The Wilma Theater began in 1973 as the "Wilma Project", founded to produce original material and to develop community-orient artists. The name "Wilma" refers to an imaginary oppressed sister of Shakespeare created by Virginia Woolf.[2]
Blanka Zizka and Jiri Zizka from Czechoslovakia joined the project in 1979 as artists-in-residence, and later took over artistic leadership, changing the name to the Wilma Theater. The company staged their productions at a variety of different theaters, in particular a 100-seat converted garage on Sansom Street, but opened their current 296-seat theater on S. Broad Street in 1996.
Jiri Zizka left the theater at the end of the 2009–2010 season and died in January 2012.[3][4]
As of 2018[update], the theater had won 68 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre and received 238 nominations.[5]
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Notes
^. wilmatheater.org. The Wilma Theater. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
^Marchese, John (March 1, 2013). "Wilma Theater Artistic Director Blanka Zizka: Philadelphia's Drama Queen". Philadelphia. from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
^Klein, Michael (August 19, 2010). . The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
^"Jiri Zizka: 1953 - 2012". wilmatheater.org. The Wilma Theater. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
^. Theatre Philadelphia. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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Official website
December 17, 2023
wilma, theater, philadelphia, 947335, 164487, 947335, 164487, wilma, theater, 2013the, wilma, theater, profit, theater, company, located, broad, street, corner, spruce, street, avenue, arts, area, center, city, philadelphia, company, current, seat, theater, op. 39 56 50 N 75 09 52 W 39 947335 N 75 164487 W 39 947335 75 164487 The Wilma Theater in 2013The Wilma Theater is a non profit theater company located at 265 S Broad Street at the corner of Spruce Street in the Avenue of the Arts area of Center City Philadelphia The company s current 296 seat theater opened in 1996 and was designed by Hugh Hardy 1 Contents 1 History 2 Awards and honors 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Wilma Theater began in 1973 as the Wilma Project founded to produce original material and to develop community orient artists The name Wilma refers to an imaginary oppressed sister of Shakespeare created by Virginia Woolf 2 Blanka Zizka and Jiri Zizka from Czechoslovakia joined the project in 1979 as artists in residence and later took over artistic leadership changing the name to the Wilma Theater The company staged their productions at a variety of different theaters in particular a 100 seat converted garage on Sansom Street but opened their current 296 seat theater on S Broad Street in 1996 Jiri Zizka left the theater at the end of the 2009 2010 season and died in January 2012 3 4 Productions by the Wilma have been seen at the International Theater Festival in the Czech Republic in New York City at the Public Theater and Manhattan Theatre Club the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC the McCarter Theatre in Princeton New Jersey the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut and ACT in Seattle In addition to their presentations and festivals the Wilma has produced over 100 productions including 18 world premieres 13 United States premieres five East Coast premieres and 64 Philadelphia premieres The Wilma also co produced a feature film broadcast nationally on Great Performances The Wilma has worked with notable artists such as Stephen Sondheim Tom Stoppard Christopher Hampton Doug Wright Arthur Miller and Paula Vogel and produced works by up and coming playwrights such as Claudia Shear Lillian Groag Chay Yew Charles L Mee Dan O Brien Jason Sherman Dael Orlandersmith Robert William Sherwood Sarah Ruhl Polly Pen Laurence Klavan and James Ijames Awards and honors editAs of 2018 update the theater had won 68 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre and received 238 nominations 5 References editNotes History wilmatheater org The Wilma Theater Archived from the original on October 26 2009 Retrieved May 31 2013 Marchese John March 1 2013 Wilma Theater Artistic Director Blanka Zizka Philadelphia s Drama Queen Philadelphia Archived from the original on December 3 2020 Retrieved November 18 2018 Klein Michael August 19 2010 Inqlings Jiri Zizka ends run at Wilma The Philadelphia Inquirer Archived from the original on January 13 2012 Retrieved November 18 2018 Jiri Zizka 1953 2012 wilmatheater org The Wilma Theater Archived from the original on April 16 2013 Retrieved December 3 2020 The Barrymore Awards Theatre Philadelphia Archived from the original on November 18 2018 Retrieved November 18 2018 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wilma Theater Philadelphia amp oldid 1180482035, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
