Collaborators & Colleagues

Bruce Allardice

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Bruce Allardice has been the managing director of the multidisciplinary Ping Chong + Company since 1988. In this capacity, he has traveled extensively around the world to promote international engagements and collaboration. He was a Center panelist in theater in 2010.

References

Ping Chong + Company website

Collaborators & Colleagues

Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz works at the intersection of social practice, installation, and performance.

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Grants & Grantees

The Frank Rizzo Project

Theatre Exile explored ways to dramatize the story of Frank Rizzo, a polarizing Philadelphia political icon, with a special emphasis on group discussions with longtime residents of South Philadelphia.

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Facing Front: The Duets of Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion

Drozdowski, a curator of performance, will host European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career.

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Red-Eye to Havre de Grace

Thaddeus Phillips produced his largest show to date: an original musical about the delirious final days of Edgar Allen Poe's life, which he spent traveling between New York and Richmond.

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After the Rehearsal/Persona by Toneelgroep Amsterdam

FringeArts presented the US premiere of After the Rehearsal/Persona by director Ivo van Hove and his Dutch theater company, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, at the 2015 Fringe Festival.

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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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The Body Lautrec at FringeArts Scratch Night

Mary Tuomanen and Aaron Cromie present excerpts from The Body Lautrec at FringeArts' Scratch Night.

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Questions of Practice

Inside The Wilma Theater: Q&A with Blanka Zizka, Founding Artistic Director

Zizka talks with us about the Wilma’s identity and approach to theater making, her commitment to learning and experimentation, her vision for the future, and more.

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The Pride of Parnell Street

Act II Playhouse produced this regional premiere by Irish playwright Sebastian Barry, which won the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Theater Artist Jennifer Kidwell

Theater artist and Pew Fellow Jennifer Kidwell on how she became an artist, the role of humor in her work, Philadelphia’s arts scene, and more.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Dulé Hill

Dulé Hill is an actor best known for his work as Charlie Young on The West Wing. In 2017, he appeared in the Center-supported music-theater work, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, presented by People’s Light.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Ain Gordon

Ain Gordon is a three-time Obie Award-winning writer, director, and actor. He served as the Center's Visiting Artist, from 2011–13 and 2018-19.

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Questions of Practice

25 Years of Pew Fellowships in the Arts: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Paula Marincola and Melissa Franklin reflect on a quarter-century of direct support to artists—how we got started, how the program has evolved, and what we've learned.

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A Billion Nights On Earth

Pew Fellow and theater artist Thaddeus Phillips presents the world premiere of A Billion Nights On Earth, a visual theater work that blends performance art, pop-up storybook design techniques, and a cinematic score.

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Elephant Room

Theater artist Geoff Sobelle honored his roots with a multilayered show about three magicians, simultaneously presented as a real magic show and a hoax.

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Endless Shout: Jumatatu Poe's Let 'im Move You: A Study and This Is a Success

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents a performance of Pew Fellow Jumatatu Poe’s Let ‘im Move You, organized by Danielle Goldman.

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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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Heiner Goebbels: Imaginary Stages

The Philadelphia premiere of two works by Heiner Goebbels—an internationally acclaimed German composer and director—merges theater, performative installation, and experimental chamber music.

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There

The Wilma Theater presents a world premiere adaptation of There by Lebanese American poet Etel Adnan.

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A Billion Nights on Earth at Harbourfront Centre

Thaddeus Phillips’ Center-supported visual theater work A Billion Nights on Earth plays at Harbourfront Centre’s international children’s festival in Toronto.

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