Skidmore's theater productions offer students good experience on stage and behind the scenes. Saratoga Shakespeare's also offer points toward professional Equity membership.
The Saratoga Shakespeare Company, aligned for a second year with Skidmore, will present Macbeth as its main Congress Park production, and A Midsummer Night's Dream on campus this year. Free admission!- The human experience of war, viewed through the correspondence of soldiers, their loved ones, and those who have witnessed conflict, has been captured by Andrew Carroll in this production, directed by Lary Opitz.
- Skidmore's Office of the Dean of Special Programs has collaborated with Saratoga Shakespeare Company to provide an academically and theatrically rich summer option.
- Skidmore's Department of Theater will stage its first black box production of the fall this month, John Cariani's ALMOST MAINE, directed by Lary Opitz
- Past and present collide in Ellen McLaughlin's mash-up of Sophocles' classic tragedy Ajax with the recently ended war in Iraq. The play addresses important questions surrounding the return of soldiers from the battlefield.
- Shakespeare's classic tale of love and revenge is viewed through the power and passion of the tango world of Buenos Aires. Lary Opitz directs this mainstage production, which features Giancarlo Osaben '11 as Romeo. (Photo by Matthew Cohen '13)