People's Light
Professional theater on a seven-acre campus with two stages, the 140-seat Steinbright and the 340-seat Leonard C. Haas, the latter built into a historic stone barn. Classes, student matinees, and the Fern and Fable restaurant round out the year-round operation.
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Topdog/Underdog
The run was held over a week past its announced close, so this is added time. Tuesday at seven on the Steinbright Stage.
Topdog/Underdog
Midweek curtain at seven. Two brothers, one room, and a hustle that has been running since childhood. Akeem Davis and a Pulitzer-winning script by Suzan-Lori Parks.
Topdog/Underdog
Thursday at seven in the final week. Parks's fable of brotherly love and rivalry, directed by Amina Robinson, running on the smaller of the two People's Light stages.
Topdog/Underdog
Closing weekend starts here. Seven o'clock Friday, and by this point in a run the cast has the three-card monte routine down cold.
Topdog/Underdog
Last Saturday of the run, two o'clock and seven o'clock. If you have been putting this one off, this is close to the end of the line.
Topdog/Underdog
Final performance, Sunday at two. Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer winner closes out its Malvern run before the Christmas panto takes over the campus in November.
Flight Night: Fright Night
Three short plays paired with a matched drink flight, Halloween edition. Doors at five for the cash bar in the Farmhouse Pavilion, flight departs at six. Monsters and midnight mischief.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
The holiday panto is back, which at People's Light means singing along, cheering the hero and booing the villains out loud. Built for ages five through a hundred and five. First preview.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Preview week for the annual panto, directed this year by Company Artist Liz Filios, who once played in the show herself. Seven o'clock curtain on the big Haas Stage.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Friday preview of the holiday panto, music and lyrics by Michael Ogborn. Preview tickets run cheaper than the rest of the run and the show is still finding its final shape.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Saturday night before opening. Villains, heroes and a great deal of shouting back at the stage, which is the entire point of a panto and takes newcomers about ten minutes to get.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto Opening Night
Opening afternoon for the panto, and the box office already has it down as sold out. Worth a call about returns if you want the room at its loudest.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, seven o'clock. A good landing spot for visiting family who need somewhere to go that is not another table of leftovers.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Two shows the day before Thanksgiving. The two o'clock is a Community Curtain with audio description; the seven o'clock is the standard evening performance.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Black Friday, two performances, two o'clock and seven o'clock. Holiday-week panto dates go early, so this weekend is usually the first to sell.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Small Business Saturday, and the panto runs twice, two and seven. Pair it with a walk through King Street before curtain if you are coming into the borough anyway.
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
Sunday afternoon at two, the last performance of the holiday weekend. The panto then runs on through the first Sunday of January.
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