Ghent, NY — The Ghent Playhouse announces an exciting update to its Season 51 lineup. Due to unforeseen production issues, Grey Gardens, originally scheduled to run this April, will be replaced by Grand Horizons, a sharp and heartfelt comedy by acclaimed American playwright Bess Wohl. Grand Horizons premiered at the…
[GHENT, NY] — The Ghent Playhouse is delighted to kick off the new year with Peter Shaffer’s uproarious farce Black Comedy, directed by Ed Dignum (director of last season’s hit Lend Me a Tenor). Performances run for two consecutive weekends, January 23–25 and January 30–February 1. Set in London during…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has presented the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, on Monday, November 10, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This is the ninth time in ten years that these awards have…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies. The awards will be presented on the evening of Monday, November 10, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This…
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, 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 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. .…
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…
