Ruth Snyder

Southbank Theatre Company Unveils 2025�"26 Season Featuring EQUIVOCATION, THE CRUCIBLE, MACHINAL, and a World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 21, 2025

Southbank Theatre Company has announced its 2025–2026 season, marking its fifth year of presenting bold, history-inspired theatre in Indianapolis. The season will feature three acclaimed mainstage works—Equivocation by Bill Cain, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and Machinal by Sophie Treadwell.

New York City Center's MACHINAL to Be Filmed for NYPL Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 11, 2025

Machinal, presented by New York Theatre Company at New York City Center Stage II, will be professionally filmed on Friday, July 11 for inclusion in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at Lincoln Center.

New York Theatre Company Will Host Queer Night at MACHINAL
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2025

New York Theatre Company has announced Queer Night at Machinal set for this week, presented in partnership with Ring of Keys. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

MACHINAL Extends Through Mid July at New York City Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2025

Machinal will extend its run at New York City Center Stage II through mid July. Learn more about Machine and see how to purchase tickets to the extended run here!

Photos: MACHINAL at NY City Center First Look
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 16, 2025

You can now get a first look at photos of New York Theatre Company's revival of Machinal by Sophie Treadwell. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

New York Theatre Company to Make Off-Broadway Debut with MACHINAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 24, 2025

New York Theatre Company will make its off-Broadway debut with a groundbreaking revival of Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at New York City Center Stage II. Learn more!

New York Theatre Company Will Present MACHINAL Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2025

New York Theatre Company will present a workshop production of Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal at the New York City Fringe. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

FRIGID New York Reveals Schedule Of Performances For 2025 New York City Fringe Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2025

FRIGID New York will present the 2025 New York City Fringe Festival at UNDER St. Marks, wild project and the Chain Theatre. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.

FRIGID New York Unveils Lineup For 2025 New York City Fringe Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2025

FRIGID New York will present the 2025 New York City Fringe Festival at UNDER St. Marks, wild project, and the Chain Theatre this April. Learn more about the festival here!

Review: MACHINAL and THE BEE'S KNEES at Red Sandcastle/The Theatre Centre
by Ilana Lucas - Nov 19, 2024

If the 2020s have occasionally uncomfortably reminded you of the 1920s, you’re not alone. Two Toronto theatre companies are currently using work from and about that turbulent decade to comment on present issues. At the Red Sandcastle, The Flare Productions presents Sophie Treadwell’s seminal work of feminist and Expressionist theatre, MACHINAL, a 1928 play very loosely based on the real-life story of Ruth Snyder, executed at Sing Sing Prison for the murder of her husband. At the Theatre Centre, Tall Poppy Productions presents a new work written and directed by Judy Reynolds, THE BEE’S KNEES, a fictional tale of one of the first women to run for Canadian parliament in the early 1920s.

EastLine Theatre to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month At Westbury Arts With MACHINAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2024

EastLine Theatre will present their third annual Hispanic Heritage Month production at Westbury Arts with the rarely-produced play MACHINAL by Mexican-American playwright Sophie Treadwell, first seen on Broadway in 1928. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Fells Point Corner Theatre Opens Fall Season With MACHINAL 
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 28, 2024

FPCT announced the opening of MACHINAL on September 6, 2024. The production explores themes of societal pressure and personal freedom, offering a thought-provoking experience for theatergoers.

Interview: 'It's a Real Behemoth of a Role: Actor Rosie Sheehy on Capital Punishment, Misogyny and Fatigue in Sophie Treadwell's MACHINAL
by Kat Mokrynski - May 2, 2024

Recently, we had the chance to talk with Rosie Sheehy about taking on the role of Helen Jones, or “The Young Woman,” in Machinal. We discussed what compelled her to join this production, what it is like being a part of a work based on the real life of a woman and what she hopes audiences take away from the piece.

Review: MACHINAL, The Old Vic
by Gary Naylor - Apr 19, 2024

Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features

London Theatre Week - See over 50 Award-Winning Musicals and Plays with Tickets from £15, £25 or £35
by Team BWW - Feb 20, 2024

London Theatre Week is the West End’s biggest promotion, giving you the chance to see over 50 amazing award-winning musicals and stunning plays with tickets from £15, £25 or £35

Onsale Now: Get Tickets for the London Transfer of MACHINAL
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 17, 2024

Onsale now: get tickets for the London transfer of Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal. ‘How can that be? A great sin – a mortal sin – for which I must die and go to hell – but it made me free! One moment I was free!’ 

London Premiere of Sophie Treadwell's MACHINAL Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 15, 2024

The Old Vic and Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath have announced the London premiere of Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal, directed by Richard Jones (Endgame, The Hairy Ape) and starring The Stage 100 2024 Rising Star Rosie Sheehy (Oleanna, Romeo and Julie), in a limited run from 11 April-01 June 2024.

Review: MACHINAL, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Nov 1, 2023

With the AI (artificial intelligence) summit at Bletchley Park this week, Machinal at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath, couldn’t be more timely.

Photos: First Look at MACHINAL at Theatre Royal Bath
by Stephi Wild - Oct 27, 2023

Five-time Olivier Award winning director Richard Jones brings Sophie Treadwell’s extraordinary epic masterpiece Machinal, based on the true story of the committal and execution of Ruth Snyder, to the Ustinov Studio.  Check out all new photos here!

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for MACHINAL, Directed By Richard Jones At Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 13, 2023

Get a first look inside rehearsals for Machinal at Theatre Royal Bath. Learn who is starring in the production!