Thank you to everyone who donated to our Fall Appeal!

With just 24 hours left, you pulled us through and made our Gayle & David Smith New Ventures Play Festival Matching Grant Challenge!

With your support, we look forward to knocking the rest of the 22/23 Season out of the park. We'll be bringing you the third annual New Ventures Play Festival, a staged reading of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun, a WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION of Jane Eyre, and up next ...

CLASSIC SLAM - Philly Reawakened

Our celebration of Black poetry and excellence returns for a second year!

This year, the Slam asks our poets to draw inspiration from the city of Philadelphia - its changes, challenges, and charms. Click here to learn more about this year's poets.

Thurs, Feb 9th @ 7PM
Community Education Center at 3500 Lancaster Ave

This is a ONE-NIGHT ONLY event, so CLICK HERE to get your tickets now!

PAC's 22/23 Season!

Sept 22 - Oct 9

Wine In The Wilderness
by Alice Childress
directed by AZ Espinoza

Poth Brewery @ 3145 W Jefferson St

Presented in collaboration with TheBlackBestFriend as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Honorary Producer:
​Clifford Pearlman

Nov 6 @ 2 PM

The Contrast

​by Royall Tyler
directed by Neill Hartley

The Independence Seaport Museum

A classic “comedy of manners” advertised as the first truly American play

In collaboration with Acting Without Boundaries

Honorary Producer: 
Becky Bradbeer

Feb 9 @ 7 PM

Classic Slam!



The Community Education Center @ 3500 Lancaster Ave

Our second annual celebration of historic Black poetry and excellence, combining the dynamic voices of historic Black poets of the past with the work of inspirational local Black poets of today.

​March 27 @ 7 PM
​
Children of
the Sun
by Maxim Gorky
directed by Cassandra Alexander and David Pica

The Bluver Theatre at the Drake

Set during a cholera epidemic, Gorky’s darkly comedic tale of mounting tension amidst a public health crisis is sharply resonant and deeply moving.

Honorary Producers: Pamela and Gresham Riley ​

​May 11 - 28

Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
directed by 
Kathryn MacMillan

Christ Church Neighborhood House

A 
WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION 
​by Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch
​
Honorary Producers: 
Angela Mullen & Lisa Yanak

June 2023

New Ventures Play Festival



​The Proscenium Theatre at the Drake

Celebrating the vitality of new work, playwrights submit short plays inspired by the classics and contemplating the theme: The Evolution of Human Rights. Five winners will be presented in live readings!

Honorary Producers:
Gayle and David Smith

The 22/23 Season PAC Pass is on sale!

Get great perks and know that you are helping artists tell some of the greatest stories you haven't yet heard.
​One PAC Pass covers a whole household!​

​Benefits of the 2022/2023 PAC Pass include reserved seats, savings on tickets for the whole season, and invitations to special behind-the-scenes events and discussions with the PAC team. To see the full list of PAC Pass perks, click here!

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