Since its founding as The Philadelphia Company in 1974, Philadelphia Theatre Company has produced over 150 World and Philadelphia premieres.
LEGEND
** World Premiere | * Philadelphia Premiere | § Moved to NY or Other Regional Theatre | + East Coast/Professional/American Premiere | ^ Co-Production | † Barrymore Award Winner | ‡ Barrymore Award Nominated
2022/2023 Season
The Tattooed Lady by Erin Courtney and Max Vernon ** * (A World Premiere Musical)
Empathitrax by Ana Nogueira * (A Philadelphia Premiere)
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson
2021/2022 Season
The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle ** ^ * (Co-Production with City Theatre)
Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney *
Where We Belong by Madeline Sayet ***
2020/2021 Season
Days of Re-Creation by Masi Asare, AriDy Nox, Erlina Ortiz, SEVAN, Nandita Shenoy, BD Wong, and Lauren Yee*
It Can’t Happen Here Adapted by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen*
From the novel by Sinclair Lewis
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe*
A Small Fire by Adam Bock*
Everything is Wonderful by Chelsea Marcantel*
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe* (postponed until 2020-21)
Sweat by Lynn Nottage*
The Bridges of Madison County by Marsha Norman (book) and Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics). Based on the novel by Robert James Waller.
How to Catch Creation by Christina Anderson*^ (Rolling World Premiere, Co-Production with Baltimore Center Stage)
Wrestling Jerusalem Written and Performed by Aaron Davidman, Directed by Michael John Garcés*
Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl*
Rizzo (Theatre Exile Co-Production) by Bruce Graham^
Found book by Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree, music & lyrics by Eli Bolin*
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Emily Mann
Hand To God by Robert Askins*
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey by James Lecesne*
Sara Garonzik, Recipient of the Barrymore Lifetime Achievement Award†
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar*‡
The McCarter Theatre/Arena Stage Production of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Exit Strategy by Ike Holter§+^‡ (co-produced with Primary Stages)
Sex With Strangers by Laura Eason*
Hillary and Clinton by Lucas Hnath+
Detroit by Lisa D’Amour*‡
Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley*
Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally*
brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee*^†(co-production with Long Wharf Theatre)
Murder for Two Book & Lyrics by Kellen Blair, Book & Music by Joe Kinosian*
4000 Miles by Amy Herzog*‡
NERDS Book & Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner, Music by Hal Goldberg‡
Tribes by Nina Raine+^‡
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang*‡
Colin Quinn Unconstitutional by Colin Quinn
Stars of David by Charles Busch, Based on the book by Abigail Pogrebin**§
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall*
Seminar by Theresa Rebceck*
Venus in Fur by David Ives*^
Love, Loss, and What I Wore An intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, Based on the book by Ilene Beckerman*
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*†
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*
Bella: The Color of Love by Theresa Tova and Mary Kerr**§
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
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*‡
The City of Nutterly Love by Ed Furman and TJ Shanoff**^ (co-produced with Chicago’s The Second City)
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**†
Murderers by Jeffrey Hatcher+
The Frog Bride by David Gonzalez*
Nerds://A Musical Software Satire by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Weiner & Hal Goldberg**§†
In The Continuum by Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter*
Orson’s Shadow by Austin Pendleton‡
Adrift in Macao by Christopher Durang & Peter Melnick**§†
Ben Franklin: Unplugged by Josh Kornbluth*
After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo*
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage*†
Some Men by Terrence McNally**§‡
Trumbo by Christopher Trumbo*†
The Story by Tracey Scott Wilson*†
Elegies: A Song Cycle by William Finn*†
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg*†
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks*
Nickel and Dimed by Joan Holden, adapted from Barbara Ehrenreich’s book*^‡
According to Goldman by Bruce Graham**‡
The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee*‡
Fully Committed by Becky Mode*†
King Hedley II by August Wilson*‡
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown*†
A Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher**§†
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies*
The Infidel by Bruce Norris+
The Play About the Baby by Edward Albee*‡
Barbra’s Wedding by Daniel Stern
Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher*§‡
No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs by John Henry Redwood**§^‡ (co-produced with Primary Stages)
This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan*
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Members of the Tectonic Theater Project*†
Dinah Was: The Dinah Washington Musical by Oliver Goldstick*†
White People by J.T. Rogers**‡
Wit by Margaret Edson*†
Sideman by Warren Leight*†
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel*‡
Lives of the Saints by David Ives**§‡
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman*‡
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh*†
Full Gallop by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson*
Minutes from the Blue Route by Tom Donaghy*
A Question of Mercy by David Rabe*‡
Birdy by William Wharton, adapted by Naomi Wallace§+†
Bunny Bunny by Alan Zweibel**§‡
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel*‡
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney*^‡ (co-produced with Delaware Theatre Company)
Seven Guitars by August Wilson*
Three Viewings by Jeffrey Hatcher*†
I Am A Man by Oyamo*‡
Broken Glass by Arthur Miller*‡
Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally*†
All in the Timing by David Ives*‡
Keely and Du by Jane Martin*^ (co-produced with the George Street Playhouse)
The Woods by David Mamet*
Master Class by Terrence McNally (winner of 3 Tony Awards)**§†
Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies*
The World Goes ‘Round by John Kander and Fred Ebb*
“2” by Romulus Linney+
Night Sky by Susan Yankowitz*
Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas*
Mountain by Douglas Scott (starring Len Cariou)*^ (co-produced with Delaware Theatre Company)
Tiny Tim is Dead by Barbara Lebow**
Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally*
National Anthems by Dennis McIntyre*
Miss Evers’ Boys by David Feldshuh*
Lady-Like by Laura Shamas+
Nagasaki Dust by W. Colin McKay**§
Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet*
The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney (starring Celeste Holm)*
Pill Hill by Samuel Kelley+
The Middle of Nowhere by Randy Newman and Tracy Friedman*
Elaine’s Daughter by Mayo Simon*
The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive*
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally (First Black production)*
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet*^ (co-produced with Capital Repertory Theatre)
Hannah Senesh by Lori Wilner and David Schechter (adaptation of Senesh diaries)*
Avner the Eccentric by Avner Eisenberg (starring Avner Eisenberg)*
Stauf by Eric Saltzman and Michael Sahl**^ (co-produced with the American Music Theater Festival)
Orphans by Lyle Kessler*
Southern Exposure: Sister and Miss Lexie by Eudora Welty, adapted by Brenda Curran; and From The Mississippi Delta by Endesha Ida Mae Holland+
Hospitality by Allan Havis**§
Out! by Lawrence Kelly (first fully-mounted production)*
Williams & Walker by Vincent D. Smith*
Citizen Tom Paine by Howard Fast (starring Richard Thomas)**^ (co-produced with The Kennedy Center)
Days and Nights Within by Ellen McLaughlin*
As Is by William M. Hoffman*
Painting Churches by Tina Howe*
Split Second by Dennis McIntyre (original music by Grover Washington, Jr.)*^ (co-produced with Freedom Theatre)
Great American Sideshow: One Acts by Romulus Linney, Alan Zweibel and Robert Pine*
Extremities by William Mastrosimone*
Terra Nova by Ted Tally*
Geniuses by Jonathan Reynolds*
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady*
Fool for Love by Sam Shepard*
Getting Out by Marsha Norman
True West by Sam Shepard*
Strange Snow by Steve Metcalfe*
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson*
Wings by Arthur Kopit*
Lone Star/Laundry & Bourbon by James McLure*
Final Passages by Robert Schenkkan*
Dylan Thomas by Jack Aranson (starring Jack Aranson)
When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder by Mark Medoff*
The Vietnamization of New Jersey by Christopher Durang*
Nuts by Tom Topor*
The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson*
Alice Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Company developed)
Hooters by Ted Tally*
Jesse and the Bandit Queen by David Freeman*
Getting Out by Marsha Norman*
Streamers by David Rabe*
The Insanity of Mary Girard by Lainie Robertson**
The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill
Dementia 80 by Don Steele**
Ashes by David Rudkin*
The Exhibition by Thomas Gibbons**
Some of My Best Friends are Women by Don Steele and Edward Earle**
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie by Albert Innaurato*
The Persecution of Eugene Waterman by Louis Lippa**
The Final Concert Tour of Mickey Colossus by Peter Mattaliano**
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Center City Soap by Dorothy Louise**
The Lion and the Lamb by Joseph Orazi**
Future Tense by John Sevcik**
The Keeper by Karolyn Nelke**
27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams
Mars by Clay Goss**
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (Theatre in the Court)
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Theatre in the Court)
Marlowe by John Yinger**
Rain by W. Somerset Maugham, adapted by Colton and Randolph
The Crossing/As I Lay Dying A Victim of Spring by David Rabe & Leslie Lee**
The Three Daughters of M. Dupont by E. Brieux**
Translation by Pauline Jones
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (NewMarket)
The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice
Sargeant Musgrave’s Dance by John Arden
Between Now and Then by Leslie Lee**
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