Wilma Co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka to Step Back After 40 Years
Co-founder of the Philadelphia company will cede leadership to 3-member artistic director cohort.
All Stories About Blanka Zizka
Offscript: Stage Migrations
Blanka Zizka, Carmen Rivera, Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Maria Manuela Goyanes, and Ngozi Anyanwu discuss the immigrant and first-generation American experience in theatre.
Immigrant Theatre Artists Lauded With 2016 Vilcek Prizes
Blanka Zizka, Sarah Benson, Desdemona Chiang, and Yi Zhao are this year’s honorees.
Blanka Zizka Is Remaking the Wilma From Within
In seeking to transform the Wilma Theater into a company with its own aesthetic code, its artistic director is rediscovering her own passions as well.
Wilma Theater’s Season to Feature New Stoppard, Collaboration With Greek Theatre
A newly devised ‘Antigone’ and Stoppard’s ‘The Hard Problem’ join ‘An Octoroon’ and ‘The Christians’ on the theatre’s slate.
Paula Vogel Recreates Don Juan For Modern Times
Paula Vogel’s “Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq,” which envisions the story of Don Juan as a Marine suffering from PTSD, runs at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia.
