Philadelphia Theatre Company

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The Philadelphia Theatre Company is a theatre 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 become home to dozens of nationally recognized artists.

Philadelphia Theatre Company is also known as PTC.

1 Projects
2 Awards
3 External links

[edit] Projects

Their STAGES new play project provides residencies and commissions while having developed over 70 scripts, half of which have gone on to production or publication. Philadelphia Theatre Company’s exceptional history of producing challenging and provocative new work for the stage includes the world premieres of Terrence McNally's Master Class (1995); Bunny Bunny by Alan Zweibel (1996); David Ives's Lives of The Saints (1999); J.T.Rogers's White People (2000); No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs by John Henry Redwood (2001); Barbra’s Wedding by Daniel Stern (2002); A Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher (2003); Bruce Graham’s According to Goldman (2004); Adrift in Macao (2005) by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick; and Some Men (2006) by Terrence McNally, all of which were then produced in New York and other cities.

Philadelphia Theatre Company has embarked on a groundbreaking Capital Campaign in support of building its new home, Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theater on the Avenue of the Arts, scheduled to open in Fall, 2007 when it concludes its 25-year residence at the historic Plays and Players Theatre.

[edit] Awards

[edit] 2003

Best Theatre Company by Philadelphia magazine

[edit] 2005

Theatre Company of the Year by Philadelphia Weekly
Best Theater Company by Philadelphia City Paper

[edit] 2006

Best Theater by Philadelphia Style Magazine

[edit] Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater

Since 1995, Philadelphia Theatre Company has received 99 nominations and 30 awards from Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards, most recently for Take Me Out (Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play), Elegies: A Song Cycle (Outstanding Music Direction, and Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical), The Story (Outstanding Direction of a Play), and Trumbo (Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play).