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Night Side Songs

Philadelphia Theatre Company
Music director Madeline Benson and composer Daniel Lazour at a developmental workshop for Night Side Songs, Northwestern University. 
Music director Madeline Benson and composer Daniel Lazour at a developmental workshop for Night Side Songs, Northwestern University. 
Performance of select songs from Night Side Songs at 2021 A.R.T. & friends gathering in Long Island City, NY
Performance of select songs from Night Side Songs at A.R.T. & friends gathering, Long Island City, NY, July 2021. Photo by Kirk Benson.
Outdoor professional shot of co-artistic director Taibi Magar.
Taibi Magar, co-artistic director of Philadelphia Theatre Company. Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva.

A new iteration of a one-act musical incorporates local stories to address the experiences of caretaking, illness, and mortality. Audience members participate in a sing-along score and are seated in-the-round alongside the show’s cast and musicians, reflecting the musical’s themes of caring and community. Written by the musical’s original creators, Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour, and directed by Taibi Magar, the newly revised work is performed at PTC and at caregiving sites around Philadelphia. The Lazour brothers developed the original iteration of Night Side Songs through conversations with cancer survivors and oncologists, gene therapists, palliative care doctors, and others from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Additional interviews in Philadelphia inform PTC’s version of the musical.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.

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Philadelphia Theatre Company

Philadelphia Theatre Company

Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) produces, develops, and presents contemporary theater work focused on the American experience. Since its founding in 1974, PTC has presented more than 200 world and Philadelphia premieres, with more than half of its world premieres touring to other major cities. 

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