ALBANY (Sept. 10) – “Becky Nurse of Salem,” a whip-smart dark comedy by Sarah Ruhl, opens the 2025-26 season on the MainStage at Capital Repertory Theatre from Sept. 26 through Oct. 19, directed by Margaret E. Hall. Set in present-day Salem, Becky Nurse is a descendant of the infamous Rebecca…
SCHENECTADY (Sept. 9) — This fall, the Collaborative School of the Arts is once again opening the curtain for students across the Capital Region, offering opportunities to experience professional theatre in ways that are engaging, affordable, and deeply connected to classroom learning. Through student matinees at Proctors in Schenectady, Capital…
ALBANY (Aug. 27) – Proctors Collaborative is proud to present “Maggie: Up in Lights,” a special celebratory event honoring Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill’s extraordinary 30-year career as the Producing Artistic Director of Capital Repertory Theatre, as she steps down at the end of 2025, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Wolferts Roost…
Capital Rep seeks 2 actors for the October 2025 City Séance outdoor ghost tours in Downtown Albany. The tour includes the haunted history of Albany locations that are famous – and not so famous – for the ghosts that inhabit the fair city. Actors portray a number of famous personalities, each of…
ALBANY (Aug. 4) – Capital Repertory Theatre announced today that actor and musician Ken Allen Neely will join the Tony Award-winning musical “Once” cast for its final week of performances. Neely will step into the role of Guy beginning Tuesday, Aug. 5, replacing Sam Sherwood, whose run concluded due to…
ALBANY (July 25) – Capital Repertory Theatre announced that single tickets for the 2025-26 season, sponsored by Overit, will be on sale 12 p.m. Friday, July 25. This season will mark the first with Miriam Weisfeld, from the Adirondack Theatre Festival, as the new Producing Artistic Director. Weisfeld has been…
Announcing Auditions for Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York’s production of I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN, by Stephen Jeffreys, directed by Benita Zahn. Auditions: Wednesday, July 30th and Friday, August 1st at 6:30 PM @ the First Congregational Church, 405 Quail St, Albany, NY 12208. You…
by Jess Hoffman Musicals about musicians are almost as common as plays about thespians, and they tend to offer the same opportunities and be prone to the same pitfalls. They can be playfully and thoughtfully metatheatrical when done well; when done poorly they can be so tediously self- referential that…
