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Lantern Theater Company: In Conversation

Our audience enrichment series offers an insider's look at each production with artists and guest scholars, plus other special events designed to enhance your Lantern experience.


Scholars: In Conversation – From Robben Island to Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei: Prisons as Tools for Political Repression
Monday, May 21, 2012  •  6:00pm - 7:00pm
At Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Eastern State Pentitentiary General Admission: $5  BUY
Lantern Subscribers: FREE  RSVP
Reception to follow

Presented in conjunction with The Island and in partnership with Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, this discussion will focus on prisons as tools in political oppression, and how these themes have been addressed covertly by artists living under repressive regimes. Panelists include:

  • Peter DeLaurier, director of Athol Fugard's The Island, which is based loosely on Nelson Mandela's imprisonment on Robben Island under the apartheid government of South Africa
  • Aaron Levy, executive director and chief curator of Slought, a small Philadelphia-based institution whose programs focus as much on histories of cultural experimentation and political advocacy as on the creation of new social practices. Levy worked with Ai Weiwei on The Fairytale Project before the artist's detention in 2011.
  • Kathryn MacMillan, the Lantern's associate artistic director and leader of our In Conversation series, will moderate the conversation.

Directors: In Conversation
Get a first-hand look into each production's design and rehearsal process in this moderated Q&A with each play's director. FREE for all ticket holders  •  In the Lantern Lab

  • Friday, May 25, 2012 at 7pm: The Island with director Peter DeLaurier and members of the design team.
  • Friday, September 7, 2012 at 7pm: New Jerusalem with director Charles McMahon
  • Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7pm: The Liar with director Kathryn MacMillan
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 at 7pm: The Beauty Queen of Leenane with director Kathryn MacMillan
  • Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7pm: Henry V with director Charles McMahon
  • Friday, May 24, 2013 at 7pm: Heroes with director M. Craig Getting

Artists: In Conversation
This post-show discussion offers an opportunity to talk with the actors and hear behind-the-scenes stories. FREE for all ticket holders  •  On the Lantern Mainstage

  • Sunday, May 27, 2012 after the 2pm performance: The Island
  • Sunday, September 9, 2012 after the 2pm performance: New Jerusalem
  • Sunday, November 11, 2012 after the 2pm performance: The Liar
  • Sunday, January 20, 2013 after the 2pm performance: The Beauty Queen of Leenane
  • Sunday, March 24, 2013 after the 2pm performance: Henry V
  • Sunday, May 26, 2013 after the 2pm performance: Heroes

Artistic Director: In Conversation
Ever wonder how we choose our plays? How we know an artist is "right" for a particular show? Or how our theater space informs our performance style? Join Charles McMahon, Artistic Director, and KC MacMillan, Associate Artistic Director, for conversations about what – and who – makes the Lantern distinctive. FREE for all ticket holders  •  In the Lantern Lab

  • Friday, June 8, 2012 at 7pm: The Island, featuring musician Sharon Katz of South Africa's The Peace Train, who will join us for a conversation about the arts in South Africa today.
  • Friday, September 14, 2012 at 7pm: New Jerusalem
  • Sunday, November 16, 2012 at 7pm: The Liar
  • Sunday, January 25, 2013 at 7pm: The Beauty Queen of Leenane
  • Sunday, March 29, 2013 at 7pm: Henry V
  • Sunday, May 31, 2013 at 7pm: Heroes

Open Captioned Performances NEW!
Open Captioned Captions that translate dialogue and other sounds will be displayed on an LED screen located near the stage. Open Captioning is helpful to the deaf and hard-of-hearing as well as people whose second language is English. This service is included with your regular ticket purchase to this performance. When ordering tickets, please indicate that you or members of your party will be using this service so that we may ensure optimal seating locations for viewing of both the screen and the stage.


Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at St. Stephen's Theater, home of Lantern Theater Company, 10th & Ludlow Streets, Philadelphia, PA. Get directions»

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Pennsylvania Humanities Council Marathon

Pictured: Ceal Phelan in The Breath of Life (2010, Barrymore Award nomination for Outstanding Overall Production of a Play). Photo: Mark Garvin.
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Header Photo: Geoff Sobelle in Hamlet (2009), David Ingram and Luigi Sottile in The Government Inspector (2008), Forrest McClendon and Lawrence Stallings in Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (2009), and Kristyn Chouiniere and Paul L. Nolan in The Hothouse (2008). Photos by Jeffrey Stockbridge.

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