The Ghent Playhouse Announces Auditions for “Black Comedy”

BLACK COMEDYWritten by Peter ShafferDirected by Ed Dignum TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 and WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2025 Sign-up 6:30 p.m. // Start time 7:00 p.m. At The Ghent Playhouse6 Town Hall PlaceGhent, NY  12075 The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for Peter Shaffer’s hilarious play, BLACK COMEDY, to be directed by Ed Dignum.…

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…

The Ghent Playhouse Announces Celebratory 50th Season Gala

The Ghent Playhouse proudly announces a celebratory gala in honor of its 50th season of bringing live theater to Columbia County. The milestone event will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025, beginning at 5 PM on the Playhouse lawn and inside its historic theater home. The evening will begin…

REVIEW: “Working” at the Ghent Playhouse

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I was excited to see the revised version of Working, a Musical by Studs Terkel and adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso at The Ghent Playhouse. I was part of the audition process and heard some excellent voices. I have a vague memory of seeing a…