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Built & Operated by InterAct Theatre Company
Questions? Email: boxoffice@interacttheatre.org
Theatre’s @ The Drake is in it’s 12th Season as a dual performing arts space for small and large companies in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia.
New artists sign on everyday! To never miss a show, check this site on a regular basis or call InterAct at 215-568-8079
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#CHARLOTTESVILLE
Co-Produced by Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre Oct. 15-Nov. 1, 2026
written & performed by Priyanka Shetty
directed by Yury Urnov
A tour-de-force solo performance about the power of witnessing, chronicling the tragic events of August 11th and 12th, 2017, when white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia for the deadly “Unite the Right” rally on the pretext of protesting the removal of the Confederate monument of Robert E. Lee, leading to violent clashes with counter-protesters. Constructed verbatim from over one hundred firsthand interviews with Charlottesville residents, court transcripts, and news reports, the play embodies a community in crisis—activists, students, and residents—as well as lawyers, key figures from the far right, and political leaders, exposing the systems and ideologies that sustain white supremacist movements. An urgent political work that examines race, identity, and the machinery of extremism in modern-day America, while drawing resonant parallels to the global rise of nationalism and racial division.
Performances — Pay What You Decide
BOX OFFICE: (215) 563-1100 boxoffice@azukatheatre.org
https://www.azukatheatre.org/charlottesville
https://ci.ovationtix.com/35093/production/1274015 Location: The Louis Bluver Theatre @ The Drake
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THIS MUCH I KNOW
by Jonathan Spector (Tony Award Winning Author of Eureka Day)
INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY Oct. 30-Nov. 22, 2026
A psychology professor 's search for his missing wife launches us on a time-hopping fugue, weaving together the stories of Stalin's daughter defecting to America and the son of a white supremacist growing to doubt his beliefs. An explosively theatrical interrogation of how we make decisions, how we change our minds, and how much responsibility we bear for the things we do not control.
BOX OFFICE: ( 215-568-8079 ) Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake
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ONE MAN NUTCRACKER
by Chris Davis Date: TBD
You know the Nutcracker the ballet, but what if the ballet was performed by only one man? If the daughter Marie, little boy Fritz, creepy uncle Drosselmeyer, the mice, the Sugar Plum fairy, were all channeled through one actor. Chris Davis is proud to bring you One-Man Nutcracker, a re-telling of the original E.T.A. Hoffmann Nutcracker Story and the Ballet. Back for its 4th year at the Drake Theater!
Recommended for ages 7+ and family-friendly! Audiences of all ages have come and enjoyed the show.
BOX OFFICE: https://www.realchrisdavis.com/oneman-nutcracker11
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Presented by InterAct Theatre Company
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Screening Dec. 4 @ 2pm & 7pm
by Christopher Hampton
Olivier and Tony® Award winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
Performances — $18 General Admission / $16 for InterAct Subscribers
BOX OFFICE: boxoffice@interacttheatre.org 215-568-8079 Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake
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THE CONTRACT
by James Webb
INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY Feb. 5-28, 2027
A married couple and co-pastors of a Black megachurch in Alabama have negotiated an arrangement to satisfy the husband’ s sexual desire for men: they have hired a graduate student for discreet monthly liaisons in an upscale New York City hotel. But when feelings intensify, the parameters of the contract are in danger of collapsing, along with the lies people have been telling themselves. An exploration of internalized homophobia in the Black church and what it means to be responsible to your flock.
BOX OFFICE: ( 215-568-8079 ) Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake
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THE FOUNDRY New Play Festival
March 12-14, 2027
The Foundry at PlayPenn, Philadelphia’s preeminent playwright collective, launches its inaugural festival in 2027, spotlighting new work by the next generation of theater artists, produced in association with Philadelphia Theatre Company.
The Foundry New Play Festival will feature readings of new work by Lulu Duffy-Tumasz, Aly Gonzalez, and August Hakvaag. The Foundry at PlayPenn is a tuition-free three-year playwrights’ workshop for emerging/early career Philadelphia-based writers, guided by lead artists L M Feldman and R. Eric Thomas. Writers meet regularly to share work, exchange feedback, and engage in meaningful artistic dialogue within a supportive and rigorous creative community.
Its alumni include Chris Davis, Emma Goidel, Sarah Mantell, MJ Kaufman, R. Eric Thomas, Erlina Ortiz, MK Tuomanen, Iraisa Ann Reilly, Chaz T. Martin, Lex Thammavong, and Zahra Patterson along with the more than 60 playwrights who have participated in the program since 2012.
BOX OFFICE: Tel. 267-807-8234 / mail@playpenn.org
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THE BEAUTIFUL FUTURE IS COMING
by Flora Wilson Brown
Directed by KC MacMillan From England Inis Nua Theatre Company
March 17 - Apr. 4, 2027
In 1854 New York, Eunice fights to be recognized for a trailblazing environmental discovery. In near-future London, Clare begins an irresistible flirtation with a coworker at her climate nonprofit. In 2100 Svalbard, Ana tries to grow seeds (and a baby) while a months-long storm rages outside her lab. With wild inventiveness and humor, this “elegant and exciting” play “shrewdly questions how we can actively cultivate hope, even as we feel overwhelmed by despair” (The Stage) — confronting our time’s greatest challenge with a dazzling intellect and a beating human heart.
BOX OFFICE: 215.454.9776
https://www.inisnuatheatre.org/
Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake
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THE SCRIBE
by Jesse Bernstein
THEATRE ARIEL March 18-28, 2027
Back by popular demand! Everyone knows the Bible, but most don't know how "in the beginning" actually came to be... until now. Join the irreverent and reluctant scribe who puts it all together while navigating dueling agendas, loss of faith, and his longing for the good-old-days in exile. This one-person play is a humorous, clever, and moving exploration into the origins of one of the most confusing, contradictory, misunderstood, and important works in all of history. Whether you're a well-versed Torah scholar or don't know your Genesis from your Deutoronomy, this show will have you thinking about the Bible -- and all that sprang from it -- in a whole new way.
Performances — $18-$36
BOX OFFICE: Box Office: 610.667.9230
Email: info@theatreariel.org
https://theatreariel.vbotickets.com/event/THE_SCRIBE/192510 Location: The Louis Bluver Theatre @ The Drake
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(UNTITLED)
by L M Feldman
INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY Apr. 16-May 9, 2027
World Premiere, commissioned as part of the Philly Cycle!
The third and final play of The Philly Cycle will illuminate the world of nurses here in Philadelphia, focusing on those working in reproductive health and gender-affirming care. How do local nurses manage the intimate needs of patients within an unforgiving national health system? How do committed caregivers in a city that is proudly pro-choice and LGBTQ-friendly navigate the challenging times and new legislations we are living within? And who will care for the caregivers?
BOX OFFICE: ( 215-568-8079 ) Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake
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Play On!
Co-Produced by Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre April 22-May 9, 2027
by Quinn D. Eli
In a future full of mystery and magic, where technology has replaced music as the "food of love," a Black musician and his formidable wife battle a white chanteuse attempting to steal his legacy. Their struggle intensifies when Cambridge, a manipulative A.I., infiltrates their home, inciting racial mischief and marital strife that forces a reckoning between man and machine.
Performances — Pay What You Decide
BOX OFFICE: (215) 563-1100 boxoffice@azukatheatre.org
https://www.azukatheatre.org/play-on
Location: The Louis Bluver Theatre @ The Drake
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IRISHTOWN
by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
Directed by KC MacMillan From Ireland Inis Nua Theatre Company
June 2 - 20, 2027
The Irishtown Players in Dublin are on the verge of bringing their newest play across the pond to Broadway. But the up-and-coming playwright has delivered a script that just doesn’t feel…“Irish” enough? Everyone’s alive, no one’s drunk, and there’s not a fairy to be seen! So they do the only sensible thing: they make up their own Irish Play, inadvertently and hilariously sending up the Irish dramatic canon. This “rip-roaring…laugh til-you-cry” (Exeunt) comedy sharply satirizes what we demand from Irish stories — and the knots artists tie themselves in to deliver.
BOX OFFICE: 215.454.9776
https://www.inisnuatheatre.org/
Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Presented by InterAct Theatre Company
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Screening June 25 @ 2pm & 7pm
by Oscar Wilde
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
Performances — $18 General Admission / $16 for InterAct Subscribers
BOX OFFICE: boxoffice@interacttheatre.org 215-568-8079 Location: The Proscenium Theatre @ The Drake