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The Actors Theatre Playhouse
Staged Reading of “Rosmersholm”
September 4 & 11 at 7:30 p.m.
2010 Ten Minute Play Festival
September 24 & 25 and October 1, 2, 8 & 9

Albany Civic Theater
“The Complete History of America (Abridged)”
*Pay-What-You-Will Preview September 16 at 8 p.m.*
September 17, 18, 24 & 26 and October 1 & 2 at 8 p.m.
September 19 & 26 and October 3 at 3 p.m.

Arm of the Sea Mask & Puppet Theatre
“City That Drinks the Mountain Sky”
September 25 & 26
at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

Barrington Stage Company
Tyne Daly: Songs
September 2 at 8 p.m.
“Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should”
September 3 & 4 at 8 p.m.
on the BSC Mainstage
A Staged Reading of “The Best of Enemies”
September 4 at 8 p.m.
September 5 at 4 p.m.
on Stage 2

Berkshire Theatre Festival
Unicorn Theatre
“No Wake”
Through October 24
Main Stage
“A Delicate Balance”
Through September 4
“Annie”
September 10-18

Bird-on-a-Cliff Theatre
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
September 3-5 at 5 p.m.
Outdoors at Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY

Capital Repertory Theatre
“33 Variations”
September 10-October 3

Castle Theatre Company
Presented by Northern Stage and Marlboro College
“Macbeth”
September 6 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Whittemore Theater

Charles R. Wood Theater
Gorman John Ruggiero and the Actors Retreat present
“Waiting for Godot”
September 5-7 & 9 at 8 p.m.
Wright Stage Productions presents
“Mark Twain! Tonight!”
September 17 & 18 at 8 p.m.

Class Act Productions
“As You Like It”
September 9-11 at 8 p.m.
September 12 at 2 p.m.
at the former Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 40 N. Russell Road, Albany, NY

Cohoes Music Hall
Gala 2010
September 25 from 6-10 p.m.

Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA
‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical
September 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Confetti Stage
Short Play Festival 6
“Bare Necessity”
“Dorothy Faust”
“Heroics”
“Holy Night”
“Is There an Actor in the House?”
“The Naked Truth”
“Fractured Mama”
“The Letter Tree”
September 30-October 9

Cranwell Resort
The Capitol Steps
Through September 5 at 8 p.m. every night except Tuesdays
in the Olmsted Building

Curtain Call Theatre
“California Suite”
September 10-October 9

The Delta Xi cast of Alpha Psi Omega
“[title of show]”
September 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18 at 8 p.m.

Depot Theatre
“The Drawer Boy”
September 2 & 3 at 8 p.m.
September 4 at 2 & 8 p.m.
“Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet”
September 10, 11, 13, 16 & 17 at 8 p.m.
September 12 & 18 at 2 & 8 p.m.
September 19 at 5 p.m.

Diamond Opera Theatre
Bon Appetit!: Encounters between Music and Theater
A collaboration with Walking the dog Theatre
“Bon Appetit!”
“La Bonne Cuisine”
A Theatrical Surprise TBA
September 10, 11, 15, 16, 18 & 22-24 at 8 p.m.
at Basilica Industria/Hudson

Dorset Theatre Festival
“When Something Wonderful Ends”
Through September 5 at 8 p.m.

The Edge Ensemble Theatre Company
“Beyond Therapy”
Through September 4

EMPAC at RPI
Brent Green’s “Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then”
September 10 at 8 p.m.
in the Theater
Wally Cardona & Rahel Vonmoos’ “A Light Conversation”
September 17 & 18 at 8 p.m.
in Studio 2

The Ful-Mont Repertoire Theatre Company
“Bedroom Farce”
September 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.
September 26 at 2 p.m.
at the Glove Performing Arts Center

Glove Performing Arts Center
The Ful-Mont Repertoire Theatre Company presents
“Bedroom Farce”
September 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.
September 26 at 2 p.m.

The Highlight Acting Troupe
“Illinois Jane and the Pyramid of Peril”
September 18

Home Made Theater
Shuster Reading Series
September 19 at 3 p.m.

Lake George Dinner Theatre
“Our Son’s Wedding”
Through October 14
at the Holiday Inn Resort, Lake George NY

Little Theater on the Farm
50’s & 60’s Music Variety Show
September 11
Student Talent Show
September 17 at 7 p.m.

Mac-Haydn Theatre
“Show Boat”
Through September 5
MHT II presents
“Bye-Bye Birdie”
September 10 & 17 at 7:30 p.m.
September 11 & 18 at 2 & 7:30 p.m.
September 12 & 19 at 2 p.m.

Main Street Stage
Nutshell Playhouse presents
“Dance With a Clown”
September 11 at 11 a.m.

Majestic Theater
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
September 9-October 17

Marlboro College and Northern Stage
Castle Theatre Company presents
“Macbeth”
September 6 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Whittemore Theater

Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls, MA
“Ambush on T Street”
September 24 & 25

The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
“La Bohème”
September 2 at 8 p.m.
“Hansel and Gretel”
September 3 at 8 p.m.
“Turandot”
September 4 at 8 p.m.
“Aida”
September 5 at 8 p.m.
“Carmen”
September 6 at 7:45 p.m.
at various venues around the region

Bob Balogh’s Micro Theatre
Production TBA
September

Minerva Stage
“ALIZA”
September 2-5

The Mop & Bucket Company (MopCo)
Theatresports®
September 3, 10, 17 & 24 at 8 p.m.
Capital District Improv Jams
September 30 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors

NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center
Workshop Playhouse presents
Staged reading of “Wit”
September 8 & 12 at 2 p.m.
September 10 & 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Staged reading of “Seascape”
September 22 & 26 at 2 p.m.
September 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Staged reading of “Doubt, a parable”
September 29 and October 3 at 2 p.m.
October 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Northampton Center for the Arts
“Ambush on T Street”
September 10-12
Scheherazade Theatre presents
“Abundance”
September 16-18

Northern Stage and Marlboro College
Castle Theatre Company presents
“Macbeth”
September 6 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Whittemore Theater

Nutshell Playhouse
“Dance With a Clown”
September 11 at 11 a.m.
at Main Street Stage

Oldcastle Theatre Company
“A Song For My Father”
Through September 5
Annual Fundraiser
September 10 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Bennington Center for the Arts

Opera Theatre of Weston (OTW)
Magic Flute September Soiree
September 18 at 4:30 p.m.
at The Landgrove Inn on Saturday

Proctors Theatre
The Mop & Bucket Company (MopCo) Improv Jams
September 30 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors
“Forever Plaid”
Through September 12

Salem Art Works
“The Lottery”
September 3 & 4 at 6 p.m.

The Sand Lake Center for the Arts
Ventriloquist Sylvia Markson
September 5 at 1:30 p.m.

Sandglass Theater
Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival
Heather Henson presents
“Panther and Crane”
September 18 at 3 p.m.
on the Latchis MainStage
September 19 at 3 p.m.
at the Bellows Falls Opera House
“All Weather Bulletins”
September 19 & 23 at 8 p.m
at Sandglass Theater
Puppetry in America
September 20 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Paul Mesner Puppets presents
“Just So Stories”
September 21 & 22 at noon
at the Bellows Falls Opera House
Company Askelere presents
“Sleeping Beauty”
September 23 & 24 at 8 p.m.
at Marlboro College
Festival Club
September 23, 24 & 26 at 9 p.m.
at the Putney Inn
Tabola Rasa presents
“The Miser”
September 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.
at the Bellows Falls Opera House
Masque Theatre Company presents
“Peach Orchard”
September 25 at 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.
in the Latchis Ballroom
Lille Kartofler Theater presents
“Rumpelstiltskin”
September 25 at 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.
at the River Garden
Blair Thomas and Company presents
“Hard Headed Heart”
September 25 & 26 at 8 p.m.
at Green Mountain Orchards
“Accidents Can Happen Cabaret”
September 25 at 10 p.m.
at Luminz Studio
Paul Mesner Puppets presents
“The Three Little Pigs, Told by A. Wolf”
September 26 at 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.
in the Latchis Ballroom
Association of European Freelance Artists (AEFA) presents
“Noemi and Noella”
September 26 at 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.
at the River Garden

Schenectady Civic Players
Staged reading of “The Guys”
September 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Scheherazade Theatre
“Abundance”
September 16-18
at the Northampton Center for the Arts

Shakespeare & Company
Founders’ Theatre
“Richard III”
Through September 5
“The Winter’s Tale”
Through September 6
“The Taster”
Through September 6
“Women of Will”
September 11 at 7:30 p.m.
September 12 at 2 p.m.
Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
“Bad Dates”
Through September 12
“Mengelberg and Mahler”
Through September 9
“The Comedy of Errors”
Through September 4
“Sea Marks”
Through September 5
Studio Festival of Plays
“Anton in Show Business”
September 6 at 11 a.m.
“Hour Glass”
September 6 at 12:45 p.m.
“Death and the Ploughman”
September 6 at 2:25 p.m.
“The Liar”
September 6 at 5 p.m.
“The Memory of Water”
September 6 at 6:15 p.m.
“Equivocation”
September 6 at 8 p.m.
“Loveplay”
September 7 at 11 a.m.
“Amy’s View”
September 7 at 12:45 p.m.
“Opus”
September 7 at 2:15 p.m.
“The Home Team”
September 7 at 5:30 p.m.
September 6 & 7 from 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
“The Real Inspector Hound”
September 18-November 7
Rose Footprint Theatre
“More Words! More Play!”
Through September 5

‘62 Center for Theatre & Dance at Williams College
Conversation: The Role of the Black Comedian as Cultural Provocateur
September 28 at 8 p.m.
Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company presents
“The Shipment”
September 29 at 8 p.m.
September 30 at 8 & 9:30 p.m.
on the MainStage
Staging Race: The Theatre of Identity Politics
September 30 at 8 p.m.

Stageworks/Hudson
“The Amish Project”
Through September 5
Play-By-Play: Blue Moon
September 29-October 10

Taconic Stage Company
“Private Lives”
September 3 & 4
dinner at 7 p.m.; show at 8 p.m.
at the Light House Restaurant and Marina on Copake Lake
presented in association with Theatre Maketa
“A Lady of Letters”
September 4 & 5 at 4 p.m.
at Church of St John in the Wilderness

The Theater Barn
“The Full Monty”
Through September 5
“It Had To Be You”
September 10-26

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
“Revels and Revelations”
September 2 & 3 at 7:30 p.m.
September 4 at 4 p.m.
September 5 at 10 a.m.

Vermont Theatre Company
“Murder at the Disco”
September 17 & 18
at the Dummerston Grange

Walking the dog Theatre
Bon Appetit!: Encounters between Music and Theater
A collaboration with Diamond Opera Theatre
“Bon Appetit!”
“La Bonne Cuisine”
A Theatrical Surprise TBA
September 10, 11, 15, 16, 18 & 22-24 at 8 p.m.
at Basilica Industria/Hudson

Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
“Death of a Salesman”
Through September 5

Wilbraham Summer Youth Theatre
“Barnum”
September 10 at 7:30 p.m.
September 11 at 2 & 7:30 p.m.
September 12 at 3:30 p.m.

Woodstock Fringe Festival
“John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom”
September 3 at 8 p.m.
“Good Buy, Columbus!”
September 4 at 8 p.m.
September 5 at 5 p.m.
“Out of the Box”
September 4 at 5 p.m.
September 5 at 2 p.m.
FirstLooks: “In Trouble!”
September 4 at 2 p.m.
at the Byrdcliff Theater

Wright Stage Productions
“Mark Twain! Tonight!”
September 17 & 18 at 8 p.m.
at the Charles R. Wood Theater