[Capdist-announce] Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre Announces the Closing Line-Up For Its 10th Anniversary Season Finale

[Steven Patterson]

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small
theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, recently celebrated the
opening of its first decade of existence by presenting rapturously received
productions of two classic works – Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass
Menagerie” and Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”. They’re now ready to close
out their 10th Anniversary Season with four funny, moving, provocative, and
innovative new productions, including an important new American play, an
immersive solo show, a hilarious two-hander about friendship – and ping
pong, and a heady romp that unites Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and
Leo Tolstoy in an attempt to create a new translation of the Bible.
Currently slated for presentation at BST beginning in early August are:


*GRISWOLD by Angela J. Davis (First Full Production) August 8 – 18th, 2024.
Directed by M. Burke Walker*
It’s 1961 and birth control is illegal in Connecticut (and several other
states). On the eve
of the sexual revolution, a bold and iconoclastic 65-year-old woman
challenges the law by engineering her own arrest. This sets in motion an
extraordinary series of events leading to the first U.S. Supreme Court
decision to recognize a right of sexual privacy, paving the way for other
guarantees of liberty including the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Winner of the A is For Playwriting Award and the Playhouse Creatures
Emerging Playwrights Celebration Award. An important new work for what
promises to be a contentious election year in its first full production.



*OUT OF ORDER created and performed by Carl Holder August 29 – September 8,
2024 *Intimate, funny, playful, loving, sad. 50 index cards in a bowl. Some
are confessions,
characters, stories, others prompt weird group activities in the room. One
card at a time is removed and performed in whatever order the universe
dictates. It's a game. It's a
play. It's an experience with other people. Originally conceived to be
performed in living rooms, we’ll be presenting it in the immersive confines
of our Speakeasy lobby space. Audience members will be in close proximity
to the performer and their inner selves.
Who did you think you could be once? Come over and play with your friend
Carl. It can’t hurt...?



*CHIPANDGUS by John Ahlin and Christopher Patrick Mullen September 26 –
October 6, 2024 *The two loneliest men in upstate New York meet once a
month in the grungy back room of a rundown Schenectady sports bar, to do
the one thing they both love...play ping pong. In this fast-paced,
blisteringly brilliant comedy, the most casual of acquaintances, discover
that their lives intertwine in ways they couldn’t possibly have known.
Virtuoso verbal and physical comedy with tons of heart from
writer/performers John Ahlin and Christopher Patrick Mullen. Presented in
collaboration with Fat Knight Theatre.

* THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO
TOLSTOY: DISCORD*

*by Scott Carter. November 14 – 24, 2024. Directed by Carmen Borgia *A
Founding Father, a Victorian novelist, and a revolutionary Russian author
walk into a…stop me if you’ve heard this one. Thomas Jefferson (yeah, that
one), Charles Dickens (the very same) and Count Leo Tolstoy (who else?)
come together in a blistering battle of wits. From Scott Carter (executive
producer of “Real Time with Bill Maher”), this whip-smart comedy examines
what happens when three famous thinkers are locked together in Hell.
Yearning for a little food for thought with your fun? This one’s for you!

Steve Barnes of the Times Union recently wrote,” After a decade, there’s
ample evidence for saying this: Bridge Street Theatre is the region’s most
fearless professional stage company.” Do you love plays that genuinely make
you think, feel, and laugh out loud? Performances that will lodge in your
mind and heart? Productions that you’ll be discussing for weeks, months,
and even years after the lights go down? You won’t want to miss any of the
extraordinary experiences in store for you at this six-time winner of “Best
Theatre/Performance Space” at the annual Best of Greene County Awards.
Advance tickets for all four plays are now available for purchase. Just
visit bridgest.org and click on the appropriate links.

*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. Bridge Street Theatre’s entire 2024 Season is sponsored by a
generous donation from Mary E. Barrett.*
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