What to Watch (and Do) This Month
From book launches to improv shows, from archived productions to cooking classes, here are some theatre (and theatre-adjacent) online offerings.
All Stories About Wilma Theater
For the Wilma’s Next Chapter: Four Artistic Directors Instead of One
James Ijames, Yury Urnov, and Morgan Green will join Blanka Zizka in a rotating leadership model, and Leigh Goldenberg has been named managing director.
Remove Box-Office Barriers
Theatres don’t need fancy tech to manage box office and customer data, but they do need a system.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a director of patron services in D.C. to a dramaturg in Illinois, here are some theatre folks you should have on your radar.
Jerry Rojo, Environmental Theatre Pioneer
A designer who continually remade the Performing Garage and the Wilma, he was also a ready teacher, mentor, and problem-solver.
To Own or to Rent? That Is the Question
Each path has its pros and cons, its complications and its trade-offs, as these case studies show.
Wilma Theatre to Revive ‘Passing Strange’ in 2017-18 Season
The Philly theatre will also present a world premiere by Christopher Chen and ‘Blood Wedding’ by Federico García Lorca.
Wrocław’s Theatre Tribe at Poland’s Dialog Festival
An American playwright gets a presumption-smashing crash course in European theatre at Poland’s Dialog festival.
Joanna Settle's Unsettling Year
She took a new job in a new city, bought a new home—and then got a breast cancer diagnosis. She’s getting by with a little from her friends, including Sam Beckett.
Paula Vogel Recreates Don Juan For Modern Times
Paula Vogel’s “Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq,” which envisions the story of Don Juan as a Marine suffering from PTSD, runs at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia.