2026 Season Events
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SOUND BATHS
Saturdays at 3 PM
Mar 21, Jun. 20, Sep. 19 and Dec. 19, 2026
with Healer / Percussionist MARCEL SMITH
SUMMER SHORTCUTS XVI
August 20 - 30, 2026
Thur.-Sat. at 7PM, Sun. at 3PM
Project Director Playwrights: Amie Brockway
Project Director Production: Patricia Van Tassel
THE CAST
L to R: Robert Laurence, Ward Stevenson, Pat Williams Hoffstatter, Patricia Brannen, Gary Falk, Rhea Wallace, Chloe Burwin, Parker Cross, Nadya Rockefeller, Savannah Sarter, Casey Eminowicz, Madison (Madie) Burgwin, Lauren Thayer, Thomas Fife, Anne Saxon Hersh
INTRODUCTION BY
L to R: Savannah Sarter, Rhea Wallace, Casey Eminowicz, Madison (Madie) Burgwin, Chloe Burgwin
THE MAGIC OF MAKING SS XVI
169 Playwrights, 8 Readers, 6 Final Plays
DRESSING ON THE SIDE
By Lori M. Myers • Directed by Robert Laurence
MAGGIE - Lauren Thayer, SAL - Thomas Fife, MRS. LIEBOVITZ - Pat Williams Hoffstatter, MR. LIEBOVITZ - Ward Stevenson
CROSSING
By Mike Rendino • Directed by Willow Harrington
ANNA - Anne Saxon Hersh, KEVIN - Robert Laurence
ICE CREAM, DNA AND STUFF
By Niki Hatzidis • Directed by Pip Merrick
ROBERT - Parker Cross, ISLA - Nadya Rockefeller
THE TABLE BELL
By Jim Lindheim • Directed by Elizabeth Sherr
RACHEL - Lauren Thayer, SELMA - Pat Williams Hoffstatter, GRANDMA - Anne Saxon Hersh
TOE TO TOE
By Peter Anderegg • Directed by Darlene DeMaille
VIRGIL - Gary Falk, PETULA - Patricia Brannen
SIGNS OF SOLIDARITY
by John Dennis David Keane • Directed by Tim Main
LUKE BRENNAN - Parker Cross, BRIDGIT BRENNAN, Nadya Rockefeller, DEIRDRE BRENNAN - Chloe Burgwin, NOREEN BRENNAN - Savannah Sarter
TROILUS & CRESSIDA
by William Shakespeare
August 9, 2026 at 2PM
The Open Eye Theater presented The As If Then Creative Coalition’s inaugural production
Cast L to R: MAGGIE DUPRE, AVERY AVELLINO, GRACE STEWART GARDNER, AVERY WALTERS, ALEX SIMPSON
12 ANGRY ELECTRICS
by William Electric Black
August 1, 2026 at 7PM
In this solo play, inspired by Sidney Lumet's classic courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men, he plays all twelve jurors.
MIDDLETOWN AND THE REVOLUTION
Voices from the Frontier
Presented by
Historical Society or Middletown
and
The Open Eye Theater
Directed by
Frank Canavan
and
Joyce St. George
July 11 at 3PM and 7PM
July 12 at 3PM
Cast L to R: Rebecca Newman (Mary “Polly” Yaple Avery), Steven Hitt (Abel Sands), Bill Birns (Elijah Parker), Eli Taylor (Thomas Paine), Burr Hubbell (Issachar Robinson), John Bernhardt (George Sands), Michael Fairbairn (Jacob VanBenschoten), Casey Eminowicz (Benjamin Burgher), Amy Taylor (Catherine VanWaggonen). Not pictured: Arnie Schwartz (Narrator)
THE SPRINGVALE ARMADILLO
(in NYC)
by Donald Loftus
directed by Michelle Macau
A reading of the play which had its world premiere at The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville, NY in October 2025.
The reading was presented by The Open Eye Theater in association with The Masterworks Theater Company
June 22, 2026 @ 7:00PM
Theater 555
555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
Cast L to R: Michelle Macau (Director), Pamela Joy (Young Ruby), Anne Saxon-Hersh (Ruby), Keith Weiss (Matthew/Billy), Pat Williams Hoffstatter (Nurse Sharp),
Darlene DeMaille (Stage Directions)
MARIPOSA/BUTTERFLY
By José Casas and Sandra Fenichel Asher
Directed by Michelle Macau
May 23, July 18, 19, 25, 26 at 2PM
Cast L to R: Marcel Smith (Percussionist), Glenna Yu (Puppeteer), Victoria Vogrincic (First Neighbor), Lisa Ruth Mays (Second Neighbor)
HAMLET
By William Shakespeare, Directed by Sydney Berk
The Open Eye Theater presented the Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Company with their touring production
April 19 at 2PM
Cast L to R: Nick Trotta (Horatio/Polonius), Molly Martinez-Collins (Ophelia/Rosencrantz), David Michaeli (Hamlet), Detalion Dixon (Claudius), Ashley Hill (Gertrude), Steele Whitney (Laertes/Guilenstern)
