MACBETH IN STRIDE
Written and Performed by Whitney White
Directed by Taibi Magar and Tyler Dobrowsky
Choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly
In Association with Shakespeare Theatre Company
A New Musical – Fall 2023
A dazzling theatrical event created and performed by Obie Award-winning artist Whitney White, Macbeth In Stride examines what it means to be an ambitious Black woman through the lens of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters. This 90-minute rock musical uses pop, gospel, and R&B to trace the fatalistic arc of Lady Macbeth while lifting up contemporary Black female power, femininity, and desire. Directed by PTC’s artistic directors, Taibi Magar and Tyler Dobrowsky.
COST OF LIVING
FEB 2 – FEB 18, 2024
By Martyna Majok
Directed by Jeffrey L. Page
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Freshly Tony-nominated!
– Winter 2024
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and just recently on Broadway, Cost of Living traces two relationships: one between a wealthy graduate student with cerebral palsy and his female caregiver, the other between a woman recovering from a terrible accident being tended to by her ex-husband. Heartfelt, funny, and deeply moving, this exquisitely written play examines the fiscal and emotional cost of human connection.
FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE
Due to capital improvements, the production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune is indefinitely postponed.
By Terrence McNally
A Contemporary American Classic – Spring 2024
Written by four-time Tony winner Terrence McNally with humor and sensitivity, this enduring portrait of middle-aged love and desire has been seen on Broadway three separate times, and has charmed audiences around the world. Taking place over the course of one night, the play tracks two blue-collar romantics as they search for emotional intimacy: as Johnny tells Frankie, “People are given one moment to connect. Not two, not three, one! They don’t take it, it’s gone forever.” We are thrilled to bring back Terrence McNally to PTC, where he premiered so many of his classic plays.
THE DUAT
JUN 7 – JUN 23, 2024
By Roger Q. Mason
Directed by Taibi Magar
A World Premiere – Summer 2024
Taking its title from the mythical Egyptian afterlife, The Duat is a psychological portrait of Cornelius Johnson, a FBI counterintelligence officer, in a battle for his very soul. Using spoken word, North African drumming, and gorgeous choreography, this one-person world premiere is a poetic and virtuosic story of redemption.
LITTLE AMAL
SEPT 13, 2023
Amal Walks Across America
A Free Community Event – Fall 2023
PTC is thrilled to welcome Little Amal to Philadelphia in September! Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl who has traveled across 13 countries meeting more than a million people, and watched by tens of millions more online. This fall, she will journey 6,000 miles across the United States in one of the largest free public festivals ever created.
SEASON SPONSORS
Rhonda & David L. Cohen
David & Nancy Colman
Daryl & Ellen Morey
