Calendar 2025
Our 53rd Year Producing New Theatrical Work
February 1: COMMUNITY SING! Community Network at The Open Eye Theater - Event #1
March 1: COMMUNITY SING! Community Network at The Open Eye Theater - Event #2
March 2025: Casting for Anne of Green Gables.
Send email to michelle@theopeneyetheater.org with the subject line ANNE GG Audition and your name.
February 15: THE BALLAD TREE,” the Gloaming Project at The Open Eye Theater - Performance #1
“The Ballad Tree” is an evening of live music, song, dance and puppetry of ballads, rooted in Irish, English, and Scottish traditions. The ballads have dark themes that speak to challenging emotions and situations, yet their compositions are soothing and trancelike.
March 22: “THE BALLAD TREE,” the Gloaming Project at The Open Eye Theater - Performance #2
“The Ballad Tree” is an evening of live music, song, dance and puppetry of ballads, rooted in Irish, English, and Scottish traditions. The ballads have dark themes that speak to challenging emotions and situations, yet their compositions are soothing and trancelike.
April 27 at 2 PM: Catskill Mountain Shakespeare’s touring production of William Shakespeare’s “PERICLES”
”Pericles” tells the epic story of the titular character’s long, arduous journey filled with personal loss, exile, and separation from his family. The play spans years of struggle as Pericles faces shipwrecks, the loss of his wife Thaisa, and the kidnapping of his daughter Marina. At its core, Pericles is a story about a father and daughter finding each other against all odds, making it one of Shakespeare’s most hopeful and moving works.
Directed by Peter G. Andersen, the production will feature original live music composed by Daniel Emond, blending a nautical, crooning sound reminiscent of early 2000s band Beirut. The actors will perform the text while playing instruments and singing, making for a truly engaging experience.
April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 4. Thursdays – Saturday at 7 PM; Sunday at 3 PM: “ANNE OF GREEN GABLES”
General Audience.
Director: Michelle Macau
Members Enjoy a 20% Discount!
May 31 at 2 PM. Auditions for SUMMER SHORTCUTS XV.
Mid-May through June. The theater is available for fundraisers, rentals, collaborations
June 21 & 22: “THE LAST DAY OF DOROTHY LILLIAN PHELPS”
Written and performed by Patti Van Tassel
June 28 at 7 PM: “ELECTRIC’S WEST SIDE STORY”
Conceived and performed by William Electric Black.
Seven-time Emmy Award winner (former writer for Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, PBS...) - and Regional Tony Award winner (La MaMa ETC, NYC) - Ian Ellis James aka William Electric Black is presenting a one-man, family friendly, show inspired by the famous musical. “Electric’s West Side Story (On The Lower East Side),” the brain-child of the well-known playwright, director, and performer, is his take on the famous play, its place in history, role today, and issues it presents.
July 12 at 12:00 Noon. “THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD”
Theater for Young Audiences - Best for Children ages 3-8 and their adult friends.
Story #1 - TBD
In this immersive and interactive theater experience based on A. A. Milne’s characters and E. H. Shepard’s illustrations from the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, children and their adult friends enter The Hundred Acre Wood, meet Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Tigger and Roo and hear and see their stories.
Conceived and Directed by Amie Brockway, Set design by Ron Brockway
July 19 at 12:00 Noon. “THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD”
Theater for Young Audiences - Best for Children ages 3-8 and their adult friends.
Story #2 - TBD
In this immersive and interactive theater experience based on A. A. Milne’s characters and E. H. Shepard’s illustrations from the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, children and their adult friends enter The Hundred Acre Wood, meet Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Tigger and Roo and hear and see their stories.
Conceived and Directed by Amie Brockway, Set design by Ron Brockway
July 26 at 12:00 Noon. “THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD”
Theater for Young Audiences - Best for Children ages 3-8 and their adult friends.
Story #3 - TBD
In this immersive and interactive theater experience based on A. A. Milne’s characters and E. H. Shepard’s illustrations from the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, children and their adult friends enter The Hundred Acre Wood, meet Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Tigger and Roo and hear and see their stories.
Conceived and Directed by Amie Brockway, Set design by Ron Brockway
August 2 at 12:00 Noon. “THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD”
Theater for Young Audiences - Best for Children ages 3-8 and their adult friends.
Story #4 - TBD
In this immersive and interactive theater experience based on A. A. Milne’s characters and E. H. Shepard’s illustrations from the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, children and their adult friends enter The Hundred Acre Wood, meet Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Tigger and Roo and hear and see their stories.
Conceived and Directed by Amie Brockway, Set design by Ron Brockway
July/August - TBD. A GOOD DEAL – staged reading
by Ron Nash
July 31 - August 10, Thursdays – Saturdays at 7 PM; Sundays at 3 PM. “SUMMER SHORTCUTS XV”
Six sizzling new ten-minute plays--comedies and dramas revealing many facets of the human condition.
Members Enjoy a 20% Discount!
August 16. HUDSON VALLEY FILMMAKERS SCREENING
Jack Warren/Leland Krane
August 23 at 1 and 4 PM & August 24 at 2 PM. “ARMCHAIR CEMETERY TOUR”
Produced by Middletown Historical Society
September/October, Thurs.-Sat. @ 7pm / Sun. @ 3pm: THE SPRINGVALE ARMADILLO
A new play by Donald Loftus
October 6: Time and Details TBD. “ENOUGH! Plays to end Gun Violence”
November 29: ELVES WORKSHOP
After the Margaretville Holiday on Main Parade
December: HOLIDAY SHOW
Details TBD