John Squires News

The Wandering Theatre Company (Natalie Villamonte Zito, Artistic Di- rector and Amber Wallace, Executive Director) announce their presentation of The Trial of Mrs. Surratt, a Limited Engagement Off-Off Broadway run for 15 performances ONLY May 4th- 19th at the Flamboyan Theater at The Clemente Arts Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002).

Gallery Players continues its 52nd season with ANNA IN THE TROPICS by Nilo Cruz.

'I dreamed I was 52 and unmarried,' so says Sonia, at the very beginning of Christopher Durang's dryly eccentric comedy about the middle-aged children of a pair of literary professors who thoughtlessly named their children after the characters in Chekov plays.

Elmwood Playhouse of Nyack NY will be presenting 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike', written by Christopher Durang and directed by Lisa Spielman. Christopher Durang, master of comedy, takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up in this utterly hilarious play! 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' runs September 7, 2018 thru September 29, 2018 Todays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm with an additional Thursday performance on September 6th, 2018 at 8pmand an additional matinee on Saturday September 29, 2018 at 2pm. Tickets are $25 / $22 Seniors and Students.

Elmwood Playhouse of Nyack NY will be presenting 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike', written by Christopher Durang and directed by Lisa Spielman. Christopher Durang, master of comedy, takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up in this utterly hilarious play! 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' runs September 7, 2018 thru September 29, 2018 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm with an additional Thursday performance on September 6th, 2018 at 8pmand an additional matinee on Saturday September 29, 2018 at 2pm. Tickets are $25 / $22 Seniors and Students.

The Sherman Playhouse will be performing Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitzstarting July 6. The plot revolves around a daughter that returns home for Christmas for the first time in years, bearing the manuscript of a memoir, which reveals a devastating episode in the life of her wealthy Republican family. The events, years in the past, emotionally ravaged the daughter; disturbed the upbringing of the younger son, a child when the events happened; opened a schism between the mother and her sister; and shattered the orderly lives of the parents, causing their ostracism from an intimate circle of friends, which included President and Mrs. Reagan. The play is powerful, passionate and superbly crafted.

The Sherman Playhouse will be performing Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz starting July 6.  The plot revolves around a daughter that returns home for Christmas for the first time in years, bearing the manuscript of a memoir, which reveals a devastating episode in the life of her wealthy Republican family. The events, years in the past, emotionally ravaged the daughter; disturbed the upbringing of the younger son, a child when the events happened; opened a schism between the mother and her sister; and shattered the orderly lives of the parents, causing their ostracism from an intimate circle of friends, which included President and Mrs. Reagan.  The play is powerful, passionate and superbly crafted.

The Sherman Playhouse has cast their production of Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz for their July production.the cast includes (photos in order accordingly)Kit Colbourn of Fishkill NY as Polly WyethReesa Nestor of New Milford, CT as Brooke Wyeth Eileen Epperson of Salsbury, CT as Silda Gauman John Squires of Pawling, NY as Trip Wyeth 

DISGRACED, Ayad Akhtar's powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning drama opens today, May 18 at the South Salem Theater. In addition to the Pulitzer, Disgraced won a 2013 Obie for Playwriting and was nominated for a Tony for Best Play in 2015. The critically acclaimed play is directed by Sherry Asch and features Dawn Brown-Berenson, Jessie Gilbert, Levi Joseph Green, Ethan Karas and John Squires.

DISGRACED, Ayad Akhtar's powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning drama opens on Friday, May 18 at the South Salem Theater. In addition to the Pulitzer, Disgraced won a 2013 Obie for Playwriting and was nominated for a Tony for Best Play in 2015. The critically acclaimed play is directed by Sherry Asch and features Dawn Brown-Berenson, Jessie Gilbert, Levi Joseph Green, Ethan Karas and John Squires.

Waterside has just announced it is to be the new home of the internationally acclaimed Cosgrove Hall Films Archive creators of some of the best-loved and most iconic children's animated characters of all time.

On September 22, The Sherman Playhouse will debut its fall production of Howard Richardson and William Berney's Dark of the Moon, an eerie tale of forbidden love, set against the backdrop of the Smoky Mountains and the supernatural world.

A perennial favorite Dark of the Moon is based on the haunting folk ballad of 'Barbara Allen.' Employing a large cast and imaginative settings in the Smoky Mountains, Dark of the Moon recounts the story of John, a strange 'witch boy' who upon first beholding the beautiful Barbara Allen immediately falls in love. He is given human form to woo and marry her on the condition that she remain true to him. Dark of the Moon was produced on Broadway in 1945.

On Friday, September 22, The Sherman Playhouse will debut its fall production of Howard Richardson and William Berney's Dark of the Moon, an eerie tale of forbidden love, set against the backdrop of the Smoky Mountains and the supernatural world. The curtain rises at 8:00 p.m. for a four-week run.