Friday, June 28, 7:30 pm
HUDSON AIR: RADIO PLAYS
Andrew Joffe, Lora Lee Ecobelli, James Occhino, Nancy Rothman, David Anderson
Presented by PS21 in collaboration with Hudson Air, Hudson Opera House, and WGXC 90.7 FM

An evening of live radio theater performed by members of Hudson Air, Lora Lee Ecobelli, Nancy Rothman and James Occhino directed by Andrew Joffe. This is the first in a series of live radio performances to be presented in alternate seasons by PS21 and Hudson Opera House. The programs will be recorded live for future broadcast on Hudson’s Community radio station WGXC. This evening’s program of comedy will include Anton Chekhov’s A Marriage Proposal, adapted for radio by Andrew Joffe, as well as the contemporary pieces: As In Aphrodite by Steve Somkin, At Your Service by Byron Nilsson, Hospital Corners by Nancy Rothman, Transubstantiation by Andrew Joffe and The Interview by Lora Lee Ecobelli.

Andrew Joffe is a seasoned radio theater director, performer, and Foley artist. He will conduct a workshop for community members to learn the art of creating sound effects at the Hudson Opera House in mid-June. Check the Hudson Opera House website below for updates.

Tickets: $18/$15 members/$10 youth 18 years and under

Click here for Hudson Opera House website
Click here for WGXC website

July 5-21, 8:00 pm
WALKING THE DOG THEATER in
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY AND OTHER SHORT COMEDIES
by David Ives

Walking the Dog Theater is returning for its sixth season at the Tent with an evening of comedic short plays by contemporary American playwright David Ives. His plays’ verbal dexterity, theatrical invention, and quirky humor have made him popular with audiences and critics alike. His full-length play Venus in Fur was recently on Broadway.

The evening’s program includes:
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY is a domestic drama of a troubled young wife who finds herself crossing through time—and identities—on a fateful winter evening in an empty apartment.

A SINGULAR KIND OF GUY is about a young guy who is out on a Saturday night in his best shoes, talking to a girl he's met in a bar. She's nice, he likes her. But he's got this ... And he can't even type!

DR FRITZ or, The Forces of Light is a metaphysical examination of god and Sigmund Freud, based on a story Ives read in the New York Times …

DEGAS C’EST MOI is the story of an unemployed drifter who decides to spend his day being painter Edgar Degas…

ARABIAN NIGHTS is the story of utterly normal Norman who walks into utterly ordinary Flora’s shop looking for a souvenir of his travels and together they find whirlwind romance, spurred on by a wacky translator.

Tickets: Previews (Friday, July 5 - Sun, July 7) $20/$15 members & students
Thursdays (July 11 & July 18) $25/$20 members/$15 students
Friday – Sunday (July 12-14 & July 19-21) $30/$25 members/$18 students

Click here for Walking the Dog Theater’s website

This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Saturday, July 27, 8:00 pm
HILARY CHAPLAIN in A LIFE IN HER DAY
Winner of the Solo Show Award at the International Fringe Festival in NYC

Unconventional and outrageously funny, A Life In Her Day is a wonderful mix of physical comedy and serious theatre about a Jewish woman chasing the elusive promises of happily ever after.  An original amalgam of Lucille Ball and Charlie Chaplin, Hilary Chaplain is a quirky physical comedienne.  In transforming simple objects into human companions, Hilary’s character gets caught up in an alternate reality. The show is a lovely, humorous portrait of a woman who wants the same thing as everyone else – to be loved. 

Hilary Chaplain is recognized as one of America’s foremost professional physical comediennes, performing her original solo and ensemble work for over a decade throughout the US, Canada, South America, Europe and Asia.  She is currently touring A Life in Her Day which has won multiple prizes at festivals around the world. A founding member of the New York Goofs Hilary has appeared with them at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Medora Musical, and on tour at Wolf Trap with Bob McGrath from Sesame Street.  Hilary was an original cast member in Bill Irwin's Largely/New York and also played a featured role in the 1994 Oscar winning movie Forrest Gump.

“Sort of a Lucy Ricardo–Little Tramp hybrid...” - TimeOut New York

Hilary did a 5-minute solo turn which stole the show.  She looked fantastic and brought down the house with veteran clowns hooting from the wings.”  Bill Irwin

Tickets: $25/$20 members/$15 youth

Click here for Hilary Chaplain’s website