Welcome to Enchantment Theatre Company!
Enchantment Theatre Company has created original theatre for young audiences and families for
more than 35 years—imaginative productions of new and classic fables, myths, and legends.
With expressive masks, life-sized puppets, magical illusion, music, movement, and pantomime
ETC inspires, challenges, and enriches our audience— onstage, in the classroom, and in the
community.
Thank you to our supporters!
We at Enchantment feel incredibly lucky to have the foundational and governmental support to bring the arts to children and families across Philadelphia and the country. Thank you to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts for your support over the years, and specifically for your support in maintaining and expanding our Enchantment Everywhere initiative!
Up Next With Enchantment!
Mommy’s Khimar
Enchantment just finished workshopping our newest production of Mommy’s Khimar, which will tour to schools, theatres and community venues starting in Fall of 2024.
The story of Mommy’s Khimar is a simple one. A young Muslim girl takes one of her mother’s headscarves or khimars, and with the power of her imagination, uses the Khimar to dream about what she may become. Her sense of wonder and her belief that ‘anything is possible’ are the driving forces in the narrative, and building on her playful inventiveness, we will expand the story into a journey of self-discovery and self-actualization – elements that are quintessential to any Enchantment production. Using the art of movement and dance, music, masks and puppets, we will create the world of Mommy’s Khimar and immerse our audiences in the imagination of our main character.
Mommy’s Khimar will be the next in a series of original Enchantment shows that we have created under the title of ‘Enchantment Everywhere’ – a program we created in response to the shrinking arts budgets of schools in Philadelphia. The performance will be around 35 minutes long, the program will include a 15-minute talk back session, and the show will be fully produced, with original music, masks, puppets, costumes, set and lighting, all designed by professional Philadelphia-based artists. All of this will be packed into a van by our five actors and stage manager, and driven to schools all over the greater Philadelphia area, to be performed in auditoriums, classrooms, lobbies, hallways, and even outdoors. As is indicated by the name of the program – Enchantment Everywhere – we will bring this high-quality performance anywhere there are children and families.
To book a performance for Mommy’s Khimar at your school or venue, contact our Enchantment Everywhere Director, Eleni Delopoulos at eleni@enchantmenttheatre.org!
Mommy’s Khimar Gallery
My Father’s Dragon
We are thrilled to be touring nationally again with one of our favorite stories ever – My Father’s Dragon! Click below for more information about tickets and dates for our national tour, starting this October!
Recent Onstage Adventures
The Brave Little Tailor
Our fabulous production of The Brave Little Tailor toured to schools and community venues throughout Philadelphia this coming spring! Here is a trailer and our newest production shots from that run!
ETC is Philadelphia’s Premiere Children’s Theatre
In my 15 years of teaching, this has to be one of the best assemblies we’ve ever had! My students were sharing their thoughts and opinions well through the day – even during lunch period with OTHER students from OTHER classes!
J. Hampton Moore Elementary
