<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most
adventurous and exciting small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region,
is delighted to announce that they have completed casting for their 2022 Fall
Mainstage Season – eleven brilliant actors in three scintillating, provocative,
and innovative plays, including a world premiere commissioned especially for
BST from one of Canada’s most renowned playwrights, the U.S. premiere of the
2021 winner of the Governor General’s Award for English-Language Drama, and a contemporary
American classic. Currently slated for production at BST this autumn are:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SHELLEY’S SHADOW (World Premiere Commission)<br>
September 8 – 18. Directed by John Sowle</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<a name="_Hlk95720410">Out of work, out of money, and out of ideas, David, a
writer in his 60s, becomes the reluctant caretaker for his upstairs neighbors -
Shelley, a gregarious lesbian in her 80s with encroaching Alzheimer's-related
dementia, and her long-time canine companion Shadow. Featured in the cast are
Janet Keller (Shelley), Steven Patterson (David), and Daniel Hall Kuhn
(Shadow).<br>
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<b>SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES by Hannah Moscovitch<br>
(U.S. Premiere)</b><br>
<b>October 13 - 23. Directed by Margo Whitcomb</b><br>
<a name="_Hlk95720452">After his third marriage falls apart, Jon, an acclaimed
novelist and a star professor, is distressed to find himself becoming attracted
to one of his students. Nineteen-year-old Annie is a big fan of his work and,
coincidentally, lives just down the street. As their attraction grows and the
sexual tension escalates, the archetypal student-teacher romance gets turned on
its head in this compelling new play, winner of the 2021 Governor General's Literary
Award. Featured in the cast are Abby Burris (Annie) and Christopher Patrick
Mullen (Jon).<br>
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<b>THE LION IN WINTER by James Goldman <br>
November 10 – 20. Directed by John Sowle</b><br>
King Henry II has just released his estranged wife Eleanor from prison so that
the entire back-stabbing royal family can spend the holiday together. He’s
getting old and a succession plan needs to be mapped out. But this looks like
one Christmas where nobody is going to get what they want. Featured in the cast
are Steven Patterson (Henry), Roxanne Fay (Eleanor), Seth McNeill (Richard),
Michael Raver (Geoffrey), Orlando Grant (John), Christopher Joel Onken
(Phillip), and Geneva Turner (Alais).<br>
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In addition, Bridge Street Theatre has commissioned individual paintings
illustrating each of the shows in this Fall’s line-up from visual artist Agam
Neiman as well as original incidental music for its production of THE LION IN
WINTER from composer N. Jennings White.<br>
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A Fall Season Pass, good for bargain admission to all three plays, is now
available for purchase, as well as single tickets for each individual show.
Simply visit <a href="http://bridgest.org/2022-fall-season/">bridgest.org/2022-fall-season/</a> and click on the appropriate links.
All three productions will be presented in the theatre’s intimate 84-seat “Priscilla”
Mainstage, located at 44 West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill.<br>
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In his 2021 year-end Arts round-up in the Times Union last December, critic Steve
Barnes called Bridge Street Theatre “as good as theatre gets.” If you’re a fan
of plays that genuinely make you think and feel, performances that lodge in
your mind and heart, and productions that you’ll be discussing for weeks,
months, even years after the curtain falls, you won’t want to miss any of the
extraordinary experiences in store for you this Fall at this four-time winner
of “Best Theatre/Performance Space” at the annual Best of Greene County Awards.
For more details, visit the theatre’s website at BridgeStreetTheatre.org.</span><div><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All Artwork by Agam Neiman<br>
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