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Apr 18
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SUNY Niagara to Stage Comedic First Date: The Musical This Week

By News Archive

April 17, 2023

First Date

The SUNY Niagara Theatre department will present First Date: The Musical April 19-22 at the SUNY Niagara Arts & Media Theatre on the college’s Sanborn campus. The play follows, in real time, a date between Aaron, who is new to blind dating, with serial-dater Casey. Their casual meeting at a busy New York restaurant spins into a side-splitting, high-stakes dinner.

First Date: The Musical debuted on Broadway in 2013 after premiering in Seattle in 2012. It has since been staged in Toyko, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, London and Moscow.

Tickets, available at the door, cost $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors and veterans. Admission is free to students with student IDs. The performance schedule is as follows:

  • April 19, 7 p.m.
  • April 20, 12:30 p.m.
  • April 21, 7 p.m.
  • April 22, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

SUNY Niagara’s Theatre Arts curriculum prepares students for transfer to baccalaureate programs in performance and technical threat. It offers students opportunities to develop their potential through a combination of challenging coursework and practical theatrical training.

For more information about Blind Date: The Musical and other upcoming events at SUNY Niagara, visit the college’s performing arts website at http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/pa/.

The SUNY Niagara Theatre department will present First Date: The Musical April 19-22 at the SUNY Niagara Arts & Media Theatre on the college’s Sanborn campus. The play follows, in real time, a date between Aaron, who is new to blind dating, with serial-dater Casey. Their casual meeting at a busy New York restaurant spins into a side-splitting, high-stakes dinner.

First Date: The Musical debuted on Broadway in 2013 after premiering in Seattle in 2012. It has since been staged in Toyko, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, London and Moscow.

Tickets, available at the door, cost $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors and veterans. Admission is free to students with student IDs. The performance schedule is as follows:

  • April 19, 7 p.m.
  • April 20, 12:30 p.m.
  • April 21, 7 p.m.
  • April 22, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

SUNY Niagara’s Theatre Arts curriculum prepares students for transfer to baccalaureate programs in performance and technical threat. It offers students opportunities to develop their potential through a combination of challenging coursework and practical theatrical training.

For more information about Blind Date: The Musical and other upcoming events at SUNY Niagara, visit the college’s performing arts website at http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/pa/.

 

Media Contact Information

Denyel Beiter
Public Relations Assistant
Phone: 716-614-5974
Email: Dbeiter@niagaracc.suny.edu

Oct 25
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Laughing Out Loud

SUNY Niagara Theatre Presents an Evening of Comedy

By News Archive

October 25, 2021

Laughing Out Loud!A light-hearted evening of hysterical one-act comedies will be presented by fifteen SUNY Niagara theatre students from Wednesday, November 17 – Saturday, November 20 at the SUNY Niagara Fine Arts Theatre, 3111 Saunders Settlement Rd, Sanborn, NY.  The plays will be directed by acclaimed actor and current SUNY Niagara instructor, Jack Hunter.  The performances are free and open to the public.

The four diverse comedies include Shakespeare’s “Rude Mechanicals”, who fail their attempt to present a play for royalty; Christopher Durang’s wry and funny “An Actor’s Nightmare”, finding George Spelvin caught in the nightmare of performing in the play he knows nothing about. He is truly caught with his pants down!  “Line,” commissioned for the students and written by area playwright, Mark Humphrey, is a humorous look at actors’ antics at auditions; and award-winning, delightfully dark, and witty “An Act in One Play”, by SUNY Niagara alumnus, Paul Gadawski, complete the evening. You’ll laugh your mask off, but don’t you dare!

The entire production is student-designed.  In addition to acting in the performance, the students will assume major leadership roles in all phases of production including: lighting and sound design, costuming, and marketing. “I’m having more fun than I’ve had in a long time”, stated Markus Lawrynitis, an SUNY Niagara student both performing and handling the playbill.

The shows will be held on Wednesday, November 17 at 7 pm, Thursday, November 18 at 12:30 pm, Friday, November 19 at 7 pm, and Saturday, November 20 at 3 and 7 pm.  The doors open a ½ hour prior to the start of the performance and masks are required at all times.

A light-hearted evening of hysterical one-act comedies will be presented by fifteen SUNY Niagara theatre students from Wednesday, November 17 – Saturday, November 20 at the SUNY Niagara Fine Arts Theatre, 3111 Saunders Settlement Rd, Sanborn, NY.  The plays will be directed by acclaimed actor and current SUNY Niagara instructor, Jack Hunter.  The performances are free and open to the public.

The four diverse comedies include Shakespeare’s “Rude Mechanicals”, who fail their attempt to present a play for royalty; Christopher Durang’s wry and funny “An Actor’s Nightmare”, finding George Spelvin caught in the nightmare of performing in the play he knows nothing about. He is truly caught with his pants down!  “Line,” commissioned for the students and written by area playwright, Mark Humphrey, is a humorous look at actors’ antics at auditions; and award-winning, delightfully dark, and witty “An Act in One Play”, by SUNY Niagara alumnus, Paul Gadawski, complete the evening. You’ll laugh your mask off, but don’t you dare!

The entire production is student-designed.  In addition to acting in the performance, the students will assume major leadership roles in all phases of production including: lighting and sound design, costuming, and marketing. “I’m having more fun than I’ve had in a long time”, stated Markus Lawrynitis, an SUNY Niagara student both performing and handling the playbill.

The shows will be held on Wednesday, November 17 at 7 pm, Thursday, November 18 at 12:30 pm, Friday, November 19 at 7 pm, and Saturday, November 20 at 3 and 7 pm.  The doors open a ½ hour prior to the start of the performance and masks are required at all times.

Laughing Out Loud!

Media Contact Information

Barbara DeSimone
Director of Public Relations and Event Management
Phone: 716-614-5904
Email: desimone@niagaracc.suny.edu

Mar 06
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Anne Frank

SUNY Niagara presents The Diary of Anne Frank

By News Archive

March 6, 2020

The SUNY Niagara Theatre Arts Department will be performing the play, The Diary of Anne Frank starting Thursday, March 12th at 7:30 p.m.  The play is based on events detailed in a diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.  The performance will take place in the SUNY Niagara Arts & Media Theatre in Sanborn and runs through Sunday, March 15th.

Tickets for the play are $5 for seniors and alumni and $10 for adults.  Tickets can be purchased in advance through the Performing Arts website: http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/pa/

Media Contact Information

Sara Harvey
Assistant Director of Public Relations and Event Management
Phone: 716-614-6220
Email: saharvey@niagaracc.suny.edu

Oct 25
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Students preparing the stage for Into the Woods

SUNY Niagara theatre students to perform Into the Woods

By News Archive

October 25, 2019

The SUNY Niagara performing arts calendar kicks off this fall with the musical, Into the Woods on Thursday, November 7th at 7:30 p.m.  The story is a modern twist on classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales with familiar characters entwined together in a plot set to music by Stephen Sondheim.  The show will take place in the SUNY Niagara Arts & Media Theatre in Sanborn and runs through Sunday, November 17th.

Tickets for the musical are $5 for seniors and alumni and $10 for adults.  Tickets can be purchased in advance through the Performing Arts website: http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/pa/