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Still Processing September 11

August 27, 2026September 7, 2026 Beth Young

“The Guys” Mirrors Life For Actor Kevin Shea Kevin Shea was just going off shift as a firefighter on Ladder 35 on the Upper Wast Side on September 11, 2001 when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. He ran to the lieutenant of his truck and asked if he still had a free seat, but the rig was full. He found an empty seat on Engine 40, which

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Northeast Stage’s One-Act Festival Runs the Gamut

August 19, 2026August 29, 2026 Beth Young

When the North Fork theatre company Corchaug Rep merged with Northeast Stage last year, one of the highlights Corchaug Rep brought to the partnership was its focus on original theater by local playwrights. The Fourth Annual One-Act Festival, organized for the past three years by Corchaug Rep, comes to the Jamesport Meeting House Aug. 21 through 23, now under the auspices of Northeast Stage, bringing with it three new plays

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“Bright Star” Shines on the NFCT Stage

July 17, 2026August 11, 2026 Beth Young

This summer's Youth on Stage musical at the North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck is "Bright Star," a tender look into the intertwined lives of a literary editor in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina who meets an aspiring writer who has just returned from World War II. The show and its songs were written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, with an Americana and bluegrass score that transports

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Northeast Stage’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” Brings Shakespeare Everywhere

July 14, 2026July 21, 2026 East End Beacon

Update July 16: Tonight’s performance in Patchogue is canceled due to the air quality advisory Original Story Follows: Northeast Stage’s 2026 Shakespeare in the Park production of “All’s Well That Ends Well” will be all over Long Island this year before setting up residency in the company’s longtime home base in Greenport’s Mitchell Park July 24 through 26. Set in France and Italy, All's Well That Ends Well is a story of one-sided

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July Audition Notice: RFCT to Present “Come From Away” in November

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026 East End Beacon

Come From Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered

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New Plays Explore Latino Community at a Crossroads

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 East End Beacon

This weekend, OLA of Eastern Long Island and Guild Hall in East Hampton will present "Cruce de Caminos (Crossroads)," a new series of short plays developed and performed by members of Long Island's Latino community. The production will premiere on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Guild Hall. "Cruce de Caminos," created through Guild Hall's Community Artist-in-Residence (CAiR) Program, builds upon last year's bilingual collaboration between OLA and Guild Hall

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Theater: A Step Off A Cliff Into Suspense & Absurdity

May 21, 2026June 9, 2026 Beth Young

When Director Catherine Clyne and her husband, Kevin, first saw the blend of farce and suspense that is the stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" in New York several years back, she knew she had to bring the play out to audiences on Long Island. Pictured Above: Kevin Clyne, Anna Tatishvili, Adam Mosebach and Eric Clavell in rehearsal for The 39 Steps. |. Dane DuPuis photo for HTC In

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Finding Love On The High Seas: NFCT’s Heartfelt Take on “Anything Goes”

May 14, 2026May 21, 2026 Beth Young

by Beth Young The North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck sets sail this evening on a three-week voyage to the heart of love, loss, dance and nostalgia conjured in an immersive new production of Cole Porter's classic musical "Anything Goes." This smart madcap musical comedy aboard a cruise ship in the 1930s is a perfect opportunity to create an immersive experience, says director Dina Mondello, whose own production company, The

Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson in The Suffolk's new production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |. Phil Merritt photo for The Suffolk

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“Mockingbird” Brings Timeless Themes Back to The Suffolk

April 17, 2026April 22, 2026 Beth Young

For the second year in a row, The Suffolk theater in Riverhead is putting up a play exploring the weaknesses and strengths of the American justice system on the former movie theater's stage. Christopher Sergel's stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" has been playing to high school audiences this week, and it will open to the public for a two-weekend run Friday, April 17. Matthew

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A Suffragist’s Eye Meets Modern Times

April 16, 2026April 22, 2026 Beth Young

Northeast Stage Makes Susan Glaspell's Work New Again Even though playwright Susan Glaspell was considered at the forefront of modern theater when she co-founded the Provincetown Players on Cape Cod in the early 1900s, few theater mavens working today have even had the chance to see her work. Northeast Stage in Greenport is changing that over the next two weekends with "The Unseen Women," a production of three of Glaspell's

Librettist Lee Bynum, Director Tanya Birl-Torres and Composer Natalie Brown are the New York-Based creative team adopting Mr. Wick’s book into an opera.

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New Team Builds an Opera from Steve Wick’s “All That Remains”

April 2, 2026April 11, 2026 Beth Young

On a fall day in the 1990s, North Fork-based journalist Steve Wick was shopping at the King Kullen in Cutchogue when he saw a man wearing tattered clothes balance two grocery bags on the handlebars of a bicycle and pedal off. Pictured Above: Librettist Lee Bynum, Director Tanya Birl-Torres and Composer Natalie Brown are the New York-Based creative team adopting Mr. Wick’s book into an opera. His curiosity piqued, Mr.