Powerhouse Theatre Unveils New Pieces This Summer

The Powerhouse Theatre opens its doors for their 24th season, with many new and exciting shows debuting. This 2008 season includes new musicals, plays, and comedy acts by some of America’s most well renowned artists and actors. The Powerhouse Theatre season, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, runs from June 27 through August 3.

The Powerhouse Program is the result of a unique partnership between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College. The program consists of an eight-week residency on the Vassar College campus during which more than 200 professional artists and some 40 apprentices live and work together to create new theatre works.

This summer the Powerhouse Theatre writer and actor Eric Bogosian will debut his new play 1+1 as a Mainstage production. In addition, creators of the 2007 Tony-award winning best musical Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, will present their latest musical Nero. A new musical by David Rossmer and Dan Lipton, Notes from MariAnne will be unveiled also this season at the Powerhouse. You won’t want to miss out on the one-man show, The History of Me by the famous comedy writer for Saturday Night Live Alan Zweibel. Also this summer, as part of the Inside Look!, Dael Orlandersmith unveils her new work Horsedreams.

Subscription tickets only may be purchased online at powerhouse.vassar.edu starting May 21, 2008. Subscription and single tickets may be purchased online and at the Powerhouse box office on the Vassar campus starting June 4, 2008 or by calling (845) 437-7235 or (845) 437-5599. The Powerhouse Theatre promises another great season , so be sure to check out more information about the shows at www.vassar.edu