Edward Scissorhands

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

2006

$100,000

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, presented choreographer Matthew Bourne's dance-theater adaptation of filmmaker Tim Burton's gothic fairy tale Edward Scissorhands, in which an artificial man with scissors for hands falls in love with a suburban girl, but is considered a danger because his hands cause inadvertent injuries. The show was presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Music in January 2007. Working with a number of regional educational partners, the Kimmel Center offered subsidized tickets and a master class taught by the cast.

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ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

The immersive installation work of Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury is highlighted in a multi-part performance project that shares the narratives of Syrian citizens and refugees and addresses displacement, oppression, and justice.

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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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ALIAS

Theater artist Thaddeus Phillips, a 2002 Pew Fellow, will create a new bilingual performance work for theater, inspired by his experience working on Colombian telenovela Alias El Mexicano.

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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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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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I Promised Myself to Live Faster at the 39th Humana Festival of New Plays

Philadelphia's own Pig Iron Theatre Company premieres their Center-funded, Charles Ludlam-inspired piece at the prestigious Humana Festival in Louisville, KY.

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Re-Place-ing Philadelphia

Built on a foundation of public dialogue and interaction, the Re-Place-ing Philadelphia project used art as a lens for viewing the city and its history.

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Geoff Sobelle's The Object Lesson at BAM

With boxes stacked to the ceiling, physical theater artist Geoff Sobelle will transform the BAM Fisher into an epic storage facility of gargantuan proportion.

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The AI Project

Karen Getz developed and produced the world premiere of a text-free comic-actors' ballet that explored what it means to be human through the behaviors of artificially intelligent robots.

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Leaving

The Wilma Theater produced the American premiere of the first new play in 20 years by renowned playwright and former President of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel.

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Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq

The Wilma Theater developed a new play with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and a full company of actors, charting a Marine's complicated return home from war.

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Meiyin Wang

Meiyin Wang is the associate artistic producer of The Public Theater's Under The Radar Festival and Symposium in New York, which presents new and cutting-edge theatrical work from the U.S. and abroad.

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The Quiet Circus

A 15-month-long series of performances and conversations held at sites along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers explored the city’s maritime and industrial heritage while considering human interaction with an urban landscape, community, and the contemplative.

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Brett Bailey: Macbeth Performances and Residency

South African theater artist Brett Bailey will visit Philadelphia for a three-week residency and a presentation of his adaptation of Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia.

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Estelle Parsons

Actress Estelle Parsons has found success on stage, screen, and television, often playing characters who can best be described as fanatical or neurotic.

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O Monsters at Capital Fringe Festival

New Paradise Laboratories’ O Monsters, the companion piece to their Center-supported project Hello Blackout!, travels to the 2018 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington D.C.

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Swarthmore College

Since its founding in 1864, Swarthmore College has given students the knowledge, insight, skills, and experience to become leaders for the common good.

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Romeo Castellucci

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Candide

John Caird's adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire Candide received its American regional theater premiere.

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: Part II

Part II of Taylor Mac's performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music covers 12 decades from 1896–Present as part of the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

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