Polishing Shakespeare

2025 Season Play One April 17 – 27
A dotcom billionaire with an agenda offers a cash-strapped regional theatre a huge chunk o’ change to ‘translate’ all of Shakespeare’s plays into ‘friendlier’ English.

Mary Jane

May 22 - June 1, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

A devastating portrayal of the day-to-day demands of caregiving, and a beautiful and moving tribute to the strength and resilience of the human spirit when fueled by unconditional love. Winner of the Obie and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Play.

Round the Bend at BST

Monday, June 9
7:30 pm

Reading of a New Play on Monday, June 9 @ 7:30pm$15 Suggested Donation at the Door Serving Hudson Valley Playwrights in their creative process JUNE ReadingKing of Lawns by Marc Wolf Sun, 6/8, 3:00 pm – Byrdcliffe Theatre, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd., Woodstock Mon, 6/9, 7:30 pm – Bridge St. Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill How … Read more

Bridge Street Dance: reclaiming

June 21, 2025
7:00 pm

Bridge Street Dance presents: reclaiming  Bridge Street Dance invites you to an unforgettable night of innovation, storytelling, and raw emotion at our eighth annual showcase at Bridge Street Theatre. Our 2025 showcase brings together a powerful mix of returning artists and fresh new talent, featuring dancers who are redefining movement through fusion belly dance and … Read more

South: A Nautical Musical

July 24 - August 3, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

Avast, landlubbers! Climb aboard the ‘Worthy Vessel’ for this rollicking “nautical musical for grown-ups” with an original story, book, music, and lyrics by local songwriter Carmen Borgia. SOUTH unfolds in the year 1860, somewhere to the north of South America but south of North America. Afloat on turbulent seas and piloting the eternally sinking merchant … Read more

Red Like Fruit

October 2 - October 12, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

A searing, deeply introspective drama that explores trauma, memory, and the quiet, insidious ways in which women navigate violence in their lives. As emotionally gripping as it is intellectually provocative, RED LIKE FRUIT challenges audiences to reconsider the narratives we accept – and those we ignore. A haunting and unforgettable theatrical event.

On Golden Pond

November 13 - November 23, 2025
Thurs, Fri and Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

ON GOLDEN PONDby Ernest Thompson Directed by John SowleSets and Sound by Carmen BorgiaCostumes by Michelle RogersStage Manager-Hannarose Manning Ernest Thompson’s contemporary American classic is a heartwarming and poignant work of a family struggling with age, rage, regret, love withheld, love unspoken, disappointment and ultimately (if they’re lucky) forgiveness, acceptance, and renewal. For decades, Norman … Read more

BST Production History 2014-2025

PLAYS (Titles in bold are Bridge Street Theatre productions): ECHOES OF IRELAND by Brian Petti (May 23, 2014) THE RAPE OF LUCRECE by William Shakespeare (Nov 7-9, 2014) LARK EDEN by Natalie Symons (Mar 13-15, 2015) OUT OF THIS WORLD: UP FROM THE GROUND by Dan Carbone and SIGN FELT! by Alexandra Tatarsky (Apr 10-12, … Read more

Mary Jane in The Berkshire Eagle

‘Mary Jane’ explores caregiving and connection in new Bridge Street Theatre production Jeffrey BorakJeffrey Borak is The Eagle’s theater critic. Link to the original article HERE. Roxanne Fay, left, as Tenkei, and Amy Crossman, right, as Mary Jane, in Bridge Street Theatre’s “Mary Jane.” CATSKILL, N.Y. — The title character in Amy Herzog’s play, “Mary … Read more