About Us

Mission:

Philadelphia Theatre Workshop strives to nurture bright and emerging artists at various stages of their careers. We ignite Philadelphia by spotlighting characters and stories often underrepresented in the broader theatrical world. We are dedicated to reflecting diverse audiences through original, evocative programming. Our focus is world premiere plays by Philadelphia-area playwrights. Philadelphia Theatre Workshop: Making better artists and audiences

History:

Initial conversations began in August 2003 to develop a theatre company dedicated to Philadelphia-area artists and the production of new and exciting works of theatre. In the fall of 2004, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop was born with the launch of our PlayShops program (an incubator program for new plays) and with our first production (a world premiere by a Philadelphia playwright). Our goal continues to present world and Philadelphia premieres, while conducting a thriving development program. We became a non-profit corporation in March 2004, and a bona fide 501(c)(3) in January 2005. In 2007, co-founder Bill Felty tooks the reins as sole artistic director and in 2010-2011 we present our seventh season of productions.

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Philadelphia Theatre Workshop presents Philadelphia premieres of high quality scripts that reflect diverse, contemporary human stories. Our plays are chosen because they present characters, situations, and perspectives not seen on other area stages.