by Sierra Pasquale Schenectady Civic Players’ production of In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) approaches Sarah Ruhl’s quietly subversive comedy with clear affection for the text and a strong commitment to its period sensibilities. Set in the late nineteenth century at the dawn of modern gynecology, the play…
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 Dan Mayer Playwright Abe Koogler filtered his own experiences living on an island in Puget Sound into Deep Blue Sound, and the result is a deeply human play about people struggling to make sense of the world and their place in it. Harbinger Theatre‘s production is funny, hopeful, and…
ALBANY, NY — Harbinger Theatre presents their 18th production and 17th Capital Region Premiere with Deep Blue Sound by Abe Koogler, directed by Chris Foster. The play is another scheduling coup for Harbinger, securing the rights to the off-Broadway hit which recently had an extended run at The Public Theatre in April…
by Sierra Pasquale In At the Wedding, playwright Bryna Turner threads heartache through hilarity with surgical precision, crafting a one-act triumph that dances between raw vulnerability and razor-sharp wit. The latest staging of this bittersweet gem, coproduced by Harbinger Theatre and the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, is a…
by Dan Mayer In storytelling, insightful political commentary can sometimes come at the cost of fully realizing the characters as people. In Casa Valentina, playwright Harvey Fierstein manages to do both, delivering a cast of likable human characters with realistic ideological differences. Schenectady Civic Players bring the characters to life…
