skidmore theater living newsletter
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”.
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.
Playwright’s Lab: “Destination Unknown” by Micah Pflaum ’23
Skidmore Theater’s Playwright’s Lab program continues with a staged reading of Micah Pflaum’s (’23) original play “Destination Unknown”
Fall ’22 Mainstage: Eurydice
A reflection on the JKB’s latest MainStage production, Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, written by Mary Mackeen ’24.
STLN STAFF 2022-2023
Editor-in-Chief: Kit Simpson ’27
Founding Editor: Gabe Cohn ’16