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 when read aloud and how the audience reacts. Our subscribers/audiences have asked us to do more readings like these and we are delivering!

FRIDAY, FEB 6 at 7PM

by DJ Hills
directed by Adil Mansoor
Produced by The Wilma Theater in association with PlayPenn

Horsegirl, a trans woman in her thirties, lives a life of routine alongside her father, Cowdaddy, in a forgotten town in Southern 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.

Limited tickets are available to a special pre-show reception.

A post-show reception will be held in the lobby for all guests. Light refreshments will be served; beer and wine will be available for purchase.

details below

Underwriters Linda and David Glickstein
Additional Support provided by Philadelphia Activities Fund and PlayPenn

VIP TICKETS $150

Included: 1 ticket with premium seating to the one-night-only reading of HORSEGIRL AND COWDADDY

Access to the exclusive pre-show cocktail hour starting at 5:30 pm where you’ll have the chance to mingle with the cast while enjoying drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres

2 drink tickets to use during the post-show reception

Recognition on all event materials, including the evening’s program, and webpage

Tax deductible contribution to the Wilma

SINGLE TICKETS $35

1 ticket to the one-night-only reading of HORSEGIRL AND COWDADDY

Access to the post-show reception with beer and wine to purchase

Horsegirl Ticket

Saturday, APRIL 18

George Orwell’s biting satire, adapted by Nelson Bond
Directed by Eva Steinmetz
Lead Artist – Justin Jain

A staged reading of Nelson Bond’s adaptation of Animal Farm, which will explore thematic and staging concepts that will be used in the Wilma’s spring 2027 Animal Farm Project production. Building on the Wilma Theater’s 1979 staging of Animal Farm, this new production will explore devised theater, text, documentary video, and collections of migrant stories to move beyond Orwell’s allegory and examine oppressive political regimes.

Animal Farm Ticket

Animal Farm Project has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

FRIDAY, DEC 5 at 7PM

Obie Award-winners Milo Cramer and Morgan Green return with JURY DUTY, a bold theatrical exploration of the voir dire process that fuses real transcripts, personal stories, and striking media design to probe justice, bias, and civic responsibility in a fragile legal system.

Jury Duty Ticket

In partnership with:
The Voices for Justice Initiative, in partnership with the Committee of Seventy, Ceiba, and Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, aims to strengthen civic engagement and ensure fair representation in the jury system. To learn more and make a donation, please go to https://seventy.org/jury-service-initiative