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June 19, 2017
Lantern Theater Company Announces One-Week Extension of the Philadelphia Premiere of The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord by Scott Carter; Critically Acclaimed Smash Hit Production Will Close Sunday, July 9, 2017

May 30, 2017
Lantern Theater Company Announces In Conversation: Thomas Jefferson's Religious Beliefs with Historians Dr. John C. Van Horne and Dr. Charles T. Cullen on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 8:15 p.m.; In Conversation Program Presented in Conjunction with the Lantern's Production of The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord by Scott Carter, Onstage June 1 - July 9

May 11, 2017
Lantern Theater Company Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord by Real Time with Bill Maher Writer and Producer Scott Carter, June 1 - July 9, 2017; Scott Carter To Appear at the Lantern on Saturday, June 3 for Special Post-Show In Conversation Series Program

April 6, 2017
Lantern Theater Company Lantern Theater Company To Honor Villanova University President and Barrymore Award-Winning Director Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. at Rite of Spring Benefit on Monday, May 1 at 6 p.m.; One Night Only Celebration Aims to Raise Over $50,000 in Support of the Lantern's Artistic and Education Programming

February 14, 2017
Lantern Theater Company Presents William Shakespeare's Political and Psychological Thriller Coriolanus, Mar. 9 - Apr. 16, 2017; Shakespeare Classic Features Internationally Acclaimed Actress, Director, Author, and Shakespeare & Company Founder and Former Artistic Director Tina Packer

December 19, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Informed Consent by Deborah Zoe Laufer, Jan. 12 - Feb. 12, 2017; Based On True Events, Laufer's Gripping and Compelling New Drama Asks "Are Our Identities Defined By Our Bodies Or By Our Most Sacred Stories?"

October 27, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Obie and Lucille Lortel Award-Winning An Iliad, Nov. 10 - Dec. 11, 2016; Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's Gripping Adaptation of Homer's Epic Masterpiece Features Peter DeLaurier and Liz Filios

September 21, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Announces Additional Performances and One-Week Extension of George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession; Barrymore Recommended and Critically Lauded Production Will Close Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016

September 12, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Partners with the Fels Institute of Government to Present In Conversation with Mark Blyth: George Bernard Shaw – Theater, Economics, and Social Justice on Sept. 21, 2016, at 6 p.m.; Program Presented in Conjunction with the Lantern's Production of Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession, Onstage Now Through Oct. 9

August 29, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Honored With Six Barrymore Award Nominations for 2015/16 Season; Recognition for As You Like It, Oscar Wilde: From the Depths, Photograph 51, and Illumination Education Program

August 15, 2016
Tickets Now On Sale For Lantern Theater Company's 2016/17 Season; Lantern Theater Company's 2016/17 Mainstage Season Includes a Classic Shaw Comedy, Three Philadelphia Premieres, and a Shakespearean Tragedy Starring Internationally-Acclaimed Actress/Author/Educator Tina Packer

August 15, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Presents George Bernard Shaw's Funny and Scathing Mrs. Warren's Profession, Sept. 8 - Oct. 9, 2016; First Professional Philadelphia Staging in a Generation Features Local Stage Legend Mary Martello in Towering Title Role

July 11, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Announces New Board and Executive Leadership; Gregory J. Kleiber named Board Chairman and Stacy Maria Dutton named Executive Director

February 15, 2016
Lantern Theater Company Announces 2016/17 Season Including Three Philadelphia Premieres, a Classic Comedy, and a Shakespeare Tragedy Starring Acclaimed Actress/Author Tina Packer


Pictured: Brian McCann, Kirk Wendell Brown, and Chris Anthony in Coriolanus (2017). 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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