A Turning of the Tide
By Krysta Dennis and Simon Meisel ‘24
Directed by Michael Anderton ’22
May 22, 23, 29, 30, at 7 PM and 24 and 31 at 2 PM at Mabee Farm (1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY)
June 5, 6 at 7 PM and 7 at 2 PM at Shaker Heritage Society (25 Meeting House Rd, Albany, NY)
A collaboration between Siena University Theatre and NorthEast Theatre Ensemble
In this immersive, site-specific theatre production, audiences step into the Capital Region on the eve of the Battle of Saratoga. Throughout the Shaker Heritage and Mabee Farm sites, the audience will encounter history unfolding from multiple, often unheard perspectives- women navigating their role in the war, immigrants and Black Americans confronting a fragile promise of freedom, Hessian mercenaries far from home, Shakers preaching the radical gospel of pacifism, and British soldiers facing the realities of war. The audience does not simply observe the past; they walk through it, experiencing the human cost, moral complexity, and emotional urgency of a moment that would help shape the nation.