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  2026/27 SEASON: About The Plays SUMMER, 1976 • Philadelphia Premiere • by David Auburn • directed by Kate Galvin • September 10 - October 11, 2026
One summer an unlikely friendship springs up between two young mothers that changes forever the course of their lives. Alice and Diana couldn't be more different, one a free-spirited academic spouse and the other a driven and self-critical artist. As the events of that fateful season test their friendship, we join them on their poignant and humorous journey in this captivating drama from the author of Proof.
THE WEIR • by Conor McPherson • directed by Matt Pfeiffer • November 12 - December 13, 2026
A tight circle of regulars in a small Irish pub on a lonely windswept hillside is joined by Valerie. Just arrived from Dublin, she has moved alone into an old house nearby. Trying to impress the attractive stranger, they tell tall tales of unexplained local events, until one story turns out to be heartbreaking and hauntingly real. From one of Ireland's greatest living playwrights comes an evening of surprises and masterful storytelling.
HAMLET • by William Shakespeare • directed by Charles McMahon • February 4 - March 14, 2027
Hamlet finds himself in a world of danger when his father's ghost appears to him charging murder and demanding revenge. Before taking action, Hamlet devises plots to uncover the truth from family and friends obstructing his search. In this masterpiece of his artistic maturity, Shakespeare gives us magnificent poetry and a searing examination of the human soul put to an impossible test.
WILD WITH HAPPY • Philadelphia Premiere • by Colman Domingo • May 6 - June 6, 2027
Gil has just lost his beloved mother, and he wants to do right by her passing. But his friends Mo and Terry – not to mention his Aunt Glo – bring laughter and joy to his grief, not always intentionally. First produced at The Public Theater in 2012 and written by Philadelphia native and now global megastar Colman Domingo, Wild With Happy explores the comedy in personal tragedy and the joy in saying goodbye to those we love the most.
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Pictured: Taylor J. Mitchell and Cookie Diorio in Blues for an Alabama Sky (2026). Photo: Mark Garvin.
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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