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.
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.
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
Dirty Old Town Stand Up Comedy Showcase
October 12, 7:00 pm
Laugh the night away with the return of the Dirty Old Town Comedy Night Showcase! No strangers to Allen’s Lane, Dirty Old Town is a traveling Philadelphia comedy group hosted by Dan Ostrov, returning to keep our community laughing this election season. Enjoy the comedy stylings of Ben Stabbz, Megan Goetz, Rachel Peters, and Na’im Ali. Bring your own beverage and prepare for a gut full of giggles in our historic cafe theater! One night only – October 12th, 2024. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm! Event recommended for ages 18 and up.
Flaco’s Dance Factory Presents: Bronson Tennis and Friends
October 11th, 8:00 – 12:00 pm
Put on your dancing shoes and move to the beat of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue y mas with Flaco’s Dance Factory as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with live music by Bronson Tennis and Friends. Izlas Food Truck will be there to satisfy your appetite with delicious Puerto Rican food and drinks for purchase. We’ll also be celebrating the birthday of Maestro Flaco, a pillar of the Latin dance community in Philly for the past three decades. Join us for this special evening celebrating the legacy and cultural diversity of Hispanic heritage.
This event is 21+
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.
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.
Showtimes
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8:00pm
Sundays @ 2:00pm
Non-subscribers are let in 20 minutes prior to curtain for each performance. Subscribers are let in 30 minutes prior (a benefit of being a subscriber). Reservations for each performance are required. No physical tickets will be issued. Please give your reservation name at the box office when you arrive.
