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The Old Academy Players is a non-profit community theater established in 1923 and located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. Our home is the charming, historic Old Academy building, where Grace Kelly and Robert Prosky began their acting careers!
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Current Production
Alabama Story
Our 542nd Production
As the Civil Rights movement is brewing, a controversial children’s book about a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit stirs the passions of a segregationist State Senator and a no-nonsense State Librarian in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. A contrasting story of childhood friends—an African American man and a woman of white privilege, reunited in adulthood—provides private counterpoint to the public events swirling in the state capital. Political foes, star-crossed lovers, and one feisty children’s author inhabit the same page in a Deep South of the imagination that brims with humor, heartbreak, and hope. Inspired by true events!
By Kenneth Jones
Directed by Carla Childs
September 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 27th, 28th 29th, 2024
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Directed by Carla Childs
September 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 27th, 28th 29th, 2024
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
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Address
3544 Indian Queen Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19129
Box office: 215–843-1109
Philadelphia, PA 19129
Box office: 215–843-1109