Shakespeare in the Park – ‘Midsummer’ Through July 29 SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{{Couple overheard walking off their Brooks BBQ dinner at the Saratoga Senior Center:}}} He: “So what do you want to do now, hun?” She: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a place where world-class entertainment is provided free, in a perfect...
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BUSK! A Saratoga Event of Street Performance + Cabaret coming June 4
Presented by The Orchard Project in association with Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau The Red Trouser Show SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Orchard Project announced its first ever BUSK!, a free public event to kick off a Saratoga Springs summer, featuring artists from its famed residencies and beloved local...
Follow the Money!
Saratoga Arts Awards $97,800 in Arts Funding SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Arts has announced the recipients of the 2017 Community Arts Grants for organizations and individual artists in Fulton, Montgomery, and Saratoga Counties. Grants totaling $97,800 have been awarded to support 29 organizations and artists coordinating community-based arts events in 2017. With funding that...
Thinking Summer… And The Bard!
SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY WILL CELEBRATE SUMMER 2017 WITH A SEASON OF MAGIC – PRESENTING BOTH A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM AND THE WINTER’S TALE IN HISTORIC CONGRESS PARK Free Productions Run July 18th through August 5th SARATOGA SPRINGS -The Saratoga Shakespeare Company will celebrate the romance and magic of both summer and winter with two...
Planet Jonathan: A (JC) Penny-for-your Thoughts
Editor’s Note: Contributor Jonathan Albert is a professor of theatre at Union College in Schenectady, NY where he teaches acting and playwriting. He will be contributing his original self-contained scenes, as well as scenes from longer form plays, and other contributions to Planet Arthur. Full disclosure; He is also the Owner of Putnam Den,...
Planet Jonathan: Transit
Transit By Jonathan Albert Jonathan Albert is an adjunct professor of theatre at Union College. He teaches acting and playwriting. He is also the owner of Putnam Den in Saratoga Springs. We are happy Planet Jonathan is in concentric orbit with Planet Arthur. Sounds of crickets at night. Sounds of water slowly washing ashore....
Planet Jonathan: IMPULSE
Editor’s Note: Contributor Jonathan Albert is a professor of theatre at Union College in Schenectady, NY where he teaches acting and playwriting. He will be contributing his original self-contained scenes, as well as scenes from longer form plays, and other contributions to Planet Arthur. Full disclosure; He is also the Owner of Putnam Den,...
Monday Town + Gown: News From Skidmore
Ensemble Connect Program Celebrates 10 Years at Skidmore with Special Programming SARATOGA SPRINGS – Skidmore College celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Ensemble Connect, a graduate fellowship program for the finest young professional classical musicians in the world. Formerly known as Ensemble ACJW, the program was established in 2007 as a graduate fellowship program linking...
Planet Jonathan: The Parallel Universes
Editor’s Note: Contributor Jonathan Albert is a professor of theatre at Union College in Schenectady, NY where he teaches acting and playwriting. Currently, he is directing The Laramie Project at Union, which opened February 2nd. He will be contributing his original self-contained scenes, like this three-parter below, as well as scenes from longer form...