2025 was an exciting and innovative season—a mix of new plays and classics, chock full of exceptional performances, directors and designers. Barbara Waldinger’s Top Ten Plays For first rate ensemble performances: Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Robert Egan. Dorset Theatre Festival The Piano Lesson by August…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The title, A Case for the Existence of God playing at Chester Theatre Company gives little hint to the theme of this moving play between two actors. Playwright, Samuel D. Hunter, best known for his Oscar winning screenplay adaptation of his play, The Whale, opened this play…
Chester Theatre Company announces a season of four contemporary plays and one special event. The theatre’s 36th season invites theatregoers on a journey. Travel from the icy Arctic to the vibrant streets of Harlem, from a quiet room in Middle America to a humble home in the Middle East. Meet…
“It is a unique flame that burns in Catskill, New York.” J. Peter Bergman, Berkshire Edge In its first full season since the onset of the pandemic, one of the region’s most adventurous and innovative small theatre companies came roaring back! Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre got through all of 2022…
by Macey Levin Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, often does extraordinary work, witness last year’s brilliant production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Last season they presented an exquisite rendering of Samuel D. Hunter’s Lewiston. Playwright Hunter recently opened A Case For The Existence of God on off-Broadway…
In a small town on the Snake River in Washington, two young men from wildly different backgrounds discover a common connection while stocking shelves together on the night shift at Costco in Samuel D. Hunter’s “Clarkston”, coming to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre for eight performances only April 28 – May…
Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most adventurous and exciting small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is delighted to announce its upcoming 2022 Mainstage Season – five full evenings (or afternoons if you choose to attend matinee performances) of thrilling, provocative, andinnovative work that celebrate survival during these…
Casting Notices Bridge Street Theatre 44 West Bridge Street Catskill, NY 12414 bridgest.org For consideration for CLARKSTON, submit picture and resume to casting@bridgest.org by February 18. For consideration for FOURTEEN FUNERALS, submit picture and resume to casting@bridgest.org by February 27. Selected applicants will receive sides for video submissions. Callbacks, if necessary, will be via…
