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THE REAL THING
PRESS OPENING: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 @ 7PM
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.
Press release available in early August 2025
Production photos will be available September 10, 2025
Need poster art in a specific size for your online event/calendar listings? We will gladly customize our poster art to your exact specifications. Please contact Anne Shuff at ashuff@lanterntheater.org for details.
Upcoming Press Openings: 2025/26 Season
Recent Press Releases
May 22, 2025 Lantern Theater Company Announces One-Week Extension of The 39 Steps; Patrick Barlow's riotous take on Alfred Hitchcock's take on John Buchan's take on the spy thriller will now close Sunday, June 22, 2025 PDF May 5, 2025 Lantern Theater Company Closes 2024/25 Season with The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow, Directed by Charles McMahon, May 15 - June 15, 2025 PDF March 26, 2025 Lantern Theater Company Announces 2025/26 Season; 32nd Season Features a Mix of Classic and Contemporary Work for the Stage, including Plays by William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, Pearl Cleage, and Lloyd Suh PDF February 3, 2025 Lantern Theater Company Continues 2024/25 Season with William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Directed by Charles McMahon, February 13 - March 16, 2025 PDF November 19, 2024 Lantern Theater Company Announces One-Week Extension of American Moor Through December 15, 2024; Playwright Keith Hamilton Cobb in Philadelphia for Special rtist in Conversation Event on Monday, December 9, 2024 PDF November 1, 2024 Lantern Theater Company Continues 2024/25 Season with Philadelphia Premiere of Keith Hamilton Cobb's American Moor, Directed by Kash Goins, November 7 – December 8, 2024 PDF September 3, 2024 Lantern Theater Company Opens 2024/25 Season with Philadelphia Premiere of Anna Ziegler's The Wanderers, Directed by Jesse Bernstein, September 5 - October 6, 2024 PDF August 16, 2024 Lantern Theater Company Honored With Nine 2024 Barrymore Award Nominations – Recognition spans all four productions in the Lantern’s 2023/24 mainstage season PDF March 13, 2024 Lantern Theater Company Announces 2024/25 Season – 31st Season Features a Mix of Classic and Contemporary Work for the Stage, including Plays by Anna Ziegler, Keith Hamilton Cobb, William Shakespeare, and Patrick Barlow PDF  Pictured: Campbell O'Hare and Jered McLenigan in Tartuffe (2023). 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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