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For a list of major Philadelphia venues, our mission statement and other helpful links, see our Philadelphia Theater Goers Guide The Walnut Street Theatre’s all-new production of The Producers is onstage through July 19. Starring Ben Lipitz and Ben Dibble, with Jeffrey Coon and Robert McClure, Amy Bodnar, and Jeremy Webb heading up the large and interesting cast. >
Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) features The Second City on stage at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre July 8 -Aug 2. In addition local improv comedy troupes will perform: Tongue & Groove (7/10), Comedy Sportz (7/17), Cecily and Gwendolyn (7/24)


Up coming: PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, holds its fifth annual New Play Development Conference on July 10-July 26 at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom Street).   "The goal of the conference is the development of plays through a process of collaboration, experimentation, rehearsal and rewriting, rather than offering fully realized productions of finished works, " according to PAUL MESHEJIAN, Artistic Director of PlayPenn.  

The Conference will feature two weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress: 410 [Gone] by FRANCES YA-CHU COWHIG; We Three by MARY HAMILTON;  Ghost-Writer by MICHAEL HOLLINGER; Appetite by ARDEN KASS; The Specificity of Paradise by JOHN ORLOCK;  and Blood and Gifts by J.T. ROGERS.

Staged readings of the plays will be presented on July 23, 24, 25 and 26, which are free and open to the public. Reservations: 215-568-1434 beginning July 10th.

In addition there will be readings of three plays by writers who will not be participating in the intensive writing support in the Conference. Readings of The Morini Strad by WILLY HOLTZMAN (7/20 at 7 PM); Two Jews Walk Into A War by SETH ROZIN (7/21 at 7:00 PM). A third play—TBA—(7/22 at 7:00 PM).


Note on 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe:
These two festivals will run simultaneously starting on Sept 4 and ending on Sept 19.

Philadelphia Live Arts presents cutting edge work from 15 world class performing arts companies. Nine performances are world premieres and three are U.S. premieres.

Philly Fringe includes dozens of performing artists, local companies staging work on the streets, in galleries and in theaters.
For specifics go to livearts-fringe.org. The Festival Guide will be available on Aug 1.


The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Awards, a program of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, awarded $938,000 this year to 15 Philadelphia area theaters, presenters and individual artists. Director of the theater initiative, Fran Kumin, has said that the projects and artists funded represent a "diverse array" of theater work, ranging from musicals to experimental productions.
Among the companies and artists receiving grants for specific projects are:

Arden Theatre Company, $110,000; InterAct Theatre Company, $60,000; The Kimmel Center, $76,591 for the regional premiere of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County at the Forrest Theatre; Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe, $107,000 for a commission to produce world premiere of The Sun Also Rises. Philadelphia Theatre Company, $110,000 to produce the world premiere of Terrence McNally's Golden Age that will travel to the Kennedy Center in DC; Pig Iron Theatre Company, $150,000 for A Midsummer's Night Dream exploration; The Wilma Theater, $110,000 for he U.S. premiere of Leaving by Václav Havel; 1812 Productions, $65,000. New Paradise Laboratories, $30,000; Painted Bride Art Center, $25,000; Madi Distefano, $14,520 for a Brat Productions future Philly Fringe comedy. Awards of $20,000 each for developing new work went to individual artists Sara Felder, Charlotte Ford, Karen Getz, and Thaddeus Phillips.
Congratulations all around.


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