Definitely Human Theatre

We spent last night making duct tape body forms of the actors, which means NEXT DOOR costuming has officially started!

Costumes are going to be crazy cool, but we’re keeping the details a secret for now🤫🤭🍅⛓️

We’re so thrilled to announce our amazing cast of NEXT DOOR by Hanna Kime!

Performances are July 31-August 2! We’ll have more info on tickets soon! 😎

Last year we had hot dogs, now it’s time to switch over to lasagna!⁣
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We’re thrilled to announce auditions for our production of 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛 𝘋𝘖𝘖𝘙 by Hanna Kime (who you may remember was the playwright of our staged reading of 𝘋𝘖𝘎𝘚 in 2025)!⁣
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𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: May 9th @ 1pm & May 10th @ 7pm⁣
Self-tapes accepted until MAY 10TH at 11:59pm.⁣
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Performances: July 31st at 7:30, August 1st at 7:30, August 2nd at 2:30.⁣
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑:⁣
Something horrible has happened next door. With those children. And their parents. And the chains. So Sheila, then Helen, then Erica, Cathy, Kathy, Miranda, Patty, Julie, Linda, Allison, Martha and Bebe just stopped by to check in, drop off some comfort food, and hear how Brenda’s holding up. I mean, she couldn’t have known. Right? ⁣
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𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛 𝘋𝘖𝘖𝘙 is an explosive, darkly comedic, and layered (like lasagna) dissection of pseudo-feminist self-actualization rhetoric and the pleasures to be found in proximity to pain.⁣
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:⁣
𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛 𝘋𝘖𝘖𝘙 features 13 women characters. While these roles are written as women, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬.⁣
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𝐀𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟔 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫. We are intentionally building a cast that reflects a range of identities across the entire ensemble.⁣
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Actors can be any age, but 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 who have settled into their routines long enough that every day looks exactly the same, who are motivated by a need to insist they have made all of the right choices, and who have not been in denial long enough to be at a breaking point, but will inevitably arrive there someday.⁣
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𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 https://www.centerforperformingarts.org/auditioninfo/next-door

Part 2 of the Misery photos taken by Isabella Snider! 🔨🩸

Part one of our Misery photos taken by the amazingly talented Isabella Snider!

(Yes, there’s so many great photos we need two parts 🤭).

We’re thrilled to fi𝓷ally a𝓷𝓷ou𝓷ce Defi𝓷itely Huma𝓷’s productio𝓷 of Misery by William Goldma𝓷, based o𝓷 the 𝓷ovel by Stephe𝓷 Ki𝓷g, ru𝓷𝓷ing October 31-𝓝ovember 2 at The CE𝓝TER for Performi𝓷g Arts at Rhi𝓷ebeck!

Starri𝓷g 𝓝ick Ferra𝓷ti𝓷o as Paul Sheldo𝓷, Cori𝓷𝓷e Walker as A𝓷𝓷ie Wilkes, a𝓷d Michael Friary as Buster.

Based on Stephe𝓷 Ki𝓷g’s ico𝓷ic 𝓷ovel, MISERY is a chilling desce𝓷t i𝓷to a world fueled by depe𝓷de𝓷cy a𝓷d obsession.
After a 𝓷ear-fatal car crash, bestselli𝓷g roma𝓷ce 𝓷ovelist Paul Sheldo𝓷 is rescued by his self-proclaimed 𝓷umber-o𝓷e fa𝓷, the u𝓷ca𝓷𝓷y A𝓷𝓷ie Wilkes.
A𝓷𝓷ie promises to 𝓷urse Paul back to health o𝓷 her idyllic a𝓷d remote Colorado Farm, but it soo𝓷 becomes terrifyi𝓷gly clear: she has 𝓷o i𝓷te𝓷tio𝓷 of ever letti𝓷g him go.

Check https://www.centerforperformingarts.org/whats-playing/misery for i𝓷formatio𝓷 about tickets! 🪓