Schenectady Civic Players Continues 98th season with “The Christmas Tree Farm”

Schenectady Civic Players continues its 98th season December 5–14, 2025, with The Christmas Tree Farm, a heartwarming play by Adam Szymkowicz, directed by Cristine Loffredo and Mark Stephens. Told through a series of vignettes, The Christmas Tree Farm captures the romance, humor, and unexpected moments that unfold at a bustling Christmas tree farm.…

REVIEW: “Puffs” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts

by Dan Mayer Not everyone is destined to defeat the dark lord and save the world. Puffs takes us back to a familiar school of magic to follow the stories of characters usually relegated to the background. SLCA‘s production casts quite a spell, delivering both hilarity and heart. Audience members…

Fort Salem Theater Announces Cast and Creative Team for World Premiere of “Macbethany”

Fort Salem, NY – January 13, 2025 – Fort Salem Theater is thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for the world premiere production of “Macbethany,” written and directed by David Dubov-Flinn. This gripping new drama will debut March 7-9, 2025, in the theater’s intimate Cabaret Room, offering audiences an…

REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre Presents “The Squirrels” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts

by Dan Mayer After seeing The Squirrels at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, a friend who had accompanied me asked, with visible confusion, what we had just watched. That is the sort of question invited by writer Robert Askins’ bizarre tragicomedy, and Harbinger Theatre‘s production embraces the absurdity…

Harbinger Theatre Goes Nuts for “The Squirrels”

ALBANY – Harbinger Theatre will continue our third season with our 13th consecutive Capital Region Premiere, “The Squirrels” by Tony Award nominee, Robert Askins. Directed by Patrick White, this production will be held at Sand Lake Center for the Arts. Summer might be right around the corner but in our wildly imaginative play, winter is on the…

Bennington Theater Presents Reading of “Macbethany: A Play in Three Movements”

Do you ever really know the person you married? In the conflict zone of one couple’s summer house, Mr. and Mrs. confess, control, challenge, and counter-attack. Will the night resolve in love? A cease-fire? Or will this night be full of sound and fury, signifying … something much darker? Plays…

REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre’s “Mrs. Packard” at The Albany Barn

by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater brings yet another regional premier to the New York Capital District with Mrs. Packard at The Albany Barn. Mrs. Packard tells the story of the real life Elizabeth Packard, who was sent to an insane asylum by her husband for disagreements over religion. The ensuing…

Harbinger Theatre Closes Out 2023 Season with “Mrs. Packard” by Emily Mann

ALBANY, N.Y. – From the theater that brought you the world premiere of “Custom Cuts” by Brian Sheldon, we now present you with “Mrs. Packard” by Emily Mann, making it our 11th consecutive debut to the Capital Region! Close out your year with the Harbinger crew with our last show of…