Programs

  • Live Performance Productions

    DURING THE 2022/23 SEASON - THE LANTERN'S FIRST FULL SEASON OF LIVE PERFORMANCES SINCE 2018/19 - WE PRODUCED 139 PERFORMANCES OF FIVE PRODUCTIONS, INCLUDING TRAVESTIES BY TOM STOPPARD; THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE THE ROYALE BY MARCO RAMIREZ (WINNER OF THREE 2023 BARRYMORE AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY); OUR ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY ANTHONY LAWTON, CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI, AND THOM WEAVER; THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT BY JEREMY KAREKEN, DAVID MURRELL, AND GORDON FARRELL; AND TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THESE PRODUCTIONS REACHED 13,000 PATRONS. WE ALSO PRESENTED 18 AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT EVENTS, WHICH REACHED 623 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1.3M

  • Illumination Education Program

    OUR ILLUMINATION EDUCATION PROGRAM INCLUDES IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES, AND THE EMPATHY PROJECT. DURING THE 2022/23 SEASON, OUR PRODUCTION OF ROMEO AND JULIET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AUDIENCES REACHED 5,616, AND WE HOSTED ANOTHER 1,557 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT MATINEE PERFORMANCES OF OUR MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS. WE ALSO PROVIDED OUR CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO 2,840 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDED CPE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS WITH OUR BARD BASICS WORKSHOPS (13 SERVED), TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING WITH AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES PARTNERSHIPS (29 SERVED), AND THE EMPATHY PROJECT, THIS YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (27 SERVED).
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $222.1K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    DURING THE 2023/24 SEASON, WE PRODUCED 148 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF FIVE MAINSTAGE PLAYS, INCLUDING TARTUFFE BY MOLIERE; THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY BY LYNN NOTTAGE; OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY ANTHONY LAWTON, CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI, AND THOM WEAVER; FAITH HEALER BY BRIAN FRIEL; AND THE COMEDY OF ERRORS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THESE PRODUCTIONS REACHED 15,076 PATRONS. WE ALSO PRESENTED 19 AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT EVENTS, WHICH REACHED 799 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1.4M