Old Academy Players

3540-3544 Indian Queen Lane
Philadelphia PA 19129
215-843-1109

     We are a non-profit community theater located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. The Old Academy building was constructed in 1819 and has been our home since 1932. Both Grace Kelly and Robert Prosky began their acting careers on our stage.

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Our Next Production


 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Carla Childs
Produced by Helga Krauss, Dale Mezzacappa and Alice McBee.
Set Design: Larry Chapman
Costuming: Sarah Swearer and Ginny Kaufmann.
September 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26.

Starring Marisa Block, Kyle Paul Dandridge, Laura Seeley, Christopher Wunder, Ross Druker, Courtney Bambrick. Jim Lewis, Isaiah Price, Robert Toczek, Bernard Scally, Griffin Brady, Norman Burnosky, Ken Wilson, Cary Gottlieb, Kevin Costello, Jennifer Smith, Cassie Rosin, Phoebe Frear, Ellie Rosin, Jessica Hobbs-Pifer, Nicole Bishop, Wynn Geary, Grace Rosengarten, Mira Rosengarten and Ruby Rosengarten.

Meet the Cast

*Please Note: There will be no performance on Friday 9/17, Yom Kippur. We will have a performance on Thursday 9/16 in its place.

In our 87 year history, we have done the plays of Shaw, Ibsen, O'Neil, Wilde and Miller, but we have never before performed a work by the pre-eminent playwright of all. Now we are presenting his enchanting, delirious comedy of love and fantasy. Fast paced, delightful and yes magical it tells how, in one of the many famous lines from the play, "The course of true love never did run smooth." We have a quartet of young lovers who each dotes upon the wrong person.; the king and queen of faeriedom quarrelling and rustic workmen presenting an hilarious play within a play. All this occurs in one dream filled night that glides on ribbons of gossamer. Ah! "What fools these mortals be".

Our 467th Production

FREE ON-SITE PARKING

Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 P.M.
Sunday at 2:00 P.M.
Tickets are $12.00

Call 215-843-1109 for reservations.