Favorites of 2025: Jess Hoffman

10. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Sand Lake Center for the Arts Sand Lake Center for the Arts’s fall production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was impossible not to love. The adult cast portrayed the adolescent characters with humor and sincerity. Allison McArdle Avery’s…

REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Presents “Eclipsed” at theREP

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Admittedly, I knew nothing about the Civil Wars in Liberia. In fact, I know nothing about Liberia in West Africa. Eclipsed by Danai Gurira, performed by the Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY and housed at theRep introduces us to the war-stricken lives of Liberian women captured…

Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York Announces 2024-2025 Season

Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, Inc. is pleased to announce its 2024-2025 season “Berta, Berta” by Angelica ChĂ©ri October 17, 2024 – October 27, 2024 At theREP – Lauren and Harold Iselin Studio 251 N Pearl Street, Albany NY 12207 Set in 1920s Mississippi, “Berta, Berta” tells the story…