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The season was just announced on Wednesday, and I know that it's always nice for prospective students to have an idea of the kind of things we do around here.

This year, the School of Theater Arts' 25th Anniversary Season, is centered around the theme of Philadelphia. All of these shows, save one, is about Philadelphia or the Philadelphia area, written by somebody from the Philadelphia area, or premiered in Philadelphia.


- THE WOOLGATHERER by William Mastrosimone, dir. Amy Feinberg (Fringe Festival)
- ORPHANS by Lyle Kessler, dir. Aaron Cromie (Fringe Festival)
- WALT WHITMAN, Solo faculty show (Studio)
- THE INSANITY OF MARY GIRARD by Lainie Robertson (Studio)
- THE PHILADELPHIA STORY by Phillip Barry, dir. David Howey (Mainstage)
- THE CRADLE WILL ROCK by Marc Blitzstein, dir. Patty Raine (Mainstage)
- EQUINOX, Student-written and Student-directed pieces (Studio)
- THE CONTRAST by Don Pippin & Anthony Stimac, adapted from the original comedy by Royall Tyler, dir. Charles Conwell (Mainstage)
- ASSINIA by Plautus (School of Theater Arts Outreach)
- TBA, Solo Faculty Show (Studio)
- IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM by David Rabe, dir. Rick Stoppleworth (Studio)
- 6221 by Thomas Gibbons, dir. Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. (Mainstage)
- STUDENT-DIRECTED ONE-ACTS: (Studio)
- LIFTING BELLY adapted by Chelsea Sanz, dir. Chelsea Sanz
- THE PHILADELPHIA by David Ives, dir. Todd LaBelle
- THE BLUE HOUR by David Mamet, dir. Natalie Carter
- ROGER AND MIRIAM by Nicky Silver, dir. Allison Piazza
- URLICHT by Albert Innaurato, dir. Amanda DeMarco
- INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine, dir. Charles Gilbert, Jr. (Mainstage)
- THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal, dir. Gene Terruso (Mainstage)
- ROBESON by Phillip Hayes Dean, dir. Walter Dallas (Solo faculty performance by Johnnie Hobbs, Jr.) (Studio)
- 1776 IN CONCERT by Sherman Edwards (Faculty-performed concert)