by Dan Mayer A name like Tennessee Williams can seem larger than life, preceded by a huge reputation and a world-renowned body of work, but even Tennessee was once simply Tom. Harbinger Theatre‘s production of A Distant Country Called Youth paints a portrait of Williams before his success, and it’s…
by Dan Mayer Just on the heels of St. Patrick’s Day, Schenectady Civic Players feature award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson with their latest production. The Seafarer is a dark comedy about a struggling alcoholic with a guilty conscience surrounded by heavy drinkers at Christmastime, but there may be more dark…
by Jess Hoffman I feel I must start this review by making it clear how much I love all things medieval. I attend renaissance festivals in full costume, I’m fascinated by pre-modern weaponry and warfare, I read Medieval fantasy epics like it’s my job, and I absolutely love to watch…
by Jess Hoffman A play that opens on the image of an old photograph of an enslaved Black woman nursing a White infant promises a provocative, no-holds-barred meditation on racism and sexism. This is exactly how Confederates opens at the Rep, as one of our two lead characters speaks passionately…
HARBINGER ‘26 Show #1 A Distant Country Called Youth By Steve Lawson Adapted from the early letters of Tennessee Williams With Patrick White Directed by Linda Shirey Stage Managed by Kathryn Capalbo The Mopco Improv Theatre 4/23-5/3 Spanning the twenty five years from boyhood to the opening of “The Glass…
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theatre has made a name for themselves in the New York Capital Region as a small volunteer theater company bringing lesser-known, hard-hitting plays by up-and-coming playwrights to the area. Their latest production of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is currently playing at Sand Lake Center for…
Harbinger Theatre is seeking a Board Op to run our sound and light cues on QLab for our production of Swing State directed by Brian Sheldon. Lighting design by Laura Darling, sound design by Shaya Reyes. No experience necessary, plenty of instruction available. Needed for dry tech 11/8 through closing 11/23. 7…
by Jess Hoffman Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Pulitzer and Tony award-winning new and noteworthy powerhouse of a playwright for whom I have much admiration. His 2014 drama Appropriate and 2015 tragicomedy Gloria are both spectacular works that I have previously seen on stage, and his newest play Purpose recently won…
