by Dan Mayer The name Stephen Adly Guirgis may sound familiar to theatergoers in the capital region. He graduated from SUNY Albany, and Harbinger Theatre has recently produced two of his plays: the award-winning Between Riverside and Crazy this past July, and The Motherf**ker with the Hat in 2023. Albany…
by Jess Hoffman Eugene O’Neill is a love-him-or-hate-him sort of playwright. I have spoken to many local thespians who hate Eugene O’Neill, with his propensity toward long, verbose, depressing, and overly philosophical plays about the everyday lives of the downtrodden. I personally love Eugene O’Neill for his mastery of the…
by Sierra Pasquale Toward the end of Lisa Kron’s “Well” she notes, “This avant garde, metatheatrical shit will really bite you in the ass”, and with that, I couldn’t agree more. “Well”, currently on the boards at the Schenectady Civic Players, is a semi-autobiographical play that explores themes of illness,…
by Jess Hoffman So far this year I have reviewed plays about such heavy topics as drug addiction, incest, revolution, and pedophilia. And yet none of those shows left me quite as disturbed as Schenectady Civic Player’s production of The Goat (or Who is Sylvia). This show put me in…
Latham, NY — Curtain Call Theatre is presenting All The Days by Sharyn Rothstein, directed by Steve Fletcher. A warm heartfelt comedy about the scars of childhood and finding love all grown up. The cast includes Eric Bialowas, Sorelle Brauth, Issac Newberry, Joanna Palladino, Melissa Putterman Hoffman, Howard Schaffer, and John…
THEATER COMPANIES JOIN FORCES TO REOPEN DOORS, FEATURING A 9/11 PLAY RELEVANT TO A POST-COVID WORLD Schenectady Civic Players and Local Actors Guild of Saratoga (LAGS) team up to present THE GUYS, a play written in the wake of the World Trade Center attack, that is remarkably relevant to a…
