Two performancesJune 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm and 7:30pm Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre returns to live performance on June 12 with what has always been one of its most exciting and popular annual events: the 2021 edition of Bridge Street Belly Dance. A 2:00pm matinee and 7:30pm evening show will be…
In Residence at Bridge Street Theatre April 12-18 While Bridge Street Theatre’s initial Dance Residency Initiative has been completed, the Catskill performance space is continuing to make its facility available to artists developing new work. “At this point, we have groups scheduled in one- to three-week slots until at least…
Bridge Street Theatre 2020 American Roots Plays that reflect the American Experience in the Deep South, the Rockies, the Great Plains, the Northeast, and who knows how many places in between. A Season Pass for 2020 is still only $100 and includes all five 2020 shows plus discounts to most…
by DL Simmons The set-up is inspired (literally): In 2010, a respected Alabama biology professor shot and killed three of her colleagues in cold blood. Defeated after a long and humiliating tenure review, the wife and mother of four opened fire in a faculty meeting with a gun her family…
by Barbara Waldinger Does anyone remember Tubal? Aside from Shylock, he’s the only Jewish character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice; in fact, they are the only two Jews in the entire Shakespeare canon. In 1998 Gareth Armstrong, British actor and playwright, wrote and began performing his solo play, Shylock,…
by Macey Levin 1968, in Fremont, New Hampshire, a band was formed by Austin Wiggin’s three daughters – Dot, Betty and Helen. According to Frank Zappa they were “…better than the Beatles,” while Rolling Stone said they were “…like lobotomized Trapp Family singers.” Their bizarre life is the subject…
by Macey Levin Jen Silverman is a very provocative playwright whose plays are set in world wide locations mirroring her own extensive living experiences in other lands. Silverman’s various styles and themes lend her canon of work a certain amount of intrigue. That is the case with The Moors currently…
One of the goals of the two old guys that run Bridge Street Theatre has been to get more women involved as playwrights and directors. This year we have done just that! Of the five plays this season, three are by women, and of the four directors, three are women.…
