New Works
Philadelphia is widely recognized as the birthplace of our nation, but less often recognized for the role it has played in the development of American theatre - from the very first American play, published here in 1787, to America’s oldest enduring playhouse, The Walnut Street Theatre, still in operation here after more than 200 years. Even today, with over 100 new works produced on our stages each year, Philadelphia endures as the birthplace of American Drama.
With this listing of new plays and musicals, we invite you to see it in Philly first!
1812 Productions
Let's Pretend We're Famous by Jennifer Childs & Tony Braithwaite
March 6 - 25, 2012
A companion piece to the wildly successful Let’s Pretend We’re Married, this limited engagement run presents Childs and Braithwaite on trip down the red carpet and features classic and original material.
New City Stage Company
Asymmetric by Mac Rogers
May 17 to June 10, 2012
There is a mole on the Fifth Floor. Sometimes finding a mole is the easy part. To exterminate a mole takes guts...it takes guile...it takes extreme prejudice. And the only way to come out on top is to be...asymmetric.
People's Light & Theatre Company
Mr. Hart & Mr. Brown by Bruce Graham
July 18 - August 19, 2012
Set in Nebraska in the 1920s during the era of Prohibition, Two-Gun Hart is the only law for 300 miles. When a Duesenberg-driving antiques dealer from Baltimore shows up for a visit, young Ambrose Healey of the Homer Weekly Star smells a story.
