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“The Lifespan of a Fact” by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell is based on a real incident, but the 80-minute (or so) one act really is more fiction

Also, the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass will perform at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, and the Joshua Espinoza Trio will make its area debut in Allentown.

Casting has been revealed for TimeLine Theatre Company’s The Lifespan of a Fact, a comedic showdown between truth and fact, set in the world of non-fiction publishing, based on true events, running November 1 – December 23, 2023.

“The Lifespan of a Fact,” which opens at TimeLine Theatre Company on Nov. 9, sounds like it was written by someone from the University of Chicago. The 75-minute, three-character one-act

TimeLine Theatre Company, acclaimed for presenting plays that explore today's social and political issues through the lens of the past, has announced its 27th season. The company's 2023-24 subscription season will launch in September with the previously announced Chicago premiere of the internationally acclaimed THE LEHMAN TRILOGY presented at Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse.

Theatre B's performance of the dark comedy looks at a writer's colorful approach to facts in order to better show a larger truth. The show is "wonderfully funny, moving and thought-provoking," John Lamb writes.

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Lantern Theater Company continues its 2022/23 season with the Philadelphia premiere of The Lifespan of a Fact by writers Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell. Award-winning director and actor Matt Pfeiffer returns to the Lantern, directing a cast that includes Ian Merrill Peakes, Trevor William Fayle, and Joanna Liao. The Lifespan of a Fact runs Thursday, February 2 through Sunday, March 5, 2023, at St. Stephen’s Theater, the Lantern’s reside...

In the Middle Ages rabbits were often symbols of purity and innocence, but killer rabbits are found throughout the topsy-turvy world of medieval manuscripts.

On through February 5.

Annie Marsh will reprise her role as Patsy Cline in Opera House’s musical revue, “Always … Patsy Cline.” (Port City Daily/Courtesy photo) WILMINGTON — For months Big Dawg Productions’ artistic director, Steve Vernon, has been preparing the local theater company’s return to the stage since Covid-19 shuttered its Cape Fear Playhouse home in March 2020. Though Big Dawg did three radio dramas throughout the pandemic, “The Lifespan of a Fact” will be the company’s first in-pers...