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Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater To Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award, an annual honor recognizing a regional theatre company that has displayed “a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally.” The award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. “We are delighted to announce The […]

In addition to hundreds of Philadelphia artists, Wilma has worked with Oscar Nominee David Strathairn, Obie Award-winner Zainab Jah, and Tony Award-winning actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. She began formulating the Wilma HotHouse as a diverse ensemble of Philadelphia-based actors who would meet regularly to train their voices, bodies and breath in pursuit of emotional richness, physical freedom, deep trust, and shared theatrical language. Wilma’s 2024-25 season features productions led by each Co-Artistic Director, and the return of Co-Founder Zizka and includes The Comeuppance(Branden Jacobs-Jenkins), The Half-God of Rainfall(Inua Ellams), Archduke(Rajiv Joseph), and A Summer Day(Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse).

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