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We promote and celebrate theatre in Philadelphia! Questions? Email us at [email protected].

Founded in 2012, Theatre Philadelphia is a leadership organization that celebrates and promotes professional theatre in the Greater Philadelphia region. Our programs include Philly Theatre Week, the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and monthly Marketing and Speaker Series events. We seek to identify and build upon opportunities that will strengthen the Philadelphia theatre community, wh

ile engaging foundations, donors, and audiences who are invested in the health and vitality of theatre in our city.

06/22/2026

This year alone, Theatre Philadelphia:
✨ Celebrated the 9th Annual Philly Theatre Week
✨ Supported more than 100 local theatres and producers
✨ Continued evolving the Barrymore Awards process
✨ Moved into a new home on the Avenue of the Arts

If you believe Philadelphia deserves a vibrant, connected, world-renowned theatre community, we hope you’ll support Theatre Philadelphia’s 2026 Campaign.

Your donation directly supports the artists, audiences, and organizations that make Philly theatre extraordinary.

✨Find out more about steps to donate at the link in our bio!! ✨

06/20/2026

Theatre Philadelphia is more than one event, one awards ceremony, or one week of performances.

We advocate for over 100 theatres and independent artists across the region year round. We work every day to help Philadelphia theatre thrive, and we are exactly ten days away from the deadline for our donor drive! So far we’ve raised $995!

Donate today and help us champion the future of Philly theatre. 🎭
https://theatrephiladelphia.org/make-a-donation

06/19/2026

“The Shark is Broken” at the Montgomery Theatre is BARRYMORE RECOMMENDED! Make sure you can CATCH 🎣 a performance until June 28th!! Find more information about ticketing here: https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/the-shark-is-broken

FADE IN: 1974. The ocean’s wild, the film’s over budget, and the shark is out of commission… again. Stuck on a too-small boat, Jaws stars Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider bicker, booze, and bond as tempers flare and egos collide. Co-written by Ian Shaw (Robert’s son) and Joseph Nixon, this play dives deep into the hilarious and chaotic behind-the-scenes voyage that nearly sank Jaws—and made cinematic history instead.

06/17/2026

“Dear Evan Hansen” at the Arden Theatre Company is BARRYMORE RECOMMENDED! Make sure you can catch a performance until July 5th!! Find more information about ticketing here: https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/dear-evan-hansen

A letter meant to stay private, a truth that was never supposed to come to light, a life he never imagined possible. Evan Hansen is on the verge of getting the one thing he’s always desired, a chance to truly belong. Winner of six Tony Awards, Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical for anyone who’s ever felt alone in a crowded room.

06/15/2026

“The Great Privation” at Theatre Exile is BARRYMORE RECOMMENDED! Make sure you can catch a performance until June 21st!! Find more information about ticketing here: https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/the-great-privation

In 1832, a mother and daughter keep vigil at a grave by The African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Philadelphia. Today, at a summer camp on the same grounds, a new, yet not entirely different mother and daughter sing camp songs and try to keep the daughter from getting expelled. As the mother in each generation tries to protect her family, both the living and the dead, timelines collide and secrets and souls become buried and revealed. What Talkin’ Broadway called “Joyous. A Lesson for our times.” The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) is a darkly comic play about our nation’s long practice of harming Black bodies in the name of scientific progress, our responsibility to time, the importance of truth, and the role joy plays in living with a history we cannot change.

06/12/2026

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Donor Drive so far! Every donation helps keep our theatre community visible, connected, and thriving. We're looking to reach $25,000 by June 30th, and you can be a part of that by visiting https://givebutter.com/TP26-cpgn 🎭

This year alone, Theatre Philadelphia:

✨ Celebrated the 9th Annual Philly Theatre Week
✨ Supported more than 100 local theatres and producers
✨ Continued evolving the Barrymore Awards process
✨ Moved into a new home on the Avenue of the Art

If Philly theatre has ever moved you, inspired you, challenged you, or connected you to your community, we hope you’ll help us continue this work.

06/10/2026

Submission forms are LIVE to submit your 2026/27 show for advertising or Barrymore Awards adjudication through Theatre Philadelphia!

Want to see your show on our What’s On Stage webpage and newsletter, on our social media, or even in its own dedicated email? Learn more about those options and more on the “Advertise With Us” page of our website!

Want your show to be considered for a Barrymore Award next season? Find our eligibility requirements and submission form on the “About The Barrymore’s” page of our website! Please make sure to submit your show at least a month before its first performance.

06/05/2026

“Same Team” at Inis Nua Theatre Company is BARRYMORE RECOMMENDED! Make sure you can catch a performance until June 14th!! Find more information about ticketing here: https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/same-team

Five very different women have joined a community-center soccer team with the same goal: winning the Homeless World Cup for Scotland. Jo is hungry for the trophy. The B needs a fresh start. Noor juggles school, family, and talent. Lorraine is looking for purpose. Single-mom Sammy wants to make her boys proud. And together, they go further than any of them could alone. With all the euphoria, agony, and breakneck speed of a football match, this “electric…compassionate, hilarious, and honest” (Theatre Scotland) play is all about what’s possible when we’re on the same team — just in time for the 2026 World Cup!

📸- Ashley Smith of Wide Eyed Studios
L to R: K. O’Rourke, V. Sterling, Leanna Doyle, Asha Bagal Kelly, Page Whitman
L to R: Leanna Doyle, K. O’Rourke, Page Whitman, V. Sterling, Asha Bagal Kelly

06/02/2026

Theatre Philadelphia shares the heartbreak felt across the Philadelphia arts community over the loss of Dito Van Reigersberg, aka the incomparable Martha Graham Cracker. We are honored that Dito is a part of the legacy of The Barrymore Awards - having won twice for his work in Pig Iron's "Poor Judge" (2025) and "Cafeteria" (1999) and being nominated five other times - and we are fully aware that awards could not fully encompass how he has forever shaped theatre, music, drag, and more in our city and beyond. Our hearts are with those who love and remember Dito (and, of course, Martha).

This video is of the acceptance speech for "Poor Judge" from the 2025 Barrymore Awards ceremony: "We made something odd, and heartfelt, and funny...sometimes you're lucky enough to make something that feeds you and gives you back ten-fold in return".

Thank you, Dito, for giving us all ten-fold in return.

From all of us at Theatre Philadelphia 💜

05/30/2026

“The America Play” at The Wilma Theatre is BARRYMORE RECOMMENDED! Make sure you can catch a performance of this production up until tomorrow May 31st!! Find more information about ticketing here: https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/the-america-play

A Black Abraham Lincoln impersonator named the “Foundling Father,” runs “the Great Hole of History,” a tourist attraction where visitors can meet other historical lookalikes. The poetic repetition and evocative jazz-like style of this canonic text mimics the harmful patterns and toxic ideologies perpetuated throughout American history. The America Play is a daring exploration of the fractured stories that shape our nation from one of our most prominent American playwrights, Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner, Suzan-Lori Parks. Directed by HotHouse Member and Co-Artistic Director Lindsay Smiling (The Half-God of Rainfall), this play challenges us to redefine what it means to be American in the context of our current political landscape. The Wilma’s HotHouse ensemble brings this imaginative work to life, creating a space for active dialogue, catharsis, and deep connection with the audience.

📸- Johanna Austin - http://austinart.org/

Pictured (right to left)
Lindsay Smiling .smiling , Brandon J. Pierce , & Kimberly S. Fairbanks

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Village Of Industry And Art, 320 S Broad Street, Ste 351
Philadelphia, PA
19102

Telephone

+12677619950

Website

http://www.theatrephiladelphia.org/

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