Philadelphia Theatre Company

The Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) is LORT C theater company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1974 as The Philadelphia Company by Robert Hedley and Jean Harrison. The company has produced over 100 world and Philadelphia premieres and has hosted dozens of nationally recognized artists. Since October 2007, PTC's home has been the brand new Suzanne Roberts Theatre on the Avenue of the Arts. This move concluded its 25-year residence at the historic Plays and Players Theatre.

History

Philadelphia Theatre Company has long held the contemporary American playwright at the core of its mission. Founded in 1974 as The Philadelphia Company by Robert Hedley and Jean Harrison, Philadelphia Theatre Company was the first of our city’s ambitious young performing arts companies to produce bold new work, while inviting audiences to participate in the development process. Under the direction of Sara Garonzik since 1982, Philadelphia Theatre Company has introduced more than 140 new plays and musicals to audiences in Philadelphia, New York, and around the country, establishing the Company’s national reputation for artistic quality, risk-taking and diverse programming. Philadelphia Theatre Company extends the intellectual life of each production with our Community Voices events, Playwise Magazine, and guest lectures. PTC also offers a comprehensive school program, the Career Development Initiative, and PTC@Play.

Awards

Philadelphia Theatre Company has received numerous “Best Theater Company” citations from media sources such as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia Style Magazine, and Philadelphia City Paper. Since the inception of the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater in 1995, Philadelphia Theatre Company has received 169 nominations and 53 awards.

Recent Seasons

2012/2013 Season

• Stars of David (world premiere musical) original book by Abigail Pogrebin book by Charles Busch conceived by Aaron Harnick
• The Mountaintop (play) by Katori Hall
• Seminar (play) by Theresa Rebeck
• Venus In Fur (play) by David Ives
• Love, Loss, and What I Wore (play) by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron based on a book by Ilene Beckerman

2011/2012 Season

• Red by John Logan
• The Scottsboro Boys music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, book by David Thompson
• The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham
• reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute

2010/2011 Season

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn
• Race by David Mamet
• Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith
• Ruined by Lynn Nottage
• Colin Quinn: Long Story Short

2009/2010 Season

• Humor Abuse by Lorenzo Pisoni and Erica Schmidt
• The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel
• Golden Age by Terrence McNally
• Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson
• The Second City 50th Anniversary Tour

2008/2009 Season

• Unusual Acts of Devotion by Terrence McNally
• 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother by Kate Moira Ryan & Judy Gold
• Resurrection by Daniel Beaty
• At Home at the Zoo by Edward Albee
• Grey Gardens by Doug Wright, Scott Frankel & Michael Korie
• City of Nutterly Love: Funny as Bell! by Ed Furman, TJ Shanoff, and The Second City

2007/2008 Season

• Being Alive by Stephen Sondheim, Billy Porter & William Shakespeare
• M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
• Third by Wendy Wasserstein
• The Happiness Lecture by Bill Irwin

2006/2007 Season

• Murderers by Jeffrey Hatcher
• The Frog Bride by David Gonzalez
• Nerds://A Musical Software Satire (PTC world premiere musical) by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Weiner & Hal Goldberg
• In The Continuum by Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter
• Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton

External links

• Philadelphia Theatre Company