Local Teens Address Universal Issues with “Podcasts 2.0” Premiere

Valley Playwright Mentoring (VPM) is a Piti Theatre program for teenagers where participants develop podcasts based on stories from their lives. On Sunday, October 24 at 6 pm, the teens will present their 2nd batch of “radio plays” via Zoom followed by Q&A. Scenes address topics like COVID-19, family conflict, aging,…

Casting a Young Man for “Admissions” at SLCA

CASTING YOUNG MAN Admissions by Joshua Harmon Auditions 11/1 & 11/2 “Shockingly insightful and outrageously hilarious satire about class, race and the increasingly unbridgeable American cultural divide.”-St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside…

Playhouse Stage Seeking Talent for “Head Over Heels”

Playhouse Stage is casting our Summer 2022 outdoor production of HEAD OVER HEELS, the musical comedy featuring the music of The Go-Gos. Seeking diverse talent of all races, nationalities, gender identities and physical types. Rehearsals June, 2022 in Cohoes, NY . Performances at Park Playhouse in Albany’s Washington Park through…

Ancram Opera House Presents Crystal Radio Sessions Upstate

A special edition of short stories, read by actors, for Halloween eve! Ancram Opera House presents Crystal Radio Sessions Upstate, the local outpost of the New York City reading series showcasing the poetry, fiction, personal essays and creative non-fiction of established and emerging writers from the Hudson Valley. The series…

Pauline Productions Presents “Whispering Bones”

Pauline Productions presents WHISPERING BONES An evening of ghost stories SATURDAY OCT 23 7:00 pm Featuring storytellers from upstate New York, Vermont, and Ashfield! The show is now in its 11th incarnation and second time at Pauline Productions in Ashfield. Each year, Kelvin Karaga puts together a fun evening of…

O’Neill’s Epic “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Comes to Catskill November 11-21

It’s the Mount Everest of American drama. Arguably the greatest play written by a native dramatist in the 20th Century. And this towering masterpiece of world theater is coming to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre (that just won the “Best of Greene County” award for the third time) for eight performances only,…

Schenectady Civic Players Opens 94th Season with Steven Dietz’ “This Random World”

The first main stage play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 94th season, “This Random World” by Steven Dietz and directed by Cristine M. Loffredo, opens Friday, November 12, and plays through Sunday, November 21 at its 12 south church street playhouse in Schenectady’s historic stockade district. “This Random World”, one of…

Highlight Acting Troupe Announces Auditions for “C-Rhyme & Pun-ishment”

The Highlight Acting Troupe will hold auditions for “C-Rhyme & Pun-ishment” written by Jane & Jim Jefferies on Thursday, November 11th from 6:30-8:30PM as well as Saturday, November 13th from 1-3.  They will be held at the Center Brunswick United Methodist Church on Hoosick St. in Troy NY.  Roles for…