Dividing the Estate

11 May 2011
00:00:00 - 00:00:00

People's Light & Theatre

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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People's Light & Theatre
39 Conestoga Road
Malvern, PA 19355

Philadelphia premiere of Horton Foote's play, set in a small Texas town c. 1987, about the dysfunctional Gordon family who are forced to agree on a course of action for their very uncertain future.

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Grants & Grantees

Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley: Dust to Dust

Artists Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley contemplate the impact of climate change in an immersive installation of filmed performances, set in both the past and a speculative future.

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Fallow

People's Light & Theatre Company produced the world premiere of this work by Kenneth Lin, based in part on deadly attacks on immigrants that took place near the playwright's childhood home.

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News

On Stage This Fall: Opera Philadelphia’s First Festival, Premieres from New Paradise Laboratories, Thaddeus Phillips, Tempesta di Mare, and More

An abundance of Center-funded performances take the stage this fall.

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A Conversation with Warrior Writers

Following a performance of Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, there will be a post-show conversation with representatives of nonprofit organization Warrior Writers.

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Pushers

In order to examine the difficult topic of addiction and its consequences, Pushers uses celebrity culture as its lens, as a way to connect with West Philadelphia youth and encourage them to share their own experiences.

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Pig Iron: I Promised Myself to Live Faster

Conceived by Co-Artistic Director Dito van Reigersberg and directed by Dan Rothenberg, this new work builds on Pig Iron's longtime fascination with characters that live on the margins of society.

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Reading of The Rizzo Project

Theatre Exile presents a staged reading of their work-in-progress play about Philadelphia political figure Frank Rizzo.

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Directors Gathering Dialogue: The Women of Adapt!

The Wilma will present an audience-led conversation with Adapt! playwright and director Blanka Zizka, composer and music director Mariana Sadovska, and choreographer Silvana Cardell.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Christopher Colucci

Colucci's sound designs for theater are distinguished by their sense of musicality, and what he describes as a "sensitivity to the power of sound to evoke the ineffable."

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Alias Ellis MacKenzie September 15–19

Thaddeus Phillips' new bilingual performance work for theater, inspired by his experience working on Colombian telenovela *Alias El Mexicano*, continues September 15–19.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

John Jarboe

John Jarboe is a director, performer, curator, and writer. He has created over 10 original cabaret-plays with his company The Bearded Ladies, producing original work for Opera Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Lydie Breeze Cycle: Aipotu

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Aipotu, the second of three performances in Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare's Lydie Breeze Trilogy.

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Hello Blackout!: WTF (Welcome: The Future!) Sessions

New Paradise Laboratories presents a series of discussions that invite audiences to participate in conversations with thinkers and art makers to explore the philosophical themes within Hello Blackout!.

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The Metamorphoses of Don Juan

Opera Philadelphia and the Wilma Theater will explore the Don Juan legend in scenes from theatrical works inspired by the famed lover.

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¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! or WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!

This Spanish-language, ensemble-devised performance piece will examine American privilege and the complexities of cultural identity, informed by Torra's personal experience as a Cuban American.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Robert Prosky

Film, television, and stage actor Robert Prosky (1930–2008) had hundreds of credits to his name in television, film, and the theater.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Paula Vogel

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's current playwriting project is a Center-funded commission for Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, based on Don Juan Returns from the War.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Rebecca Taichman

Rebecca Taichman is an Obie Award-winning theater director, whose work has been presented at theaters across the country, including American Repertory Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, The Old Globe, and ACT.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Melanie Joseph

Director and producer Melanie Joseph is the artistic producer and founder of the Foundry Theatre in New York City.

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Event

FOURTEEN at the National Constitution Center: Fall 2019 Performances

The National Constitution Center presents FOURTEEN, a theatrical performance that sheds new light on the Reconstruction era and the ratification of the 14th Amendment.

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