2017/18 Season Archives Press Releases
May 17, 2018 Lantern Theater Company Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Don't Dress for Dinner by Marc Camoletti, May 24 – June 24, 2018; Hilarious and Fast-Moving Farce About Marriage, Lust, and Cordon Bleu Cuisine To Close the Lantern's Record-Breaking 24th Season March 1, 2018 Lantern Theater Company Presents The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Mar. 15 - Apr. 29, 2018; The Lantern's Annual Shakespeare Production Extended Through April 29 To Meet Extraordinary Demand from the General Public and Local School Groups January 17, 2018 Lantern Theater Company Announces Extension of Copenhagen and New In Conversation Events with Noted Scientists and Authors Gino Segrè, Bettina Hoerlin, and Kenneth W. Ford December 27, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Presents Copenhagen by Michael Frayn, Jan. 11 - Feb. 11, 2018; The Lantern's Ongoing Exploration of Science Meets The Greatest Play Ever Written About Science November 29, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Announces Special In Conversation Events with Noted Legal and Art Scholars David Hall, Linda Eaton, and Colette Loll on Saturday, Dec. 2, Sunday, Dec. 3, and Saturday, Dec. 9 at 4:30 p.m.; In Conversation Programs Presented in Conjunction with the Lantern’s World Premiere Production of The Craftsman by Bruce Graham, Onstage Now Through Dec. 17 November 22, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Announces One-Week Extension of World Premiere Play The Craftsman by Bruce Graham; Critically Lauded and Barrymore Recommended Production Will Close Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 October 18, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Presents the World Premiere of The Craftsman by Bruce Graham, Nov. 9 – Dec. 10, 2017; Lantern-Commissioned New Play Weaves Tale of Art, Resistance, and Redemption September 26, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Announces One-Week Extension of the Philadelphia Premiere of Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti; Critically Lauded and Barrymore Recommended Production Will Close Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 September 19, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Announces In Conversation: The Mirror to Nature with Drama Scholar Michael W. Brooks and Lantern Artistic Director Charles McMahon on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, at 4:30 p.m.; In Conversation Program Presented in Conjunction with the Lantern's Philadelphia Premiere Production of Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti, Onstage Now Through October 8 September 5, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Announces 2017/18 Season Casting August 9, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti, Sept. 7 - Oct. 8, 2017; Tony Award® Nominee Forrest McClendon Returns to the Lantern Stage as Famed 19th Century Shakespearean Actor Ira Aldridge February 15, 2017 Lantern Theater Company Announces 2017/18 Season; 24th Season Features Eclectic Mix of Classics and New Work, Including a World Premiere by Philadelphia Playwright Bruce Graham, Two Philadelphia Premieres, a Science Classic, and the Lantern's Annual Shakespeare Production
Header Photo: Lawrence Stallings in the world premiere of Me and the Devil (2021); Anthony Lawton and Dave Johnson in Travesties (2022); Melissa Rakiro and Joanna Liao in Twelfth Night (2023); and Paul L. Nolan, Sally Mercer, and Charles McMahon in Copenhagen (2018). Photos by Mark Garvin.
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