William Penn News

This April, a year-long, immersive art and sound installation by Indigenous artist Nathan Young is coming to Pennsbury Manor (a reconstruction of William Penn's home) on the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Delaware Theatre Company has announced the five winning plays in the 2022-2023 Delaware Young Playwrights Festival!   

Applied Mechanics, Philadelphia's visionary, multiracial collective of queer and genderqueer theater artists, is pleased to announce that they are the recipient of a $75,000 grant, through fiscal sponsor Headlong Dance Theater, from the William Penn Foundation for 'Other Orbits,' an immersive performance project.

Camden Repertory Theater celebrates Black History Month with an immersive production of Aishah Rahman’s rarely produced underground classic Unfinished Women Cry In No Man's Land While A Bird Dies In A Gilded Cage, directed by Chyna Michele and featuring music direction by JoJo Streater. See photos from the production.

Penn Live Arts has released its February 2023 Calendar of Events. Get full details!

Camden Repertory Theater celebrates Black History Month with an immersive production of Aishah Rahman's rarely produced underground classic Unfinished Women Cry In No Man's Land While A Bird Dies In A Gilded Cage, directed by Chyna Morrison and featuring music direction by JoJo Streater.

The Philadelphia Orchestra's free online video series Our City, Your Orchestra will return with new episodes starting January 15, 2023. The digital series uncovers and amplifies the voices, stories, and causes championed by unique Philadelphia organizations and businesses.

Inis Nua Theatre Company will open its 19th season with the American premiere of 10 Dates With Mad Mary, written by Yasmine Akram. This comedy play tells the story of Mary McArdle, an antisocial young woman trying to find a date for her best friend’s wedding. The show runs from October 26, 2022 until November 6, for a total of eight performances.

Inis Nua Theatre Company has announced new leadership for its much anticipated 19th season. After a nation-wide search, the Board of Directors has named Kathryn (KC) MacMillan is its new Artistic Director.

 The sixth annual Indigenous Peoples' Day to be held in Philly is fast approaching! The event will be at Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty Park – 1301 N Beach St, Philadelphia, PA 19125) on Monday, October 10, 2022, from 11 AM – 5 PM EDT.

Philadelphia is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Coming up in September are The Brothers Size, Dames at Sea, and more!

InterAct Theatre Company has been awarded a five-year, $652,500 grant award from the William Penn Foundation – the largest and longest (in duration of years) grant award in InterAct's 35-year history -- in support of our most ambitious project ever: The Philly Cycle.

Excitement is building for the return of Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O after a three-year hiatus.  Festival O22 kicks off Wednesday, September 21, with the company premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s The Raven, a monodrama inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and Noh theater, presented in an immersive audience experience co-produced with Philadelphia’s Obvious Agency.

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret returns to the 2022 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and Opera Philadelphia's Festival O22 with Late Night Snacks, a new selection of guilty pleasures, soul nourishment, and tasty performances. The mixed plate pop-up cabaret bar is 50% Philadelphia flavor, 50% neighborhood jawn, and 100% good to the last bite.

DreamWrights Center for Community Arts, alongside WEARY ARTS GROUP, will present the iconic Tony Award Winning rock musical 'Spring Awakening', running for two weekends from June 17 - June 26, with performances on Friday and Saturday at 7 pm and 3 pm on Sunday.

Bristol Riverside Theatre’s William Penn Bank Summer Music Fest is returning to the Bristol Township Amphitheater with a line-up that will literally rock audiences through the decades.

Bristol Riverside Theatre will close its season with a chance to see Hollywood notable Aaron Sorkin’s groundbreaking debut that tells the story of a group of military lawyers assigned to defend two Marines in Guantanamo Bay.

At the conclusion of this 2021-22 academic year, esteemed Professor Kun-Yang Lin will retire from his position at Boyer College. The dance department will celebrate Lin's 19 years of service through a special, end-of-semester, free event entitled Dancing Mind, Thinking Body.

Check out the over 75 events that are incredibly engaging in the greater Philadelphia area.  Mark your calendars for theatre, music, food event, festivals and so much more that are happening through the end of 2022.  Make Philly your all-season’s destination and start planning.