hand foot hand by L M Feldman @ Wilma Theater
Sat, Jul 12
|Wilma Theater
An intimate and raw portrait of three aging aerialists navigating love, loss, and the uncertainty of mid-career artistry when their bodies and futures are no longer defined by their past feats.
Time & Location
Jul 12, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
About The Event
This reading is presenting as part of PlayPenn's 2025 New Play Development Conference July 5 -20
hand foot hand
by L M Feldman
Directed by MK Tuomanen
Dramaturg: Kellie Mecleary
Resident Playwright Reading presented in Partnership with Wilma Theater
An intimate and raw portrait of three aging aerialists navigating love, loss, and the uncertainty of mid-career artistry when their bodies and futures are no longer defined by their past feats.
L Feldman is a queer, feminist, GNC playwright, professor, and circus artist. They make work that is brave, kinetic, epic, and intimate. L has been nominated for the Herb Alpert Award, Wasserstein Prize, Steinberg Award, Blackburn Prize, and New York Innovative Theatre Award. They’re ongoingly grateful to have been an alum of the Yale School of Drama, an Orbiter 3 member, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, a Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries winner, a Playwrights’ Center Core Writer, and currently a Venturous Playwright Fellow. Their body of work can be found at www.laurenfeldman.com or www.newplayexchange.org
About the 2025 New Play Development Conference
PlayPenn, a national new play development center based in Philadelphia, proudly announces the 2025 New Play Development Conference, taking place from July 5th to July 20th, 2025. For nearly two decades, PlayPenn has been a cornerstone of new play development, providing a vital platform for playwrights to create, collaborate and connect.
This year, the conference extends its reach beyond a single location to bring new plays into communities across four Philadelphia County districts, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration with InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Power Street Theatre, Theatre in the X, and the Wilma Theater. The collaboration aims to foster greater sustainability in the arts by sharing resources and expanding audiences.