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!
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 at 7pm
Directed by Eva Steinmetz
Lead Artist – Justin Jain
This is a reflection on the production of Animal Farm that launched the Wilma in 1979, we’ll explore questions of power, corruption, resistance, and hope.
Animal Farm Project has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
FRIDAY, FEB 6 at 7PM
By DJ Hills
Directed by Adil Mansoor
Co-produced by the Wilma & Soho Rep 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.
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Underwriters Linda and David Glickstein
Additional Support provided by Philadelphia Activities Fund
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.
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
