Community Play

From 2019-2021, Theatre in the X piloted a community play creation process, with discussion and documentation of community member stories providing building blocks for the playwright. The culmination of the process is an original play based on the words and feedback of the community. For 2026, Theater in the X will develop a new play using the prompt of “What Now?” Four gatherings of multigenerational groups will help answer the questions: “What does the nation’s 250th anniversary mean to you? What do you hope for Philadelphia’s next 250 years?”