CP2 Reader Theatre "Birds of North America"
Theater in a fresh way: selected plays with full dramatic readings, no costumes, no sets, no props, and the actors perform with scripts in hand.
Central New York — Plays
Find Central New York Play near you featuring the best of plays in Central New York including new shows, revivals & more.
Golden Girls The Laughs Continue
The Golden Girls are back in an all-new show! 2026 finds Sophia out on bail, after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring at Shady Pines. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together, with help from...
How to Make a Doll
Where do brain anatomy, dollmaking, depression, and healing overlap? How to Make a Doll is a solo theater performance by Marisa Caruso that blends memoir, research, and absurdity to explore mental health and the transformative power of creation. Digging through memory, medical...
Our Town
Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning three-act play that explores the profound beauty in ordinary life within the small fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, between 1901 and 1913 comes to the Nazareth stage this fall!
"Storm Still"
“STORM STILL” BRINGS SISTERHOOD, SHAKESPEARE, AND A FAMILY RECKONING TO BRIDGE STREET THEATRE Three sisters. A backyard full of their late father’s belongings. And a childhood game that transforms Shakespeare’s “King Lear” into something intimate, unruly, and entirely their own...
A Number
A Number, written by Caryl Churchill (Cloud 9, Top Girls), is a psychological thriller set in the near future that examines identity, nature versus nurture, and the ethics of scientific advancement through the story of a father and his three sons, two of whom are clones of the...
As You Like It
Shakespeare In a Parking Lot, winner of the 2025 Phoenix Festival Outstanding Ensemble Award, returns with Shakespeare's beloved romantic comedy, presented on the beautiful grounds of the historic Ross-Hand Mansion.
A Good Farmer
Rochester Community Players brings audiences a timely, thought-provoking play as its last production of 2026: A Good Farmer by Sharyn Rothstein and directed by Maria Scipione. Set in Elba, N.Y., Rothstein was inspired to write this play after reading a New York Times article in...
Men on Boats
Men on Boats is a play by Jaclyn Backhaus, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY.
Burn This
Burn This, written by Lanford Wilson and directed by Carl Del Buono, is a dark comedy about Anna and Larry as they mourn the loss of their roommate, Robbie. When Robbie's brother, Pale, crashes into their lives, he brings unexpected comfort and romantic complications. The...
Topdog/Underdog
Brothers Lincoln and Booth battle fate, rivalry, and survival in this darkly comic American masterpiece.
The Magi
A reimagining of O. Henry’s timeless holiday classic “The Gift of the Magi.” In this soulful theatrical concert, audiences follow Nix and Jude, a folk-rock duo who have spent nearly a decade together and fell in love in the maddeningly tight quarters of their tour bus. As the...
A Christmas Carol
Rochester’s favorite holiday tradition returns with an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic story that begins with a wish made by young Tim Cratchit.
All The Devils Are Here
Hailed as “the villain of Broadway” by Playbill, Patrick Page brings Shakespeare’s greatest villains to life in an electrifying solo performance not to be missed.
The Minutes
The Minutes is a play by Tracy Letts, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY.
Eureka Day
“A powder keg of debate, liberal niceties, and hidden agendas” — The Daily Beast “Gaspingly funny” — New York Magazine “Eureka Day,” 2025 Tony Award winner is a devastating comedy by Jonathan Spector that skewers the hypocrisies of polite society. At Eureka Day School, an...
Eureka Day
A sharp comedy that examines parenting, politics, and community through the lens of a public health crisis.
Purpose
A powerful family confronts buried secrets and political legacy in this riveting Tony- and Pulitzer-winning drama.
Clyde's
“A deceptively simple flavor-bomb of a new comedy about survival, second chances, and digesting whatever life serves up.” —Naveen Kumar, Variety From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage comes “Clyde’s,” a warm and witty dramatic comedy about redemption...
As You Like It
In this pastoral Shakespearean comedy, cousins Rosalind and Celia—disguised and fleeing persecution—make for the forest of Arden. Within the wilderness and amongst a band of fellow misfits, they discover the power of love and find the truth in illusion. Directed by Rachel...
The Da Vinci Code
The bestselling novel comes to the stage as Robert Langdon races to solve a murder at the Louvre and uncover a deadly conspiracy.
Latest Central New York Reviews
Review: LETTER FROM MAX at The Ancram Center For The Arts Is a Summer Jewel Well Worth the Drive
Poetry, devotion, and a summer jewel well worth the drive at Ancram Center for the Arts. Letters from Max runs now through July 26 at the Ancram, NY venue.…
Review: THE SECRET GARDEN at MacHaydn Theatre Is a Force of Nature
THE SECRET GARDEN at MacHaydn Theatre is a force of nature. Get tickets to the final week of its run.…
Review: The Mac-Haydn’s 9 TO 5 Clocks In and Gets Even
Dolly Parton’s office revenge comedy makes a fast, funny, gratifying summer night in Chatham, New York. The production runs now through July 5.…
Review: The Addams Family at The Mac-Haydn Theatre Conjures a Ghoulishly Good Time
With the recent Rocky Horror revival reminding everyone how much fun the macabre can be, how lucky is Columbia County to have its own creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky night out right there at the Mac-Haydn? The production runs through 6/21.…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Proctors
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is dazzling audiences with extraordinary theatrics, creative visual concepts, and emotional moments. Adapted from the New York Times bestselling novel, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS has a book written by Rick Elice, and features a score by PigPen Theatre Co. …
Review: KINKY BOOTS at Proctors
KINKY BOOTS brought the fun to Proctors. This touring production is filled with many high points that captivate the audience. The story follows Charlie Price, who inherits his father’s shoe factory, which is on the brink of financial ruin. …
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Come From Away CenterStage Theatre at the JCC (10/10-10/25) |
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OFC Creations Theatre Presents: Hairspray! OFC Creations Theatre Center (9/24-10/11) |
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OFC Creations Theatre Presents: Miss Saigon OFC Creations Theatre Center (5/06-5/23) |
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BOOP! The Musical Proctors Theatre (10/13-10/18) |
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The Last American Newspaper Capital Repertory Theatre (9/25-10/18) |
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Clyde's Capital Repertory Theatre (4/23-5/16) |
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OFC Creations Theatre Presents: The Witches of Eastwick OFC Creations Theatre Center (3/04-3/21) |
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Mary Malaney & Friends in a Spooky Cabaret Hangar Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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A Christmas Carol Geva Theatre (11/25-12/27) |
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All The Devils Are Here Geva Theatre (1/13-1/31) |
