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Special Events

Patron Enrichment Programming

Add a little PEP (Patron Enrichment Programming) to your PTC experience! Please join us for the following events before/after your performance:

STAGES Reading Series
Free public stage readings of new plays in-development at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. [More]
Pay-What-You-Can
We will continue our Pay-What-You-Can Program for certain productions. Watch this space for details.
Meet-the-Artist Talk Backs
Join us for a FREE post-show discussion with artists from the show.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
May 27, June 1, June 10
American Playwrights in Context (APIC)
Join us for a FREE in-depth post-show discussion with the playwright and/or creators of the production.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
June 6
Special Topics
A FREE pre-show discussion of contemporary relevance of each play in the mezzanine lobby of the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. Concession stand opens at 7pm.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
May 29
Theatre Club
Join us in the mezzanine lobby after the matinee performance for a FREE post-show roundtable with fellow audience members moderated by the Education Department!

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
June 9
Book Club
Join us in the lobby for a FREE pre-show discussion of a book that relates to the theme of the piece or written by the artists involved in the piece.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
May 27 at 6:30pm
We will be reading the play The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, which is available online at Amazon.com and at local bookstores.

All Patron Enrichment Programming events take place at PTC's Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia. [Directions]

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