We’re Back!

Azuka Theatre is thrilled to safely welcome you back to in-person theater and announce our 22nd season with three new plays by three Philadelphia playwrights -- all of whom are currently or have been members of our New Pages writers group!

In addition to these productions, we're excited to announce that we've hired TWO new Artistic Directors! Both of them bring unique skills and perspectives that will be invaluable as we guide Azuka into the next chapter of its history. You'll get to learn a little bit about them below, but we can't wait for you to meet them in person!

2021-2022 Season

Young Money

By Erlina Ortiz
Directed by Briana Gause
November 3 - 21, 2021

This fiercely funny and energetic play is the perfect way for Azuka to re-emerge into a season of live theatre. We want to greet this moment with a music-filled story of people from different generations and differing perspectives coming together to find common ground. A rapper whose star is on the rise meets the woman cleaning her dressing room moments before a big city concert. What ensues will have you bobbing to the beat and laughing out loud one second, but will stop you in your tracks and take your breath away the next. This one is the right play for right now.

Carroll County Fix

By Val Dunn
Directed by Priyanka Shetty
March 2 – 20, 2022

Carroll County Fix takes us out of the city to a town that was once rural, but is now an exurban area outside of Baltimore. This play is inhabited by young people with big dreams and their parents who don’t quite understand them. All of these characters are completely unique and utterly relatable at the same time. A lot of us have spent extra time with our loved ones and in deep reflection mode over the past year and a half, and will relate to the shifting relationships and desires for something MORE that these characters are grappling with. Carroll County Fix is part small town story, part romance, part family drama, part laugh-out-loud comedy. This one is for the dreamer in all of us. 

Reverie

By James Ijames
Directed by TBA
May 4 – 21, 2022

Reverie brings us right back to the city with a piece by one of Philly’s most celebrated playwrights, which feels like the best way to close out our season. The story takes place in the apartment over a mom and pop Vietnamese restaurant in South Philly. Jordan, a grad student, is taking a shower when he hears a knock at the door. His surprise visitor is Paul, a Southern pastor who has recently lost his son. We don’t want to give very much away, because experiencing it with fresh hearts and minds is the best way to travel through this play. Reverie is a dream of a play filled with beauty, longing, joy, and laughter. This one is not to be missed.

Welcome to our new Artistic Directors!

Rebecca May Flowers

Rebecca May Flowers is thrilled to be with Azuka Theatre as live theatre re-emerges in Philadelphia. She is a director, choreographer, and producer. Rebecca has directed more than 40 productions at schools, universities, and regional theaters in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida. Most recent credits include: The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe (Temple University) and Baby Whale and the Plastic Ocean (Original, Workshop, Philadelphia Fringe Festival). Upcoming: New Voices Festival (Philadelphia Young Playwrights), Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes (Temple University) and Matilda the Musical (Steel River Playhouse). Before coming to Azuka, Rebecca was the Associate Artistic Director at Theatre Horizon where she produced the multiple award-winning production of The Color Purple in 2018. A Florida native, Rebecca earned her B.A. in Theater from Florida State University and her M.A. in Theater from University of Central Florida.

Reva Stover

Reva Stover is a director, playwright, actress and teaching artist from Orlando, FL with a BFA in acting from the University of Central Florida. Reva has been a teaching artist for over five years. Most recently, she was the Artistic Associate and Education Coordinator for the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. She has written works such as Running (Wings of Paper Theatre), Hungry for Paint (Little Yellow House Studio), and a series of pieces inspired by Shakespearean sonnets (Revolution Shakespeare). Reva has directed shows such as The Force of Gravity, The Most Massive Woman Wins, Thud, and This is a Low. As a director, Reva's work examines trauma, growth, and change with a focus on stories from marginalized communities. She is particularly interested in new and underserved theatre for social change works. Through collaborative play, explorative movement, and meaningful conversation, she aims to tell meaningful and entertaining stories that enrich communities and leave audiences thinking. 

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