Columbia County Players Announce Auditions for “Twelfth Night”

The Columbia County Players Present Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will Directed by Carol Rusoff OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday, May 18 & Sunday, May 19 10am to 3pm Open Call Chamber of Commerce @ 1 N. Front St, Hudson, NY No preparation necessary. Just bring your curiosity and courage! Musicians and singers will be asked to play or sing…

Improv Open to All at Hudson’s Lightforms Art Center

IMPROV! OPEN TO ALL! Free! (donations gratefully accepted) Thursdays 7pm – 9pm Our unique on-going weekly 2 hour workshop invites all participants into our safe and non-competitive space to explore the art of theatre improvisation together. On our feet in a circle, groups and pairs, we explore and experiment, discovering…

Production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Churchtown Dairy Seeks Production Staff

SEEKING PAID THEATER PRODUCTION POSITIONS FOR: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM By William Shakespeare Directed by Carol Rusoff Presented in partnership with the Churchtown Dairy This production will feature an ensemble of 20 actors from in and around Columbia County and will be performed at the beautiful Churchtown Dairy Barn in…

We Are All Immigrants

CATSKILL – Abe Cahan was an idealistic young man from Vilna (Lithuania) who arrived in America like most immigrants – with big hopes and dreams.    He arrived on these shores in 1882 and, after apprenticing at several newspapers, founded The Jewish Daily Forward in 1897.  Given the influx of displaced Russians and…

Immigrant Assimilation is Basis for Theatrical Production

CATSKILL – A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for “a bundle of letters” was the daily advice column which The Jewish Daily Forward ran for 80 years.  In it, the newspaper’s wise and sometimes cranky editor dispensed shrewd, practical and fair-minded advice to his readership – newly arrived immigrants questioning how to manage life in this bewildering…