Category Archives: Theater

How many Arts Festivals can claim that their first festival has been over a hundred years in the making? This summer’s inaugural Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts, hosted by America’s oldest continuous arts colony, comes as a fitting climax to Byrdcliffe’s extraordinary … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year, when for the fourth summer in succession, The Woodstock Players present a World Premiere of my most recently completed stage play, with costumes and set by Claire Lambe. This year’s play, Hedgerow Specimen, will be the … Continue reading →

At the beginning of “Love’s Labour’s Lost”  actors of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival dramatically approach the audience from the magnificent open space at Boscobel, overlooking the Hudson River. As they make their way to the performance area, the characters, … Continue reading →

On June 12, 2012 at 7pm the Rosendale Theatre will showcase a “sneak preview” of the documentary film Bordering on Treason — the extraordinary and inspiring story of journalist Lorna Tychostup, who, on the brink of war, travels to Iraq — determined to put … Continue reading →

I recently caught up with, and button-​​​​holed, Lesley Sawhill and Ron Aja about their upcoming production of Macbeth in Woodstock. Lesley and Ron, partners in life as well as in theater, are co-​​​​founders of New Genesis Productions (NGP), a not-​​​​for-​​​​profit youth theater company in the … Continue reading →

  A BENEFIT for the ROSENDALE THEATRE COLLECTIVE   A festival of new, original, ten-​​​​minute plays, written by local writers, that take place in, near, or are about the Rosendale Theatre.  PLAYWRIGHTS: Jacqueline Ahl Jacqueline Ahl,  Go On  —Jacqueline Renee Ahl has … Continue reading →

The Hudson Valley Philharmonic will present the world premieres of two symphonic works by composer and folklorist Bill Vanaver on Saturday, March 31, at 8 p.m. at Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston, NY. Mr. Vanaver’s “The Earth Will Have … Continue reading →

David Mamet’s classic 1975 play, American Buffalo, comes to the mid-​​Hudson Valley this weekend and the following one, with performances on both sides of the river: Continue reading →