REVIEW: “The Thanksgiving Play” at the Ghent Playhouse

by Emily Edelman In Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play” at the Ghent Playhouse, four well-meaning people attempt to devise a historically accurate play for elementary school students about the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday while dealing with complications such as a disgruntled school board, conflicting interpersonal relationships, and the complete absence…

Ghent Playhouse Opens Season with “The Thanksgiving Play”

[GHENT, NY] The Ghent Playhouse announces the first production of its 2025-26 season, “The Thanksgiving Play.” Written by Larissa FastHorse and directed by Brian Wagner, this satirical comedy centers around a group of well-meaning but culturally insensitive theater artists who attempt to create a politically correct school play about the first Thanksgiving. The show will run Friday…

Ghent Playhouse Seeks One Male Actor for “The Thanksgiving Play”

Ghent Playhouse in search of 1 male actor for The Thanksgiving Play ROLE: JAXTON – (Caucasian Male age 35-55) – An actor and yoga practitioner. Politically correct to a fault… a big one. He’s the confident guy that everyone loves, but his overly logical PC thinking takes weird turns. .…

Ghent Playhouse Announces Full Season 51

GHENT PLAYHOUSE PRESENTING SEASON 51 THESE ARE DEFINITELY THE SHOWS EXACT DATES FOR SOME ARE STILL IN THE WORKS AS ALWAYS Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm and dress rehearsals the evening before opening night THE THANKSGIVING PLAY by Larissa FastHorse directed by Brian Wagner October 17 through…

Ghent Playhouse Presents the Satirical Comedy “The Thanksgiving Play”

TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS: OCTOBER 17-19 AND 24-26 [GHENT, NY] The Ghent Playhouse announces the first production of its 2025-26 season, “The Thanksgiving Play.” Written by Larissa FastHorse and directed by Brian Wagner, this satirical comedy centers around a group of well-meaning but culturally insensitive theater artists who attempt to create…

The Ghent Playhouse Announces Auditions for “The Thanksgiving Play”

The Ghent Playhouse is pleased to announce auditions for the first production of its 2025-26 Season, “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse, directed by Brian Wagner.  Auditions will be held on Sunday, August 3 and Monday, August 4 at 7:00 p.m., at the Ghent Playhouse, located at 6 Town Hall Road…

Curtain Call Theatre Presents “Theatre People, or The Angel Next Door”

Latham, NY — Curtain Call Theatre is presenting Theatre People or The Angel Next Door by Paul Slade Smith. This play is Directed by Brian Clemente. In this hilarious adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s classic farce, Play at the Castle, we are transported to a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island where the young Oliver Adams is on the…

REVIEW: “Sister Act” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

by Sierra Pasquale (she/they) I’ll own it, I’m a Millennial; for better or for worse. I grew up with Whoopi Goldberg as Sister Mary Clarence in “Sister Act”. It was one of those “safe movies” that everyone’s mom could put on at a sleepover and no one would get a…