIDS epidemic is escalating, the ozone layer is under attack, and God has abandoned all of mankind. Amid this chaos, Tony Kushner creates a cosmic-scale portrait of - [There](https://wilmatheater.org/event/there/) - Who are we, if not you and me? Renowned visual artist Rosa Barba and Artistic Director Blanka Zizka team up to create this world premiere adaptation of There by Lebanese poet Etel Adnan. Visual, poetic, and theatrical worlds collide in this wild journey through memory, history, identity, and love. Co-presented with Fringe Arts as part - [Resurrection Blues](https://wilmatheater.org/event/resurrection-blues/) - From the pen of one of America’s greatest living playwrights comes a brand new tantalizing satire. In a foreign country ruled by the military, high in the mountains a rebellion is brewing led by a mysterious prophet. When this elusive leader is captured and sentenced to death by crucifixion, it sets off an explosive chain - [Garden of Delights](https://wilmatheater.org/event/garden-of-delights/) - [Tango](https://wilmatheater.org/event/tango/) - [What the Butler Saw](https://wilmatheater.org/event/what-the-butler-saw-2/) - [The Stranger](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-stranger/) - [Picnic on the Battlefield](https://wilmatheater.org/event/picnic-on-the-battlefield/) - [The Russian Strip](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-russian-strip/) - [The Little Prince](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-little-prince/) - [The Lover](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-lover-2/) - [The Woolgatherer](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-woolgatherer/) - [Thunderstorm of the Youngest Child](https://wilmatheater.org/event/thunderstorm-of-the-youngest-child/) - [The Insect Comedy](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-insect-comedy/) - [Mother Courage](https://wilmatheater.org/event/mother-courage/) - [Anna](https://wilmatheater.org/event/anna/) - [Farewell](https://wilmatheater.org/event/farewell/) - [The End Before the Beginning](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-end-before-the-beginning/) - [Post-War](https://wilmatheater.org/event/post-war/) - [Don't Walk Around Stark Naked](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dont-walk-around-stark-naked/) - [The Lover](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-lover/) - [Words](https://wilmatheater.org/event/words/) - [Marat/Sade](https://wilmatheater.org/event/marat-sade/) - [The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-picture-of-dorian-gray/) - [A Life in the Theater](https://wilmatheater.org/event/a-life-in-the-theater/) - [Beyond Therapy](https://wilmatheater.org/event/beyond-therapy/) - [The Hairy Ape](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-hairy-ape/) - [The Suicide](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-suicide/) - [The Brecht/Weill Cabaret](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-brecht-weill-cabaret/) - [Childe Byron](https://wilmatheater.org/event/childe-byron/) - [The Fox](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-fox/) - [The Convert](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-convert/) - From Obie Award-winning playwright Danai Gurira (ECLIPSED, IN THE CONTINUUM) comes a rich, unflinching, yet compassionate story. Set in 1895 amid the colonial scramble for Southern Africa, the play follows Jekesai, a young girl who escapes a forced marriage arrangement and discovers Christianity under the guidance of an African teacher. However, as anti-colonial sentiments rise - [Cherokee](https://wilmatheater.org/event/cherokee/) - 2013 Obie Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist for DETROIT, Lisa D’Amour crafts a new comedy CHEROKEE in which two couples from Houston embark on a camping trip, not realizing how ripe they all are for transformation. Escaping their humdrum routine in an economically uncertain world, things quickly go awry when one of the four campers goes - [Shooting Magda](https://wilmatheater.org/event/shooting-magda/) - [Julie](https://wilmatheater.org/event/julie/) - [3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down](https://wilmatheater.org/event/3-guys-naked-from-the-waist-down/) - [The Sleep of Reason](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-sleep-of-reason/) - [Accidental Death of an Anarchist](https://wilmatheater.org/event/accidental-death-of-an-anarchist/) - [Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act](https://wilmatheater.org/event/statements-after-an-arrest-under-the-immorality-act/) - [Philemon](https://wilmatheater.org/event/philemon/) - [Macbett](https://wilmatheater.org/event/macbett/) - [Temptation](https://wilmatheater.org/event/temptation/) - [Incommunicado](https://wilmatheater.org/event/incommunicado/) - [The Mystery of Irma Vep](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-mystery-of-irma-vep/) - [The Concert at Saint Ovide Fair](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-concert-at-saint-ovide-fair/) - [Santiago](https://wilmatheater.org/event/santiago/) - [Alfred and Victoria: A Life](https://wilmatheater.org/event/alfred-and-victoria-a-life/) - [On the Verge](https://wilmatheater.org/event/on-the-verge/) - [The Road to Mecca](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-road-to-mecca/) - [Three Poets](https://wilmatheater.org/event/three-poets/) - [Loot](https://wilmatheater.org/event/loot/) - [The President](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-president/) - [The Puppetmaster of Lodz](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-puppetmaster-of-lodz/) - [The Virgin Molly](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-virgin-molly/) - [When She Danced](https://wilmatheater.org/event/when-she-danced/) - [Achilles: A Kabuki Play](https://wilmatheater.org/event/achilles-a-kabuki-play/) - [A Tale of Two Cities](https://wilmatheater.org/event/a-tale-of-two-cities/) - [Etta Jenks](https://wilmatheater.org/event/etta-jenks/) - [Oedipus the King](https://wilmatheater.org/event/oedipus-the-king/) - [Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill](https://wilmatheater.org/event/lady-day-at-emersons-bar-grill/) - [Halcyon Days](https://wilmatheater.org/event/halcyon-days/) - [Travesties](https://wilmatheater.org/event/travesties/) - [Cyrano de Bergerac](https://wilmatheater.org/event/cyrano-de-bergerac/) - [Road to Nirvana](https://wilmatheater.org/event/road-to-nirvana/) - [Playland](https://wilmatheater.org/event/playland/) - [You Should Be So Lucky](https://wilmatheater.org/event/you-should-be-so-lucky/) - [Road](https://wilmatheater.org/event/road/) - [Gunmetal Blues](https://wilmatheater.org/event/gunmetal-blues/) - [Escape from Happiness](https://wilmatheater.org/event/escape-from-happiness/) - [Quartet](https://wilmatheater.org/event/quartet/) - [Rendezvous with Reality](https://wilmatheater.org/event/rendezvous-with-reality/) - [Birth and After Birth](https://wilmatheater.org/event/birth-and-after-birth/) - [Arcadia](https://wilmatheater.org/event/arcadia/) - Our first production in our new home on the Avenue of the Arts! Part mystery, part love story, leaping deftly backward and forward in time, ARCADIA is the richest, most ravishing comedy of the brilliant author of TRAVESTIES, THE REAL THING, and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. Time Magazine's Best Play of 1995. - [Indiscretions](https://wilmatheater.org/event/indiscretions/) - Yvonne loves Michael. Michael loves Madeleine. Madeleine loves Michael and George. Aunt Leonie loves George. George loves Madeleine, and Yvonne and Michael... Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home! Schemes, machinations, and amorous intrigues explode when a new lover enter an unorthodox family's delightfully tangled menage a quatre. "Alternatively hilarious and ferocious", - [On the Razzle](https://wilmatheater.org/event/on-the-razzle/) - Three comic plots twist, turn and collide in this effervescent joyride at a breakneck pace from the author of ARCADIA. When a rich provincial merchant jaunts off to Vienna to woo his new mistress, his ward elopes with her penniless suitor, and his two clerks cut loose to paint the town red. Where are they - [The Threepenny Opera](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-threepenny-opera/) - Beggars, whores, thieves, and hit man Mack the Knife turn the world upside down in this wickedly funny musical about the Big Business of Being Bad. In celebration of THE THREEPENNY OPERA's 70th birthday, the Wilma stages a fresh, audacious interpretation of this thoroughly modern masterpiece, whose blistering wit and unforgettable score have made it - [Bed and Sofa](https://wilmatheater.org/event/bed-and-sofa/) - Nikolai works and lives with Ludmilla. She stays at home dreaming of romance. Volodya has a job but nowhere to live. Moscow has a housing shortage. The good intentioned Nikolai invites Volodya to share his cramped quarters, but unbeknownst to him, ends up sharing his wife as well. From the rumpled covers of a bed - [The 3 Musketeers](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-3-musketeers/) - Drop back a few hundred years with this unique Franco-American troupe, storming Philadelphia for the first time in THE 3 MUSKETEERS. You may have encountered this classic adventure, but we guarantee you've never seen it like this. D'Artagnan wants adventure and romance, but when he catches up with the three illustrious swashbucklers, they're grounded in - [The Tin Pan Alley Rag](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-tin-pan-alley-rag/) - Promenade into Manhattan, 1915 for Mark Saltzman's THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG. Meet Irving Berlin - he can't read music, but he's the most popular composer in the world. Young songwriters jam into his publishing office, desperately trying to sell him their tunes. Enter a dignified African-American man who softly asks if he can play - [The Invention of Love](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-invention-of-love/) - The newest masterpiece by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love. Take a mysterious voyage into the underworld that is also a moving and funny trip through a great man's life. In The Invention of Love, Oscar-winner Tom Stoppard explores the life of classical scholar and renowned poet A.E. Housman. Old and infirm, Housman dreams - [Cherry Docs](https://wilmatheater.org/event/cherry-docs/) - Mike (Jason Field) is an unrepentant Skinhead accused of murder, and Legal Aid has assigned him a lawyer: an ambitious, hard-working, Jewish lawyer (David Strathairn). In this explosive play, David Gow explores the nature of hate. Danny, a lawyer who prides himself on his liberal tolerance, must come to terms with the feelings Mike unearths - [Spin](https://wilmatheater.org/event/spin/) - It's been a tough presidential primary season (sound familiar?). Jerry, a campaign manager so ruthless that his picture should be next to the word in the dictionary, is sitting on top of the world: his candidate is leading in the polls. And then it happens - a tiny little wisp of... scandal. Dangled in front - [Black Comedy & The Real Inspector Hound](https://wilmatheater.org/event/black-comedy-the-real-inspector-hound/) - Grab yourself a slice of Patsy's scrumptious rhubarb pie and settle down with this poignant Canadian play, about two women as far apart as opposite sides of the world - but once as close as Siamese twins. Years ago, in this desolate farm town, Patsy took a poor little waif called Marie under her wing. - [Perfect Pie](https://wilmatheater.org/event/perfect-pie/) - Grab yourself a slice of Patsy's scrumptious rhubarb pie and settle down with this poignant Canadian play, about two women as far apart as opposite sides of the world - but once as close as Siamese twins. Years ago, in this desolate farm town, Patsy took a poor little waif called Marie under her wing. - [Patience](https://wilmatheater.org/event/patience/) - Meet Reuben, a slick, deal-making, fast-talking city-dwelling corporate executive about to close on the biggest deal of his career. Then, through a series of seemingly random events, Reuben's perfect world crumbles with an almost biblical abruptness. With the help of a singing rabbi, a long-lost love and a friend he once betrayed, Reuben journeys back - [Indian Ink](https://wilmatheater.org/event/indian-ink/) - Past and present mirror each other in this lush, lyrical comedy that transports us to 1930's India where beguiling, English poet Flora Crewe befriends a widowed painter who struggles to capture her romantic essence. Fifty years later, biographer Eldon Pike struggles to piece together Flora's free-spirited life from the fragmented bits of evidence she left - [Yellowman](https://wilmatheater.org/event/yellowman/) - World Premiere Co-production with McCarter Theatre and Long Wharf Theater This explosive drama is narrated by two innocent childhood friends and soul mates-Alma, a dark-skinned woman, and Eugene, a light-skinned "yellow" man who grow up together. As the pair gets older, their vivid, intertwined memories expose a world where skin color determines desirability, and where - [Dirty Blonde](https://wilmatheater.org/event/dirty-blonde/) - She doesn't sit like a lady or laugh like a little girl. In this delightful collage, we meet the great Mae West, and see how she shook up America's staid popular culture of the '30s. We hear some of the songs and quips that made her a legend such as "I'm no angel, but I've - [Every Good Boy Deserves Favor](https://wilmatheater.org/event/every-good-boy-deserves-favor/) - Meet Ivanov, an oddball trying to survive the totalitarian society of the Soviet Union in the '70s. He has something in his head you don't: an orchestra! Ivanov may be a nut, but his cellmate in the asylum is anything but; he's a political dissenter desperate to save his young son. To tell their story, - [Embarrassments](https://wilmatheater.org/event/embarrassments/) - The date: January 5, 1895. The place: the St. James Theater in London’s West End. Tonight, the brilliant novelist Henry James hopes to change his life with the opening of his new venture: a play, into which he has poured his vulnerable heart. Meanwhile, deep in his imagination, a parallel story unfolds: the revealing tale - [Night and Day](https://wilmatheater.org/event/night-and-day/) - Following the success of Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, The Invention of Love, Arcadia, and Indian Ink, the Wilma presents Tom Stoppard's timely account of wartime journalism, Night and Day. Set on a British estate in a fictitious African country, Night and Day uses brilliant humor to question the contradictions of capitalism, colonialism, and freedom - [Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq](https://wilmatheater.org/event/don-juan-comes-home-from-iraq/) - Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel (HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE) joins creative forces with Wilma Artistic Director Blanka Zizka, along with a full company of actors and designers, to develop a World Premiere production in Philadelphia, DON JUAN COMES HOME FROM IRAQ. Playing with time and space, this is a tale of one Marine’s return home from war - [The Clean House](https://wilmatheater.org/event/the-clean-house/) - Get acquainted with the work of Sarah Ruhl, an astonishing up-and-coming playwright. The Clean House has already won the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, awarded annually for the best English Language play written by a woman. The Clean House redefines romantic comedy with its heartwarming and humorous look at life, love and family. Four women - [Outrage](https://wilmatheater.org/event/outrage/) - Itamar Moses, a fresh new voice in American theater, makes his Philadelphia premiere with Outrage, winner of the Portland Drammy Award for Best Original Script. A wild jaunt through history, Outrage, "...burns with manic energy and sparkling wit," says The Portland Mercury. Outrage travels from a present day university, to Ancient Greece, to Italy during - [I Am My Own Wife](https://wilmatheater.org/event/i-am-my-own-wife/) - I Am My Own Wife originally workshopped at the Wilma in 2001. Since then, it has played to rave reviews in New York and Chicago, and gone on to win numerous awards, including a Tony® Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Now Doug Wright’s (Barrymore Award Winner, Quills) thought-provoking tour de force about survival and the - [Shakespeare in Hollywood](https://wilmatheater.org/event/shakespeare-in-hollywood/) - Love and lunacy abound in this whimsical winner of the Charles MacArthur Award for Best New Play. Ken Ludwig is a proven contemporary master of high-octane comedy. From the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, now comes Shakespeare in Hollywood. Hollywood glamour meets the most fanciful of Shakespeare’s comedies when the - [Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire](https://wilmatheater.org/event/heather-raffos-9-parts-of-desire/) - The Wilma is honored to present the East Coast Regional Theater Premiere of Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire. Nominated for the Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel awards, and countless others, this one-woman play has sold out performances in New York and London, and is sure to be an unforgettable evening of theater. Heather - [A Number](https://wilmatheater.org/event/a-number/) - Churchill’s latest hit, A Number, is a stark and unsettling journey into the nature vs. nurture debate navigated through the murky waters of the ethics of cloning. A father comes face to face with the mystery of identity through encounters with three of his sons – two of whom might just be clones. - [My Children! My Africa!](https://wilmatheater.org/event/my-children-my-africa/) - Athol Fugard, praised by The New Yorker as “a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize,” confronts the tragedy of apartheid in his native land of South Africa in this compelling and hopeful tale. A humble teacher in a segregated township is determined to match his most gifted - [Enemies, A Love Story](https://wilmatheater.org/event/enemies-a-love-story/) - New York City, 1949. The war is over. The Big Apple blushes with excitement. New hopes rise. Herman, a Holocaust survivor falls in love again, and again, and again. Overcome with guilt and facing the intricacy of pleasing his three wives, he questions his spirituality and God’s order on the Lower East Side, Coney Island, - [Amadeus](https://wilmatheater.org/event/amadeus/) - One of the most acclaimed and popular productions of the 20th Century, Amadeus has been honored with 5 Tonys®, 8 Oscars®, and extended London and Broadway runs. The Wilma is thrilled to open the 2007/08 Season with this modern masterpiece in a version rewritten since its original Broadway and film successes. What happens when mediocrity - [Hysteria](https://wilmatheater.org/event/hysteria/) - Winner of London’s prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Hysteria is based on a stunning, historical meeting between two of the world’s greatest and most eccentric men – Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dalí. Set in London in 1938, this wild play springs from Freud’s fanciful mind as he juggles unexpected visits to his home - [Scorched](https://wilmatheater.org/event/scorched/) - An international tour de force, Scorched has captivated and stunned audiences around the world with its epic mystery. After the death of their mother, twins Janine and Simon receive a surprising request in her will to deliver letters to a father they thought was dead and a brother they never knew existed. These tasks lead - [Schmucks](https://wilmatheater.org/event/schmucks/) - Groucho Marx meets Lenny Bruce! Fasten your seatbelts ‘cause all hell’s about to break loose. It’s 1965, and the great Northeast Blackout thrusts New York City into a state of panic and disorder. Isolated in a small diner, a young stand-up comic with an upcoming gig on The Ed Sullivan Show encounters comic icons Marx - [Leaving](https://wilmatheater.org/event/leaving/) - Václav Havel, renowned playwright (Temptation, Largo Desolato) and former President of the Czech Republic, returns to the theater with his first play in 20 years, and Wilma audiences will be the first to see it in the U.S. Leaving is an inventive story of a recently retired Chancellor who struggles over questions of truth and - [Adapt!](https://wilmatheater.org/event/adapt/) - “Your play is very you! - East Europeanish, quirky and eccentric, personal and political, and very much a director’s play... congratulations on writing a play of real individuality.” – Tom Stoppard It’s the summer of 1977 and 22-year-old Lenka is fleeing authoritarian Czechoslovakia for the art and beauty of New York City. At the start of - [Constellations](https://wilmatheater.org/event/constellations/) - “Who knew that higher physics could be so sexy, so accessible — and so emotionally devastating? This story of parallel universes is universal in every sense of the word.” -New York Times Marianne, a theoretical physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper, meet at a party. In that moment lies a lifetime of possibilities, with seemingly mundane - [When the Rain Stops Falling](https://wilmatheater.org/event/when-the-rain-stops-falling/) - “A powerful metaphor for the impossibility of escaping the past, for the way we are all shaped by what came before — and are living in the shadow of what comes next.” –Time Magazine, Best New Play of the Year A fish falls from the sky in the year 2039. A man named Gabriel prepares - [Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead](https://wilmatheater.org/event/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead/) - Following Shakespeare’s great tragedy will be one of Tom Stoppard’s greatest comedies as the Wilma tells the story of Hamlet through the eyes of two very different characters. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which will mark the Wilma’s 11th production of a work by Tom Stoppard, minor characters take center stage as they journey on a boat - [Passing Strange](https://wilmatheater.org/event/passing-strange/) - In this major revival of Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s Tony Award-winning musical, a rebellious young black man journeys to Europe in search of something “real.” Music takes center stage as we travel from gospel-soaked South Central LA through psychedelic Amsterdam to militant Berlin and back. This incendiary musical is a rowdy salve for turbulent times: - [Passage](https://wilmatheater.org/event/passage/) - Imagine you’re in an exotic new country — occupied by your nation. Now you are a distinguished doctor, but a cab will not stop for you. Now you’re in a cave so dark, so quiet, you lose track of who you are. Suddenly, there’s a sound and — Welcome to Passage, a fantasia inspired by E.M. ## Artists - [Kimberly S. Fairbanks](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kimberly-s-fairbanks/) - Kimberly (she/her) has performed; Off-Broadway: The Sheen Center, 59E59, & The Mint Theatre. Regionally: Miami New Drama, The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Crossroads Theater Company, Voyage Theater Company, Delaware Theatre Company, The Walnut Street Theater, The Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre, The Arden Theatre and The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. - [Mariah Ghant](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mariah-ghant/) - Mariah Ghant [she/hers] is thrilled to be returning to the Wilma for The America Play after previously serving as the dramaturg on Fairview and Eternal Life Pt. 1, as well as Assistant Directing for Fat Ham. Mariah is currently the Producing Artistic Director of Delaware Shakespeare, along with being a member of Theatre Contra and - [Brandon J. Pierce](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brandon-pierce/) - Born in the city of Philadelphia, where he has most extensively plied his trade, Brandon has had the pleasure of performing all over the country. Broadway: Birthday Candles (Roundabout Theatre) Off-Broadway: Exit Strategy (Primary Stages) Regional: Archduke, The Half-God of Rainfall, Fat Ham, Eternal Life Pt.1, Kill Move Paradise (Wilma Theater); Incendiary (Woolly Mammoth); Don’t - [Lindsay Smiling](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lindsay-smiling/) - LINDSAY SMILING is an original member of the HotHouse Acting company and is now in his third year as Co-Artistic director of the Wilma Theater. Directing credits include The America Play, The Half-God of Rainfall (Wilma), Hamlet (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Florence and Mojo (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ) Citizen: An American Lyric (New Light), Romeo and - [Krista Smith](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/krista-smith/) - Krista Smith (she/they) Past Wilma productions: Pig Iron’s Poor Judge, & The Good Person Of Setzuan. Recent projects include: Emily Coates’s: Tell Me Where It Comes From (The Guggenheim, Wadsworth, Yale Schwarzman Center), KrymovLab NYC: Uncle Vanya, Metamorphoses, Big Trip: Onegin In Our Own Words and The Americans (La MaMa), and VagaMundo Productions’ Ni Mi - [Matthew Zumbo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/matthew-zumbo/) - Zumbo is a writer and theater artist/administrator, drawn to stories where evolution and entropy share breath. Though this is his design debut at the Wilma, he has worked on and gleefully scrutinized the production designs of more than 80 productions on this stage. A 20-year vegan and animal-welfare advocate, Zumbo carries a lived compassion that - [Mark Wade](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mark-wade/) - Mark (he/him) is a graduate of The Yale School of Drama in Acting, and The Neighborhood Playhouse (where he studied with Sanford Meisner). Acting and directing credits include work for The Westport Country Playhouse, The Long Wharf Theater, and Trinity Repertory Theater. He spent five years as a creative consultant for Joanne Woodward, produced with - [Leigh Ivory Clark Paradise](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/leigh-ivory-clark-paradise/) - LEIGH IVORY CLARK PARADISE (she/her) is a freelance costumer and custom clothier based in southeastern Pennsylvania. Leigh’s custom creations have been seen on this and many stages in and around Philadelphia and beyond. Her recent costume design credits include: Plantation Black (InterAct Theatre Company), Macbeth (Lantern Theater Company), Falsettos, Holy Grail of Memphis, and Intimate - [Kristin Finger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kristin-finger/) - Kristin is Philadelphia based performer, director, artist and cat lover. Recent theater credits include; Sarah Jane Moore in Assassins (City Theater Company); All Adult Women in Spring Awakening (City Theater Company); U/S Smee/Mrs. Bumbreak/Teacher in Peter and the StarCatcher, US/Carol/Irene in Spinner, (Delaware Theatre Company); U/S Bernedette in POTUS (The Arden Theatre). Directing credits include; Director of POTUS (City Theater Company), Assistant Director of The Stinky - [Evan Raines](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/evan-raines/) - Evan is an actor and multi-instrumentalist who has performed internationally as well as in shows all over the country. Some of the most dedicated Wilma disciples might remember Evan's violin playing from The Wilma's production of Romeo and Juliet in 2019. Evan is excited to play The Wilma Fete once more after these many years. - [Juliette Nero Eddings](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/juliette-nero-eddings/) - Juliette Nero Eddings (they/she) is proud to be the Wilma Artistic Intern for the 2025-26 season! Previous acting credits include Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet (South Dakota Shakespeare Festival) and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hedgerow Theatre/Mauckingbird Theatre Co). Rider University BFA Acting. juliettenero.com - [Lane LaVonne](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lane-lavonne/) - Lane LaVonne (they/he) is a stage director and artist working in Philadelphia and NYC. They specialize in the development of new plays and adaptation of classics, with Moment Work playing a strong influence in their process. Their work has brought them to Philadelphia Theatre Company, Play Penn, Passage Theatre Co., and the TANK in NYC. This - [Emily Schuman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/emily-schuman/) - Emily Schuman(she/her) is an actor/musician and props designer based in Philadelphia. She holds a BA in Theatre from Denison University. Recent credits include The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, Gretna Theatre; Once the Musical, New Light Theatre Company, Julius Caesar (Cassius) and Cymbeline, Delaware Shakespeare. From 2019-2024, Emily collaborated with Delaware Shakespeare to compose and perform live musical scores for community tour productions of Merchant - [Blanka Zizka](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/blanka-zizka/) - Blanka Zizka was Artistic Director of The Wilma Theater starting in 1981. In January 2016, The Vilcek Foundation announced Zizka as recipient of the Vilcek Prize, which is awarded annually to immigrants who have made lasting contributions to American society through their extraordinary achievements in biomedical research and the arts and humanities. She received the - [Nikki Delhomme](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nicole-delhomme/) - Nikki's (she/her) designs have been seen at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Bedlam Theatre Ensemble, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Kimmel Center, Disney’s REDCAT, Barrington Stage, Princeton University, Trinity Repertory, Broadway Sacramento, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey among many others. She’s been nominated for two - [Brittany Onukwugha](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brittany-onukwugha/) - Brittany Onukwugha (she/her) is a Barrymore Award nominated actor and the Associate Producer of The Wilma Theater. She is excited to be collaborating on this production as a Dramaturg! Some Regional Credits: The Half-God of Rainfall (Dramaturg, Wilma Theater), The Playboy of the Western World (Dramaturg, Inis Nua Theatre Company), An Army of Lovers (Chloe, - [Ciera Gardner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ciera-gardener/) - Ciera (they/them) is a Barrymore award nominated actor, mover, collaborator, teaching artist and professional silly goose. They graduated from the University of the Arts, as well as the Headlong Performance Institute studying dance theater and clown. Credits include: Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Gretna Theatre), The Hobbit (Arden Theatre), Our Town (New Light Theatre), NOSEJOB (Lightning Rod Special), - [Colin McIlvaine](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/colin-mcilvaine-2/) - Colin McIlvaine (he/him) is a Philadelphia-based, Barrymore nominated scenic designer named as one of American Theatre Magazine's 20 People to Watch. Recent credits include: POTUS, Putnam County Spelling Bee, School Girls (Arden Theatre Company); The Play That Goes Wrong, This Is The Week That Is (1812 Productions). Colin’s recent associate design credits include: Wonder the - [Steven Anthony Wright](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/steven-wright/) - Steven Anthony Wright is a Philadelphia based theater artist who’s enjoyed serving audiences for over 20 years. He’s elated to be back at the Wilma where he appeared in “The Convert “ . Other companies include; The Arden Theater Company ( Wrinkle in Time-Father) , Theater in the X (Fraternity-Turner Greystone) , Quintessence Theater Group - [Jada Mayo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jada-mayo-2/) - Jada Mayo (she/her) is a Carnegie Mellon University graduate in Music Theatre. Recently trained at the Wilma’s Hothouse Summer Institute. Credits include: The Matchmaker (Minnie Faye), Mr. Marmalade (Sookie/Emily/Sunflower), and Ragtime. Regional: Hairspray (The Muny) Film/TV: Evil (Paramount+) BETTY (HBO), HIGH MAINTENANCE (HBO). Jada is thrilled to be working with The Wilma in their upcoming - [Jayson Brown](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jayson-brown/) - Jayson (he/him) is in his senior year as a musical theater major at Temple University and is honored for his debut here at The Wilma Theater! Regional Credits: Grease (Doody) at North Shore Music Theater, A Wrinkle in Time (Charles Wallace) at Arden Theater, Tuck Everlasting (Jesse Tuck) at The Centre Theater, Legally Blonde (Grandmaster Chad/Ensemble) and Grumpy - [Nancy Boykin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nancy-boykin/) - Nancy (she/her) is delighted to return to the Wilma where she was last seen in When the Rain Stops Falling; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Raw Boys and Liaisons Dangereuses. Other Philadelphia credits include: The Arden (John; Superior Donuts; The Dead), Theatre Horizon (Circle, MIrror, Transformation), DTC (Outside Mullingar), Theater Exile (Really), Interact and Act II Playhouse. - [Philadelphia Scenic Works](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/philadelphia-scenic-works/) - Philadelphia Scenic Works - [Pax Ressler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/pax-ressler/) - Pax Ressler (they/she) is a non-binary transfemme composer, organizer and cabaret theatre artist who uses music as a participatory tool to invigorate our collective imaginations towards social change, with humor and humanity at the center. They invite the performer-audience collective to rehearse their values and imagine a better world together through political cabaret (The Bearded Ladies’ - [Chris Sannino](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/chris-sannino/) - Chris (he/him) is a Philadelphia based sound designer, composer, and engineer. As a song writer he is a core contributing member of the award-winning performance collective Die-Cast. Recent highlights include Suddenly Last Summer (Die-Cast) and Franklin’s Key (Pig Iron Theatre Co.) Chris’ design work and music have been featured in part with Wilma Theater, Theater - [Celia Huttonjohns](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/celia-huttonjohns/) - Celia (she/her) is a Philly based stage manager and enjoys exploring the most likely haunted corners of any theater. In her free time, she can be found listening to The Life of a Showgirl and watching Eagles games. Credits include Poor Judge (Pig Iron Theatre Company), Amsterdam (Theatre Ariel), Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, The - [Emmie Parker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/emmie-parker/) - Emmie (she/her) is a Theatre Artist based in the Philadelphia area, and thrilled to be bringing Poor Judge back to the stage. She works in a variety of departments including Performance, Stage Management, Wardrobe and Education. At heart, she is a devising enthusiast and problem solver with a passion for finding order in chaos. As - [Chelsea Murphy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/chelsea-murphy/) - Chelsea (she/her) is a Philadelphia based dance artist, choreographer, and somatic therapist. She has created and performed with Pig Iron Theatre Company (Superterranean, 2019, Poor Judge, 2024), Lily Kind (Wolfthicket, 2021, I’ve got a tape… 2024), and Nichole Canuso Dance Company (The Garden, 2024). Her work has been presented by FringeArts, DanceNOW @ Joe’s Pub, - [Michael Long](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-long/) - Michael (he/him) does freelance film and theatre work in the Philadelphia area. He graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in Film and Video production. Projection design credits include: Hello Dolly (Broadway Sacramento), Next Stop Broadway (China tour), Rock and Roll Man (New World Stages, associate designer), Torch Song, La Otra, This is the Week - [Maria Feuereisen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/maria-feuereisen/) - Maria (she/her) is an award-winning experiential and set designer from Chile, based in NY. With over a decade of experience creating immersive environments for theater, film, and large-scale public installations. Her work blends storytelling with spatial design to craft memorable, emotionally resonant experiences. With a background in film, theater and visual arts. Maria is also - [Nikki Delhomme](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nikki-delhomme/) - (she/her) What a joy it is to bring these designs back onstage with this talented team. Recent Philly Projects include: Arden’s A Wrinkle in Time, Penelope with Theatre Horizon/PSF, Other Orbits for Applied Mechanics , and costume/scenic for the long running Spiritual Experience at The Private Theatre. Regional/NYC: Bedlam Theatre Ensemble, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Santa - [Justin Yoder](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/justin-yoder/) - Justin (he/him) is a Barrymore Award-winning performer who works in theatre as a musician, actor, and music director. Regional: People’s Light, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company (Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance, Man of La Mancha), Delaware Shakespeare, Arden Theatre Company, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Delaware REP, and Theatre Horizon. Web - [Jackie Soro](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jackie-soro/) - Jackie (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based artist, singer, and collaborative theater-maker. Her solo & collaborative works are playfully irreverent, often improvisatory and fiercely queer; they create spaces to contend with questions about place, personhood, and identity. For the past 8 years, Philadelphia’s vibrant devised theater community has been their artistic home. Recent credits as a creator-performer - [Izzy Sazak](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/izzy-sazak/) - Izzy (they/them) is a turkish-colombian-american transdisciplinary artist, theater-maker, educator and emergent facilitator. They live, work and play on Lenni Lenape Land (Philadelphia). They are an associate artist of Delaware Shakespeare, and a company member of Applied Mechanics, Philadelphia’s vanguard experimental theater company. Izzy is a queer, genderful, eco-feminist-abolitionist, whose art is an investigation of joy, - [Josh Machiz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/josh-machiz/) - Josh (he/him) is a Philadelphia-based musician, comedian and composer who’s been confusing and delighting audiences across North America for over 2 decades. He’s a 2-Time Barrymore Award Winner and co-recipient of an American Composers Forum Grant. He’s collaborated with Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Wilma Theater, BalletX, Opera Philadelphia, & Pig Iron Theater Company. He’s currently a - [Emily Bate](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/emily-bate/) - Emily (she/her) is a singer, composer and songleader, working fluidly across disciplines including music performance, theater and choral music. Projects include: Homo Economicus, a solo performance about remaking the economy; Wig Wag, a music-theater piece performed by a cast of 4 and the entire audience; and a multi-city queer & trans community choral project called - [Eva Steinmetz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eva-steinmetz/) - Eva (she/her) is a Philadelphia-based theater director and filmmaker. She has directed and co-created more than a dozen new works of live performance including Poor Judge (9 Barrymore nominations, including Best Director), Penelope (Alex Bechtel & Grace McLean), The Appointment (Lightning Rod Special – two-time NY Times Critic’s Pick; Time Out NY Critics Pick; New - [Bi Jean Ngo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bi-jean-ngo/) - Bi (she/her) is excited to return to the Wilma stage where she last appeared in The Good Person of Setzuan. Bi is a member of the Wilma Theatre’s Hothouse Acting Company, and also a member of 1812 Production’s Creative Core. Recent credits include Shannon/Hunter in La Otra (1812 Productions), Jenny in Young Americans (Theatre Horizon), Anna in Quixotic Professor Qui (InterAct - [Taysha Marie Canales](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/taysha-marie-canales/) - Hothouse continues to challenge me artistically and personally. Meeting with the same group of artists every week for the past two years has created an open space for creativity and growth. I am grateful for the opportunity to explore and create with these artists whom I deeply admire. Regional Credits: Primary Trust (Philadelphia Theatre Company); King Hedley II, A - [Ross Beschler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ross-beschler/) - Ross is a founding member of the Wilma’s HotHouse Acting Company, and a member of the site-specific performance collective Die-Cast. Ross teaches voice and acting at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Select credits: Cost of Living (PTC); Indecent (Arden); Maple & Vine (City Theatre); End Days (People’s Light); Hunter Gatherers, Knives in Hens (Exile); Ramayana, - [Mike Lion](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mike-lion/) - Mike Lion (he/him) is a Seattle-based director, translator, educator, and clown. He is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of Dacha Theatre (WA), which specializes in site-specific productions, immersive spectacles, and original work. Mike is the Director of Production at Youth Theatre Northwest (WA) and has led workshops as a guest artist at Dartmouth College (NH), UPenn (PA), - [Ethan Gotlieb Wilcox](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ethan-gotlieb-wilcox/) - Ethan Gotlieb Wilcox (he/him) is an academic, writer, and translator. Currently, he is a professor of computational linguistics at Georgetown University, where he directs the Psycholinguistics Information and Computation Lab. He has co-written three plays, in addition to co-translating The Snow Queen. He lives in Washington, DC. - [Dylan Uremovich](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dylan-uremovich/) - Dylan Uremovich (he/him) is a DC based lighting and multimedia artist. He was awarded the 2024 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Media/Projection Design for Look Both Ways at The Kennedy Center. Recently, Dylan worked as Associate Video Designer for Broadway's All In: A Comedy About Love and the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo. His other - [Dominic Moore-Dunson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dominic-moore-dunson/) - Dominic Moore-Dunson (he/him) is the 2025 Lloyd Richards New Futures Fellow with The Wilma Theater and an award-winning choreographer from Akron, Ohio. His work blends dance, storytelling, and social inquiry to explore the emotional and spiritual weight of growing up Black in post-industrial America. Named one of Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch,” Dominic’s choreography - [Danielle Sellick](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/danielle-sellick/) - Danielle (She/Her) is a freelance stage manager and props artist and is the newest resident to Philadelphia hailing all the way from St. Petersburg, Florida. Danielle is a fan of reading Letterboxd film reviews and having zero emails. Danielle, is elated to be joining the Wilma production team for the first show of the 25/26 - [Bailey Hammett-Colwell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bailey-hammett-colwell/) - Bailey is a Costume Designer based in New Jersey. She received her MFA from the University of Maryland. Select previous works include (off-broadway) Wesley: A New Musical, Honky Tonk Angels: Millbrook Playhouse, La Calisto: Peabody Institute, Metamorphoses and The Prom: UMD. She has also worked regionally at Ford’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Wolf - [Brett Ashley Robinson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brett-ashley-robinson/) - Brett Ashley Robinson is a Barrymore Award-winning theatre maker based in Philadelphia. The Wilma: Half God of Rainfall, Hima, Twelfth Night, Cherry Orchard, Is God Is, Dance Nation, Mr. Burns, Blood Wedding. She has also worked with New York Theatre Workshop, The Public, Lightning Rod Special, Pig Iron Theater Company, Ars Nova Ant Fest, EST, The - [Campbell O'Hare](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/campbell-ohare/) - Our shared experiences as a company arrive onstage in the connections between our characters, the athleticism and daring of our bodies, emotions, and voices, and the wild abandon with which we trust and support one another as an ensemble. Our time together is a gift. Campbell O’Hare is a member of the Wilma Hothouse company where - [Matthew Ryan Melchior](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/matt-melchior/) - Matt is thrilled to be joining the team for his first production at The Wilma! He is a freelance Stage Manager and theater artist based in Philadelphia, and graduated from West Chester University with a B.A. in Theater as well as minors in music, math, and statistics. Most recently, Matt was the Production Stage Manager - [Sloane Duzy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sloan-duzy/) - This is Sloane’s Wilma debut! She is a non-union stage manager born and raised in the Greater Philadelphia area, with degrees in both Theatre and Communication Studies from West Chester University. Recent professional credits include Assistant Stage Manager of A Raisin in the Sun, and Peter Panto (People’s Light). Collegiate credits include Stage Manager of - [Ksenya Litvak](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ksenya-litvak/) - Ksenya Litvak (Illustrator and Puppet Designer) graduated from the St. Petersburg Theater Academy with a degree in Puppetry and Theater Design. After moving to the United States in 1999, Ksenya began designing puppets, costumes, and sets for numerous respected companies, including Classica Theater, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, Bel Cantanti Opera, Round House Theatre, Adventure Theatre, Theater - [Jon Fosse](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jon-fosse/) - Jon Fosse was born 1959 in Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast. His immense œuvre written in Nynorsk Norwegian and spanning a variety of genres consists of a wealth of plays, novels, short stories, poetry, essays, children’s books, and translations. His work has been translated into more than forty languages and he is today one - [Sarah Cameron Sunde](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sarah-cameron-sunde/) - SARAH CAMERON SUNDE is an interdisciplinary artist, director, and translator working at the intersection of performance, video, conceptual, and public art. She is internationally known as Jon Fosse’s primary American-English theater translator and director, having translated/directed his U.S. debut production in 2004 and four subsequent U.S. premiere productions over the next ten years in New York City - [Morgan Green](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/morgan-green/) - Morgan Green is an Obie Award-winning director and the Co-Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. Known for her bold and inventive approach to new work, she has recently directed a number of acclaimed world premieres, including Five Models in Ruins and 1981 by Caitlin Saylor Stephens (LCT3), HILMA, a new opera by Kate Scelsa with music by Robert - [Suli Holum](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/suli-holum/) - Head of HotHouse Professional Training Suli Holum (she/her) received a Helen Hayes nomination for her role in The Wilma’s My Mama and the Full Scale Invasion (co-produced with DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co). Co-Founder Pig Iron Theatre Company and Stein | Holum Projects (SHP). Awards: Drama Desk Award, TCG/Fox Resident Actor Fellowship, Barrymore Award, Independence Fellowship, NEFA Touring Grant. - [Yury Urnov](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/yury-urnov/) - WILMA THEATER'S CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Born in Moscow, Russia, Yury graduated from the Russian Academy of Theater Art (GITIS) in 2000 with an MFA and since then has directed over 40 productions in his home country, Europe, and Africa.His recent professional directing credits in the US include Hedda Gabler and Ubu Roi at Cutting Ball Theater - [Maria Shaplin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/maria-shaplin/) - Maria Shaplin is a Philadelphia-based theater designer who received her MFA in lighting design from Temple University. She has a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from Hampshire College. In addition to lighting, Maria practices graphic and web design. Although she works on many forms of performance, Maria is especially versed in devised processes, new play - [Krista Apple](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/krista-apple/) - Krista Apple (she/her) is always glad to be back home on the Wilma stage. Some favorite Wilma credits include Twelfth Night, Fairview, The Cherry Orchard, Passage, Hamlet, The Hard Problem, and In the Next Room (2011 Barrymore, Best Supporting Actress). Her additional Philadelphia theater credits include productions at the Arden, Walnut Street, Delaware Shakespeare Festival, - [Steven Rishard](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/steven-rishard/) - We are all first and foremost storytellers at heart. Yet our inquisitive minds and dynamic bodies need a place for deeper excavation of meaning in the stories we plan to tell. HotHouse is that place. Steven Rishard was last seen at the Wilma in Archduke. Other Wilma productions include Eternal Life, Part 1, Kiss, Describe - [J. Alex Cordaro](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/j-alex-cordaro/) - Alex is a Philadelphia-based Fight Director and Educator with over 30 years of training, practice, and experience creating stage violence. He has directed fights up and down the East Coast in various venues (Opera Philadelphia, The Wilma, McCarter, Arden, PTC, Actors Theater, Exile, Inis Nua, Lantern, etc.) including seven World Premieres and numerous Philadelphia and - [Trey Lyford](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/trey-lyford/) - Trey Lyford -- is an actor, director, designer, and play fabricator who has been creating original works for the stage for over two decades - most recently with his company gimmick. His past collaborations include devised works KOAL, The Accountant, all wear bowlers (2005 Drama Desk Nomination, NY Innovative Theatre Award), Amnesia Curiosa, the OBIE - [Yaim Chong Chia](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/yaim-chong-chia/) - Yaim Chong Chia (he/they) is delighted to be making their debut as Sound Designer with the Wilma Theatre. A multi-hyphenate music producer, singer-songwriter and sound artist that hails from Singapore, he works mainly with sound - composition, production, ambience, textures - and has done commissioned work for National Gallery Singapore, Asian Art Institutum and DC - [Jaylene Clark Owens](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jaylene-clark-owens/) - I am so appreciative of the exploration that I get to do as a member of HotHouse. We get to explore plays, including ones that are new or still in the process of being written, which is exciting. We also get to explore our bodies and voices through the various exercises that we do and - [Keith J. Conallen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/keith-j-conallen/) - For me, the art of theatre is about exploration. Through HotHouse we not only explore the plays/poems/songs we are interested in, but the entire process that goes into making this art. We explore ourselves within that process. Keith (he/him) is native to Philadelphia, Keith has worked on nearly every Philly theater stage; Arden Theater Co., - [Jered McLenigan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jered-mclenigan/) - Jered McLenigan is a Wilma HotHouse company member whose most recent Wilma appearances include Minor Character, Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Barrymore Nominee, Outstanding Leading Performer/Play). Elsewhere, he's recently been seen with Quintessence Theater Group in The Tempest, Mary Poppins, The Alchemist and The Winter's Tale, with Delaware Shakespeare - [Patreshettarlini Adams](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/patreshettarlini-adams/) - Patreshettarlini (‘Pat’) Adams (she/her) is the Resident Stage Manager at the Wilma Theater. She has been with the organization since 1996. This season (2024-25) will be her 29th and she has recently celebrated over 100 productions with them! She has been a member of Actor’s Equity for over 31 years. Pat’s almost 40-year career encompasses - [Jordan McCree](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jordan-mccree/) - Jordan McCree (they/he) is an artist based in Philadelphia. Their most recent collaborations include: we come to collect: a flirtation with capitalism(jenn kidwell and the blackening), The Comeuppance(Woolly Mammoth/Wilma Theater), Good Person of Setzuan(Wilma Theater), Grief Hotel(Clubbed Thumb), Cost of Living(Philadelphia Theatre Company), The BFG(Arden Theater), The World Takes(short film, Eight Flow Studio), Eternal Life - [Jessica Johnson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jessica-johnson/) - Jessica Johnson is a Philadelphia-based performer and teaching artist. She began her artistic career in Philadelphia as a Dorothy Haas Acting Apprentice at the Walnut Street Theatre. She has performed in readings, workshops, and full-length productions all over the region. She is Barrymore nominated for her work in A Hit Dog Will Holler and received - [Dahlia Al-Habieli](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dahlia-al-habieli/) - DAHLIA AL-HABIELI (she/her) Recent and Upcoming credits include: A Sherlock Carol, A Merry Christmas Carol, Henry V (Virginia Stage Company), La Tempestad, Sweat, Native Gardens (Trinity Repertory), Disney's The Little Mermaid, The Odyssey, In the Heights, Steel Magnolias, Gloria (Dallas Theater Center); Much Ado About Nothing (Playmakers Repertory Theater); The Refugees (Gulfshore Playhouse); House of Joy - [Ontaria Kim Wilson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ontaria-kim-wilson/) - Ontaria Kim Wilson (she/her) Ontaria Kim Wilson is a multi hyphenated artist from Philadelphia. She is a 3rd year MFA Directing Candidate at Temple University. Dance & Choreography: Founding member of Rennie Harris Puremovement; R & B recording artist Gina Thompson; Hip Hop recording Artist Eve; and Teddy Pendergrass Writing: The Healing; Detox; and - [Damien J. Wallace](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/damien-j-wallace/) - Damien J. Wallace (he/him) Damien Is proud to make his long awaited debut at the Wilma. Some of Damien’s theatre credits include his extensive work in the August Wilson cycle having performed in eight of the 10 play canon. He performed Brucie in Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of “Sweat”. Damien was also seen in the - [Inua Ellams](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/inua-ellams/) - Inua Ellams (he/him) Playwright Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer. He is a Complete Works poet alumni and facilitates workshops in creative writing where he explores reoccurring themes in his work - Identity, Displacement and Destiny - in accessible, enjoyable ways for participants of all ages and backgrounds. His - [Anthony Martinez-Briggs](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anthony-martinez-briggs/) - Anthony Martinez-Briggs (they/them) has a crush on fashionable sneakers, well cultivated herbs, and science fiction novels written by black femme authors. They are a Wilma HotHouse company member as well as a Bearded Ladies Associate Artist. They wear many hats including but not limited to: writing, teaching, facilitating, music making and overall theater artist type - [LeVonne Lindsay](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/levonne-lindsay/) - LeVonne Lindsay (she/her) Costume Designer LeVonne is the Costume Shop Manager for the Lang Performing Arts Center at Swarthmore College. LeVonne received her B.S. in Fashion Design from Philadelphia University and her M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Maryland, College Park. Recent design credits include Arden Theatre Company: Radio Gulf, Into the Woods, School - [Thom Weaver](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/thom-weaver/) - Thom Weaver (Lighting Designer): Wilma Associate Artist, where he has designed over 15 productions including Kill Move Paradise, Mr. Burns, Passing Strange, Blood Wedding, Adapt!, and An Octoroon. His work has been seen at NYSF/Public Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Primary Stages, Signature Theatre (NY), Arden, PTC, Lantern, The Getty Pavilion, Theatre Exile, New Paradise Laboratories, Alliance Theater, CenterStage, Huntington - [Melody Wong](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/melody-wong/) - Melody is excited to return to The Wilma, since her stage management fellowship in 2004/5. A graduate of Temple University (BA, MEd). Recent Credits include: Camp Siegfried, Case for the existence of God, Abandon, The Light, Wolfplay at Theater Exile, American Fast with InterAct, Dreamgirls with Theater in the X, In Search of the Kitchen - [Jordan Bellow](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jordon-bellow/) - Jordan Bellow is a performer of stage and screen. NY credits include California at Clubbed Thumb, Gnit and Richard II + Henry IV at Theatre for a New Audience, Interior at 59E59, The Feels..KMS at New Ohio Theatre, and The Connelly. Regionally, he has performed across the country including Chester Theatre Company, Fisher Center at - [Alana Raquel Bowers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alana-raquel-bowers/) - Alana Raquel Bowers (Baltimore,MD) is an actor, dancer, singer and producer. Most recently seen in Molière in the Park’s production of The Miser. Broadway: Chicken and Biscuits (Circle in the Square Theater). Off-Broadway: Bernarda’s Daughters (The New Group and the National Black Theater at the Signature Theater), What To Send Up When It Goes Down - [Branden Jacobs-Jenkins](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/branden-jacobs-jenkins/) - Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Brooklyn-based playwright, producer, Tony winner, and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Recent theatre credits include Appropriate (Tony Award; Broadway, Second Stage), The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre), Girls (Yale Rep), Everybody (Signature Theatre), War (Yale Rep; Lincoln Center/LCT3), Gloria (Vineyard Theatre), Appropriate (Obie Award; Signature Theatre), An Octoroon (Obie Award; Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience), and Neighbors (The Public Theater). He currently teaches at Yale University and serves as Vice President of the Dramatists Guild council and - [Jessica Rizzo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jessica-rizzo/) - Jessica Rizzo has worked at venues including the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, the Yale Repertory Theatre, the American Theatre of Actors in New York City, and FringeArts in Philadelphia. Her writing for the stage has also been presented at the Hong Kong Arts Series and the Louisville Ballet. Favorite collaborators include Robert Woodruff, Doris Mirescu - [Kitt Crescenzo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kitt-crescenzo/) - Kitt is a Baltimore-based designer and company member of Stillpointe Theatre. Recent projects include Rapid Lemon Variations Project; The Lights Went out Because of a Problem (The Acme Corporation); WITCH (Stillpointe); Orlando (Constellation Theatre); My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (Associate, Woolly Mammoth and Wilma Theatre Co-Production); and Here There are Blueberries (Associate, Shakespeare Theatre - [Minjoo Kim](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/minjoo-kim/) - Minjoo Kim is an internationally working lighting designer who approaches design from dynamic and diverse visual perspectives. She is thrilled to return to Woolly Mammoth after The Sensational Sea-Minkettes. Selective DC credits include Fat Ham at Studio Theatre, Ink at Round House, King of the Yees at Signature Theatre, and The Brothers Paranormal at Olney - [Samantha Wilhelm](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/samantha-wilhelm/) - SAMANTHA WILHELM (Production Stage Manager) has been a DC area Freelance Stage Manager for nearly 10 years. After graduating from The University of Mary Washington, she moved to DC and began working full time at theatres such as The Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Co, Round House Theatre, and Signature Theatre. Some highlights of - [Sarah Gliko](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sarah-gliko/) - Sarah Gliko is an actor/musician and founding member of the Wilma HotHouse Acting Company, where select productions include: The Good Person of Setzuan, Eternal Life Part 1, (Barrymore Award-Supporting Performance), KISS, The Cherry Orchard, Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Drama League Award Nomination), Constellations, When The Rain Stops Falling (Barrymore Award-Ensemble), and the U.S. premiere - [Jaime Maseda](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jaime-maseda/) - Jaime Maseda is a Barrymore-nominated performer based in Philadelphia. He has worked across disciplines with various artists and companies, including Pig Iron Theatre Company, Miguel Gutierrez, the Arden Theatre, the Wilma Theater, Azuka Theatre, People’s Light, Orbiter 3, Magda & Chelsea, Mel Krodman & Kelly Bond, George & Co.; as well as in collaborative partnership - [Erika Rose](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/erika-rose/) - OFF BROADWAY: Here There Are Blueberries (New York Theatre Workshop) REGIONAL: Here There Are Blueberries (STC); Tiny Beautiful Things (Baltimore Center Stage); Confederates and The Cymbeline Project (OSF); An Octoroon and Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); Crying On Television and Queens Girl in Africa (Everyman Theater); Mosaic Theater Company *Helen Hayes - [Jon Hudson Odom](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jon-hudson-odom/) - Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Ain’t No Mo’, An Octoroon, Botticelli in the Fire, Shipwreck; Steppenwolf Theatre Company: No Man’s Land, Describe the Night, The Seagull, Ms Black For President; Goodman Theatre: Toni Stone; Writers Theatre: Witch; Denver Center for the Performing Arts: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Round House Theatre & Olney Theatre Center: Angels in - [Jesse Reagen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jesse-reagen/) - Versatile Cellist Jessie Reagen Mann is a member of the Indian/Jewish Om Shalom Trio, has composed two works for Carolyn Dorfman Dance and was a member of Hadar’s inaugural Rising Song Institute Fellowship. Jessie can be seen performing with a variety of ensembles, pop tours, Broadway shows, singing and playing as a Jewish prayer musician, - [Oona Curley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/oona-curle/) - Oona Curley (they/them) is a lighting and scenic designer, a company member of Lightning Rod Special, and an Associate Artist with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. Recent: I Love You so Much I Could Die (NYTW), Penelope (HVSF), The Whitney Album (Soho Rep), Dark Disabled Stories (Public/Bushwick Starr), The Appointment, SPEECH, Underground Railroad Game (Lightning Rod - [Justin Jain](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/justin-jain/) - The Wilma HotHouse has empirically changed the way I think about and approach theatre making. To have the opportunity to explore, grow, train together and investigate exactly what it means to engage the actor’s thinking body, this ensemble allows me to take risks that have made me an exponentially better artist. Justin Jain is an - [Krit Robinson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/krit-robinson/) - Krit Robinson is an award winning designer, artist and educator, based in Woodside Queens. Her work ranges from site specific installations, architectural consulting, to traditional theatre and opera. As an artist she aims to take large epic artistic messes and create a vision and vessel that can be inhabited by both performers and audience. She - [Leigh Goldenberg](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/leigh-goldenberg/) - Wilma Theater Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg leads mission-driven and creative organizations, with a commitment to Philadelphia. She joined the Wilma in March 2020 alongside the Cohort of Co-Artistic Directors.From 2017-2020, she served as the first Executive Director of Theatre Philadelphia, the region’s theatre marketing and leadership organization. During her tenure, she started Philly Theatre Week, a region-wide - [Bryan Hagelin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bryan-hagelin/) - Bryan Hagelin (he/him) is a theatre director from Philadelphia, PA and a graduate of Cornell University. He is an alum of the National Women's Theatre Festival's WTFringeLab for directing and producing, the Kennedy Center Directing Intensive, and La Mama's International Directing Symposium in Umbria, Italy. Bryan is the current Artistic & Literary Intern at the - [Alex Bechtel](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alex-bechtel/) - Alex Bechtel creates new works of music, theatre, and musical theatre. Recent composing work: Lightning Rod Special’s The Appointment (“Best of 2019” - NYTimes/Vulture/TimeOut NY; “Best of 2023” - The New Yorker) People’s Light’s Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Panto and Shakespeare in Love, Arden Theatre Company’s Pinocchio, Red Riding Hood, Treasure Island, Midsummer, and The Light Princess, and seven seasons of new music at Pennsylvania Shakespeare - [Dito van Reigersberg](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dito-van-reigersberg/) - Dito van Reigersberg is a co-founder of Pig Iron Theatre Company and has performed in almost all of Pig Iron’s productions since 1995, including the OBIE-winners Hell Meets Henry Halfway and Chekhov Lizardbrain. He was a featured soloist in Heather Christian’s acclaimed Oratorio for Living Things with Ars Nova. He is truly thrilled about Pig - [Matthew Kahn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/matthew-kahn/) - Matt Kahn is a guitarist based in Ocean County, New Jersey. Matt has kept a busy schedule between New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey, performing his own compositions and as a sideman with acts such as The Chronicles, Atomic Fizz, and Taylor Kelly. After graduating the University of the Arts, he spent the next year - [John Polanco](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-polanco/) - John Polanco Aviles is a distinguished trumpet player based in the Philadelphia area. Graduating with a Bachelor's & Master's degree from the University of the Arts, John's musical journey has been marked by a dedication to both performance and education. In addition to his role as a teacher, John's committed work ethic has garnered him - [Evan Spigelman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/evan-spigelman/) - Evan Spigelman (they/them/the “gay ‘she’”) is a theatermaker whose time is spent as an actor, cabaret artist, designer and light-bender (theatrical electrician). Recent Off Broadway and Regional performance credits include HILMA (upcoming, Wilma Theater), Ocean Filibuster (A.R.T/Pearl D'Amour), Taylor Mac’s A 24 Decade History of Popular Music (Pomegranate Arts), The Indigo Room (Timothy White Eagle), - [Maiko Matsushima](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/maiko-matsushima-2/) - Maiko Matsushima (Costume Designer) is a visual and installation artist, and a scenic and costume designer for theatre, dance, opera and film. Matsushima is based in Philadelphia, where she often designs for the Wilma Theatre, Pig Iron, the Arden, Headlong, and BalletX. Matsushima recently designed Matthew Ozawa’s acclaimed reimagining of Madama Butterfly for the Cincinnati - [Lisa Fagan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lisa-fagan/) - Lisa Fagan is a choreographer, director and dancer based in NYC whose work has been dubbed “The High Weird” by critics. She is the director/choreographer and a practicing member of the experimental performance collective CHILD. Fagan’s work has been presented in NYC by: New York Live Arts (Live Artery Festival, 2024), Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC - [Kristen Sieh](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kristen-sieh/) - KRISTEN SIEH is a Brooklyn based performer, writer, designer and gardener. She is a founding member of The TEAM, with whom she has co-written numerous plays including RoosevElvis and Particularly in the Heartland. She has performed in NY, regionally and internationally with ERS (Gatz, The Sound and the Fury), Half Straddle (Ghost Rings), Banana Bag - [Andrew Nelson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/andrew-nelson/) - Andrew Nelson is a bassist, arranger, sound designer, interactive programmer in the Philadelphia area. He can most often be heard playing (mostly) bass for the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret. Also with Johnny Showcase, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden Theatre, Walnut St Theatre, Azuka Theatre, 1812 Productions, Lehigh University, Pig Iron Theatre Company. Other - [Jackie Tileston](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jackie-tileston/) - Jackie Tileston is an artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, where she is a Professor in Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches a seminar called Mystics and Visionaries: Art and Other Ways of Knowing that focuses on the work of Hilma af Klint and other artists working with non-ordinary states of - [Granville L Mullings, Jr.](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/granville-l-mullings-jr/) - GRANVILLE MULLINGS, JR. is a GRAMMY-nominated songwriter, composer, and drummer who was born and raised in “Money Earnin’” Mount Vernon, NY. Granville's professional journey began in the world of theater at the age of 19, where he wrote and performed for "From Hoofin’ 2 Hittin’: Witness the Dance, Feel the Beat" at the National Black - [Robert M. Johanson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-m-johanson/) - Robert M. Johanson is a freelance performer/composer/director in New York City. He is a founding member of Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and has performed with them in No Dice, Poetics: a Ballet Brut, Romeo and Juliet, No President, and composed music for and performed in their epic cycle Life and Times: Episodes 1-9, and Burt - [Nina Ryser](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nina-ryser/) - Nina Ryser is a Philadelphia-based musician, performer and composer. Her interest in songwriting and recording began in her childhood bedroom, and eventually led to her path in composition. Nina’s work has been performed by ensembles at the New England Conservatory of Music and SUNY Purchase, and the American Symphony Orchestra at Bard College. Her lifelong - [Daniel Espie](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/daniel-espie/) - Dan Espie is a Philadelphia-based pianist who has enjoyed a wide ranging career as a performer, theater musician, and teacher. Having received his MMus from the Royal Academy of Music in 2017 and his BM from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, Dan has performed with large ensembles including the No Name Pops, - [Jasyn Brazoban](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jasyn-brazoban/) - As a sought after Trombonist, Bandleader, and Educator based in Philadelphia, Jasyn Brazoban proudly honed his skills at the University of The Arts (BA '22 & MAT '23). With a versatile repertoire spanning Jazz, Gospel, Salsa, Pop and more, Jasyn has graced esteemed venues around the country, namely Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club (NYC), - [J Molière](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/j-moliere/) - Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and the child of Afro-Caribbean parents, J is an artist in communion with the black, femme, and fabulous. Selected credits: “King John” (Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Actors Theater of Louisville), “The Record” (The Public), “Fire. Water. Night.“ (La MaMa). MFA University of Florida. - [Kate Scelsa](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kate-scelsa/) - Kate Scelsa - BOOKS: “Fans of the Impossible Life” (HarperCollins, 2015 Indie Next and Junior Library Guild pick), “Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches”(HarperCollins), “Luminary” (Simon&Schuster), “The Mortal Year” (forthcoming from Abrons). THEATER: “Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf” (published by Dramatists Play Service, produced by Elevator Repair Service), New Georges 2017 Audrey Resident, Virginia B. Toulmin - [Eugene Lew](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eugene-lew/) - Eugene is a Philadelphia-based guide, producer, educator, and organizer primarily engaged in the performance, design, access, management, transformation, (attempted) capture, storage, and playback of shared IRL experiences – with a sound/music bias. The fleeting moment, aggregate independent decision-making, and stochastic phenomena are especially fascinating and vital to his practice and general existence. He welcomes serendipitous - [Steven Dufala](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/steven-dufala/) - Steven Dufala is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia. While he works primarily in collaboration with his brother Billy, he also works on as many other projects in as many other fields as possible, being drawn in particular to works that explore overlapping concerns of various disciplines. He makes drawings, clothes, furniture, prints, music, sculpture, - [Ariel Wang](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ariel-wang/) - Ariel (Liudi) Wang is a freelance Costume Designer living bicoastally. She came to the US from Beijing, China for graduate school and achieved her MS in Communication Management and MFA in Costume Design at Temple University. Her recent credits include Costume Designs for Noises Off at Delaware Theatre Company, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling - [Mel Hsu](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mel-hsu/) - Mel Hsu is a sonic painter of impossible worlds. As a multi-instrumentalist, Mel often ventures from her classical roots as a cellist into unexpected, cross-disciplinary collaborations. Rooted in Philadelphia, Mel’s restless spirit finds adventure across time zones and oceans as musical and administrative support for others who inspire her. Mel is a spreadsheet nerd, a - [Makoto Hirano](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/makoto-hirano/) - Makoto Hirano is a Philadelphia-based choreographer. His award-winning performance projects have been presented and commissioned by festivals and venues from Cairo (EG) to Off-Broadway (NY) and Yale University (CT). As a freelance collaborating performer, Hirano has originated over 35 roles, with highlights that include projects with Bill Irwin, Pig Iron Theatre Co., Nichole Canuso Dance - [Cat Ramirez](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cat-ramirez/) - Cat Ramirez is a director and producer who loves logistical puzzles, community meals, and bisexual lighting. Recent projects include Marisol with University of the Arts, She Was a Conquistawhore with Rachel O’Hanlon Rodriguez, Half Magic with Joseph Ahmed, Today is My Birthday with Theatre Exile, Letters to the Moon with Mel Hsu, and Meet Murasaki - [Sonia Fernandez](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sonia-fernandez/) - Sonia is a dramaturg, administrator & producer specializing in new work. She is happiest in a new play process. Currently serving as Director of New Work at Woolly, Sonia was previously interim Artistic Director & prior to that Associate Artistic Director of Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Favorite production dramaturgy credits include unseen by Mona - [Venus Gulbranson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/venus-gulbranson/) - Venus Gulbranson is a proud Filipino lighting designer based in Brooklyn. Most notable works include Broadway’s New York, New York and Monumental Theatre’s Tick..Tick..Boom! where she was nominated for a Helen Hayes award. Venus has collaborated with Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, The Public, Ford’s Theatre, The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Santa Fe Opera, and - [Josiane M. Lemieux](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/josiane-m-lemieux/) - Josiane M. Lemieux spent this past summer as the Interim Director of Production for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Prior to that, she was Director of Production for four years at Maryland’s Olney Theatre Center, where she oversaw over fifty productions, including the world premiere of Cinco Paul and Bekah Brunstetter’s A.D. 16. Prior to that, - [Chloe Kincade](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/chloe-kincade/) - Chloe Kincade (they/them) is a freelance stage manager in Philadelphia, and is happy to be joining the team for their second production at the Wilma. They are currently the Company Production Manager with Applied Mechanics. They recently graduated from Ball State University with a B.S. in Theatre and a concentration in Stage Management. - [Ivania Stack](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ivania-stack-2/) - Ivania is based in the Washington, DC Area. With over 20 years of experience, she has designed costumes for over 300 shows. She is proud to be a Woolly Company Member, (and new Board Member!) where she has designed several productions, including most recently: There’s Always the Hudson, Fairview, Describe the Night, Botticelli in The - [Kelly Colburn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kelly-colburn/) - Recent DC: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co: My Mama and The Full Scale Invasion, Signature: Passing Strange, Kennedy Center: Look Both Ways, Roundhouse/Olney Theatre Center: Fela!; Gala Hispanic: La Casa en la Laguna, Mosaic: Dear Mapel. OFF-BROADWAY: New York Theatre Workshop, american (tele)visions. REGIONAL: Everyman: Baskerville, The Sound Inside. Children’s Theatre of Charlotte: Narnia the Musical. - [Misha Kachman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/misha-kachman/) - Previous designs at the Wilma include The Convert, Mr. Burns, Minor Character, and The Twelfth Night. Misha has also worked at Arena Stage, Asolo Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Berkeley Rep, Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Court Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre Center, Opera Lafayette, Opera Royal Versailles, - [Sasha Denisova](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sasha-denisova/) - Sasha is a playwright, a director, a writer, and a Ukrainian. Sasha was born in Kiev. She graduated from the Philology Department of Kiev Taras Shevchenko University. Sasha subsequently studied theater and worked at various theatre companies in Russia. While residing in Russia she studied documentary theater at the Theater Doc company in Moscow, trained - [Holly Twyford](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/holly-twyford/) - Holly is thrilled to be at the Wilma Theater and excited to be telling Sasha’s story. Previous Woolly productions are The Cockburn Rituals, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet, Stop Kiss, Andromeda Shack, Recent Tragic Events and We Are Proud to Present: A Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the - [Shon Causer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/shon-causer/) - Shon is beyond excited to collaborate with this design team! Local credits: Walnut Street Theater, Lantern Theater, Fulton Theater, 1812 Productions, Inis Nua, Theatre Horizon, Delaware Theater Company, 100th Meridian, Regional credits: Maples Rep, Boise Contemporary Theater, Penobscot Theater. M.F.A., Lighting Design, Temple. Thanks: Amina, James, Pat, Zumbo, Ben, Izzie and the whole Wilma family. - [Tiffany Bacon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tiffany-bacon/) - Tiffany is the Creative & Production Director for WURD Radio, began her career in radio in 1990 at WRTI. At Power 99FM she created Inner City, a show that broke new artists like Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild and more. Tiffany Bacon is the co-author of a health & Wellness program for African American teens. Talking - [Sara Brown](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sara-brown-2/) - Sara is a set designer for theater, opera, and dance. Selected designs include Pride and Prejudice at the Hartford Stage Company, The Lehman Trilogy and Common Ground: Revisited at the Huntington Theater Company; The Day at Jacob’s Pillow; Hagoromo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Fellow Travelers at the Minnesota Opera; World of Wires at - [Larry Fowler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/larry-fowler/) - Larry is a Philadelphia based theater sound designer, radio imaging producer, and music producer whose work spans 20+ years. Larry is excited to be back at the Wilma for this production. Theater companies Larry has designed for include Azuka Theater (Current Board Member), Interact Theater, Theater Horizon, People’s Light, Theater Exile, The Lantern Theater, Denver - [Donnie Hammond](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donnie-hammond/) - Off-Broadway: Titanique Regional: Personality: the Lloyd Price Musical (People’s Light Theatre, Studebaker Theater Chicago), In the Heights (Walnut Street Theatre, Geva Theatre & Hangar Theatre) Little Women the Musical (Quintessence Theatre), Shrek: the Musical (Walnut Street Theatre) King Lear (Quintessence Theatre Group) The Color Purple (Theatre Horizon) - [Amina Robinson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/amina-robinson/) - Amina is an actor, director, Professor of Acting and Musical Theater at Temple University and Artistic Director of The Centre Theater in Norristown. She is thrilled to make her Wilma Theater directorial debut with Fat Ham. As an actor, Amina has performed on Broadway, National Tours, film, television, national commercials, and various regional productions. Amina’s - [Brenson Thomas](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brenson-thomas/) - Brenson is thrilled to return to the Wilma after performing music in 2019’s There. Other credits: Abandon (Theatre Exile, World Premiere), Backing Track (World Premiere), and Into the Woods (Arden Theatre Company), This Is the Week That Is (1812 Productions), The Appointment (Lightning Rod Special, 2019; “Best of 2019 Theatre”: New York Times, Time Out - [Zuhairah](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/zuhairah/) - Zuhairah is the Recipient of the 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Award, where she worked with Broadway director Jerry Zaks. She Originally hails from New York. She is the Producing Artistic Director of First World Theatre, & this is her debut at Wilma. Regional Theatre: Theatre Horizon: Sandblasted, Arden Theatre: Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean, Hedgerow Theatre: - [Kishia Nixon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kishianixon/) - Recent theatre credits include: Present in Say It Ain’t So with Revolution Shakespeare; Letitia in Clyde’s with The Arden Theatre company; Stephie /Ensemble in Fabulation or the Reeducation of Undine with The Lantern Theater; The Dreamer in Life is a Dream with EgoPo Classic Theater; Ensemble in Re-Entry with Die-cast/Drexel University; Little miss in La ronde with Die-cast; Jira in A Twist of - [Sarah “Bash” Bastian](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sarah-bash-bastian/) - Sarah "Bash" Bastian (they/them) is a local Philly actor, visual artist, and writer. Bash graduated from the University of the Arts with a BFA in Musical Theatre in 2022, and, in the last year, has been lucky enough to understudy at the Arden Theatre Company and complete an acting fellowship with the Wilma Theater. Next, - [MK Tuomanen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mk-tuomanen/) - MK Tuomanen (they/them) has been seen at the Wilma as Bart in Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (2018) and Bette in Fairview (2022). Their play Night Science has been developed at the Wilma through the Virginia Toulmin Foundation. They are a company member of Applied Mechanics (performing as Crispy the Bacterium in Other Orbits, July - [Misha Kachman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mikhail-kachman/) - Misha’s previous designs at the Wilma include The Convert, The Body of an American and Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. He has also worked at Arena Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Court Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Olney Theatre Center, Opera Lafayette, - [Leslie Rivera](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/leslie-rivera/) - Leslie Rivera is a Puerto Rico-born writer/director driven by a passion for storytelling and entertainment. With a commitment to pushing artistic boundaries, Les has created captivating narratives in the form of short films, documentaries, and as the director of photography for the movie adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Fat Ham." As an educator, Les - [Skye Fort](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/skye-fort/) - Skye Fort is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes theatre. video, performance, and installation. Originally from New Mexico, Skye is a recent transplant to Philadelphia, having spent eight years working in Chicago theatre and two years in Baltimore. She is a company member at Trap Door Theatre in Chicago IL, and a founding member of - [Leo Mock](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/leo-mock/) - Leo Mock is an intimacy choreographer and coordinator, gender consultant, clown, and educator from Texas. They are Assistant Faculty with Theatrical Intimacy Education, where they have co-developed TIE’s first curriculum on working with Trans and gender-expansive artists, and in collaboration with Raja Benz, with has launched Queer and Trans Intimacy Education (QTIE), a training grounds - [Abby Weissman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/abby-weissman/) - Abby Weissman (she/her) Abby is a director, consent educator, arts administrator (and more!) based in Philadelphia, PA. She is a company member of Revolution Shakespeare, and a proud alumnus of Northwestern University and the Arden Professional Apprentice Program. Most recently, she has spent her time talking about sex and relationships at colleges across the country - [Michael Kiley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-kiley/) - Michael Kiley (he/him) is a Philadelphia based sound designer, composer, performer and educator working in dance, theatre, and public installation. Past Wilma collaborations include Mr. Burns - A Post-Electric Play, Minor Character, and School Pictures. A winner of two Barrymore Awards for sound design, his work has been called “essential sound design” by the Huffington - [Matt Saunders](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/matt-saunders/) - Matt Saunders: Recent Off-Broadway credits include the world premiere of Daddy by Jeremy O Harris, for which Saunders won a Drama Desk Award, the world premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s Pipeline at Lincoln Center, the world premiere of Futurity for Soho Rep and Ars Nova, Venus at Signature, Good Person of Szechwan at The Public Theater, - [Masha Tsimring](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/masha-tsimring/) - Masha is a NYC based designer for live performance. Recently: The Appointment (Lightning Rod Special); morning/mourning (Prototype/HERE); Events (The Hearth); Montag (Soho Rep); Vietgone (Guthrie); Tick Tick…Boom! (Portland Center Stage); Der Freischütz (Wolf Trap Opera); To the Yellow House (La Jolla Playhouse). Internationally, her work has taken her to Chile, China, Russia, Germany, Abu Dhabi, Ecuador, the Netherlands, Bolivia, and one very big boat. Homes for New York projects include Playwrights - [Azalea Fairley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/azalea-fairley/) - Azalea Fairley (she/they) is a New Orleans born NYC based costume designer and is happy to make their debut at the Wilma! Selected Off Broadway and Regional credits include: Shadow/ Land (Public Theater NYC), Clyde’s (George St Playhouse, NJ) Detroit 67 (TheaterSquared AR), Blood Knot (Flat Rock Playhouse NC), By the Way Meet Vera Stark - [Lois Abdelmalek](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lois-abdelmalek/) - Lois "Lo" Abdelmalek is an actor, singer, director/producer, voice artist, and award-winning photographer. Most recently, she was in the world premiere of 400 Barrels of Wine (Theatre Ariel & Theatre Company of Jerusalem) in Israel. Lo has an MFA in Performance and African American Theatre Certificate from the University of Louisville. Lo was part of - [Fadi Skeiker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/fadi-skeiker/) - Fadi Skeiker is a Syrian theatre practitioner/scholar/educator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he is Associate Professor of Theatre at University of the Arts teaching directing, theatre collaboration, and script analysis. He holds a BA from The Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts in Damascus, Syria, an MA from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. - [Rayya El Zein](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/rayya-el-zein/) - Rayya El Zein holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from the Graduate Center, CUNY (2016). Her research has focused on politics and popular culture in the Arabic-speaking world. She has published, taught courses, and mentored students exploring Arab media and politics; Middle Eastern theatre, performance, and ritual; and various aspects of globalization, interculturalism, and - [Jian Jung](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jian-jung/) - Jian Jung is a New York based set designer. While her productions range from classic masterpieces to new plays, her design always focuses on innovative delivery of the piece, provoking audience's expectations. Jung’s work has been acclaimed as 'innovative', 'inventive', 'genius' and 'spectacular' by major press such as The New York Times, LA Times, and - [Alan Price](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alan-price/) - Alan Price is director of the Center for Immersive Media at University of the Arts. He creates networked virtual environments and real-time animation for interactive art, games and performance, and is a recipient of an international MUSE award for technology in museum exhibits and a Prix Ars Electronica award in interactive art. - [Zaina Yasmin Dana](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/zaina-yasmin-dana/) - Zaina Yasmin Dana (she/her) is a Palestinian-American director based in Philadelphia and a recent graduate of Swarthmore College. Before working on KISS, she had the pleasure of developing R3TURN: A Palestinian Pop-Punk Musical at Swarthmore College. She is the Associate Producer with Suli Holum / The Work, a theatre company/incubator for new, exciting performance work - [Reza Behjat](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/reza-behjat/) - Reza Behjat is a freelance visual storyteller and lighting designer based in NYC. He began his career in Iran - where he worked with some prominent directors for several years. Besides more than 30 productions he designed in his home country, his works have been shown in Off-Broadway and regional theaters across the United States - [Fajer Al-Kaisi](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/fajer-al-kaisi/) - Fajer Al-Kaisi is an actor for the stage and screen as well as a VO artist/narrator/podcaster/content creator. Most recent credits include Jellystone (HBO max) the Report (Amazon) future man (Hulu) blood and treasure (Cbs) Madam Secretary (Cbs) Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk (Paramount) and many more, including 30 rock, nurse Jackie, the good wife, delocated, - [Damien Figueras](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/damien-figueras/) - Damien Figueras is a Cuban-American sound designer and music director based in Philadelphia. He is a two-time Barrymore nominee for his work on Moth at Azuka Theatre and Antihero at Tribe of Fools. Other credits include: Party Face (Off-Broadway, NY City Center), A Hit Dog Will Holler (Azuka Theatre), Athena (Theatre Horizon), The OK Trenton - [Jennifer Kidwell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jennifer-kidwell/) - Jennifer Kidwell (she/they) is a performing artist. Recent projects – Ocean Filibuster (PearlDamour), Fat Ham and Antigone (The Wilma Theater), Michelle Ellsworth’s Body on a Table, Underground Railroad Game (2017 Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work; 2018 Edinburgh Fringe First Award; Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes nominations), Jaamil Olawole Kosoko’s Syllabus for Black Love, - [Milo Cramer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/milo-cramer/) - Milo Cramer is a playwright and performer. Works include CUTE ACTIVIST at The Bushwick Starr (“a brilliant match of material and theater… a fable for our times” - Jesse Green, NYT), BOY FACTORY on Playwrights Horizons: Soundstage (“best theater of 2020... bluntly honest, sometimes horribly uncomfortable” - Joey Simms, Transitions), and MINOR CHARACTER: SIX TRANSLATIONS - [Jess Conda](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jess-conda/) - JESS CONDA (she/her) is a performer/ producer/ teaching artist. From 2003-2013, Jess performed with BRAT Productions, a former non profit theater company known for their influence on Philadelphia's early "Fringe" performance scene. From 2013-2017, she served as Artistic Director, producing original rock-theater hybrids led by emerging Philadelphia artists. In 2019, Jess co-hosted The Barrymore Awards, - [Mel Krodman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mel-krodman/) - Mel Krodman (they/them/zey) is a 43-year young, white, trans non-binary, queer, Ashkenazi Jewish creator, collaborator, performer, writer, community member, partner and parent. As a performance maker Mel has a decade-long career collaboratively devising experimental and physically-driven interdisciplinary works that collide dance, theatre, video, performance art, music and comedy. Favorite works and collaborations include: Pete Pannn: - [James Ijames](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-ijames/) - JAMES IJAMES is a playwright, director and educator. He has appeared regionally in productions at The Arden Theatre Company, The Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Wilma Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Mauckingbird Theatre Company, and People’s Light and Theatre. James’ plays have been produced by Flashpoint Theater Company, Orbiter 3, Theatre Horizon, Wilma Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), The National Black Theatre - [William Shakespeare](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/william-shakespeare/) - [Nathan Alan Davis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nathan-alan-davis/) - Nathan Alan Davis’s plays include The Refuge Plays, The High Ground, Nat Turner in Jerusalem (Stavis Playwright Award, 2017), Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea (Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation, 2015), Origin Story, and The Wind and the Breeze (Lorraine Hansberry Award, 2013). For his body of work thus far, he has received a Windham-Campbell Prize (2021), a Steinberg Playwright Award (2020), and a Whiting - [Guillermo Calderón](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/guillermo-calderon/) - Guillermo Calderón is Chile's foremost contemporary theatre artist. His plays include Neva, Diciembre (December), Clase (Class), Villa, Discurso (Speech), Kiss and Goldrush. Calderón’s productions have toured extensively through South America and Europe. Festival stops have included Buenos Aires International Theatre Festival, Chekhov Festival (Russia), Edinburgh Festival (Scotland), Festival d´Automne (France), Santiago A Mil (Chile), Seoul Performing Arts Festival (Korea), - [Sunflower B Rose](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sunflower-b-rose/) - Sunflower B Rose (She/her/ze/zir) is blessed to be a Philadelphia based Theater Maker, Filmmaker, Painter,Teaching Artist, and much more. Recently Suni, Directed Young Money at Azuka Theater. She also served as Associate Director for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret BeadMobile Love Tour. Through her production company, OMG! Studios LLC, Suni has produced and featured work in - [Matteo Scammell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/matteo-scammell/) - What I see in HotHouse is a diverse group of devoted people moving away from American Theater norms and toward a theater of the ensemble. I think there is a culture in HotHouse that insists on discovering oneself. Our actors are in pursuit of limitlessness. Which I think begins with curiosity, bravery and a - [Daniel Ison](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/daniel-ison/) - DANIEL ISON: Wilma: The Cherry Orchard, Is God Is. Broadway: Associate Sound Designer: Skeleton Crew (Manhattan Theatre Club). Off-Broadway: Assistant Sound Designer: Hot Wing King (Signature Theatre). Regional: (Original Music and Sound Design) Streetcar Named Desire, Gem of the Ocean, (Sound Design) School Girls (Arden Theatre); Choir Boy (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Wilde Tales, Frankenstein, Julius Caesar, Aesop's Fables (Quintessence Theatre); Box Clever, Our Few - [Noelle Diane Johnson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/noelle-diane-johnson/) - Noelle Diane Johnson (she/her/hers) is a multi-disciplinary Artist and Artist Advocate based in Philadelphia, PA. She is thrilled to return to the Wilma as Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer for Fairview. Credits: Wilma Theater: Fat Ham, Minor Character, The Cherry Orchard (EDI); Philadelphia Theatre Company: The Garbologist, Choir Boy (EDI, Intimacy); Arden Theatre Company: School - [Lawrence E. Moten III](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lawrence-e-moten-iii/) - Lawrence E. Moten III (he/him/his) [Broadway] Chicken & Biscuits (Circle In The Square); What The Constitution Means to Me (Broadway & Tour Associate). [Regional] Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare) The Brothers Size (American Players), Superhero (Houses On The Moon), How I Learned What I Learned (Playmakers Rep), it’s not a trip, it’s a journey - [Melanye Finister](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/melanye-finister/) - Plays are most exciting when they are breathing and living in present time. We get right to the work of discovering the life how the play lives in our bodies. We are doing it all together, playing, discovering and making together. A Wilma Hothouse Company member, Melanye appeared in There, Dionysus Was Such A Nice - [Leslie Ann Boyden](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/leslie-ann-boyden/) - Leslie Ann Boyden (she/her) is a freelance stage manager in the Philadelphia area. In the past she has worked with Pig Iron Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, Simpatico Theatre, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Revolution Shakespeare, Tribe of Fools, Act II Playhouse, Arden Theatre Company, Millbrook Playhouse, and Hedgerow Theatre. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in - [Jungwoong Kim](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jungwoong-kim/) - Jungwoong Kim is a cross-disciplinary artist and arts educator who brings to his work more than 20 years of practice in experimental and improvisational performance, Contact Improvisation, set design, film editing, and choreography for theater. His work often addresses the role of human loss and grief in shaping individual and collective identities. It embodies aesthetic - [Anastassia Vertjanova](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anastassia-vertjanova/) - Anastassia Vertjanova (She/they) is a first-time train board operator and is otherwise some variation of director-stagemanager-scenic painter-electrician-woodworker. Her work has been seen in several Philadelphia Fringe Festivals, the Philly Women's Theatre Festival, and she has an upcoming project in the New York Theatre Festival SummerFest. https://www.vertjanova.com/ - [Tatyana Khaikin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tatyana-khaikin/) - Tatyana Khaikin (Interpreter) has been working as an interpreter/translator for almost 30 years. Recent translations include The Mountaintop by Katori Hall; three one-acters by young American playwrights for the Book Wings International Writing Program at the University of Iowa (co-sponsored by the American Embassy in Moscow). Since the early 1990s she was actively involved in - [Irina Kruzhilina](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/irina-kruzhilina/) - Irina Kruzhilina is a Russian-born, New York-based theatre artist, scenographer, visual dramaturg, and educator, creating work at the intersection of visual art, live performance, and civic engagement. Her creative endeavors range from interdisciplinary downtown theatre to large scale parades, from opera to site responsive installations. Her work has been shown at Times Square, Tokyo Disney, - [Sasha Dugdale](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sasha-dugdale/) - Poet, playwright, and translator Sasha Dugdale was born in Sussex, England. She has worked as a consultant for theater companies in addition to writing her own plays. From 1995 to 2000, she worked for the British Council in Russia. She is author of the poetry collections Deformations (2020), Joy (2017), winner of the 2017 Poetry Book Society Winter Choice - [Natal’ya Vorozhbit](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/natalya-vorozhbit/) - Natal’ya Vorozhbit (aka Natal'ia Vorozhbit) is a leading Ukrainian playwright. Her work includes The Khomenko Family Chronicles (Royal Court and BBC World Service; rehearsed reading at the Royal Court, 2006); The Grain Store (RSC, 2009); Maidan: Voices from the Uprising (Royal Court, 2014); and Bad Roads (Royal Court, 2017). She is the co-founder of the - [Dmitry Krymov](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dmitry-krymov/) - Designed more than eighty plays for leading Russian theatres. Since 1990, he has dedicated himself entirely to painting, graphics, stage design and theatre directing. Krymov’s works can be best described as actions or experiments that efface the traditional boundaries between art forms. The artist often uses mixed technique for his expressive pieces that include collage - [Trevor W. Fayle](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/trevor-w-fayle/) - [Jackie Sibblies Drury](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jackie-sibblies-drury/) - Plays include MARYS SEACOLE (Obie Award); FAIRVIEW (2019 Pulitzer Prize); REALLY; SOCIAL CREATURES; and WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HERERO OF NAMIBIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHWEST AFRICA, FROM THE GERMAN SUDWESTAFRIKA, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1884–1915. The presenters of her plays include Lincoln Center Theater, Soho Rep., Berkeley Rep, New York City Players & Abrons Arts - [Tom Teti](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-teti/) - People’s Light: Over 150 productions, most recently Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, The Three Musketeers (The Later Years), Stella and Lou, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Pride and Prejudice, Cinderella, and Mark Twain: Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburgers. Theatre Includes: Most recently Red at Shadowland Theatre, Tommy and Me with Theatre Exile at Fringe Arts, Walnut Street Theatre, Wilma Theater, Hedgerow, - [Jiri Zizka](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jiri-zizka/) - Jiri Zizka (Co-Founding Artistic Director), born in Prague and educated at Charles IV University, became an Artist in Residence at the Wilma in 1979 and co-Artistic Director in 1981, where he directed over 70 productions. Some of the highlights included Orwell’s Animal Farm, Camus’ The Stranger, Brecht’s Mother Courage, Capeks’ The Insect Comedy, Weiss’ Marat/Sade, his own adaptation of Wilde’s The - [New Saloon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/new-saloon/) - New Saloon Theater Co. handcrafts original performances — from evening-length dramas to two-minute dance videos — with dedication and love. We celebrate the unique and enduring aspects of live performance and the dramatic canon, while simultaneously embracing social media and our smartphones as new platforms for thinking and playing. We find joy in anachronism, sincerity, - [J. Dominic Chacon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/j-dominic-chacon/) - I am excited to be back designing shows again. Especially with the great people at The Wilma. Returning to work as a freelance Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Lighting Coordinator for the Lang Performing Arts Center. and an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University is starting to make things feel somewhat familiar. This season he will also - [Ivania Stack](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ivania-stack/) - Ivania Stack is based in the Washington DC region, where she has been working as a professional theatrical Costume Designer for over 20 years. She has designed over 200 shows at over 40 different theatres, and she continues to find creative excitement with each new collaboration. Regional and DC area credits include: Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth - [Jarod Hanson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jarod-hanson/) - Jarod Hanson is over the moon to be working with the incredible people at the Wilma Theater. He is a theatre artist and educator currently based in Baltimore. Jarod is a certified Margolis Method teacher and serves as Lead Faculty at the Margolis Method Center Int’l in upstate New York. He recently attained his MFA - [Sara Brown](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sara-brown/) - Sara Brown (she/her) is a set designer for theater, opera, and dance. Selected designs include The Day at Jacob’s Pillow; Hagoromo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Fellow Travelers and La Rondine at the Minnesota Opera;World of Wires at The Kitchen in NYC and Festival d’Automne in Paris; Prince of Providence at Trinity Repertory company in Providence, RI; Der Freischütz with Heartbeat Opera in NYC; The Mother of Us All at the - [Briana Gause](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/briana-gause/) - Briana Gause (she/they/ze) is blessed to be a Philadelphia based Filmmaker, Theatre Maker, Painter, And Teaching Artist. Briana’s mission in life is to create opportunities for love and education to thrive through art. Recently Briana directed YOUNG MONEY by Erlina Ortiz and had her play DISCOVERING BLACKNESS: A SHORT FILM produced in the Digirep Festival. - [Brennen S. Malone](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brennen-malone/) - Brennen S. Malone is ecstatic to make his Wilma debut in Fat Ham. Regional: FOURTEEN (National Constitution Center); Gay Mis (Jaffe St. Queer Productions); Bessie Smith: Empress of Blue (RoyalOne Productions); Basic Witches (Hager Productions); 5 by 5 (Arden Professional Apprenticeship - Class 25); Hunchback of Notre Dame (Upper Darby Summer Stage) Education: BA Bates - [Elle.Morris](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/elle-morris/) - Elle.Morris is a vocalist, vocal producer/arranger, and member of ILL DOOTS. Prior to joining this production, Elle. gave voice to the songs used in Theatre Horizon's The Agitators. It was her last theatre project before the pandemic. Elle. has been in the music director chair in the last 5 years for productions such as Jamaica - [Low Cut Connie](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/low-cut-connie/) - "Pandemic Person of the Year" - The New Yorker "Like Bruce Springsteen after he discovered literature, Weiner started bending classic rock to meet his ever more complex emotionalism. The result is that this new 17 track collection Private Lives is Adam Weiner’s version of Born to Run, filled with songs about losers and lovers and beautiful dreamers." - Ken - [Xavier Pierce](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/xavier-pierce/) - Professional credits include: Public Theatre (NYC), Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago,IL) Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland,OR), Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN), McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, NJ), Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, CT), Saint Louis Repertory Theatre ( St Louis, Mo) Seattle Repertory Theatre ( Seattle, Washington) Arena Stage (Washington , DC) California Shakespeare Theatre (Orinda, Ca), Cincinnati Playhouse (Cincinatti, - [Benjamin Henry](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/benjamin-henry/) - Benny has worked at the Wilma since 2011 when he was the Production Fellow. His favorite role was playing Ronald MacDonald in the Wilma’s production of “Cherokee” by Lisa D’Amour. He’s happy to be back after an unusual theatre-less year. He’s like to thank Abigail, Amy, Michael, Jeremy, Carl, Eleanor, and of course, Storm. - [Jack Henry](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jack-henry/) - [Stacey McBride](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/stacey-mcbride/) - Stacey McBride (She, Her) is a HMA, Special FX, Wardrobe/ Dresser and Stagehand based in Philadelphia, PA Acquiring the working knowledge of behind the scenes in the entertainment industry from the years of managing the office of IATSE Local 8 from there that’s when she branched out with other Locals in the industry, working venues - [Ian Rose](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ian-rose/) - IAN ROSE (FIGHT DIRECTOR) has arranged fights for commercials, film and stage, and has been working in the New York and Philadelphia areas for over twenty-five years. Ian is a Fight Master with Fight Directors Canada and The Society of American Fight Directors. Ian has worked on Broadway (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Liev Schrieber and Janet - [Maiko Matsushima](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/maiko-matsushima/) - Maiko Matsushima is a Philadelphia-based visual artist, costume, set, and installation designer. Her works make luminous to the naked eye what might otherwise be invisible or taken for granted. A proud immigrant, born and raised in Japan, Matsushima’s work challenges traditional notions of the American aesthetic by creating visual and experiential works infused with a multiplicity - [Rachael Blackwell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/rachael-blackwell/) - Rachael N. Blackwell (she/her/hers) is a native of the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Rachael received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on Technical Theatre from Alabama State University in May 2016 and her MFA in Lighting Design & Technology in May 2020 from CCM, University of Cincinnati. She was the 2020 recipient - [Missy Furth](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/missy-furth/) - Missy was very thankful to be a part of the experience of creating Heroes. She's glad to be back working at the Wilma and looks forward to supporting them in future endeavors. - [Angela Bey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/angela-bey/) - Angela Bey (they/them) is a Black, Queer storyteller from Southwest Philadelphia. They are the co-creative director of Wings of Paper Theatre Co. and Shoe Box Theatre Collective. Notable acting credits: exx....stasis, exxx...hale (Villanova Theatre), Days of Re-Creation (Philadelphia Theatre Company), 154 Revisited (Revolution Shakespeare), Paul (Shoe Box Theatre Collective), Field Calls (Lupine Performance Cooperative), Candles - [Malika Oyetimein](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/malika-oyetimein/) - Malika Oyetimein is a disabled artist who received her MFA from The University of Washington's School of Drama. She is also a member of the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center Theater. She was featured in Seattle’s City Art Magazine 2016 Future List, Cross Cut 2017 and her productions of Bootycandy (2016 ) and Hoodoo Love (2017) were nominated for Gregory Awards: Best Production. She is also - [Brenna Geffers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brenna-geffers/) - Brenna Geffers is a co-founder of Die-Cast with Thom Weaver. Die-Cast's 2X2L partnered with the Wilma to create the audio broadcast of Is God Is. She is a theater-maker and director based in Philadelphia and has been nominated for Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding New Play under the Barrymore Awards. She has been part of the artistic teams for Theatre Exile, EgoPo Classic - [Taj Rauch](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/taj-rauch/) - Taj Rauch is a recent graduate of the Directing, Playwriting and Production program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, as well as the co-founder of the theater company, Speakeasy 932. His body of work consists of existential commentaries on nihilistic worlds through film, installation, writing and choreography. His notable works of the past - [Twi McCallum](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/twi-mccallum/) - Twi McCallum (she/they/he) is a sound designer for the stage and screen living in NYC, by-way of Baltimore, MD. Her favorite theatrical credits include Kansas City Rep, National Black Theatre, The Public Theater, Goodman Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage, and she is thrilled to make her Wilma Theater debut. She has served as an intern - [Walter Bilderback](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/walter-bilderback/) - Walter Bilderback came to the Wilma in the fall of 2004. Before that, he been a staff dramaturg at theaters across the country, including the Alliance in Atlanta, Dallas Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage, and La Jolla Playhouse, and a guest dramaturg at theaters including the Center for Puppetry Arts. In 1988, he was the - [Theodoros Terzopoulos](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/theodoros-terzopoulos/) - Theodoros Terzopoulos (born 1945, Greece) attending the Kostis Michailidis Drama School in Athens (1965–1967) before going on to study and work as assistant director at Berliner Ensemble (1972–1976). Back in Greece, he became Director of the Drama School of the State Theatre of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki (1981–1983). He created Attis Theatre in Delphi in 1985. Terzopoulos - [Will Arbery](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/will-arbery/) - Will Arbery is a playwright, TV/film writer, and filmmaker from Texas + Wyoming + seven sisters.Plays: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons) // Plano (Clubbed Thumb) // Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Neighborhood) // Corsicana (development at Playwrights Horizons & Ojai Playwrights Conference) // Wheelchair (3 Hole Press) // You Hateful Things (development at The Public, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and NYTW Dartmouth Residency). He's currently under commission from Audible, MTC, and Playwrights Horizons.Member/alum: New - [Mary Elizabeth Scallen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mary-elizabeth-scallen/) - Mary Elizabeth (“MB”) Scallen uses she/her pronouns. She was last seen at the Wilma as Hannah/Ethel Rosenberg/Rabbi and others in Angels in America. MB recently celebrated her 29th year in the resident company at People’s Light. Other local theaters include the Arden, 1812 Productions, the Lantern, Act II Playhouse, PlayPenn, Juniper Productions, Interact, Bristol Riverside, - [Kellie Mecleary](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kellie-mecleary/) - Kellie Mecleary is a producer, director, and dramaturg. She has been a proud member of the Wilma Artistic staff since January 2017. She holds a Master’s Degree in Performance Studies from New York University and a BA in English and Theater from Goucher College. Kellie has worn a variety of hats within a variety of - [Joe Samala](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joe_samala/) - Joe Samala is a freelance Audio Engineer, currently based in New York City. His previous credits include A1+A2 for the National Tours of Jersey Boys and Kinky Boots, A1+A2 at the Vail Dance Festival, and was the House A1+V1 at the Wilma Theater from 2015 to 2018. Additionally, Joe has worked with Opera Philadelphia, Dutch - [Eli Lynn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eli-lynn/) - Eli (they/them) is a Barrymore-nominated fight director in the greater Philly area. They have studied stage combat for over a decade and are a recognized Advanced Actor Combatant with 5 international stage combat organizations, as well as assistant to Broadway Fight Masters Ian Rose and J. David Brimmer. Recent FD credits: Shakespeare In Love (People’s - [Igor Golyak](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/igor-golyak/) - Igor Golyak received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for Arlekin’s The Stone and was also nominated in the same year for his direction of Arlekin’s The Seagull. He is an Associate Professor at the Boston Conservatory, and has spent over a decade teaching the art of theatre. He is the founder of the Igor Golyak - [Darya Denisova](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/darya-denisova/) - Darya Denisova received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress for Arlekin’s The Stone. She has performed as the lead actress in various Arlekin Players’ productions, including “Memorial Prayer” in 2014, “Natasha’s Dream” in 2015, “Tales of the Last Wednesday” in 2016, “Dead Man’s Diary” in 2017, “МЫ-US” in 2018, “The Stone” in 2019 and - [Anton Iakhontov](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anton-iakhontov/) - Sound- / video- / visual artist, Patrick K.-H. (aka Anton Iakhontov) collages within the fields of sound installations, live and written acousmatic and animation (1,2), exercising the crossover appeal. Author of music / video for opera / drama / contemporary dance / post-dramatic theatre plays and performances as well as his own works in Russia, - [Vadim Khrapatchev](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/vadim-khrapatchev/) - [John Freedman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-freedman/) - John has written or edited and translated ten books about Russian drama and theater, including 'Real and Phantom Pains: An Anthology of New Russian Drama,' 'Silence's Roar: The Life and Drama of Nikolai Erdman' and 'Provoking Theater: Kama Ginkas Directs' (co-authored with Ginkas). - [Christopher Colucci](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/christopher-colucci/) - Wilma: Describe the Night, Passage, When the Rain Stops Falling, Angels in America, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Curse of the Starving Class, The Understudy, Becky Shaw. Pre-pandemic regional theater sound design work includes: Philadelphia Theater Company, Arden Theater, Lantern Theater Company, 1812 Productions,, Walnut Street Theatre, Inis Nua, Gulfshore Playhouse, Milwaukee - [Morgan Porter](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/morgan-porter/) - Morgan is thrilled to join the Wilma as Wardrobe Supervisor for Heroes of the Fourth Turning! She has been a freelance costume technician in Philadelphia for the past three years. In that time, she has worked for Opera Philadelphia, 1812 Productions, and The Walnut Street Theatre. When she is not sewing, you can find her - [Jorge Cousineau](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jorge-cousineau/) - Jorge is a designer of sets, lights, sound and projections for dance and theater productions. Over the last twenty years his designs have been seen and heard internationally, regionally, and all over Philadelphia. Together with his wife Niki Cousineau and Scott McPheeters he co-directs their company subcircle. Jorge is a recipient of two Independence Foundation - [Ill Doots](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ill-doots/) - ILL DOOTS is a Philly based artist collective, known for being a band that not only makes quality music but creates experiences that feed the audience’s mind, body, and soul. Founded in 2009, ILL DOOTS jam session origins have since spawned over 8 studio projects and a raging live beast of a band featuring: an - [Nell Bang-Jensen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nell-bang-jensen/) - Nell Bang-Jensen is a Philadelphia-based theater maker and the newly appointed Artistic Director of Theatre Horizon She has created four full-scale, original works, in addition to directing and producing for many of Philadelphia’s major theater institutions, including Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Wilma, Pig Iron, and the Painted Bride. Nell is a recipient of a 2019 Map - [Gina Gionfriddo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gina-gionfriddo/) - (Bio as of March 2014) Gina Gionfriddo (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright and accomplished television writer. Her play Rapture, Blister, Burn was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. The show had a twice-extended run off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and also recently had a successful run at the Hampstead Theatre in London. Ms. Gionfriddo’s play Becky - [Kate Czajkowski](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kate-czajkowski/) - [Ryan Schwabe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ryan-schwabe/) - Ryan Schwabe is a Professor of Recording Arts & Music Production at Drexel University's Music Industry Program, owner of the Xcoustic and co-owner of the music production company and digital record label Rare MP3s. Ryan was the Philadelphia Chapter Recording Academy Co-Chair of the Producers & Engineer Wing from 2012 till 2017 and a member - [Keyonna Butler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/keyonna-butler/) - Keyonna Butler is a freelance costume designer and wardrobe stylist based in Philadelphia, PA. She briefly studied at Philadelphia University as a Fashion Design major before starting her career in the film and theater industry doing freelance costume work. With over 5 years of experience in the fashion industry, Keyonna has worked with designers and - [Alexandra Espinoza](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/6548/) - Alexandra Espinoza is a playwright, performer, director, dramaturg, and more. Recent Dramaturgy credits include The Bearded Ladies Cabaret’s Late Night Snacks for the 2019 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Playwriting credits include HOMERIDAE (Theatre Exile Studio X-hibition 2020) and PERIL’s ISLAND, commissioned by Shakespeare in Clark Park in residence at Harrowgate Park in North Kensington. In 2020 - [Adjua Lafleur](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/adjua-lafleur/) - Adjua is an educator and spoken word artist from NJ who has been teaching Biology for the past four years. As a sophomore at Lincoln University, she joined a poetry club called ISPIT and has been writing ever since. Adjua is no stranger to the stage. She started performing at LU in 2013 and has since blessed the - [Danielle Leneé](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/danielle_lenee/) - Wilma Debut! Off Broadway: Shatique in White Guy on a Bus (59E59ST). Regional: Harriet Tubman in My General Tubman, Black Mary in Gem of the Ocean - Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play (Arden); Miep in Diary of Anne Frank (People’s Light); Aisha in Mrs. Harrison (Azuka Theatre); Shatique in White Guy - [Aleshea Harris](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/aleshea-harris/) - Aleshea Harris is a playwright, performer and educator who received an MFA in Writing for Performance from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been presented many places, including: the Costume Shop at American Conservatory Theater, Playfest at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, VOXfest at Dartmouth, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Theatre @ Boston Court, L’École de - [Aaron Bell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/aaron-bell/) - Regional: My General Tubman (Arden Theatre Company), Something Like a War, Urinetown (11th Hour Theatre Company), Holiday Inn (Walnut Street Theatre), A People (Orbiter 3), West Side Story (Media Theatre), Thirst, Penny Candy, Welcome to Fear City (PlayPenn) Rodgers’ Romance (East Lynne), A Single Shard (People’s Light), An Octoroon (Wilma Theater), Hands Up, Miz Martha - [Akeem Davis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/akeem-davis/) - Akeem Davis, from Miami, Fl, is a graduate of The Florida State University. Regional credits include Arden Theatre Company: A Doll's House, Gem of the Ocean; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: The Arsonists; Folger Theatre: District Merchants, King John; People's Light: All My Sons; Theatre Horizon: Lobby Hero, In The Blood; InterAct Theatre: The Dangerous House - [Rachel Beecher](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/rachel-beecher/) - [Anne Holmes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anne-holmes/) - [Slawomir Mrozek](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/slawomir-mrozek/) - [Warn Angle](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/warn-angle/) - [Peter Kinney](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-kinney/) - [William Burrison](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/william-burrison/) - [Veit Schaeffer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/veit-schaeffer/) - [Sara Zielinski](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sara-zielinski/) - [Joe Torrisi](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joe-torrisi/) - [Suzanne Roberts](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/suzanne-roberts/) - [David Phillips](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-phillips/) - [Barbara McEly](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/barbara-mcely/) - [John Lawrenze](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-lawrenze/) - [Frank Hartman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/frank-hartman/) - [Albert Camus](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/albert-camus/) - [Fernando Arrabal](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/fernando-arrabal/) - [David Schaeffer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-schaeffer/) - [Drury Pifer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/drury-pifer/) - [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/antoine-de-saint-exupery/) - [Scott Dodgson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-dodgson/) - [Cheryl Campbell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cheryl-campbell/) - [Luc Ferrari](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/luc-ferrari/) - [Larry Dickerson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/larry-dickerson/) - [Terry Fimiano](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/terry-fimiano/) - [William Mastrosimone](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/william-mastrosimone/) - [Barbara Brignola](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/barbara-brignola/) - [Miriam Hamilton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/miriam-hamilton/) - [Thom Wilkins](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/thom-wilkins/) - [Fran Whalen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/fran-whalen/) - [Richard Morici](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-morici/) - [Douglas Wild](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/douglas-wild/) - [Ken Hymes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ken-hymes/) - [Lon Winston](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lon-winston/) - [Stuart Horn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/stuart-horn/) - [Karel Capek](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/karel-capek/) - [Josef Capek](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/josef-capek/) - [Larry Drozd](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/larry-drozd/) - [Rodman Gaillard](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/rodman-gaillard/) - [Matthew Styles](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/matthew-styles/) - [Scott Lowy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-lowy/) - [Marilyn Roberts](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marilyn-roberts/) - [Al Wright](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/al-wright/) - [Linda Donald](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/linda-donald/) - [Paul Golub](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-golub/) - [Bruce Robinson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bruce-robinson/) - [Hazel Weinberg](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/hazel-weinberg/) - [Susan Heumiller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/susan-heumiller/) - [Tom Dura](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-dura/) - [Paul Dessau](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-dessau/) - [Edward Gavin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/edward-gavin/) - [Michael Durkin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-durkin/) - [Patricia Lee Stotter](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/patricia-lee-stotter/) - [Franne Lee](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/franne-lee/) - [Viveca Lindfors](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/viveca-lindfors/) - [Manuel Lutgenhorst](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/manuel-lutgenhorst/) - [P.P.T. Company](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/p-p-t-company/) - [Bread and Puppet Theater](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bread-and-puppet-theater/) - [Peter Schumann](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-schumann/) - [Tim Miller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tim-miller/) - [Georges Feydeau](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/georges-feydeau/) - [Harold Pinter](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/harold-pinter/) - [Donald Drake](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donald-drake/) - [Patricia Law](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/patricia-law/) - [Thomas Reilly](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/thomas-reilly/) - [David Thomas](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-thomas/) - [Douglas Slick](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/douglas-slick/) - [Jim Burton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jim-burton/) - [Gregory Orosz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gregory-orosz/) - [Bill McLear](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bill-mclear/) - [Deborah Taylor](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/deborah-taylor/) - [Jean Henefer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jean-henefer/) - [James McConnell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-mcconnell/) - [Susan Kanas](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/susan-kanas/) - [Debra Lynn Ormeno](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/debra-lynn-ormeno/) - [Dick Selzer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dick-selzer/) - [Kenneth Talberth](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kenneth-talberth/) - [Deborah Benner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/deborah-benner/) - [Ron Morici](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ron-morici/) - [Floyd W. Green](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/floyd-w-green/) - [George Spillane](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-spillane/) - [Brenda Daly](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brenda-daly/) - [Alexandra Toussaint](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alexandra-toussaint/) - [Cat Hebert](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cat-hebert/) - [Peter Sun](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-sun/) - [Elizabeth Parkhurst](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/elizabeth-parkhurst/) - [Danny Dorff](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/danny-dorff/) - [Ramona Broomer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ramona-broomer/) - [McLarence Dickerson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mclarence-dickerson/) - [Peter Weiss](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-weiss/) - [Garrick Hancock](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/garrick-hancock/) - [Claudette Beardsley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/claudette-beardsley/) - [Michael Cerveris](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-cerveris/) - [Nancy Miller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nancy-miller/) - [Jeff Langloh](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jeff-langloh/) - [Oscar Wilde](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/oscar-wilde/) - [Patricia Decker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/patricia-decker/) - [John Totaro](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-totaro/) - [Lisa Youndt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lisa-youndt/) - [Time Winters](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/time-winters/) - [Peter Wallace](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-wallace/) - [David Mamet](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-mamet/) - [Jeanne Russell Fisher](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jeanne-russell-fisher/) - [Tom Dinardo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-dinardo/) - [Sally Mercer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sally-mercer/) - [Bob Lohrmann](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bob-lohrmann/) - [Christine Kingsley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/christine-kingsley/) - [Christopher Durang](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/christopher-durang/) - [Cynthia Hewett](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cynthia-hewett/) - [George Benjamin Barnes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-benjamin-barnes/) - [Paul Hartel](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-hartel/) - [Cari Honneger-Roy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cari-honneger-roy/) - [Melissa Schaffer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/melissa-schaffer/) - [Peter Sauer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-sauer/) - [Lynn Waltz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lynn-waltz/) - [Al Bornstein](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/al-bornstein/) - [Martin Gibson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/martin-gibson/) - [David Warner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-warner/) - [H. German Wilson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/h-german-wilson/) - [Bill Myer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bill-myer/) - [Dorothy Lane](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dorothy-lane/) - [Jan Versoza](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jan-versoza/) - [John O'Hara](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-ohara/) - [Ezel Akay](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ezel-akay/) - [Doug Schaerer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/doug-schaerer/) - [Odell Conyers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/odell-conyers/) - [Jonathan Weir](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jonathan-weir/) - [Dolly Wheaton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dolly-wheaton/) - [Richard Boddy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-boddy/) - [Harry Bennett](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/harry-bennett/) - [Lauren Young](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lauren-young/) - [Carl Mastropaolo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/carl-mastropaolo/) - [Eugene O'Neill](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eugene-oneill/) - [Xenia Youhn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/xenia-youhn/) - [Jonathan H. Christian](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jonathan-h-christian/) - [Eric Wiley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eric-wiley/) - [Tom McManus](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-mcmanus/) - [Benjamin White](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/benjamin-white/) - [Colleen Clausing](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/colleen-clausing/) - [Fred Jackes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/fred-jackes/) - [Dean Dougherty](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dean-dougherty/) - [John M. Slockbower](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-m-slockbower/) - [Kristin Norton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kristin-norton/) - [Gini Staudt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gini-staudt/) - [Margot Trieger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/margot-trieger/) - [Lennie Shaw](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lennie-shaw/) - [James Reardon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-reardon/) - [S.M.R.D. Theatricals](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/s-m-r-d-theatricals/) - [Scott M. Roper](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-m-roper/) - [Nikolai Erdman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nikolai-erdman/) - [George Reinholt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-reinholt/) - [James V. Flynn, Jr.](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-v-flynn-jr/) - [Marylou DiFilippo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marylou-difilippo/) - [Joanne Bradley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joanne-bradley/) - [W.A. Walters](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/w-a-walters/) - [Joan Summers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joan-summers/) - [George Black](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-black/) - [Heidemarie Muller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/heidemarie-muller/) - [Amy Kane](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/amy-kane/) - [Duart Film Labs](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/duart-film-labs/) - [Paul Taylor](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-taylor/) - [John Bleasdale](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-bleasdale/) - [Marcia Ferguson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marcia-ferguson/) - [Carolyn McCarthy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/carolyn-mccarthy/) - [Pat Maskinas](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/pat-maskinas/) - [Geoffrey Skelton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/geoffrey-skelton/) - [Jennifer Psaki](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jennifer-psaki/) - [Evan Thompson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/evan-thompson/) - [Tom Sizemore](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-sizemore/) - [June Stoddard](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/june-stoddard/) - [John Shepard](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-shepard/) - [Adelina Hyde](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/adelina-hyde/) - [Michael Bailey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-bailey/) - [Pavel Kohout](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/pavel-kohout/) - [George Orwell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-orwell/) - [Eric Forsythe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eric-forsythe/) - [Kathy Warner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kathy-warner/) - [Melissa Hill](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/melissa-hill/) - [Kyle Yergensen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kyle-yergensen/) - [David McCann](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-mccann/) - [Ricki G. Ravitts](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ricki-g-ravitts/) - [Steven Haworth](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/steven-haworth/) - [Alla Nedoresow](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alla-nedoresow/) - [John Musall](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-musall/) - [Allan Miller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/allan-miller/) - [Richard Moraski](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-moraski/) - [Mark Saxton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mark-saxton/) - [John Ewaniuk](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-ewaniuk/) - [Nela Wagman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/nela-wagman/) - [Karen Scheel](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/karen-scheel/) - [Amy Grosky](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/amy-grosky/) - [Maggie O'Donnell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/maggie-odonnell/) - [Carolyn O'Donnell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/carolyn-odonnell/) - [Michele Stearn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michele-stearn/) - [Marnie Andrews](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marnie-andrews/) - [Leonard Kelly-Young](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/leonard-kelly-young/) - [Diane McNeal](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/diane-mcneal/) - [Phil Graneto](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/phil-graneto/) - [Peter Nichols](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-nichols/) - [David Dzubinski](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-dzubinski/) - [Kim Beasley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kim-beasley/) - [Michael Manthey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-manthey/) - [Walter Miller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/walter-miller/) - [Giovanni Moscardino](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/giovanni-moscardino/) - [Jane Moore](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jane-moore/) - [Ahvi Spindell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ahvi-spindell/) - [Joan Elizabeth](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joan-elizabeth/) - [Jeanne Morrissey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jeanne-morrissey/) - [Tim Moyer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tim-moyer/) - [Michael Ladenson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-landenson/) - [Ed Cornell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ed-cornell/) - [Joan Guerin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joan-guerin/) - [Phillip Graneto](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/phillip-graneto/) - [Miriam Schlesinger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/miriam-schlesinger/) - [Joshua Sobol](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joshua-sobol/) - [Sheila Budin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sheila-budin/) - [Jana Barber](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jana-barber/) - [Donna Marrazo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donna-marrazo/) - [Michael Weinstein](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-weinstein/) - [Jack Harper](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jack-harper/) - [Louise Roberts](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/louise-roberts/) - [Robert Lee Martini](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-lee-martini/) - [Cecile Mann](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cecile-mann/) - [Larry Gold](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/larry-gold/) - [Lise-Lone Marker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lise-lone-marker/) - [Fredrick J. Marker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/fredrick-j/) - [Ingmar Bergman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ingmar-bergman/) - [Avery Hannon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/avery-hannon/) - Avery Hannon is an actor and musician who made his professional debut at age 12 as ‘Young Troy’ at the Arden Theatre’s Barrymore-nominated production of Gypsy. Avery is a theater major at the Burlington County Institute of Technology and has performed locally in productions of The Miracle Worker, Mary Poppins Jr., High School Musical Jr., Once on This - [Ken Myer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ken-myer/) - [Dave Windish](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dave-windish/) - [Craig Schoedler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/craig-schoedler/) - [Jennifer Klaus](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jennifer-klaus/) - [David Glancey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-glancey/) - [Frank Lyons](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/frank-lyons/) - [Sheila Modglin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sheila-modglin/) - [Natasha Horsley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/natasha-horsley/) - [Jenny Lynn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jenny-lynn/) - [George Feaster](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-feaster/) - [David Manis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-manis/) - [Richard Zinman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-zinman/) - [Tonio Guerra](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tonio-guerra/) - [Judy Panetta](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/judy-panetta/) - [Jerry Colker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jerry-colker/) - [Michael Rupert](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-rupert/) - [Guy Waggoner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/guy-waggoner/) - [Eita Long](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eita-long/) - [Marc Horowitz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marc-horowitz/) - [Amy Gorbey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/amy-gorbey/) - [Robert Kerbeck](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-kerbeck/) - [John Buzby](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-buzby/) - [Mark Gallagher](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mark-gallagher/) - [Claudia Hill](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/claudia-hill/) - [Rick Stoppleworth](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/rick-stoppleworth/) - [Don Auspitz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/don-auspitz/) - [Jane Ives](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jane-ives/) - [Roger Serbagi](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/roger-serbagi/) - [James Leitner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-leitner/) - [Pamela Keech](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/pamela-keech/) - [MR Daniels](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mr-daniels/) - [Antonio Buerro-Vallejo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/antonio-buerro-vallejo/) - [Ted Rooney](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ted-rooney/) - [Brian George Morgan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brian-george-morgan/) - [Lisa Litman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lisa-litman/) - [Walter Flanagan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/walter-flanagan/) - [Sullivan Brown](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sullivan-brown/) - [Richard Nelson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-nelson/) - [Dario Fo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dario-fo/) - [Robert Getty](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-getty/) - [Donna Lee-Sipple](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donna-lee-sipple/) - [Michael Oosterom](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-oosterom/) - [James Fackler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-fackler/) - [Michael Rogers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-rogers/) - [Myra Bazell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/myra-bazell/) - [Alfred Blatter](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alfred-blatter/) - [Eileen Ward](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eileen-ward/) - [Dara Norman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dara-norman/) - [Mel Mathis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mel-mathis/) - [Richard Levine](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-levine/) - [Blair Fell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/blair-fell/) - [Jan Ellis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jan-ellis/) - [Edward Earle](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/edward-earle/) - [Harvey Schmidt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/harvey-schmidt/) - [Tom Jones](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-jones/) - [Lesley Vogel](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lesley-vogel/) - [Richard Holmes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/richard-holmes/) - [Joe Coogan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joe-coogan/) - [Stephen Temperley](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/stephen-temperley/) - [James Maxwell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-maxwell/) - [Allen Fitzpatrick](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/allen-fitzpatrick/) - [James McCrane](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-mccrane/) - [Charles Marowitz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-marowitz/) - [Eugene Ionesco](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eugene-ionesco/) - [Scott Rodabaugh](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-rodabaugh/) - [Neil Vipond](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/neil-vipond/) - [Ian Trigger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ian-trigger/) - [Marla Sucharetza](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marla-sucharetza/) - [Priscilla Shanks](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/priscilla-shanks/) - [A.J. Sebastian](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/a-j-sebastian/) - [David Schechter](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-schechter/) - [Sarah Melici](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sarah-melici/) - [Tom McGowan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-mcgowan/) - [Tanny McDonald](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tanny-mcdonald/) - [Allen Hidalgo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/allen-hidalgo/) - [Annie Rae Etheridge](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/annie-rae-etheridge/) - [Angel David](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/angel-david/) - [Kelly Curtis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kelly-curtis/) - [Michael Butler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-butler/) - [Gary Allen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gary-allen/) - [Marie Winn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marie-winn/) - [Vaclav Havel](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/vaclav-havel-2/) - [Myers/Teschner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/myers-teschner/) - [Lara Ratnikoff](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lara-ratnikoff/) - [David Simson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-simson/) - [Reginald Flowers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/reginald-flowers/) - [Anthony Chisholm](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anthony-chisholm/) - [David Hurst](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/david-hurst/) - [Tom Dulack](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-dulack/) - [Peter Golub](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-golub/) - [Don Newcomb](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/don-newcomb/) - [Dan Conway](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dan-conway/) - [Bart Relette](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bart-relette/) - [Ari Ben Crych](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ari-ben-crych/) - [Bette P. L'Tarter](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bette-p-ltarter/) - [Caryn Brithe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/caryn-brithe/) - [Brick Hartney](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brick-hartney/) - [Peter Bartlett](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-bartlett/) - [Charles Ludlam](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-ludlam/) - [Charles Isdell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-isdell/) - [Michael Purkis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-purkis/) - [Carol Sivin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/carol-sivin/) - [Marciem Bazel](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marciem-bazel/) - [Mark Zeisler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/mark-zeisler/) - [Peter Wray](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-wray/) - [Douglas Wing](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/douglas-wing/) - [Jonathan Turner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jonathan-turner/) - [Michael Toner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-toner/) - [Michael Lee Sharp](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-lee-sharp/) - [Lauren Pierson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lauren-pierson/) - [Robert MacCullum](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-maccullum/) - [Michael Lewis](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-lewis/) - [Robert Hubbard](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-hubbard/) - [Donna Browne](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donna-browne/) - [Marion Peter Holt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marion-peter-holt/) - [Antonio Buerro-Vallego](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/antonio-buerro-vallego/) - [Carla Negra](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/carla-negra/) - [Ranse Howell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ranse-howell/) - [Paul Aston](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-aston/) - [Kevin Joseph Roach](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kevin-joseph-roach/) - [Bernadette Pregorac](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bernadette-pregorac/) - [Dan Olmstead](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dan-olmstead/) - [Erica McFarquhar](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/erica-mcfarquhar/) - [Patricia Mauceri](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/patricia-maucery/) - [Joe Aufiery](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joe-aufiery/) - [Robert Fuhrmann](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-fuhrmann/) - [Miguel Pereiras García](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/miguel-pereiras-garcia/) - [Daniel Osterweil](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/daniel-osterweil/) - [Craig Clipper](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/craig-clipper/) - [Bridgit Ryan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bridgit-ryan/) - [Jack Davidson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jack-davidson/) - [Donald Freed](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donald-freed/) - [Deborah Block](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/deborah-block/) - [Suzanna Hay](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/suzanna-hay/) - [Sarah Fleming](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sarah-fleming/) - [Penny Allen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/penny-allen/) - [Eric Overmyer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eric-overmyer/) - [Tim Saternow](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tim-saternow/) - [Eugene Troobnick](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eugene-troobnick/) - [Betty Miller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/betty-miller/) - [Gloria Biegler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gloria-biegler/) - [Kent Paul](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kent-paul/) - [Romulus Linney](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/romulus-linney/) - [Gitta Honegger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gitta-honegger/) - [Thomas Bernhard](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/thomas-bernhard/) - [Charles Techman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-techman/) - [Kenny Gold](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kenny-gold/) - [Honora Fergusson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/honora-fergusson/) - [Bill Raymond](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/bill-raymond/) - [Paul Fouquet](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-fouquet/) - [Elisa Myers](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/elisa-myers/) - [Kathryn Bauer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kathryn-bauer/) - [Robert Smythe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-smythe/) - [Roy Gray](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/roy-gray/) - [Charles Cohen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-cohen/) - [Sara O'Connor](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sara-oconnor/) - [Gilles Segal](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gilles-segal/) - [Quincy Long](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/quincy-long/) - [Martin Sherman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/martin-sherman/) - [Shozo Sato](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/shozo-sato/) - [Karen Sunde](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/karen-sunde/) - [Everett Quinton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/everett-quinton/) - [John Going](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-going/) - [Charles Dickens](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-dickens/) - [Marlane Meyer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marlane-meyer/) - [Stephen Berg](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/stephen-berg/) - [Diskin Clay](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/diskin-clay/) - [Lanie Robertson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lanie-robertson/) - [Steven Dietz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/steven-dietz/) - [Jilline Ringle](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jilline-ringle/) - [Kim Rhodes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kim-rhodes/) - [Tony Azito](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tony-azito/) - [Robert Christophe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robert-christophe/) - [Edmund C. Davys](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/edmund-c-davys/) - [Pat Will](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/pat-will/) - [Anthony Lawton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anthony-lawton/) - [Alan Scarfe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alan-scarfe/) - [Steve Liebman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/steve-liebman/) - [Eric Giancoli](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eric-giancoli/) - [Robin Chadwick](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robin-chadwick/) - [Thomas Ligon](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/thomas-ligon/) - [Peter Bradbury](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-bradbury/) - [Lee Golden](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/lee-golden/) - [Jennifer Bell](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jennifer-bell/) - [Christine Cowin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/christine-cowin/) - [Samantha Phillips](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/samantha-phillips/) - [Stuart Zamsky](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/stuart-zamsky/) - [Thomas Roy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/thomas-roy/) - [Peter Field](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-field/) - [Amanda Foster](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/amanda-foster/) - [Sherry Skinker](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sherry-skinker/) - [Gregory Ramsey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/gregory-ramsey/) - [Luke Sickle](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/luke-sickle/) - [Scott Robinson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-robinson/) - [Sally Ann Wood](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sally-ann-wood/) - [Frank Anzalone](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/frank-anzalone/) - [Paul Richardson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-richardson/) - [Ken Wesler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ken-wesler/) - [Teresa Eyring](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/teresa-eyring/) - [Payson H. Burt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/payson-h-burt/) - [George Tsypin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/george-tsypin/) - [Anthony Burgess](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/anthony-burgess/) - [Edmond Rostand](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/edmond-rostand/) - [Susan Gibney](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/susan-gibney/) - [José Avilés](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jose-aviles/) - [Ed Kershen](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ed-kershen/) - [Buzz Bovshow](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/buzz-bovshow/) - [Kathleen Pirkl](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kathleen-pirkl/) - [Sarah Iams](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/sarah-iams/) - [Andrei W. Efremoff](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/andrei-w-efremoff/) - [Arthur Kopit](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/arthur-kopit/) - [Jennifer Kato](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jennifer-kato/) - [Ruth Williamson](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ruth-williamson/) - [Donald Berman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/donald-berman/) - [Howard Witt](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/howard-witt/) - [Dick Gallagher](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dick-gallagher/) - [John Frederick Sullivan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-frederick-sullivan/) - [Aural Fixation](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/aural-fixation/) - [Suzy Benzinger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/suzy-benzinger/) - [Michael Lincoln](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-lincoln/) - [B.T. Whitehill](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/b-t-whitehill/) - [Kenneth Elliott](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kenneth-elliot/) - [Charles Busch](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/charles-busch/) - [Jillian Quint](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jillian-quint/) - [Dori Eisenhauer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/dori-eisenhauer/) - [Robin Atkin Downes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/robin-atkin-downes/) - [Wendy Fencsak](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/wendy-fencsak/) - [Moira Rankin](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/moira-rankin/) - [Michele Guidry](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michele-guidry/) - [Larisa Ratnikoff](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/larisa-ratnikoff/) - [Jim Cartwright](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jim-cartwright/) - [Jim Morris](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jim-morris/) - [Ken Meyer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ken-meyer/) - [Paul DePasquale](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-depasquale/) - [Alison Fraser](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alison-fraser/) - [Jerold Goldstein](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jerold-goldstein/) - [Brian V. Klinger](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/brian-v-klinger/) - [Jeff Brown](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jeff-brown/) - [Barbra Kravitz](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/barbra-kravitz/) - [Barbara Kenda](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/barbara-kenda/) - [Marion Adler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/marion-adler/) - [Craig Bohmler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/craig-bohmler/) - [Scott Wentworth](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-wentworth/) - [Joe Orton](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/joe-orton/) - [William Wise](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/william-wise/) - [Deborah Seif](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/deborah-seif/) - [Paul Meshejian](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-meshejian/) - [Tom McCarthy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tom-mccarthy/) - [Jennifer Childs](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jennifer-childs/) - [Michael Burnet](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-burnet/) - [Helen-Jean Arthur](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/helen-jean-arthur/) - [John Stephen Hoey](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-stephen-hoey/) - [James Kronzer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/james-kronzer/) - [Heiner Müller](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/heiner-muller/) - [Hank deLuca](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/hank-deluca/) - [Scott Hoxby](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/scott-hoxby/) - [Jill Brennan](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jill-brennan/) - [Kevin Del Aguila](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kevin-del-aguila/) - [Alix D. Smith](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/alix-d-smith/) - [Juliette Dunn](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/juliette-dunn/) - [Cory Einbinder](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/cory-einbinder/) - [John Hodian](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-hodian/) - [Hillary Guenther](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/hillary-guenther/) - [Murphy Guyer](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/murphy-guyer/) - [Jessica Sager](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jessica-sager/) - [Greg Wood](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/greg-wood/) - [Rob Leo Roy](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/rob-leo-roy/) - [Kate Skinner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kate-skinner/) - [Roy W. Backes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/roy-w-backes/) - [Neil A. Kutner](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/neil-a-kutner/) - [Eileen Tague](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/eileen-tague/) - [Maxine Hartswick](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/maxine-hartswick/) - [Paul M. Fine](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-m-fine/) - [Jerry Rojo](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jerry-rojo/) - [Paul Berman](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/paul-berman/) - [Tina Howe](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/tina-howe/) - [Peter Barnes](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/peter-barnes/) - [Ray Leslee](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/ray-leslee/) - [John Jiler](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/john-jiler/) - [Jean Cocteau](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/jean-cocteau/) - [Amy Freed](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/amy-freed/) - [Michael Feingold](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/michael-feingold/) - [Kurt Weill](https://wilmatheater.org/artist/kurt-weill/) - [George F. 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