About Neighborhood House
Every year, we serve over 50 artists and ensembles through subsidized performance and rehearsal rentals.
Neighborhood House is a performance venue and a catalyst for the arts on the historic Christ Church campus. We support artists through subsidized performance/rehearsal rentals in our namesake building, and we commission new site-specific works informed by our architecture and history.
Our Story
Built by the Christ Church parish to serve the residents of industrial Old City, Neighborhood House opened its doors in 1915. In the late 1990s, local artists seeking unusual, flexible, and affordable venues for Live Arts/Fringe Festival performances discovered the building’s large, open spaces. The Neighborhood House program solidified around that homegrown demand and the facility advanced with it, greatly aided by the significant initial investments of the William Penn Foundation.
Today, in addition to housing the Christ Church Parish and Preservation Trust offices, Christ Church Neighborhood House serves a core constituency of cross-disciplinary performing artists who imagine new and experimental works in our ADA-accessible, 110-seat theater. The reach of our arts programming extends beyond the building walls to include concerts in the Christ Church sanctuary and commissions for every corner of our historical campus.
In 2016, we took over operation of the Farmers Market at Christ Church, formerly N3rd Street Farmers Market. Every Wednesday afternoon, May-November, we invite farmers, artisans, and the community onto the brick pavers outside the church gates.
Join Our Team
Current Openings
Educators (part-time)
Christ Church Preservation Trust is currently searching for a team of Educators. We are a nonprofit organization created to ensure the preservation, restoration and maintenance of Historic Christ Church, the Christ Church Neighborhood House, and the Christ Church Burial Ground. More details & how to apply
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Our Staff
Hannah Opdenaker
Associate Director
Vince Lattuca
Director of Marketing & Special Projects
John Hopkins
Director of Operations & Burial Ground Coordinator
Hannah Opdenaker
Associate Director
Hannah Opdenaker is a performing artist and designer in Philadelphia. She is a stage actress, with a focus in contemporary works and movement. She has directed, designed, costumed, and performed in shows in the tristate area. She is a graduate from Mount St. Mary’s University, holding a BA in Theatre and a BA in Political Science. In her studies at “The Mount”, she focused on theatre and devised work telling classic stories with a modern, political twist. As Associate Director of Christ Church Preservation Trust, Hannah is able to bring her passion for bringing “the arts” to “the people” to cultivate an exciting, year round program for Philadelphia.
Email
215-922-1695 ext. 28
Vince Lattuca
Director of Marketing & Special Projects
Many of you might already know Vince Lattuca as the cookie guy from Lavinia’s Cookies. Vince joined the market as a vendor in 2013 when it was still N3RD St. Farmers Market — and continued as a vendor until 2018 when he began a new career managing a large Saturday farmers market in the suburbs. In 2020, Vince returned as manager of the Farmers Market at Christ Church with integral knowledge of not just the market’s history but all our vendors and customers. Vince also manages all of the marking, webpages, and social media for Christ Church Preservation Trust. He is a graduate from West Chester University, holding a BA in Political Science with a minor in Communication Studies.
Email
215-922-1695 ext. 26
John Hopkins
Director of Operations & Burial Ground Coordinator
Bio coming soon
Email
215-922-1695 ext. 33
Christ Church Preservation Trust
Neighborhood House is a program of Christ Church Preservation Trust. Founded in 1965, the Trust is a secular nonprofit that ensures the preservation of and strengthens the multiple communities that use historic Christ Church properties for community building, personal growth, education, and artistic expression.
Christ Church
Known as “The Nation’s Church” due to the famous Revolutionary Era leaders who worshiped here, Christ Church was founded in 1695. It was the first parish of the Church of England (Anglican) in Pennsylvania and the birthplace of the American Episcopal Church.
