City: Philadelphia

Quintessence will produce ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA with education activities focused on Shakespeare and history for 15 middle/high schools in NW Phila. Two rival leaders fall into romantic passion so great it destroys both their kingdoms: Clear verse speaking, modern dress, a bare stage, and Shakespeare's most cinematic, romantic poetry will transport students to North Africa for a political thriller.

Lantern Theater Company will provide in-class residencies to high school students at our partner schools in Philadelphia on AMERICAN MOOR by Keith Hamilton Cobb and its connection to OTHELLO by William Shakespeare. We will also provide free tickets for these school groups to attend a student matinee performance of AMERICAN MOOR at Lantern Theater Company scheduled from 11/7/24 - 12/8/24.

In the 2022/23 school year Lantern Theater Company will conduct in-school residencies on ROMEO AND JULIET at six to eight Philadelphia middle and high schools. Each school will receive 8-10...

QTG will produce THE TEMPEST, with 5 matinees for 675 students from 9 middle/high schools in NW Philadelphia in Spring 2023. Our version will explore questions of the patriarchy, colonialism,...

QTG will produce THE WINTER'S TALE (TWT), with 5 matinees for 675 students from 9 middle/high schools in NW Philadelphia in Fall 2021. Our version of TWT will lean into...

In the 2021/22 school year Lantern Theater Company will conduct in-school residencies on ROMEO AND JULIET at 7 Philadelphia high schools. Each school will receive 8-10 visits from experienced teaching...