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Announcing our 2025/26 Season!
Renew or become a new subscriber now, and get VIP access to the best seats in the house at more than 20% off, plus exclusive subscriber perks – including NO FEES and a FREE FriendPass for a limited time only!
TOM STOPPARD'S THE REAL THING
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY by PEARL CLEAGE
FRANKLINLAND by LLOYD SUHSTOPPARD'S THE REAL THING
2025/26 SEASON: About The Plays

THE REAL THING • by Tom Stoppard • directed by Peter DeLaurier • September 4 - October 5, 2025
How do you know when it's the real thing or a tragic romance? When Tom Stoppard writes a play about a playwright falling in love, you can be sure that comedy and drama will get married – or at least have a serious fling. The Real Thing is Stoppard's masterful exploration of the human heart, at war with itself and the beloved.

MACBETH • by William Shakespeare • directed by Charles McMahon • October 30 - December 7, 2025
The Fates weave a tangled web for the Thane of Glamis and his Lady. Tempted by a tantalizing prophecy, they risk everything in pursuit of overwhelming ambition and lust for power. For the first time on the Lantern mainstage, Macbeth will bring you into the propulsive action, dazzle you with some of Shakespeare's most indelible language, and leave you asking what you might give of yourself to achieve your heart's desire.

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY • Philadelphia Premiere • by Pearl Cleage • directed by Brett Ashley Robinson • February 12 - March 16, 2026
Harlem, 1930. The music is hot, and change is in the air. Angel is a talented singer looking for her big break, and her friend Guy wants to design costumes for Josephine Baker. When a southern stranger enters their lives, will he help them reach their dreams or destroy them? Pearl Cleage's drama of the Harlem Renaissance is mesmerizing, inventive, and soulful.

FRANKLINLAND • Philadelphia Premiere • by Lloyd Suh • directed by Charles McMahon • May 7 - June 7, 2026
Benjamin Franklin played many roles: publisher, inventor, political agitator, diplomat – and he wanted his son to follow him into the sciences. When William rebels and becomes the Royal Governor of New Jersey, the stage is set for a father-son conflict of international proportions. Join us for the Philadelphia premiere of Lloyd Suh's endearing and insightful new play of revolutionary consequences, in the city where it happened.
QUESTIONS? Please contact our Box Office Team at boxoffice@lanterntheater.org or 215.829.0395.
2025/26 SEASON: Subscription Options & Pricing

4-Play Fixed Series Discount Subscriber Pricing
Subscribe now for as little $29 per play and get VIP access to the best available seats in the house for our 2025/26 season productions of The Real Thing, Macbeth, Blues for an Alabama Sky, and Franklinland – and pay NO FEES for a limited time only!

Renewing subscriber? The extended renewal period ended May 7, 2025, but it's not too late! Order now to guarantee priority seating.

Previews: $144 $116
Opening: $212 $164
Matinees: $192 $148
Wed/Fri eve: $172 $132
Thurs/Sat eve: $180 $140
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Flex Packages  Special Pricing
Our most flexible subscription option is perfect for unpredictable schedules – or if you simply prefer to create your own theater experience! Pay one low price and get FOUR FlexPasses to use in any combination throughout our 2025/26 season. 4-Pass Package:
$212 $180
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QUESTIONS? Please contact our Box Office Team at boxoffice@lanterntheater.org or 215.829.0395.
Subscribers get exclusive access to money-saving perks throughout the 2025/26 season.

  • A full season of world-class theater, created for you here in Philadelphia.
  • The BEST prices. Subscribers save more than 20% off regular box office prices.
  • The BEST seats. Get first pick of the best available seats in the house now, and first chance at seating upgrades when you renew in future seasons – before tickets go on sale to the general public. (4-Play Fixed Series only.)
  • FREE and unlimited ticket exchanges within your same series up to 24 hours before showtime. Pay only the price difference when you exchange into a more expensive performance.
  • Dining discounts at select neighborhood restaurants.
  • Unlimited additional tickets at a $5 discount plus NO fees.
  • Plus, NO FEES and a FREE FriendPass to share with family and friends, available for a limited time only!
Program, schedule, pricing, and artists are subject to change.

Pictured: Karen Peakes and J Hernandez in Much Ado About Nothing (2025). Photo: Mark Garvin.
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Header Photo: Lawrence Stallings in the world premiere of Me and the Devil (2021); Anthony Lawton and Dave Johnson in Travesties (2022); Melissa Rakiro and Joanna Liao in Twelfth Night (2023); and Paul L. Nolan, Sally Mercer, and Charles McMahon in Copenhagen (2018). Photos by Mark Garvin.

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