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The Academy at Charlemont
“Julius Caesar”
February 9 & 10 at 7 p.m.
February 13 at 1 & 7 p.m.
in the Recital Hall

Albany Civic Theater
“Rumors”
Pay-What-You-Will Preview February 9 at 8 p.m.
February 10, 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.
February 12, 19 & 26 at 3 p.m.

Amherst College Theater
“Chimps”
January 29 at 2 & 7 p.m.
at Cole Assembly, Converse Hall
“BelReso Curvus”
February 9-11 at 8 p.m.
“<3 In the Age of the iPhone"
February 23-25 at 8 p.m.
in the Holden Theater

Arts Center of the Capital Region
Village Stage and Starzyk Play Productions present
Staged reading of “Seasons Change”
February 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Ashfield Community Theater
“The Vagina Monologues in the Hilltowns”
February 11 at 8 p.m.

Barrington Stage Company
10×10 On North: Ten-Minute Play Festival “Entrances & Exits”
“God in the Goat”
“Another Cup of Coffee”
“Tenderness”
“The Story”
“Lannie’s Lament”
“The Things I Left on Long Island”
“Lunch With Amanda”
“Behold the Coach, In a Blazer, Uninsured”
“Total Expression”
“Fugu”
February 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.
February 18 & 25 at 3 & 7:30 p.m.
February 19 & 26 at 3 p.m.

Berkshiren Actors Theatre
10×10 On North Festival
“10X10″
February 25 at 6 & 10 p.m.
at the Ferrin Gallery

Berkshire Theatre Group
The Duke’s Men of Yale
February 11 at 8 p.m.
at The Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St. Stockbridge, MA

Bing Bamboo Room Burlesque
January 30 at 8 p.m.
at Savannah’s 1 South Pearl Street, Albany, NY

Bounti-Fare Restaurant
“The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour Benefit”
January 28 at 9 p.m.

Burlesque Paradiso
“1920′s Revue”
February 3 at 9 p.m.
at Ristorante Paradiso

Capital Repertory Theatre
“The Sisters Rosensweig”
Through February 19

C-R Productions at the Cohoes Music Hall
“The Pirates of Penzance”
February 9-19

Circle Theatre Players
“The Legacy of Human Property”
January 27 & 28 at 8 p.m.
January 29 at 2:30 p.m.
“The Ives Have It”
February 1-5
at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts

CityStage
“Parents Night Out”
February 2-4

Class Act Productions
“Company”
January 27-29 and February 2-5
in The James L. Meader Theater on the Russell Sage campus

Classic Theater Guild
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
February 17, 18, 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.
February 19 & 26 at 2 p.m.
at Proctors

The Colonial Theatre, Keene, NH
Keene Lions Club presents
“The Wizard of Oz”
February 17 at 7:30 p.m.
February 18 at 1 & 7:30 p.m.
February 19 at 1 p.m.

Confetti Stage
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
February 3-5 & 10-12

Congregation Shaaray Tefila
“Broadway Royalty”
January 29 at 2 p.m.

Curtain Call Theatre
“Next Fall”
Through February 11
“Lend Me a Tenor”
February 24-March 31

Elms College
“Rat”
February 1 at 7 p.m.

Emma Willard School
“The Servant of Two Masters”
February 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Kiggins Auditorium

FAB Productions
Murder Mystery Musical Dinner Theater
February
in Broadalbin NY and surrounding area

The Ghent Playhouse
“Urinetown”
Through February 5

Glens Falls Community Theatre
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
February 24-26 and March 2-4, 9 & 10
at the Queensbury Hotel

The Goshen Players
“Fool for Love”
February 10 & 11
“The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Stupid Tales”
February 25 & 26 and March 3 & 4

Greene Room Productions
G.R.I.P. (Greene Room Improv Players) Improv Comedy Show
February

Hampshire College
“The Yellow Boat”
January 28 and February 2 & 4 at 7 p.m.
January 27 at 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
January 29 at 2 p.m.
February 3 at 1 p.m.
in the Main Stage Theater

Happier Valley Comedy Show
January 28 at 8 p.m.
at the Dynamite Space, Thornes Market

Home Made Theater
Annual benefit Murder Mystery evening “Fatal Fortunes”
January 27 & 28 at 7 p.m.
at the Gideon Putnam Resort
“And Then There Were None”
February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.
February 19 & 26 at 2 p.m.
Shuster Reading Series
February 12 at 3 p.m.

Hubbard Hall
“The Zoo Story” and “The Sandbox”
January 27 & 28 at 8 p.m.
January 29 at 2 p.m.

Hudson Opera House
Hudson Teen Theatre Project presents
“Laugh Cry Kiss” 
January 28 at 7 p.m.

HRC Showcase Theatre
Staged reading of “An Ignorant Man”
February 4 at 7:30 p.m.
at Time & Space, Ltd.

Ja’Duke Productions
“Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical”
January 27 & 28 at 6:30 p.m.
(Dinner at 6 p.m.)
at Chandler’s at Yankee Candle

J.A.M. Productions & ABB Event Productions
“The Vagina Monologues”
February 12-14

Launching Pad Productions
“Annie”
February 3 & 10 at 7 p.m.
February 4 & 11 at 1 & 7 p.m.
at the Ballston Spa Middle School

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Tall Stories presents
“Twinkle, Twinkle”
February 29 at 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

Majestic Theater
“The Island Lily”
Through February 12
“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
February 23-April 1

Marble Valley Players
“Comedy Improv”
January 27 & 28
at the South Station Restaurant

The Mop & Bucket Company
“Spontaneous Broadway”
Jan 27 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors
“You Never Know…”
February 3, 10, 17 & 24 and March 2. 9, 16 & 23 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors Theatre

Mount Holyoke College
“Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through MIT’s Math Maze”
February 6 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Rooke Theater

Northampton Academy of Music
Old Deerfield Productions presents
“Truth”
February 16-18 at 7:30 p.m.

Not So Common Players
Staged reading of “Vanities”
January 28 at 7 p.m.
January 29 at 2 p.m.

Old Deerfield Productions
“Truth”
February 16-18 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Northampton Academy of Music

The Other Theater
Staged reading of “The Southerland School”
January 27

Paramount Theatre
Cirque Mechanics: Boomtown!
February 17 at 8 p.m.

Proctors
Key Private Bank Broadway Series
“Shrek: the Musical”
January 27 at 8 p.m.
January 28 at 2 & 8 p.m.
January 29 at 2 p.m.
Story Circle: Word Plays – “Taking Liberties”
January 29 at 2 p.m.
in the Fenimore Gallery
The Mop & Bucket Company presents
“Spontaneous Broadway”
Jan 27 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors
“You Never Know…”
February 3, 10, 17 & 24 and March 2. 9, 16 & 23 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors Theatre
Cinematic Titanic
February 4 at 8 p.m.
on the MainStage
Classic Theater Guild presents
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
February 17, 18, 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.
February 19 & 26 at 2 p.m.
Key Private Bank Broadway Series
“Jersey Boys”
February 28 & 29 and March 2, 6, 7, 9, 14 & 16 at 8 p.m.
March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 & 17 at 2 & 8 p.m.
March 4, 11 & 18 at 2 p.m.

RPI Players
An Evening of Performance 2012
February 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8 p.m.
February 19 at 2 p.m.

Royal Berkshire Improv troupe (RBIT)
Improv at the Playhouse!
February 17 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Spectrum Playhouse
NAMI Fundraiser – Dinner & Improv
February 2 at 6 p.m.
at the ITAM Lodge, 93 Waubeek Road, Pittsfield, MA

Russsell Sage College
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Sucide When The Rainbow is Enuf”
February 25 at 8 p.m.
February 26 at 2 p.m.

Sandglass Theater
Winter Sunshine Series
Wonderspark Puppets present
“Little Red Riding Hood”
February 4 at 2 & 4 p.m.
Barefoot Puppets present
“The Little Bread Hen”
February 25 at 2 & 4 p.m.

Sand Lake Center for the Arts
Circle Theatre Players present
“The Legacy of Human Property”
January 27 & 28 at 8 p.m.
January 29 at 2:30 p.m.
“The Ives Have It”
February 1-5

Saratoga Children’s Theatre
Disney’s “Aladdin, Kids”
February 24 at 2:30 p.m.
in St. Peter’s School Auditorium, 64 Hamilton Street, Saratoga Springs, NY

Schenectady Civic Players
“The Ives Have It”
January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4 at 8 p.m.
January 29 and February 5 at 2:30 p.m.
February 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Free staged reading of “Becky’s New Car”
February 12 at 2:30 p.m.

SLOC Musical Theater
“Baby”
February 10,11 & 16-18 at 8 p.m.
February 12 & 19 at 2 p.m.

Shakespeare & Company
“The Learned Ladies”
February 3-March 25
in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

The Shea Theater
New Renaissance Players present
“Treasure Island”
February

Siena College
Hedda Gabler
February 23 at 8 p.m.
in Foy Hall 107 Studio,

’62 Center for Theatre & Dance at Williams College
Center Series presents
“Cloud Gate 2″
February 15 at 8 p.m.
on the Main Stage
WilliamsTheatre presents
Senior Honors Projects
February 16 & 17 at 7:30 p.m.
February 18 at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.
in the Center Stage Theatre
Cap & Bells presents
Show TBA
February 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Adams Memorial Theatre

Smith College Theatre
New Play Reading Series: “Play”
February 9
“Moment”
February 24-25 and March 1-3 at 8 p.m.
in the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts

Spectrum Playhouse
RBIT does Improv at the Playhouse!
February 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Terry A La Berry
February 4 at 11 a.m.

Spotlight Players
Free Staged Reading of
“Crimes of the Heart”
February 12 at 2 p.m.
at the East Greenbush Library

Stageworks/Hudson
“Paris 1890 – Unlaced!”
February 11 at 8 p.m.

Steamer No. 10 Theatre
“Hansel and Gretel”
January 28 & 29 at 3 p.m.
CAST (Creative Arts at Steamer Ten) presents
“Into the Woods”
February 10 at 7 p.m.
February 11 at 2 & 7 p.m.
February 12 at 2 p.m.
February Vacation Daze
TBA
February 20
Ventriloquist Steve Charney
February 21 at 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Magician Jim Snack
February 22 at 10 a.m., 1 & 3:30 p.m.
TBA
February 23
The Zucchini Brothers
February 24 at 10 a.m., 1 & 3:30 p.m.
Theater Voices of Albany presents
Staged reading of “Sight Unseen”
February 17 at 8 p.m.
February 18 at 3 & 8 p.m.
February 19 at 3 p.m.

Story Circle
“Taking Liberties”
January 29 at 2 p.m.
in the Fenimore Gallery at Proctors
Socks Without Partners and Other Love Stories
February 2 at 5 p.m.
at the Glen Sanders Mansion

Symphony Hall
“Blast”
February 12

The Theater Project of Schoharie County
“12 Angry Men”
January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4 at 7:30 p.m.
January 29 and February 5 at 2 p.m.
at Golding Middle School

Theater Voices of Albany
Staged reading of “Sight Unseen”
February 17 at 8 p.m.
February 18 at 3 & 8 p.m.
February 19 at 3 p.m.
at Steamer No. 10 Theatre

The Theatre Institute at Sage
“Much Ado About Nothing”
February 10, 14-16, 28 & 29 and March 1, 2 at 10 a.m.
February 11 & 18 at 8 p.m.
February 12, 19 at 2 p.m.
February 17 at 10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
in the Schacht Fine Arts Center

Town Players of Pittsfield
Staged reading of “Love Letters”
February 11 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts

Troy Acting Guild
“Avenue Q”
January 28 at 1 & 8 p.m.
January 29 at 1 p.m.

UAlbany Musical Theatre Association
“Hair”
January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4

University at Albany Theatre
Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze
February 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Short Plays & Skirmishes: “The Proxy,” “Within These Garden Walls” & “Sanctuary”
February 10 at 7 p.m.
February 11 at 1 p.m.
in the Performing Arts Center Studio Theatre
“Great Expectations”
February 23 & 24 and March 1 & 2 at 8 p.m.
February 25 at 2 & 8 p.m.
February 26 and March 3 at 2 p.m.

UMass Theater
“The Tailor of Inverness”
January 31 and February 1-3 at 8 p.m.
in the Curtain Theater
“The Color Purple”
January 31 & February 1 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

Village Stage and Starzyk Play Productions
“Vatican 3-G”
January 27 at 7 & 8 p.m.
at 274 River St., Troy, NY
Staged reading of “Seasons Change”
February 18 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Arts Center of the Capital Region

The Williams Inn
8th Annual Food of Love Fundraiser
February 12 at 3:30 p.m.

WPJO Productions
“WASP”
February 28
at the The Villa Tuscan Grille