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 I have been enamored with playwright Tracy Letts ever since I read his Pultzer winner, August:Osage County for a high school theater class. But I have been less impressed by some of hisother plays, and I was not familiar with The Minutes before seeing Albany Civic Theater’sproduction.…
For two weekends, starting on Friday, October 27, Home Made Theater will present the Tony Award winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is the story of middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia, who share a home in Bucks…
Home Made Theater announces open auditions for their October/November production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, written by Christopher Durang and directed by Barry Streifert. The auditions will be held on Monday, August 14 and Tuesday, August 15, starting at 6:30PM at Home Made Theater’s headquarters at the…
by Jess Hoffman I’ve spoken to some theatergoers who tell me how tired they are of Boeing Boeing. It’s not that it isn’t a good play, they say, just that it is so overdone. To be sure, Boeing Boeing is a community theater favorite, but before you decide that we…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Audience members to Home Made Theater‘s production of ‘night, Mother, the 1983 Pulitzer prize winning play by Marsha Norman, are led through the kitchen and living room of a small country home as we are seated, creating immediate intimacy with this mother daughter drama. We are warned…
AUDITION ANNOUNCMENTBoeing, Boeingby Marc Camoletti AUDITION DATES: April 24 & 25, 2023.SIGN IN: 6:30pm. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.AUDITION LOCATION: Sand Lake Center for the Arts. 2880 NY 43, Averill Park NY 12018Production dates: June 9,10,11,16,17,18, 2023Tech week begins June 4. (No conflicts) Boeing Boeing tells the exploits…
For two weekends, starting on Friday, March 24, Home Made Theater will present ‘night, Mother, written by Marsha Norman. The scene is the living room/kitchen of a small house on an isolated country road, which is shared by Jessie and her mother. Jessie’s father is dead; her loveless marriage ended…
