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Case Study: New Paradise Laboratories’ Fatebook
Center News |
Theatre
August 11, 2011
The following case study chronicles Fatebook, a 2009 production by New Paradise Laboratories. Fatebook was innovative in form, creative process and content: a show developed and experienced partly online and partly live. The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative commissioned arts journalist Charlotte Stoudt to research and follow the show in the hope that theater professionals around the country might find the methodology behind Fatebook useful in their own work. (Photos by Jacques-Jean Tiziou.)
Philadelphia Theatre Initiative July 2011 Press Release
Press Releases |
Theatre
July 5, 2011
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2011 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has awarded $1,013,000 through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 10 theater companies, performing arts presenters, and independent theater artists. This year’s funded projects revolve around moments of laughter, tragedy, and magic, offering theater-goers in the Philadelphia region an exciting variety of dramatic experiences from which to choose.
Geoff Sobelle’s ‘Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl’ in Timeout London
Media Coverage |
Theatre
January 26, 2011
Geoff Sobelle's PTI funded production, "Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl," traveled to London after its world premiere in Philadelphia and received news coverage from The Independent and Timeout London.
Geoffe Sobelle and Charlotte Ford in the Londonist
Media Coverage |
Theatre
January 21, 2011
Theatre artists Geoff Sobelle and Charlotte Ford are reviewed in the Londonist for their London International Mime Festival production, Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl.
NPL’s ‘Freedom Club’ Reviewed in NYMagazine and The Village Voice
Media Coverage |
Theatre
January 20, 2011
New Paradise Laboratories' PTI supported production of Freedom Club was reviewed in New York Magazine and The Village Voice after travelling to New York City.
Philadelphia Theatre Initiative 2011 Guideline Roll-outs
Center News |
Theatre
January 19, 2011
The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative will host two meetings this week to discuss the new guidelines and application process for the 2011 grant cycle.
Abbey Theatre’s Leader Meets with Area Theater Professionals
Center News |
Theatre, The Center
December 15, 2010
Fiach Mac Conghail, Artistic Director and CEO of the Abbey, Ireland's national theater, met in November 2010 with theater leaders and artists at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Mac Conghail hopes to strengthen relationships with area colleagues with the goal of future collaborations. Among the challenges he discussed were programming shows in a bad economy and how to prioritize spending.
Click here to read more about his visit.
Estelle Parsons Interview Snippets Now Online
Center News |
Theatre, The Center
October 19, 2010
Academy Award-winning actress Estelle Parsons spoke to Philadelphia theater professionals in April 2010 about her belief that life is richest for actors who give themselves fully and follow language wherever it takes them.
Live Arts Festival: The Sun Also Rises (The Select) in the New York Times and the Village Voice
Media Coverage |
Theatre
September 18, 2010
Elevator Repair Service's production of The Sun Also Rises (The Select), playing at the Arts Bank on South Broad Street as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, was reviewed in the New York TImes.
Philadelphia Theatre Initiative August 2010 Press Release
Press Releases |
Theatre
August 16, 2010
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced more than $960,000 in grants from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 13 theater companies, presenters, and theater independent artists. This year's PTI-funded performances represent a broad spectrum of imaginative programming for the stage that will engage the public in lively, sometimes unconventional ways.
