The Subtext: James Ijames, From Grandma’s Backyard to Broadway
This month Brian talks to the ‘Fat Ham’ playwright about the art-loving family he came from and the communities he’s found in theatre and in Philly.
All Stories About Theatre Exile
The Unique Tension of ‘Pass Over’ in a Public Park
A new Philadelphia production offers a timely, often disconcerting look at Antoinette Nwandu’s play about police violence, soon headed for Broadway.
Online This Week: Naughty and Nice
New plays by Amir Nizar Zuabi and J. Nicole Brooks and a capture of Jefferson Mays’s ‘Christmas Carol’ are among the highlights of a busy week.
Theatre Exile Announces 3-Play 2020-21 Season
The season will feature work from playwrights Jeremy Gable, Anna Moench, and Antoinette Nwandu.
The Long Goodbye
Why ‘Completeness,’ a play about the impossibility of certainty, was singularly hard to finish.
Theatre Exile Announces 2018-19 Season
The season will include plays by Itamar Moses, Tim Crouch, and Hansol Jung.
Theatre Exile Leads Winners at 2016 Barrymore Awards
The annual awards ceremony for Philadelphia professional theatre was held on Monday.
Philadelphia Theatre Company Sets 5-Show Season for 2016–17
It will include a reprise from Theatre Exile, ‘Hand to God,’ and a world premiere by Bill Cain.
What Dramaturgs Want
Calling all dramaturgs, one-time dramaturgs, would-be dramaturgs! What production in the coming season have you heard about that you wish you were working on as a dramaturg? What is it about this show that afflicts you with dramaturgical envy?
