Past Shows
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
June 14,15 @8pm, 16 @2pm
June 20,21,22 @ 8pm, 23 @2pm
June 27,28,29 @8pm, 30 @2pm
Directed by Cate Pappas
What could be more natural while biding their time in Purgatory, than for two lawyers to argue the case of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot? Guirgis’ play is a thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud irreverent study of the “facts.” Witnesses include Satan, Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and a multitude of other saints and sinners. “This isn’t your grandmother’s gospel” –The Village Voice
Sweat
by Lynn Nottage
Apr 12, 13 @8pm, 14 @ 2pm
Apr 18,19,20 @8pm, 21 @2pm
Apr 25,26,27 @8pm, 28 @2pm
Directed by Suki
Reading PA: Lifelong friends from different backgrounds devolve into irreconcilable conflict when their factory jobs are threatened by corporate cost-cutting and non-union strikebreakers, in this alternately funny and tragic story.
God of Carnage
by Yasmina Reza
trans. Christopher Hampton
Feb 9,10 @8pm,11 @2pm
Feb 15,16,17 @ 8pm, 18 @2pm
Feb 22,23,24 @8pm, 25 @2pm
Directed by Jane Toczek
Two couples meet to talk through the playground brawl between their adolescent sons. What begins as a civilized discussion spirals hilariously downward with loss of all pretense and plenty of alcohol.
2023-24 Season Announced
Five great plays! Subscriptions available now!
The Stagecrafters is excited to announce the 5 plays of our 2023-24 Season! Subscriptions are Now Available! $85 for all 5 shows represents a 40% discount from our door prices. Doubt: A Parable, John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitizer Prize and Tony Award winning drama, is set in a Catholic school in the Bronx. The school’s Principal Sister Aloysius, a rigid traditionalist, suspects a young, charismatic, progressive priest, Father Flynn, of inappropriate conduct with a young male student. Lies, truths and doubts percolate through the play, raising many questions but answering none. Silent Sky, by Lauren Gunderson, tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1922), an American astronomer who worked at Harvard University as a “human computer” reviewing data about the skies. In a male dominated field and not allowed access to a telescope, she nevertheless made ground-breaking discoveries about the universe which resonate to this day in the field of astronomy. […]
Silent Sky
by Lauren Gunderson
Nov 24,25 @8pm, 26 @ 2pm
Nov 30,Dec 1,2 @8pm, 3 @ 2pm
Dec 7,8,9 @8pm, 10 @ 2pm
Directed by Yaga Brady
The true story of Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1922), an American astronomer who worked at Harvard University as a “human computer” reviewing data about the skies. In a male dominated field and not allowed access to a telescope, she nevertheless made ground-breaking discoveries about the universe which resonate to this day in the field of astronomy.
Doubt: A Parable
By John Patrick Shanley Sept 15,16 8pm, Sep 17 2pm Sept 21,22 8pm, Sep 23 2&8pm Sept 28,29 8pm, Sept 3o 8pm, Oct 1, 2pm Directed by Dave Ebersole
John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitizer Prize and Tony Award winning drama is set in a Catholic school in the Bronx. The school’s Principal Sister Aloysius, a rigid traditionalist, suspects a young, charismatic, progressive priest, Father Flynn, of inappropriate conduct with a young male student. Lies, truths and doubts percolate through the play, raising many questions but answering none. Running time approximately 90 minutes with NO INTERMISSION ”The Stagecrafters show is a strong,imaginative production that suceeds on multiple levels. Hugh Hunter, The Chestnut Hill Local Full Review Ginger Agnew review on B Sharp “Powerful performances unquestionably dominate doubt” Ellen Dilks review “Stagecrafters production is exceedingly well done…: Our printed program is now available to Download or View Online.Also please consider patronizing our 2023-24 Sponsors whose generosity has helped make this season possible.
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