2024 Season

On July 10 Steven and John were interviewed by Ann Perillo on Capital Region Today. 

On March 22, 2024, Bridge Street Theatre was for the sixth time honored as the Best Theatre/Performance Space. The awards ceremony was held at the Wire Event Center in Coxsackie. The Greene County Economic Development Corporation continued its title sponsorship for this year’s award ceremony. Customers voted for their favorite Greene County Businesses in over […]

How much would $10 in 1830 buy today? $334.43. Please consider giving some of your hard-earned 2023 money to Bridge Street Theatre before the end of 2023 to possibly get a small tax deduction. We would certainly appreciate your support to the cultural life of Catskill. If you didn’t get our recent mailing,  CLICK HERE […]

The Mountain Eagle November 10, 2023 BETTER THAN HEARSAY  “Sympathetic Magic”  By Michael Ryan CATSKILL –   The cast of Sympathetic Magic There is a slender but exceptionally strong thread between the former Lexington Conservatory Theater and Bridge Street Theater in Catskill where “Sympathetic Magic” is being  staged.  Performances are slated for November 9-12  and […]

Take 5: Bridge Street Theatre’s mission is to bring forgotten ‘masterpieces to life.’ John Sowle believes ‘Sympathetic Magic’ is a perfect candidate. Jeffrey Borak Link to original article. “Sympathetic Magic” plays weekends through Nov. 19 at Bridge Street Theater in Catskill, N.Y. CATSKILL, N.Y. – Bridge Street Theatre’s John Sowle readily acknowledges he had no […]

Bridge Street Theatre offers a neglected play by Lanford Wilson By Bob Goepfert PUBLISHED: November 9, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. | UPDATED: November 9, 2023 at 11:01 a.m. Link to original article. CATSKILL, N.Y. — Bridge Street Theatre, a professional theater company in Catskill, uses the term “forgotten masterpiece” to describe their production of Lanford […]

Bridge Street Theatre’s ‘I Am Barbie’ not of the same mold as film Joseph Dalton Aug. 27, 2023 Get tickets here Link to Online Article Offering a fresh and adult take on Barbie — the doll, the woman, the legend — Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill is proudly “piggybacking” on the blockbuster success of Greta […]

NOTE: The final Saturday and Sunday performances of THE GLASS MENAGERIE have been cancelled due to a COVID outbreak amoung the cast and crew. If you have purchased tickets for one of these performances, you will receive an email with instructions for redemption.

JOIN THE BST SUBSCRIBER BENEFIT PLAN Dear Business Owner: We would like to invite you to participate in the 2023 Bridge Street Theatre Subscriber Benefit Plan. Bridge Street Theatre’s 2023 Season Subscription Pass will be available starting in early February for $125 each and include admission to our five regular season shows as well as […]

2023 Season Casting Bridge Street Theatre will be holding auditions for its 2023 Season on Sunday afternoon February 12 and Monday evening February 13. For auditions actors should prepare a brief monologue (under three minutes) from a contemporary play. Compensation for Equity actors is under a Special Appearance contract, currently $300/week, and for non-Equity actors […]

Bridge Street Theatre is casting its two spring productions. Samuel D. Hunter’s CLARKSTON JAKE – male, early to mid-twenties CHRIS – male, early to mid-twenties TRISHA – Chris’s mother, early forties Rehearsals begin at the theatre in Catskill on April 12, 2022 Previews Thursday April 28 Opens Friday April 29 8 Performances, April 28 – […]

January 3-11 TRIBE Black Hole 360° January 12-20 Gabe Stone Shayer January 24 – Feb 1 Gaby Cook and Nathan Bugh Jazz as Movement In Person Lindy Hop Event: Saturday, January 29, 7 pm CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS And more to come. Check back soon for details. TRIBE BLACK HOLE 360° merges art languages to […]

Bridge Street Theatre opts for the full ‘Journey’ Eugene O’Neill’s intense family drama gets three-hour treatment Joseph Dalton Nov. 2, 2021 Christopher Joel Onken as Edmund, Roxanne Fay as Mary, Taylor Congdon as Cathleen, Christopher Patrick Mullen as Jamie, Steven Patterson as Tyrone in Bridge Theatre’s “Long Day Journey into Night.”  (Photo: Lisa Wood) COVID […]

John Sowle is interviewed by Benita Zahn and Ellen Cribbs on their podcast EVERYTHING THEATER! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN “Talk about Everything Theater! John Sowle, co-founder of Bridge Street Theatre, literally does everything theater! John shares stories from his fascinating life with us and chats about his thoughts on theater in the pandemic.”

About the revised schedule for our 2020 Season.

To our Patrons and Friends John and Steven here, mostly hanging out at home and heading into the theatre every couple of days to pick up the mail to make sure everything’s OK there. It’s been sad and eerie to have our little gem of a theatre space sitting idle and empty, and we can’t […]

MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN and DIRTY PAKI LINGERIE postponed until August.

Bridge Street Theatre Operations Manager Bridge Street Theatre (BST) is a not-for-profit tax-exempt corporation whose mission is to provide an intimate and affordable venue for the production of new, newly-developed, and unjustly neglected works of theatre, as well as imaginative and adventurous re-interpretations of classic texts. This space at 44 W. Bridge Street in Catskill, […]

Business Advertising Opportunity Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre, two-time winner of “Best Theatre & Performance Space” at the annual Best of Greene County Awards, is about to embark on its seventh year of production. We’re calling our 2020 Season “American Roots” – five magnificent plays exploring the American experience and all the things that connect us […]

Local Auditions for Bridge Street Theatre’s 2020 Subscription Season

Position Available. Bridge Street Theatre is looking for a Production Stage Manager for its 2020 Season.

Bridge Street Theatre Honored at 2019 Berkshire Theater Critics Awards

Official Reviews “Simply fascinating to watch … Hasn’t aged a bit in the 54 years since it first was seen in New York … Having seen the original on Broadway and cherishing much of what I could recall, I was hoping for a passing good show here, but Hayle and her actors have given me […]

Announcing our Fall Fundraising Campaign, “Fall for 50.” If we have your mailing address keep an eye on your mail for our fundraising letter. We really need your support to keep us in the black and help us get ready for a fabulous 2020 season. We’re hoping to raise $50,000 this year to meet that goal. Please give whatever you can. Read below for details.

“The World Premiere of ‘Better’ by Michelle Carter as presented by Bridge Street Theatre is a fascinating, deeply impressive theatrical discovery”

Official Reviews “Bridge Street Theatre took on a beautiful, challenging, full scale musical that is rarely done, and deftly achieved a production that is not to be missed.  It is refreshing to come in to the theater in anticipation of seeing work that is new and unfamiliar to even the most avid musical theater fan. […]

The show is getting raves from the small audiences who have discovered it. Please be among them! Roxanne Fay in THRICE TO MINE Steven Patterson in SHYLOCK “An astonishing tour-de-force accomplishment … It is a great gift to take another look at a familiar story and be so convincingly swayed with a bold, fearless interpretation […]