Program Spotlight: Accelerator Program
Accelerator Program
Our Accelerator Program, which formalizes a significant investment in our artists and their future, began formally in the 22/23 season as an outgrowth of our longstanding commitment to new work. Since opening our doors in 1971, our programming has always filled an important niche, and we have played an instrumental role in bringing eclectic works to our stages.
Read more...Education & Engagement with the Negro Ensemble Company
Accelerator Program
The Negro Ensemble Company returned to Penn Live Arts the first week in February with a revival of
Day of Absence, a biting work of satire by Douglas Turner Ward, one of the company’s founders.
Day of Absence imagines a day in a southern U.S. town in which all the Black residents disappear, launching a panic predicated on invisible labor, dependence, and the boundaries of white identity.
Read more...The Crossing @ Christmas: Thoughts from the conductor
Accelerator Program
I remember the first time I encountered Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias,” with its chilling reference to the ephemerality of civilizations.
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. Read more...
