Articles by: Ginger Agnew

Ginger L. Agnew, M. Ed. is an actress, director, teaching artist, writer, photographer, who has been involved in theater since the 1970’s. In 1998 Ginger founded OFF Book Productions as director, theater educator, and producer of her own original plays. Ginger’s theater education work extends to teen and adult coaching, headshot photography, and youth programs at Princeton University, Bryn Mawr College, Norristown's Centre Theater, Temple University and Philadelphia Arts Education Partnership. Ginger recently appeared in and directed SHRINK RAP, an aids awareness play, directed LIFE WITH MOTHER SUPERIOR with MN Players, and co-directed THE WEEK BETWEEN THE HOLIDAYS, a Philly Fringe original musical. Favorite roles include Golde in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Mabel in THE PAJAMA GAME, Berthe in PIPPIN, Ruth in PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Mrs. Sowerby in THE SECRET GARDEN, and Ruth in WORKING.

Comedy often stems from tragedy.  Certainly, many who work in the world of comedy relate stories of their own tragic backgrounds. Carol Burnett is among those ranks, with a tragic childhood and adolescence followed by a life of filling the lives and living rooms of multitudes with laughter. HOLLYWOOD ARMS [...]

Family makes one crazy and keeps one sane. With our families we fight and dream and wake up every day to face the realities of life. They say every child is born into a different family. Conversely, every adult walks into and then goes about constructing another kind of family [...]

Sex Sells. In Patrick Marber’s CLOSER, recently undertaken at MN Players/Spotlight Theater, the subject of sex is explored with explicit language, candor and wit. The story follows four consenting adults who find their lives inescapably entangled through sexual attraction, rejection and escapades. If sex sells, it also can create and [...]

Spring arrives and our collective fancy turns to thoughts of blooming gardens, outdoor parties, visiting with old friends on the porch, young love, and weddings. For a taste of spring, join four old friends looking to fill the emptiness of their lives with a spring ‘project’. WEDDING BELLES is on stage now [...]

Slamming doors, mistaken identities, hiding in closets, and a keystone cop finale abound in Ken Ludwig’s LEND ME A TENOR, currently playing at MN Players’ new location at 129 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081.  MN Players will undergo a name change during 2012 to become Spotlight Theatre.  For the current [...]

Back rooms, barrooms, bedrooms, bargains and deals abound in FARRAGUT NORTH, currently playing at The Tri-County Performing Arts Center, as a part of Village Productions’ Collage Series.  Billed as a political drama, this solid script with razor-sharp acting lets the audience steal a look at the inside of a fictionalized [...]

Ripped from the headlines, much like a popular television series proclaims, DOUBT – A PARABLE, currently at Walnut Street Theater’s Independence Studio on 3, seems eerily familiar. A Pulitzer Prize winning play, later a film earning a host of Oscar nominations for its heavy hitting cast and writer, DOUBT – [...]

Nestled in a residential neighborhood in East Falls sits a modest building with a rich local history. Boasting the likes of Grace Kelly treading upon its boards, Old Academy Players’ current production is THE RAINMAKER by N. Richard Nash, a locally grown playwright. Timely for its exploration of desperate times [...]