Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 play, Spring Awakening opened on Broadway to mass acclaim in 2006, and has not lost an ounce of relevancy since. Exploring themes of sexuality, women’s reproductive rights, mental health, and the consequences of intellectual repression, the musical celebrates and mourns the invariable struggles young people face. With a blend of gritty,...
From family-friendly cabarets at Smith Playground to an innovative circus about death, there's something for everyone at International Black Indigenous Circus Week (IBICW) 2025, part of the Cannonball Festival (@cannonballfest)! Don't miss this action-packed week full of jaw-dropping, tear-jerking, joy-inspiring circus, made by Black and Indigenous artists from around the globe. In addition to shows,...
Dogberry and Verges Are Scared is a pants-pissingly funny new comedy that follows everyone’s third favorite pair of Shakespearean clowns as they blunder through the events of Much Ado About Nothing and beyond.Their friendship and their wits will be tested as they attempt to foil Don John’s evil plot, save Fair Hero’s wedding, and hopefully...
The Sisters World Premiere World Premiere | Philadelphia Music & Libretto by Patricia Wallinga Inspired by The Sisters by Amy Lowell Featuring texts by Amy Lowell, Sappho, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson Directed by Elise D’Avella. Musical Director Ting Ting Wong.Set Design by Meghan Jones Built by Philadelphia Scenic Works Lighting Design by Heather Griffin Costume...
SOUND GAMES & “Thut Thut Theiya” Saturday June 7th, 2025 at 6pm Neighborhood House, 20 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Sound Games and Thut Thut Theiya explores play and playfulness in rhythm- central to Kathak. Highlights of the evening are live tabla, intergenerational Kathak dancers, Kathak workshop with Courtyard Dancers, reception with Indian snacks after the show. This...
FREE pay what you will event: The collaboration between filmmaker, AIDAN UN and dancer/Director of Urban Movement Arts, VINCE JOHNSON You Don’t Have To Go Home, But.. is a beautiful, profound and important film - not to be missed!! Johnson says, “You Don’t Have To Go Home, But... is an ode to dance, a grimy love letter to Philadelphia. Following the...
INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL CONCERT CELEBRATING GOD’S MUSIC FROM FOUR CULTURES AMERICA CARIBBEAN GHANA LATIN AMERICA SUNDAY MAY 18TH 2025 CHRIST CHURCH AUDITORIUM 20N AMERICA STREET PHILADELPHIA 4-6PM FEATURING: PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY MASS CHOIR AND CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST MONICA MASS CHOIR AND FRIENDS HOST ST ANDREW AND ST MONICA EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTE THERE WILL BE...
Welcome to D2D: After Dark! The venue is located on the 4th floor theater of Christ Church Neighborhood House. Join us on Sat, May 03, 2025 at 3:00 PM or 7:00 PM. You can expect a fun night of dances choreographed by our very own dancers! Parking details: Metered street parking is available on 2nd and...
CHLOE MARIE is choreographing….on dancers she has collaborated with, in their and in others’ works. A Philly all-star crew includes Alex Brazinski, Tammy Carrasco, Amalia Colón-Nava, Alexis Curiel, Marisa Illingsworth, Chelsea Murphy, Dylan Smythe, Kayliani Sood, and Arien Wilkerson. Composer Lee Clarke is creating the score. Chloe Marie says: Each of these individuals has provided an incredibly beautiful lens into what...
CHLOE MARIE is choreographing….on dancers she has collaborated with, in their and in others’ works. A Philly all-star crew includes Alex Brazinski, Tammy Carrasco, Amalia Colón-Nava, Alexis Curiel, Marisa Illingsworth, Chelsea Murphy, Dylan Smythe, Kayliani Sood, and Arien Wilkerson. Composer Lee Clarke is creating the score. Chloe Marie says: Each of these individuals has provided an incredibly beautiful lens into what...
Presented by Shakespeare in Clark Park as part of 2025 Philly Theatre Week! While haunted by visions of her ill-fated mother, enigmatic, “African” Queen Cleopatra becomes entangled in sexual and political brinkmanship that puts more than Ptolemaic Egypt at stake. Caught in a web between the Roman Empire, Mark Antony, and a crocodile, Cleopatra must...
This event is FREE and tickets are not required, but RSVP for a chance to win 4 tickets to Franklin's Key. -- Join us in a celebration of Philadelphia’s young inventors, as students of SLA Beeber share an exposition of their inventions and the alternate worlds/histories surrounding them. Blending real world engineering and science with creative...
Neighborhood House
20 N American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-922-1695