Press Releases

Emmy nominee David Schwimmer will direct workshop of Stephen Belber’s Fault Lines as part of Vassar and New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater season. August 2-3, 2008

Emmy nominated actor and director David Schwimmer has just signed on to direct the developmental workshop of Stephen Belber’s Fault Lines (August 2–3) during Vassar and New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater season. Also included in the workshop series are Alan Zweibel’s one-man show The History of Me, directed by Ron Lagomarsino (July 18–20) and Dael Orlandersmith’s Horsedreams, directed by Gordon Edelstein (July 25–27). This workshop series, called Inside Look, is intended to bridge the gap between a reading and a full production; works are presented with script-in-hand, with minimal production values.
Vassar College Press Release, posted July 7, 2008
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Powerhouse Theater apprentices travel back in time at the Vassar-Warner Adult Home, performing a series of dramatic and musical sketches based upon interviews with residents. July 5-6, 2008

Powerhouse Theater apprentices are about to travel back to the 1930s and 1940s, in vignettes they’ve created based upon the lives of Vassar-Warner Adult Home residents.
Vassar College Press Release, posted July 2, 2008
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Idina Menzel highlights casting for Powerhouse musicals, in the new work Nero by the Spring Awakening team Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, which has added a fourth performance on Sunday, July 13, 2008

Vassar and New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater announces the casting of Idina Menzel, the Tony Award-winning actress and singer from Broadway’s Wicked and Rent, in the new musical Nero, by Spring Awakening co-creators Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. The cast will also feature Jeffrey Carlson (Taboo) as the title character, and Lea Michele (Wendla in the original cast of Spring Awakening) as Nero’s young wife Octavia.
Vassar College Press Release, posted June 30, 2008
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