Topic: Theater
“Actors Have to Work On Their Craft”
The Covid-19 recession has hit theater—and those who work in it—hard. A virtual networking support group is helping them stay connected
By Jane M. Von Bergen
A Map of Myself
The one-woman show from 20-year-old Sara Abou Rashed charts her alternately heartbreaking and heartwarming immigrant journey
By Jessica Blatt Press
My General Tubman
With her first play, acclaimed Philly author Lorene Cary delves deeply into what Harriet Tubman’s extraordinary life says about our own
By Jessica Blatt Press
Tangles in Time
A partnership between Jefferson and Theatre of Witness produced a play that turns art into medicine
By Jessica Blatt Press
Just Act, Go Vote 2.0
The experiential theater company uses drama to activate would-be voters. They’ll take their act anywhere in the city this primary season
By Katherine Bourque
V2 Creation Myth
Earlie Bird Productions updates the (now controversial) feminist classic The Vagina Monologues for the Trump Era
By Jamie Bogert
Kristina Ashley
The Philly woman raised $11,000 to take 450 city kids to see Black Panther this month
By Patrick Bilow
People’s State of the Union
Interactive theater company Just Act uses the audience as “spect-actors” to address social problems
By Angela Gervasi