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Underbite Theatre Company in co-production with Plays & Players presents ALL THE DEAD BIDDLES.

Opening January 11, 2018 in the Skinner Studio.

For tickets and information go to www.playsandplayers.org/buy-tickets

Plays and Players Theatre has been featured in Philadelphia Neighborhoods‘ “Arts and Entertainment: Five Local Theater Companies You Should Have on Your Radar” as one of the venues “that enrich the city’s arts community with compelling narratives from masterful playwrights.”

See the article here.

Tickets available at http://fringearts.com/event/trigger-warning-11/

Trigger Warning is a modern take on an old-fashioned sewing circle in which five women come together with a proposal to stop rape on their college campus by designing and creating an anti-rape device. They ask for help from each other, demand honesty from each other, and in the end, learn to lean on each other when they need it most.

A story in light and sound. A performance in and out of the round. Follow a young man up the fire escape, through the sliding glass doors, to a world where curiosity consumes innocence, where friendships crystallize in the pressure of responsibility and misfortune. Drip Symphony debuts with Wedgwood on the Green. Tickets available thru the Fringe Arts Festival at fringearts.com

That winner of 2016 Ithaca Fringe3 for Best Cast and the Andrew M. Dixon Award is back for 2017 and at the Plays and Players Skinner Studio!!

Underground Episodes is about the hustle and bustle of everyday life in Philadelphia from the average person that rides the train. With stories surrounding matters such as changes in the economic and working culture, recovery, relationships, generational gaps, poverty, parenting and war. If there is one thing for sure, beneath this city aren’t just roaming trains but a space of people filled with stories meant to be told in these underground episodes.

A collective of Philadelphia’s most imaginative theater-makers bring audiences a double feature of The Jaws Project and The It Girl at Plays and the Players Theater. Both pieces explored the stories behind cinematic juggernauts, Jaws and Clara Bow.  The artists with P&P will host a 4th of July Party before and after the performance on July 4th. The creating artists will also host a Special Features Night on July 6th with a talk-back about how these Hollywood stories came to life and how they still haunt our zeitgeist.

Featuring:  Mary Tuomanen, Robert DaPonte, Sam Henderson, Amanda Schoonover and Anthony Crosby.

Opening  on July 4th at 3pm, followed by performances on July 5th, 6th, and 7th at 8pm.  Cost $20.00

Performing in the Skinner Studio on P&P’s Third floor.

THE JAWS PROJECT: The Jaws Project is part origin myth, part homage, part love story rooted in the cinematic classic, JAWS. Stephen Spielberg’s blockbuster was shot on location at Martha’s Vineyard, MA in 1974. It was a legendarily disastrous production that resulted in one of the greatest movies of all time and an unprecedented financial success that set a new bar for the Hollywood box office. The Jaws Project imagines, as film crews swarm the Vineyard and islanders bristle, an unlikely romance sparks between a Production Assistant and the bartender at the Black Dog Tavern.

THE IT GIRL: The It Girl uses dance, mime, theatricality and brutal stage combat to bring to life the rise and fall of the iconic It Girl. Silent Movie Star Clara Bow was the first actress to be dubbed with having “It” and her tumultuous life of struggle, success, and scandal is the jumping-off point for this wild ride. Beginning in an imaginary award ceremony and quickly descending into the Actress’s Nightmare, The It Girl is a living silent film where music and movement tell us what words cannot.

Join Plays and Players Gallery Saturday March 11th 2-5pm to celebrate the opening of its new exhibition “Leaving Her Mark” featuring sculptures, paintings and more by self-identified women artists from the Philadelphia area in honor of Women’s Empowerment Month!

At 3pm the artists will talk about their artwork. There will be wine and other snacks!

The space is located in the lower lobby area of the Theatre where you will find Plays & Players Gallery
1714 Delancey t Phila, Pa 19103

*Curated by Alexandra Mosoeanu*

(P & P Gallery is a nonprofit Gallery,all proceeds go to the Artist)

Thank you to Linda Gryn, president of Plays & Players Theatre for making this all possible

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Plays & Players Theatre is one of the oldest theaters in continuous use in the United States. It was designed and constructed in 1912 by famed Philadelphia architect Amos W. Barnes. Beginning as The Little Theatre, it has also been known as the Delancey Street Theatre (1920) and The Philadelphia Theatre before being known as Plays & Players Theatre. Tours of Plays & Players Theatre are available by appointment only. Please contact us at 215-735-0630 or Email Us to schedule a date and time.

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Murals were added to the mainstage in 1932 by renowned American Artist Edith Emerson.

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First, a historic 290 seat proscenium theatre with ornate decoration, beautiful oil tapestries and a full sound and lighting package. Includes dressing rooms for 13, full access to fly system and other equipment. It is situated on the ground floor — restrooms and dressing rooms are on the lower level, and unfortunately there is no elevator access (yet!)

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Second,  a flexible black box studio with a repertory sound and lighting package, risers and up to 65 seats. Perfect for readings, sketch comedy, cabaret and music performances. Includes a small dressing room in the space. It is located on the third floor, and unfortunately there is no elevator access.

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