<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">“I think for some
uncertain reason<br>
Mercy will be shown this season<br>
To the lovely and misfit…” Tennessee
Williams<br>
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The award-winning Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and
adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is delighted
to announce its upcoming 2023 Mainstage Season – five full evenings (or
afternoons if you prefer to attend matinee performances) of provocative and
innovative plays celebrating all those who somehow don’t quite fit in.
Currently slated for production on BST’s Priscilla Mainstage, located at 44
West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill, are:<br>
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RUDE MECHANICS by Eric Hissom (world premiere), April 20 – 30 <br>
London, January 1612. A theatre in the court of King James. On a night fraught
with political and romantic intrigue, a spear-carrier in Shakespeare’s troupe
is suddenly thrust into a major role and frantically rehearses for an imminent
performance before the Court. A fast, funny, slyly anachronistic, and scarily
relevant period comedy about the insanity (and the wonder) of trying to create
theatre during a time of plague.<br>
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EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch (regional premiere), May 25 – June 4<br>
When the son of an escaped Nazi war criminal (still alive and living in Paraguay)
and the American daughter of an Auschwitz survivor meet and fall in love in
Berlin, what they chose to reveal and conceal from one another brings the past
crashing down on them. Love, guilt, and recriminations mix in this theatrical
gut-punch from the author of “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes”.<br>
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I AM BARBIE by Walton Beacham (regional premiere), August 31 – September 10<br>
It’s Barbie’s 60th Birthday (she still looks FABULOUS, by the way), and she
spends it reminiscing about her countless careers, her relationship with Ken,
and with other characters from her life including GI Joe, She-Ra, and her
creators, Ruth Handler and Jack Ryan. A hilarious and surprisingly touching
look at what it’s like to be a Barbie Girl in a not-so-Barbie world.<br>
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams, October 5 – 15<br>
One of a handful of undisputed American classics. Tennessee William’s
poetically autobiographical memory play premiered in 1944 and catapulted its
young author from obscurity into fame (and notoriety). We’re presenting
Williams’ moving remembrance of family ties, lost dreams, and shattered
illusions in its original version, with incidental music composed for the
initial production by Paul Bowles.<br>
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SYMPATHETIC MAGIC by Lanford Wilson (regional premiere), November 9 – 19<br>
Part of BST’s mission is to resurrect neglected plays and put them back onstage
where they belong. This late and little-known work by one of America’s most
revered and beloved playwrights ponders the cosmic in the mundane in the story
of a young astrophysicist who makes a potentially world-changing discovery at
the same time his long-term companion, a sculptor on the verge of a brilliant
career, discovers that she is pregnant with his child.<br>
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Tickets for all five individual shows Bridge Street Theatre’s 2023 “Misfits”
Season will be sold at the door for $30, but a full Season Subscription Pass
can be purchased for just $125. Subscribers will also receive a laminated
membership card good for added discounts on other BST events and special offers
from local businesses. Tickets for Students ages 18 and under are priced at
only $15 per show. For more information and to purchase your Season Pass, visit
<a href="http://bridgest.org/2023-season-subscription/">bridgest.org/2023-season-subscription/</a>.<br>
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If you’re a fan of works that go straight to your heart without bypassing your
brain, you won’t want to miss out on any of the extraordinary experiences in
store for you 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">Artwork: "Deer Dreaming" by Dina Bursztyn<br>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Events at Bridge Street Theatre are supported in
part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor
of New York and the New York State Legislature and by Public Funds from the
Greene County Legislature through the Cultural Fund administered in Greene
County by the CREATE Council on the Arts.</span></i><br></div></div>