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The play takes place behind the scenes of a college production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Two of the crew members fall for one another, and their bonding begins from a shared sense of humor about the different “characters” and special setting of the show.…
“The Alleged Children of Darkness” kicks off on Friday, February 28 and tickets are on sale now.…
“I would describe [the play] as an attempt at a big blockbuster, dystopian world-building story… it’s always been a popular genre, the dystopian future thing, and I’ve always been drawn to it. It’s pretty hard to do on stage effectively… I started [writing] it in 2018 and I was just like, ‘Let’s see if I can do it.’ … I just started building this 30-years-in-the-future world. I created the astronaut—the Mars man—who could come back and encounter a new world…
“The Tempest,” directed by Andrew Kahl, plays at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theatre November 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets go on sale November 14 and are free with a SUNY Oneonta student ID and $5.00 for general admission.…
“Antigone,” directed by Marc Shaw, plays at Hartwick’s Lab Theater in the Bresee Hall Basement on Hartwick College’s campus with shows November 6–9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 general admission and free for Hartwick students, faculty, and staff.…
SUNY Oneonta’s Mask and Hammer Theatre Club will perform David Auburn’s “Proof,” directed by Jessy Gardner, in the Hamblin Theater October 24-26 at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on October 27.…
The show itself depicts two sisters, Catherine and Claire, dealing with the death of their father, Robert, a genius mathematics professor at the University of Chicago, who dies in his 50s after a lengthy battle with mental illness. Also in the play is Hal, formerly Robert’s graduate student, now a member of the mathematics department. Hal revered his former mentor and is dealing with his own grief by working to elevate and capture all Robert’s work so that his legacy…
The production of “Novecento” directed by Pipino, with a run-time of an hour and 20 minutes, starts its run this week. The play centers on a renowned pianist, Novecento, born onboard the Virginia, an ocean liner that moves between the Americas and Europe. Novecento lives his life onboard the Virginia until it is destroyed.…
After rehearsal, I sat with Drew, Katelyn, Tim Iversen (music director), Sophia Milton (assistant stage manager), and Tatum Sasser (assistant stage manager). Not surprisingly, the two directors spoke to the bigger picture of the production and how they have thought through the acting and musical numbers.…