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Plays and Players Theater
Venue Location and Information
About This Venue
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Plays and Players Theater is one of the oldest community theaters in the country as well as home to the Philadelphia Theatre Company, a premiere professional theatre company. Under the artistic direction of Sara Garonzik, Philadelphia Theatre Company has tapped the pulse of contemporary playwriting with over 100 new American plays and musicals since 1974. A three-time winner of the City Paper Award for Best Theatre Company, they've won numerous awards for productions by acknowledged masters like David Rabe, Terrence McNally, David Ives, and thrilling new voices like native-son Tom Donaghy. Year after year our productions are consistently ranked among the Top Ten productions by the Philadelphia Inquirer; most recently Gross Indecency and How I Learned To Drive made the Inquirer's 1999 "Top Ten"!
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Past Productions
• The First Day of School Oct 1 - 25, 2009
• Camelot May 20 - Jun 6, 2009
• American Buffalo Apr 14 - May 3, 2009
• William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead Mar 13 - 28, 2009
• Blackbird Feb 11 - Mar 1, 2009
• Exit, Corpse Jan 15 - Feb 1, 2009
• Alice in Wonderland Jan 9 - 18, 2009
• Cherry Bomb: The Worst Act in Vaudeville for the Holidays Dec 11, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009
• Oleanna Nov 20 - Dec 7, 2008
• This is The Week That Is: The Election Special Oct 9 - Nov 2, 2008
• The Spark Festival - Going Against the Flow Jul 16 - 20, 2008
• Suburban Love Songs Apr 9 - 27, 2008
• Sweetie Pie Sep 1 - 15, 2007
• James and the Giant Peach Jun 24 - Jul 2, 2006
• Intimate Apparel Mar 17 - Apr 16, 2006
• Ben Franklin: Unplugged Jan 10 - 21, 2006
• La Cage aux Folles Dec 16 - 31, 2005
• Adrift in Macao Oct 19 - Nov 20, 2005
• Take Me Out May 13 - Jun 19, 2005
• Elegies: A Song Cycle Mar 18 - Apr 17, 2005
• Trumbo Oct 8 - Nov 7, 2004
• Barbra's Wedding May 31 - Jun 30, 2002
• The Play About the Baby Mar 15 - Apr 14, 2002
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Related News
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November 2009
This month's highlights include Oliver!, Red, White and Tuna, Rabbit Hole, Little Shop of Horrors, Waiting for Godot, and I Love you, You're Perfect, Now Change. Full Story 
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