RESISTING IRRELEVANCY: A QUIRKY COLLECTION OF QUICK COMEDIES - Theatre Artists Studio - August 16-September 1, 2019

by Debra Rich Gettleman

Contemporary, fresh and funny, this compilation of satirical short plays overflow with offbeat humor that leans towards the quirky and irreverent and focuses on the absurdities that abound in everyday reality. Join us as we open our 14th season by celebrating the work of a wonderfully talented woman we call our own – actress, playwright, journalist and Studio Member Debra Rich Gettleman.

with Studio Members Dolores Goldsmith, Rick Herman, Patti Moran, Judy Lebeau, Angee Lewandowski, Trevor Penzone, Marcia Weinberg, Heidi Haggerty Welborn and Kent Welborn, with guest artists Karen Burns, Lee Powers and Meg Sprink.

Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

RATHMINES ROAD - Theatre Artists Studio - September 27-October 20, 2019

by Deirdre Kinahan

After the passing of her mother, a woman returns to the small town in Ireland where she was raised, intending to sell the family home. But the unexpected arrival of a person from her past triggers long-buried memories of a devastating event. How she chooses to deal with those memories, and the ramifications of each choice, unfold in this astounding, timely, and compelling play bristling with conflict over secret trauma and public revelation. You’ll be sitting on the edge of your seat until it’s over and talking about it for days to come.

Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL - Theatre Artists Studio - November 22-December 15, 2019

by Horton Foote

This deeply moving play by one of America’s beloved playwrights tells the story of a determined elderly woman who longs to return to the rural town of her childhood once more before she dies. Stuck in a cramped apartment with a protective son and domineering daughter-in-law, she creates a plan of escape and begins a hopeful journey with a new friend - but can we ever really go “home” again?

Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

THE CHRISTIANS - Theatre Artists Studio - January 17-February 9, 2020

by Lucas Hnath

The pastor of a mega church preaches a sermon questioning the existence of hell that he thinks will please his parishioners. Instead, his sermon shakes the foundations of his church’s beliefs, beginning a powerful clash between theological dogma and faith.

Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

POUND - Theatre Artists Studio - March 13-April 5, 2020

by Sean O’Leary

Ezra Pound: Poet! Fascist! Literary Icon! Madman! About to be released from St. Elizabeth’s Psychiatric Hospital after 12 years, Pound finds himself challenged by a new female therapist assigned to help him make the transition to the outside world. Straight from Off-Broadway to The Studio, please join us for this fascinating new play of manipulation, truth and revenge.

Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

BY THE WATER - Theatre Artists Studio - May 1-24, 2020

by Sharyn Rothstein

This engaging and relevant play looks at a family and a community dealing with the aftermath of a natural disaster. Relationships and reality, revelations and reconciliations provide all the elements of an interesting drama drawn with compassion and poignant humor.

Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

2019 NEW SUMMER SHORTS - Theatre Artists Studio - June 11-21, 2020

Our annual festival of 10-minute plays written by our talented member playwrights is always a highlight of our year and an audience favorite. We look forward to celebrating these stories with you as they wrap up another season at The Studio!

Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 each for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors age 65 and over and members of the military (active and retired) and $15 for Students age 25 and under.

For tickets and other information, please visit www.thestudiophx.org

Theatre Artists Studio's 2019 / 2020 Season!

Resisting Irrelevancy: A Quirky Collection of Comedies
by Debra Rich Gettleman
August 16 - September 1, 2019

Rathmines Road 
by Deirdre Kinahan
September 27 - October 20, 2019

The Trip to Bountiful 
by Horton Foote
November 22 - December 15, 2019​

The Christians
by Lucas Hnath
January 17 - February 9, 2020

Pound
by Sean O’Leary
March 13 - April 5, 2020

By the Water
by Sharyn Rothstein
May 1-24, 2020

New Summer Shorts
by Studio Playwrights
June 11 - 21, 2020


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