Calendar 2026

March:‍ ‍
March 9-14: Script Submission window for Summer Shortcuts XVI.
March 21: Spring Equinox Sound Bath with Marcel Smith. 3:00pm.
March 22: Auditions for MARIPOSA/BUTTERFLY by Jose Casas and Sandra Fenichel Asher.

April:
April 19: Hamlet by William Shakespeare performed by the Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Touring Ensemble. 2:00pm

May:
May 18-23: Mariposa/Butterfly by José Casas and Sandra Fenichel Asher. School matinees Monday-Friday. Public Performance Saturday matinee 2:00pm.

June:
June 20: Summer Solstice Sound Bath with Marcel Smith. 3:00pm.
June 22: The Springvale Armadillo - 2026 NYC Reading. 7:00pm at Theater 555, 555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY.
A reading with the original cast of the world premiere production presented by The Open Eye Theater Margaretville, NY October 9-19, 2025.

July:
July 9 and 12:: SSXVI Auditions.
Now in its 16th year, Summer Shortcuts XVI will present six new ten-minute plays selected from 168 submissions and produced in a single program with eight performances over two weekends.  Seeking director for one 10-minute play, actors ages 18-80, stage manager, production assistants.

In-person auditions will be held at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville on Thursday, July 9 from 2:00-5:00pm; and Sunday, July 12 from 6:00-8:00pm. 

Actors will be given scenes from the plays to read. Prepared short monologues are encouraged.  All positions are paid a modest fee. 

July 11-12: Middletown and the Revolution: Voices from the Frontier.
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletownwill bring to life soldiers, spies and ordinary citizens trying to make sense of a changing world when it presents “Middletown and the Revolution: Voices from the Frontier,” a living history program to mark the 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence. “Voices” will introduce audiences to survivors of battles and prisons,to local Loyalists who sided with Britain, to area settlers kidnapped, murdered and burned out of their homes. There is even a doomed love story in the mix! Directed by Joyce St. George and Frank Canavan.

July 18, 19, 25, 26: Mariposa/Butterfly by José Casas and Sandra Fenichel Asher. Saturday matinee performances at 2:00pm.
A butterfly puppet workshop begins at 2:00pm and is immediately followed by the 30-minute performance. This is a bilingual play, in Spanish and English, for ages 4 years old and up and their adult friends.  The words that are said in one language are repeated in the other, so the story is easy to understand. The play is about two neighbors’ who live side-by-side in Texas. One was born in the U.S., the other in Mexico. One speaks English, the other Spanish. Their differences have kept them far apart—until the mariposa/butterfly unites them in wonder, sadness and a new understanding of the beautiful world they share. For more information, visit https://www.theopeneyetheater.org/

Auditions for The Fantasticks - Dates TBD.

August:
August 1, 2026: 12 ANGRY ELECTRICS.
Conceived and performed by William Electric Black. Inspired by Sidney Lumet’s classic film, 12 Angry Men, Emmy Award winning writer/director William Electric Black (aka Ian Ellis James) becomes all 12 jurors in this timely masterpiece - now calling it - 12 ANGRY ELECTRICS. It’s an in your face, intimate solo show that brings a familiar courtroom drama to the stage while theatrically weaving other significant jury trials into the forefront. His riveting opening monologue presents the truth about justice in America that is so often dictated by poverty, police, the courtroom then prison. Electric weaves in Ahmaud Arbery, Emmet Till, The Central Park Five, Kyle Rittenhouse, OJ Simpson…as well as classic moments from The Crucible, A Few Good Men, and Legally Blonde before launching in to the theatrical event of the season - 12 ANGRY ELECTRICS

August 20-30: Summer Shortcuts SVXI.
Six ten-minute plays playing Thursday-Saturday @ 7:00pm; Sundays @ 3:00pm..

September:
September 19: Fall Equinox Sound Bath with Marcel Smith. 3:00pm

Rehearsals for The Fantasticks

October:
October 1-11: THE FANTASTICKS. Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones; Music by Harvey Schmidt. Playing Thursday-Saturday @ 7:00pm; Sundays @ 3:00pm..
Date TBD - ENOUGH! Plays To End Gun Violence

November:
November 28: Elves Workshop following the Margaretville parade.

December:
December 19: Winter Solstice Sound Bath with Marcel Smith. 3:00pm (weather permitting)