Fall/Winter 2022-2023 EERS Playwrights Announced

We are excited to announce the new plays coming up in the Fall/Winter 2022-2023 iteration of our Elephant Ears Reading Series. Check back each month as we post more information about the plays and playwrights on our EERS page.

The Fifth Vital Sign

On November 2nd & 3rd, ERP will open The Fifth Vital Sign, a collection of new, original works centered around chronic pain, addiction and the Opioid Crisis to raise awareness of these immensely relevant issues. We are partnering with the nonprofit organization Shatterproof, a generous portion of proceeds from The Fifth Vital Sign will be […]

Opioid Project Update – May

It’s May! Even if the weather doesn’t know it yet, the Herd does, and we’ve been making some great progress with our 2019 project. In the past few months, we received revisions from each of our semi-finalist playwrights. While they were all fantastic plays, we could only produce a select few of them, and therefore […]

Salamander Auditions (with the help of some awesome interns)

We had a successful round of auditions in Philly this weekend with the help of our interns from Bloomsburg University.  Toni, Kendall and Carly joined us for a whirlwind of auditions as we scoped out the top Philadelphia acting talent for the world premiere of Salamander, by Lisa VillaMil. For more info on Salamander, check out our […]

Suicide Stories Preview now Live!

Phindie, which published another article on our upcoming show, Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold, just published a preview with excepts from each play.  Check it out here and make sure to buy your tickets if you haven’t already.  See you at the show!

Suicide Stories is buzzing!

Two more articles published this week featuring interviews with the playwrights of Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold.  Check them out below and while you’re at it get your tickets to the show! “Tackling Suicide on Stage” by Henrik Eger, published by DC Metro Theater Arts “Even Talking about Suicide Is Difficult: Nine playwrights on collaborative playwriting […]

Suicide Stories featured on FringeArts blog!

Hey Herd!  September is approaching which means these elephants are about to stampede onto the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival stage with our world premiere production of Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold.  Check out this interview on the FringeArts blog about the show with our Artistic Director, Lauren M. Shover.  For more info on Suicide Stories, check […]

A Midsummer Night’s Cabaret: Bottoms Up!

“Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show; But wonder on, till truth makes all things plain.” …or something like that. We are bringing you A Midsummer Night’s Dream like you’ve never seen it before… cabaret style! Combining the Bard’s comical classic with Elephant Room’s mission to create change through new art, fifteen local artists created […]

Come sing the Ventilator Blues with us!

Elephant Room Productions is proud to present a staged reading of the new play Ventilator Blues by New York based playwright, Robert Kerr. Please come out and join us for an afternoon of thought provoking theatre! There will be talkback/ feedback session following the production. Click here for tickets! For more info on the cast […]

What’s that sound?

It’s the Trumpet!  Our new podcast, curated by Robert Pellechio, is one you don’t want to miss. Go check out the first episode now.