Steve Jakiel News

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company will continue their 2023-24 season at the all-new Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center in Williamsville, with FAUCI and KRAMER, a new play, by Drew Fornarola.

FAUCI AND KRAMER, a new play by Drew Fornarola, opens Feb 23rd at Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center. Join us for this powerful production by First Look Buffalo Theatre Company.

FAUCI and KRAMER, a new play by Drew Fornarola, explores the unlikely friendship between Anthony Fauci and Larry Kramer as they navigate the AIDS crisis. This heartfelt and sometimes comical play opens on February 23rd at Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center.

Join First Look Buffalo Theatre Company for the New Play Reading Festival Vol. 2, featuring local and national playwrights. No reservations necessary. Donations accepted at the door.

Join First Look Buffalo Theatre Company for the New Play Reading Festival Vol 2, featuring local and national playwrights. Special guest responder Mr. Robert Moss, founder of Playwrights Horizons, will provide feedback. No reservations necessary, donations accepted at the door.

Second Generation Theatre presents Kander & Ebb's musical theatre sensation CABARET June 10-26 at the Shea's Smith Theatre. 

A gritty reality that is so true to form that you have to remind yourself you are watching a play, versus eavesdropping on someone's life... That is what is playing out in Tracy Letts'  SUPERIOR DONUTS, now at Shea's 710 Theatre in a winning production by Road Less Traveled Productions. 

The Kavinoky Theatre has announced the cancellation of its production of To Kill a Mockingbird (March 8th-31st). In its place, they will present 1984 by George Orwell.

The Kavinoky Theatre is sad to announce the cancellation of its production of To Kill a Mockingbird (March 8th-31st). In its place we are proud to present:

The Kavinoky Theatre, a professional theatre on the campus of D'Youville, continues its 39th season with Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, dramatized by Christopher Sergel.

The American Repertory Theater of WNY presents the second production of the 2018-19 season with American playwright Sam Shepard's classic work, FOOL FOR LOVE. This will mark the first production in the new 545 Elmwood Avenue location. FOOL FOR LOVE runs November 1st to November 17th, all showtimes at 8 pm. There will be a special Industry Night scheduled for November 11th, 7 pm. Ticket prices are $20 General Admission; Student & Industry $10.

In American Repertory Theater of WNY's inaugural season, the company found a perfect theatrical space to operate two of the three shows slated in the 2007-08 season. Working out of the TheaterLoft (545 Elmwood Avenue), home to the acclaimed and diverse Ujima Theatre Company, ART/WNY presented two works WHEN YA COMING BACK, RED RYDER, by Mark Medoff, and Tennessee William's THE ROSE TATTOO (which earned the company's first Artie Nomination for Best Ensemble). These two productions brought notoriety to the upstart company and established ART/WNY's reputation for producing thought-provoking, unknown or rarely done works that tell the American story.

The American Repertory Theater of WNY presents the second production of the 2018-19 season with American playwright Sam Shepard's classic work, FOOL FOR LOVE. This will mark the first production in the new 545 Elmwood Avenue location. FOOL FOR LOVE runs November 1st to November 17th, all showtimes at 8 pm. There will be a special Industry Night scheduled for November 11th, 7 pm. Ticket prices are $20 General Admission; Student & Industry $10.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) concludes its 2017/18 season with the topic of faith in its upcoming Western New York-premiere production of The Christians by Lucas Hnath. The Christians, nominated for 2016 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, will star Dave Hayes, Aaron Moss, Steve Jakiel, Victoria Perez, and Lisa Vitrano under the direction of RLTP Artistic Director Scott Behrend.  Production team includes: Dyan Burlingame (set design), John Rickus (light design), Maura A. Simmonds-Price (costume design/props), John Shotwell (sound design). The Christians is proudly sponsored by St. John Baptist Church. There will not be a live choir during the performance.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) concludes its 2017/18 season with the topic of faith in its upcoming Western New York-premiere production of The Christians by Lucas Hnath. The Christians, nominated for 2016 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, will star Dave Hayes, Aaron Moss, Steve Jakiel, Victoria Perez, and Lisa Vitrano under the direction of RLTP Artistic Director Scott Behrend. The production will also feature area choir members from various churches in WNY. Production team includes Karen Saxon (music director), Dyan Burlingame (set design), John Rickus (light design), Maura A. Simmonds-Price (costume design/props), John Shotwell (sound design). The Christians is proudly sponsored by St. John Baptist Church.

Sometime in the near future, the Internet has evolved into the Nether , a place where gender, age, identity, and truth are malleable, and your darkest desires and fears are all-too-obtainable. Winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for drama, The Nether is a mystery/crime drama where even thoughts are actions, and every action has a real-world consequence... The Nether, starring Steve Jakiel, Dave Marciniak, Eve Everette, Sabrina Kahwaty, and Patrick Cameron, opens January 19, 2018 and runs until February 11, 2018.

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will welcome 2018 with mystery sci-fi drama The Nether by Jennifer Haley. The Nether will star Steve Jakiel, Eve Everette, David Marciniak, Sabrina Kahwaty and Patrick Cameron under the direction of RLTP Ensemble member Katie Mallinson. Production team includes Dyan Burlingame (set design), John Rickus (light design), Maura Simmonds Price (costume/props) and Eric Burlingame (sound design).

Second Generation Theatre presents the regional premiere of "THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA" at the Lancaster Opera House  June 2-18th.

Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre is doing what they so often do best- presenting a classic, like their current production of Oscar Wilde's AN IDEAL HUSBAND, with subtlety and care. Wilde is know for his comedies of manners and society, and in AN IDEAL HUSBAND we are treated to a delicate balance of marital discord and political subterfuge.

The Kavinoky Theatre, a professional theatre on the campus of D'Youville College, will continue its 36th season with the production of THE CITY OF CONVERSATION -- written by Anthony Giardina and directed by Robert Waterhouse.