Drama Award Winners for 2025
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The award for Best Musical went to Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park.
Purpose had its New York premiere on March 17, 2025, at Broadway’s Hayes Theater, where it currently runs. The play also won the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award.
Stage Your Philadelphia Fringe Show at Yellow Bicycle Theatre Co.
Don’t miss your chance to bring your 2025 Philadelphia Fringe show to Yellow Bicycle Theatre Company. Rehearsal rates start at $19.95, and shows are $199.95 for a 1h 45m slot plus a 15m buffer. Load in and out quickly and that’s enough time for a 90-minute show.
Marketing services and coverage under their insurance policy are on the house. Add-ons include a PA system, a projector, a camera for recording and live-streaming, a tech operator to run it all, and front of house staff. Visit the Rentals page to check availability.
Theatre Features and Reviews
Theatre Productions Now Playing/Streaming or Coming Soon
23rd Year for Colonial Playhouse’s ‘Quickies’
Colonial Playhouse presents the 23rd Annual Colonial Quickies Short Play Festival This year’s lineup: The Devil and the DMV by Nora ...
‘The Dining Room’ at Old Academy Players
As part of its 2024-2025 Season, The Old Academy Players is proud to present The Dining Room, a comedy written by ...
‘Next to Normal’ Next For Barley Sheaf Players
Barley Sheaf Players continues the 2024-2025 season with Next to Normal By Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt; Directed by Lindsay ...
Playcrafters of Skippack presents ‘Footloose’
Playcrafters of Skippack presents…. June 27, 28; July 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 @ 8 PM June 29; ...
BRT Summer Fest Returns
Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) announces the return of its highly anticipated 2025 Mid Penn Bank Summer Music Fest. This year’s powerhouse ...
Forge Theatre presents ‘Promises, Promises’
Forge Theatre presents “Promises, Promises” June 6-22, 2025 Book by Neil Simon, Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David ...
Murder Mystery Cabaret
Embark on a crime-solving adventure every Saturday or Sunday throughout the year. Red Rum Theater’s pop culture-inspired mysteries are guaranteed ...
PCS Theater Presents ‘Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus’
PCS Theater at the Players Club of Swarthmore is thrilled to present Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! June 21-29, 2025, ...
Arden Theatre Company Extends ‘Rent”
Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company is thrilled to close out its 2024-25 season with the electrifying Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
‘Avenue Q’ at the Barn Playhouse
The Dramateurs, Inc. at the Barn Playhouse’s 2025 Season continues with the Broadway’s Tony Award winning ‘Avenue Q’ opening on ...
Pig Iron Theatre Company presents ‘Franklin’s Key’
The internationally acclaimed, award-winning Philadelphia- based physical theater company Pig Iron Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Franklin’s Key, ...
Events at Venice Island Performing Arts Center
The King is back at Venice Island– and so is the music! Join us for a night of twisting and ...
Review: ‘Darkness Rises’ at Lincoln Mill Haunted House…
Review by Lisa Panzer Darkness Rises, A Star Wars Inspired Horror Experience only at Lincoln Mill Dare to traverse the ...
Village Players of Hatboro Presents One-Act Showcase
Look for Nancy Reeves in two One-Acts “Going Home” and “The Striking Gold Show” at the Village Players of Hatboro ...
‘Small Ball’ Closes PTC’s Season
Philadelphia Theatre Company is pleased to announce its season-closing production, Small Ball. Commissioned and co-produced by Daryl Morey, President of ...
Next For Act II Playhouse: ‘A Grand Night for Singing’
Act II Playhouse rounds out its 2024-2025 Season with its latest production, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing”. ...
Regional Premiere of ‘A Summer Day’ at The Wilma
Beginning June 10, the Philadelphia-based theater company The Wilma Theater, recipient of the 2024 Tony Award for Best Regional Theatre, ...
‘Space Opera’ Blasts Off in June
Philadelphia-based and worker-owned Obvious Agency premieres its newest production, Space Opera, a “playable theater” and sci-fi/fantasy game for building empowered ...
It’s ‘Square Go!’ at Inis Nua in June
Inis Nua Theatre Company will present Kieran Hurley & Gary McNair’s “Square Go!” a raucous and tender comedy featuring the ...
InterAct Theatre Company and Theatre in the X present ‘On My Deen’
This June, InterAct Theatre Company and Theatre in the X proudly present the world premiere of ON MY DEEN, an evocative ...
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Fest Tour Kicks Off May 30 with ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is thrilled to announce the return of its free “Play On!” Community Tour, bringing Shakespeare’s beloved ...
‘Avenue Q’ at the Barn Playhouse
The Dramateurs, Inc. at the Barn Playhouse present with the hilarious musical “Avenue Q” opening June 6. Winner of the ...
‘Twelfth Night’ Opens at The Stagecrafters on June 13
Heather Birmingham as Viola and Matt Rydzewski as Orsino. Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy opens at The Stagecrafters on ...
Delco Playwright Has Four Works on Stage this summer
Delco playwright Julie Zaffarano is having a busy summer. Four short works of hers will be staged in the Philadelphia ...
Eden Street Players ‘Got Talent Show’ is June 28
Eden Street Players will host a “Got Talent Show” 6 p.m., June 28 at WaR.3house3, 100 Park Ave., Swarthmore. Jim ...
‘Glitter in the Glass’ Gets Extension at Theatre Exile
Theatre Exile is closing its 2024–25 season with a powerful and inventive new work from one of Philadelphia’s most acclaimed ...
‘Cabaret’ at Chapel Street Players
Wilkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome. Join Chapel Street Players for an evening of decadence with their production of the modern musical ...
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents ‘The Producers’
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival proudly presents The Producers, the uproarious, Tony Award-winning musical comedy that took Broadway by storm. Based on ...