Kimmel Center is a charitable and nonprofit organization and that owns and manages various Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center. It also manages the Academy of Music owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. Its education department offers various educational programs in music, vocal and performing arts courses. The organization also offers teen summer arts camp programs for children of ages from 12 to 18. It additionally offers various job and internship programs. The Kimmel Center also assists various performing arts organizations, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, American Theater Arts for Youth and the Philadelphia Chamber Music. It is located in Philadelphia.
The first theater company in Philadelphia (and in the country) to offer its entire season of productions as Pay What You Decide: Every Production, Every Performance, Everyone. Telling the stories of outcasts and underdogs.
Founded in 1971, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a nonprofit organization that offers music, theatre, dance, art education and outreach programs for adults. It showcases performances that address contemporary and contextualization issues. The organization provides space for conferences, exhibitions, parties, receptions and wedding rehearsal dinners. The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts features plays, such as Proof, Quills, The Winter's Tale, Marriage of Bette and Boo, Mideast Ensemble and Danu. It also conducts Ballet Boyz, Penn Humanities Forum and The Loathly Lady, as well as plays from American Composers Orchestra, Dance Fusion, Rubberbandance Group and National Dance Company. It is located in Philadelphia.
