Live@The Lane
The ’24-’25 season will celebrate the 2nd consecutive season of Live @ The Lane through exciting events showcasing local talent, emerging artists, standup comedy, and community theater. By centering joy and laughter and creating a safe community space, we hope to be an oasis in the upcoming months, for our neighbors to come together to experience the magic of music, comedy, poetry, dance, and theater!
Live! At The Lane
Live! At The Lane is a performing arts series featuring a variety of events, including music, dance, spoken word, comedy, and theater. Taking place in our historic Café Theater, the program is an accessible, culturally relevant celebration that centers joy, offering a broad diversity of performing arts for audiences of all ages. The series will provide a vibrant space for community events that showcase our community’s talents.
The series will support local and emerging artists by providing opportunities to perform and collaborate in our historic theater space, as well as exposure to new audiences; and create partnerships with local arts organizations and theater ensembles that will mutually benefit and continue to develop a rich arts and culture scene in Northwest Philadelphia. As a creative hub and high-quality space in Mt. Airy and the greater Philadelphia region, Live! At the Lane builds upon our 70-year tradition of being a home for the performing arts.
Winter Song: A Cabaret
December 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Directed By: Mathew Decker
Get ready to embrace the holiday spirit like never before! Join us for a captivating musical performance directed by Barrymore Award winner Matthew Decker, featuring a talented ensemble of Philadelphia theatre veterans. This evocative exploration delves into the complex emotions that the holiday season stirs within us all—joy, nostalgia, longing, and even the bittersweet moments. Experience the magic of the holidays through a rich tapestry of stories and performances that will leave you laughing, crying, and reflecting. Don’t miss this heartfelt journey into the true essence of the season!
Crossing Delancey
April 25,26,27 May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
Crossing Delancey is a charming, humorous and heartfelt story exploring the bonds of family and tradition; the culture clash of New York’s old East Side and new West Side. Isabelle is a young modern, independent woman who works in a bookstore and lives alone on the new West Side. Her irascible grandmother, Bubbie, lives on the Lower East Side and worries that Isabelle doesn’t have a man in her life. Bubbie hires a Yenta to help Isabelle find love. Does the old traditional way of finding love prove successful? Come and see this sweet tale of life on the Lower East Side.
Big Idea Committee
December 1, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Created by Christine Petrini and Melissa Brun, the Big Idea Committee is about imagination and collaboration: “Many minds are better than one!” “Big Thinkers” join in playing, creating, and making BIG plans for fun all year! Big Idea Committee blends musical theatre vocals and live cello to create an interactive and theatrical experience for kids (ages 3-8). President Christine and VP Melissa, along with everyone’s favorite musical friend, Karl the Cello, facilitate the committee by engaging Big Thinkers in the power (and fun!) of their ideas. Audiences everywhere are invited to listen to the season sing and explore big ideas through imaginative play. What’s your BIG idea? Join the musical journey with fun, games, grand adventures, acts of kindness and, of course, song and dance. All in favor? Say, “AYE!” Think BIG and let your ideas soar!
Readers Theater: For the Mission
November 23, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Floating through space, The Ark – the last remaining space craft from Earth – carries the entirety of the remaining human population in cryogenic chambers. Captain Maddox, Chief Petty Officer Marius, and their AI computer, ARIEL have been entrusted with the care and maintenance of the craft and the souls on board and the future of the human race. When ARIEL’s responses begin to feel a little like lies, Marius has to decide if he will proceed with the mission or take the lives of all of humanity into his own hands.
Candlelight Concert, Live at the Lane
November 9, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
For a full year Allens Lane Art Center has activated the performing arts community by providing a glowing variety of shows in our “Live! @ The Lane” performance series. In this overwhelming and tense time in the country, take a breath and experience joyful connection by joining us as we celebrate a full year of this new series! Local musical sensation and saxophonist Robert Boyd Jr. (of the Robert Boyd Jr. Quintet) and folk guitarist Raji Malik will serenade you as you find serene community at the Lane. Tickets are $20.
Mt. Airy Home Companion
Oct 5th 7:00pm | Oct 6th 2:00pm
Enjoy local and Philadelphia comedians as they perform the Mount Airy Home Companion “Special edition: Surviving the Election”, a collection of comedy and musical parodies in a radio-style show! Polls show that you’ll go home laughing!
Cast: Jim Harris (Director), Blew Kind (Choreographer and Dancer), Zipora Schulz (Set & Props/Swing Actor), Que Harris, Mensa Corinaldi, Crystal Barham, Karen Smith, Linda Sanders, Molly Mahoney, Martha Michael, Maria Pfender, Chris Seifert, Bill Simpson, Andy Pettit, Ed Feldman
Summer Serenade: Live@The Lane Season Kickoff!
September 7th, 7-10 pm
We’re sending summer off right with our Live @ The Lane kickoff event of the season! Summer Serenade opens our stage for emerging Philadelphia greats, She Rise and DJ Robinette Jones, for a night of soulful vibes and rhythm, to celebrate equinox end! Meet us on the dancefloor and show us your moves.
Food will also be available for purchase from our vendor, Philly Fork and Whisk. This event is 21+ and BYOB.
History
Since its establishment in 1953, Allens Lane Art Center has been a vital cornerstone in the Mount Airy, Germantown, and Greater Philadelphia communities with the mission of Growing Together Through the Arts. Allens Lane typically presents four Mainstage productions each season, continuing a long-standing community theater program that has seen thousands of artists and audience members pass through its doors. We are committed to producing purposeful, challenging, and unique theater experiences including the best of contemporary drama, exciting new works, plays for young audiences, and boldly reimagined classics that reflect the rich diversity of the neighborhoods surrounding Allens Lane Art Center. In addition to our Mainstage season, we offer a Reader’s Theater program to present staged readings of new plays by local writers. The theater at Allens Lane aims to bring people of all ages together through the communal power of the arts and is committed to diverse representation in our productions both with the actors onstage and the artists working behind the scenes.
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Theater Tickets
In-Person Individual Play Ticket Prices:
$20 General Admission
$15 Senior and Student Discount
Tickets for Reader’s Theater and Children’s Theater are Pay-What-You-Wish.
