skidmore theater living newsletter


STUDIO LAB #1: HIPPOS OF THE EASTERN ENCLOSURE

A review of Skidmore Theater’s first Studio Lab “Hippos of the Eastern Enclosure” by staff writer Allie Pape ’27

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: MARGARITA BLUSH

Ellery Shea ’25 interviews Visiting Assistant Professor in Directing Margarita Blush on her early involvement in performance and her pull towards abstract theater.

PLAYWRIGHT’S LAB #3: BLOOD AND BOWS BY ADELAIDE LANCE (’25)

Kiersten Simpson ’27 delves into the fantastical world of “Blood and Bows” by Adelaide Lance ’25, the third and final Playwright’s Lab of the season.

FALL ’23 MAINSTAGE: THE COURAGE TO RIGHT A WOMAN’S WRONGS

Isadora Zucker (’25) untangles the complex but hilarious “The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs”, Skidmore’s Fall 2023 Mainstage show.

PLAYWRIGHT’S LAB #2: THE YEAR IT STOPS BY REYN RICAFORT (’25)

Isadora Zucker ’25 explicates the poetry of Reyn Ricafort’s “The Year It Stops”, the season’s second Playwright’s Lab.

PLAYWRIGHT’S LAB #1: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR BY MAX MCGUIRE (’24)

Kiersten Simpson ’27 takes a closer look at Max McGuire’s farcical “Preaching To The Choir”, marking the season’s first Playwright’s Lab.

STUDIO LAB #2: THE THUGS

Editor-in-Chief Reyn Ricafort (’25) writes a critique on Skidmore Theater’s second lab show “The Thugs”.

FALL ’23 BLACK BOX: [RE]MAKING

Max McGuire (’24) deconstructs Skidmore Theater’s Fall ’23 Black Box: [RE]MAKING

STUDIO LAB #1: EDIE AND MAE

Sylvie Robinson (’27) ponders on the barren world of Skidmore’s first Fall ’23 lab show, “Edie and Mae”.

PLAYWRIGHT’S LAB: “STANDARD PROCEDURE” BY SOPHIE KELLY ’25

Isadora Zucker (’25) dissects Skidmore Theater’s Spring 2023 Playwright’s Lab “Standard Procedure” by Sophie Kelly (’25).

SPRING ’23 MAINSTAGE: AFTER JANE

Editor-in-Chief Reyn Ricafort (25′) takes a closer look at the opulence and camp of the Spring ’23 Mainstage Production “After Jane”.

After Jane Trailer

Check out the trailer for our Spring 2023 Mainstage production of After Jane!

STUDIO LAB #2: HORSE GIRLS

Ellery Shea (’25) dives into the darkly hilarious “Horse Girls”, the JKB’s second lab show of the semester.

SEMINAR STAGED READING: INCHING TOWARDS YEOLHA

Isadora Zucker (’25) explores the absurdist world of the Seminar Staged Reading of “Inching Towards Yeolha”.

SPRING ’22 BLACK BOX: THE PLACE THAT MADE YOU

Max McGuire (’24) reflects on the Spring ’23 Blackbox: The Place That Made You

STUDIO LAB #1: “The Great Impresario Boris Lermontov Would Like To Invite You To Dinner”

Student Will Moyer Laurin ’25 reflects on the JKB’s first studio lab “The Great Impresario Boris Lermontov Would Like to Invite You to Dinner” by Tristan B. Willis.

STAGED READING OF “UP YOUR ASS”

Reflections on the Spring ’23 Playwrights Lab by Steve Kurdziolek ’24

Studio Lab #3: The Cagebirds

The Cagebirds by David Campton, directed by Tait Brencher ’23, performed as Studio Lab #3 of the fall semester. Article by staff writer Noah Greenfield ’24.

 

STLN STAFF 2022-2023

Editor-in-Chief: Reyn Ricafort ’25

Founding Editor: Gabe Cohn ’16