Capping a two-week residency at Skidmore, composer and performer Howard Fishman presents a multimedia show about mystery musician Connie Converse, this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Upcoming talks and events include art, business and a residency by a Caribbean-British writer, this year's McCormack Visiting Scholar-Artist.
An early play in the Off-Off Broadway movement, Pulitzer winner Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead" explores the lives of the down-and-out in New York City. It opens at Skidmore this Friday, April 14.
For playwright Edward Albee, "The small act of sharing stories is something the human body relies on for survival and nourishment," says theater major Shea Leavis '17. He's directing Albee's Fragments March 2-8.
This month's mainstage theater production of Who Will Carry The Word and November's Black Box performance of The Orphan Sea both depict hope in the face of overwhelming crisis.
The opening of 'Love Letters' in New York last week was a triumph for both Nelle Nugent '60 and Skidmore trustee Elliott Masie.
McLaughlin based her theater piece on the story of the patient wife of Odysses, with contemporary influences.- This Nilo Cruz play is a magical and poetically told story that challenges our capacity for hope and forgiveness. (Left: Zac Solomon '14 , Julie Dietz '11. Photo by Matthew Cohen '13)
- The life of esteemed writer and human rights activist James Baldwin is brought to the state in this original play by Calvin Levels. The free performance is scheduled Feb. 18 at Bernhard Theater. (Left: Actor/playwright Calvin Levels as James Baldwin.)
- The granddaddy of shock theater makes a return appearance with The Grand Guignol April 16-25 at Skidmore's Bernhard Theater, when the College?s Theater Department presents a double bill worthy of the tradition. (Dana Salzberg photo)