University theaters can afford to make eclectic, noncommercial play choices, which often results in special treats for theatergoers like UArts’ production of Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman’s rarely revived 1934 drama Stage Door. The hit writing team (The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight) explores the struggles of young actresses living in a Depression-era boarding house, dreaming of stage success. Veteran stage and screen actress and UArts instructor Drucie McDaniel directs Ira Brind School of Theater Arts’ BFA students in this oft-forgotten love letter to the American theater.
Through Nov. 4, $10-$20, Caplan Studio Theater, University of the Arts, 211 S. Broad St., 16th floor, 215-413-7150, tickets.uarts.edu.
