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.

As I Was, Not As I Am

Hey Herd.It’s been a minute but we missed you.  The past several months have been some of the hardest for us all.We have experienced challenges that until recently seemed impossible to fathom. In less than half a year we have witnessed the complete collapse of our ordinary, day to day lives in the wake of […]

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 […]

Opioid Project Update – February

The elephants have been hard at work reviewing submissions for our 2019 project. We were overwhelmed by the number of plays that we received. It is always hard narrowing down a selection from so many good plays, but we did it. The following eight plays made it on to the semi-finalist round in which they […]

Short Play Submission Opp – Opioid Crisis

We here at Elephant Room Productions (Philly/NYC), are currently seeking ten playwrights to submit 10-20 minute plays concerning the opioid crisis (to be submitted no later than 1/15/2019). These plays will be read and discussed in our Elephant Ears Reading Series readings, produced as audio plays in our podcast: The Trumpet, and then produced as […]

Salamander Tickets on Sale Now!

We are very excited to announce tickets are on sale now for our world-premiere production of Salamander by Lisa VillaMil.  Head over to our Salamander page where you’ll find more information about the project, including the ticketing link, an extended synopsis, a video featuring the cast and crew, and so much more! We also just launched our fundraising campaign to […]

Salamander Development Update

July is here, which means the elephants are fully immersed in developing our next production, Salamander.  After a successful workshop weekend filled with over 15 hours of rehearsal and a staged reading, Lisa VillaMil has been hard at work revising the script.  We just received the final draft and it is stellar!  Rehearsals start later this […]

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 […]

The Reviews Start Rolling in for Suicide Stories

Broad Street Review calls Suicide Stories: Gallery of the Untold “dizzy and exhilarating, and doesn’t end when we move to the exit…” Foley Got Comped says, “in the eye of this storm of a production you catch words from each piece…and it is breathtaking…” Phindie calls Suicide Stories, “thoughtful…. A surprising reminder of how good it […]