Powerhouse brings together some of today’s most influential theatrical voices and welcomes the next generation of theater artists as members of the renowned Powerhouse Theater Training Program. Visit the Season page and get tickets to see this year’s lineup of new musicals, plays, and readings—all of which are open to the public and many of which are free.

Powerhouse is thrilled to welcome new collaborators alongside the return of Vassar alums and old friends. The lineup includes new works by Broadway veterans Mimi Quillin (Sweet Charity) and Michael Berresse ([title of show]), who have teamed up to present Call Fosse at the Minskoff. Vassar alum and writer Bill Barclay (Concert Theatre Works) presents The Chevalier, a play and concert focused on the life of composer Joseph Bologne, featuring the Harlem Chamber Players. Direct from the Broadway revival of 1776, real-life couple Ariella Serur and Sav Souza present We Start in Manhattan: A New Queer Musical. Returning to Powerhouse for the next installment of their Shapeshifters musical canon is Truth Future Bachman (Lincoln Center, The Public) and their workshop presentation of Skyward: An Endling Elegy. Powerhouse is partnering with The Tank to present Behind the Attic Wall, a puppet theater piece based on the young adult novel by Sylvia Cassedy, adapted by Peggy Stafford. And rounding out the Powerhouse Season will be free readings of new works by Johnny G. Lloyd (The Tank), Judson Jones (Theatre East), Vassar Drama Professor Peter Gil-Sheridan, and the winner of the Leah Ryan Fundʼs “Leah Award.”

Vassar is also pleased to welcome to campus a new cohort of young actors, directors, and writers as members of the Powerhouse Theater Training Company. These emerging artists will present a slate of free theater throughout the season including Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, adapted and directed by Doug Paulson, and Macbeth, directed by Caley Chase. Both will be performed outside at the Preserve at Vassar. And Max Reuben returns to direct the company in the innovative use of Soundpainting, a gestural language, in a completely devised project at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center.