Two Philadelphia area women begin the arduous process of bringing the skeptical Philly audience a non-profit theater. Andre Gregory becomes the theater's first Artistic Director
Seven short and light vignettes from the history of Philadelphia theater - all of which took place in the city during the Holidays, from various theatrical seasons over the past 150 years.
The root causes of Thomas Dixon's political obsessions - and about his need to express himself in the world of the theater. Also: the two Philadelphia theatrical producers who were members of The Theatrical Syndicate.
We begin the harrowing and alarming story of "The Clansman" in Philadelphia. Although known as the progenitor to the 1915 D.W. Griffith film "Birth of the Nation," few are aware of its early controversial history.
A mob is gathering outside the Chestnut Street Theatre, while inside the rehearsals for the scandalous play "The Quaker City" go on! Will it all end in a deadly riot? The suspense is building . . .
George Lippard's novel "The Quaker City, or the Monk's of Monk Hall" is made into a new play. The excitement about it builds in Philadelphia, just as the national election of 1844 roils the city.
Philadelphia in the early 1840s was a city under constant threat of political violence and civil disruption. We learn about the violent crime that would one day inspire a VERY controversial play.
