CURTAIN CALL: Lonely boys and leprechauns

A world premiere at the Azuka depicts Philadelphia singles struggling to connect, while leprechauns and Louisianans take center stage in New Jersey.

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CURTAIN CALL: Lonely boys and leprechauns

POSTED: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 1:00 PM

Each week, Michael Gold breezes past those big-name theater companies to turn a spotlight on Philly's indie stages.

Even with its diverse population and vibrant cultural fabric, brotherly love often feels hard to come by on the streets of Philadelphia. Though native playwright Genne Murphy has since ditched the banks of the Schuylkill for the Left Coast, her play Hope Street and Other Lonely Places is an effective treatise on urban isolation. The struggle to connect with others is a universal theme, but Murphy’s five characters exhibit identifiable Philadelphian concerns. Azuka Theatre helped develop Hope Street in 2009, making the company a fitting choice for the play’s world premiere.

Thu., March 15 through April 1, $15-27, First Baptist Church, 1636 Sansom St., 215-563-1100, azukatheatre.org.

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