ABOUT THE GREAT PRIVATION:
In 1832, a mother and daughter keep vigil at a grave by The African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Philadelphia. Today, at a summer camp on the same grounds, a new, yet not entirely different mother and daughter sing camp songs and try to keep the daughter from getting expelled. As the mother in each generation tries to protect her family, both the living and the dead, timelines collide and secrets and souls become buried and revealed. What Talkin’ Broadway called “Joyous. A Lesson for our times.” The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) is a darkly comic play about our nation’s long practice of harming Black bodies in the name of scientific progress, our responsibility to time, the importance of truth, and the role joy plays in living with a history we cannot change.
Robust, questing, enlivening - The New York Times
Groups of 6 or more can purchase tickets at 20% off with a group sale. Student group pricing is also available at $15 per weekday ticket and $20 per weekend ticket. Please contact the Box Office at boxoffice@theatreexile.org or 215-218-4022 for more information.
Written by Nia Akilah Robinson
May 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
Directed By: Ontaria Kim Wilson
Honorary Producers: Susan & Ed Hoffman
Honorary Producers: Gayle & David Smith
Honorary Producers: Dirk Allen & Glenn Sykes
Associate Producers: The Brothers Network
Community Partner: Mother Bethel AME Church
Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Running Time: 90 minutes
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FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.theatreexile.org/job2025
Philadelphia, PA | September 9, 2025 — South Philadelphia-based theater company Theatre Exile (1340 South 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147) announces the launch of single ticket sales for its upcoming season, in which Theatre Exile brings bold new stories to Philadelphia audiences with two Philadelphia premieres and the return of Philly GRIT.
PHILADELPHIA, PA- May 20, 2025 – South Philadelphia-based theatre company Theatre Exile (1340 South 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147) concludes its adventurous 2024–25 season with the East Coast premiere of Glitter in the Glass, a wildly funny and thought-provoking new play by award-winning writer R. Eric Thomas, directed by Ontaria Kim Wilson. Previews begin May 29 and Glitter in the Glass opens on June 5. Due to popular demand, the production has already been extended through June 22. Tickets are available now at theatreexile.org.