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THEATRE EXILE

1340 S 13th St
Philaelphia, PA 19147

Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person


Three funny and irreverent solo shows that shine an embarrassingly glaring light on our world. Like the fluorescents in an airport bathroom.


Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare ...


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Three New Musicals Will Be Showcased by MusiCoLab


by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2024

New musicals by three Philadelphia-area creative teams will be in the spotlight on April 14 at 3 pm and April 15 at 7 pm, when MusiCoLab presents A Closer Look at the Louis Bluver Theater at the Drake....

THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER Comes to Philadelphia This Month


by Stephi Wild - March 05, 2024

What if the January 6, 2021 insurrection was successful? The Last Yiddish Speaker by Deborah Zoe Laufer imagines this alternate reality where a white supremacist regime has come into power. Learn more about the play here!...

Tony Award-Winning Play THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Makes Its Philadelphia Premiere March 13 At The Arden Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - February 23, 2024

Experience the Tony Award-winning play, The Lehman Trilogy, as it makes its Philadelphia premiere at The Arden Theatre Company. This epic theatrical triumph takes audiences on a three-hour journey exploring nearly two centuries of the Lehman family from their humble beginnings to the devastating fai...

Applications Now Open for Theatre Exile's 2024 Paper Wings Theatre Camps


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 21, 2024

​​​​​​​Applications are open through March 18 for Theatre Exile's 2024 Paper Wings spring and summer Theatre Camps. Learn more about the camps and see how to register. ...

Inis Nua Theatre to Kick-Off 20th Anniversary Season With ONCE UPON A BRIDGE East Coast Premiere


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2024

Inis Nua Theatre Company is celebrating the company's 20th Anniversary season with the East Coast premiere of Once Upon a Bridge, written by one of Ireland’s most popular playwrights right now, Sonya Kelly....

Lantern Theater Company to Continue 30th Anniversary Season With FAITH HEALER By Brian Friel


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 16, 2024

Lantern Theater Company continues its 30th anniversary season with Brian Friel's masterpiece play, Faith Healer. Directed by Peter DeLaurier and featuring Anthony Lawton, Ian Merrill Peakes, and Geneviève Perrier, Faith Healer explores memory, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves....

Jennifer Childs And Scott Greer to Star In World Premiere Co-Production Of THE FLATLANDERS at Plays & Players Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 21, 2023

Don't miss Philadelphia theater legends Jennifer Childs and Scott Greer in the hilarious world premiere co-production of THE FLATLANDERS....

Theatre Philadelphia Reveals 2022-2023 Barrymore Award Recipients


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 14, 2023

Theatre Philadelphia has revealed the 2022-2023 Barrymore Award recipients, honoring the local theater community in the Greater Philadelphia region....

Lantern Theater Company to Continue 30th Anniversary Season With CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY By Lynn Nottage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 03, 2023

Lantern Theater Company will continue its 30th anniversary season with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage's dramatic gem, Crumbs from the Table of Joy. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

Theatre Philadelphia Unveils First Full Slate Of Barrymore Nominees Since 2019


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2023

The Barrymore Awards return to honor the 2022-2023 theatre season in Philadelphia. With 66 productions recommended, this year's nominations celebrate the diversity of local artists and theatre companies. Stay tuned for the ceremony date and location announcement....

Past Shows

A Case for the Existence of God


With humor, empathy, and wrenching honesty this play unfolds in an office cubicle where two people unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile ...

Camp Siegfried
Camp Siegfried
10/26 - 11/12/2023


Travel back to 1938 Long Island for a summer of young love, campfires, and dances. Against the idyllic backdrop of a summer camp, two teenagers ...

Abandon
Abandon
4/27 - 5/21/2023


Luella is alone - haunted by the ghost of her son. Joshua is alone - kicked out of his house by his brother. One winter ...

Theatre Exile presents: The Light by Loy A. Webb


Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. What started as the happiest day of a loving couple’s lives quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the ...

Wolf Play
Wolf Play
10/27 - 11/20/2022


A woman, longing for a child, finds a Korean boy looking for a new home on a Yahoo chat board. Her wife is a promising ...

Today is My Birthday
Today is My Birthday
4/28 - 5/22/2022


Today is My Birthday is an eccentric comedy by award-winning screenwriter and playwright Susan Soon He Stanton that follows an out-of-work journalist named Emily, who ...

Saturday Mourning Cartoons


While dealing with the death of their younger brother, Jessica and Benny have a falling out over whether to put their abuela, Yolanda, in a ...

Abandon
Abandon
1/31


On January 31, Theatre Exile presents a one-night-only virtual reading of Abandon by Philadelphia-based playwright, director, and performer James Ijames through its new play development ...

Theatre Exile presents Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland


Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland paints a human portrait of a contemporary Tejano family willing to go to the extreme for a spot on ...

Cabaret of the Exiled – Spring Edition


Theatre Exiles beloved cabaret event has returned for a Spring performance! Join us for this virtual extravaganza with showman and innovative tour-de-force Johnny Showcase, along ...

Theatre Exile presents TS Hawkins’s ‘They’ll Neglect to Tell You’


Grace is a burgeoning therapist. Merci dangles for freedom at the bottom of a bourbon glass. College sweethearts and newlyweds, they elope to Philadelphia for ...

Theatre Exile presents R. Eric Thomas's ‘The Ever Present’


The Ever Present takes place outside, as a group of residents discusses a vacant lot. The neighbors all have a connection to the house that ...

Thrivin' Ain't Easy 101: Choreopoem Masterclass with TS Hawkins


In a socio-political, media-driven climate, how can folx do to find peace and inspiration? Register for award-winning writer and performance artist TS Hawkinss workshop, Thrivin ...

Sin Eaters
2/11 - 3/7/2021


Due to popular demand, Theatre Exile has extended the video on-demand option for Sin Eaters by Anna Moench! Beginning March 1, you can still purchase ...

Sin Eaters
3/1 - 3/7/2021


Due to popular demand, Theatre Exile has extended the video on-demand option for Sin Eaters by Anna Moench! Beginning MARCH 1, you can still purchase ...

Conversations in Exile with Dominic A. Sisti, PhD and Martine Kieffer, MSW, LCSW


Dominic A. Sisti is assistant professor and director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare in the Department of Medical Ethics ...

Babel
2/13 - 3/8/2020


BABEL is a dark comedy set in the near future. Two couples are having trouble getting pregnant and the lengths they go to in order ...

Babel
2/13


BABEL is a dark comedy set in the near future. Two couples are having trouble getting pregnant and the lengths they go to in order ...

On the Exhale
11/29 - 12/22/2019


Mart?_n Zimmerman; dir: Matt Pfeiffer....

Among the Dead
Among the Dead
5/2 - 4/26/2019


Date: May 2-26 Time: Mon-Thurs - 7pm, Fri & Sat- 8pm, Sunday- 3pm Description: Among the Dead is a dark and poignant comedy about a ...

An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch
An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch
2/14 - 3/10/2019


directed by Joe CanusoPhiladelphia PremiereFebruary 14-March 10Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th Street An Oak Tree is a darkly comic and moving play about loss, the ...

Completeness
11/29 - 12/23/2018


How does a computer scientist hook up with a molecular biologist? He uses the algorithm method, of course. But when Elliot offers to build a ...

Completeness by Itamar Moses
Completeness by Itamar Moses
11/29 - 12/23/2018


Elliot builds a computer program to help Molly with her research project, and the variables in their evolving relationship shift as rapidly as the terms ...

Sing The Body Electric
Sing The Body Electric
4/19 - 5/13/2018


Sing The Body Electric BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER World Premiere presented by Theatre Exile Directed by Deborah Block All performances of Sing The Body Electric will ...

Really
1/25 - 2/18/2018


Jackie Sibblies Drury; dir: Shawn LaCount. Matter & Light Fine Art:...

Ideation
10/12 - 11/5/2017


Aaron Loeb; dir: Michael Stevenson....

The Invisible Hand
5/12 - 6/5/2016


Ayad Akhtar; dir: Matt Pfeiffer....

A Behanding in Spokane
A Behanding in Spokane
4/19 - 5/13/2012


A stranger is on the hunt for what is missing. Who has it?...

Knives in Hens
Knives in Hens
2/9 - 3/4/2012


There's a murder going' happen in the old mill. Who will die?...

Gruesome Play Ground Injuries
Gruesome Play Ground Injuries
11/10 - 12/4/2011


Love Hurts. So do broken bones. Which is worse?...

The Aliens
The Aliens
9/1 - 9/18/2011


Two angry young men sit behind a Vermont coffee shop and discuss music and Bukowski. When a lonely high-school student arrives on the scene, they ...

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