HUNTER — Maude Adams Theater Hub (MATH) is thrilled to be producing V Season for the third year in a row. This series of three thoroughly staged play readings were chosen to make you laugh, cry, and contemplate the nature of human relationships. Come cozy up and escape the cold at the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, New York February 12th-16th. Showcasing local directors and actors, this production celebrates the season of love in all its forms. Ticket prices are $20 for an individual show, or $50 for the series. Join us on Valentine's weekend where V-Season explores the boundaries of love in ways that surprise and delight!
MATH Creative Director Amy Scheibe said, “What began as a desire to include actors who struggle with memorization has blossomed into what in every aspect resembles a staged play, except with floating scripts. We have all the bells and whistles, and audiences love the experience.”
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE by John Van Druten
DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE directed by Patricia Charbonneau
Completely enchanting—a wonderfully suave and impish fantasy set in the late 1950’s.
Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly because she is attracted to him. He falls head over heels in love with her at once and wants to marry her. But witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in love, and this minute imperfection leads into a number of difficulties.
Ultimately, the lady breaks off with her companions in witchery, preferring the normal and human love offered her by the attractive publisher. But before the happy conclusion of the romance, Gillian comes very near to losing him. Think Bohemian Bewitched, set in the 50s in NYC.
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, Apt 2B by Kate Hamill
THEATRICAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE directed by Caitlin McColl
A contemporary twist on the classic sleuthing duo.
An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick. This fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. In this highly theatrical, small-cast escapade, oddball female roommates Sherlock (yes, it’s also a girl’s name—wait, is it a girl’s name? Is it even a name?) Holmes & Joan Watson join forces to emerge from pandemic fog as a deeply codependent, quasi-dysfunctional Odd Couple adventure duo—solving mysteries and kicking butts, until they come face to face with a villain who seems to have all of the answers.
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
CONCORD THEATRICALS directed by Amy Scheibe
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word who learn very quickly how little they actually know each other. Then Mother arrives.
Paul Bratter is a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and Corie a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find – too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie’s loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic, Velasco, where everything that can go wrong does. Paul just doesn’t understand Corie, as she sees it. He’s too staid, too boring, and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous. Running “barefoot in the park” would be a start…
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