VOICES FOR PHOENIX - A Special Virtual Performance

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, many local nonprofits are experiencing decreased revenue streams, including Phoenix Stage Company.
Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:00pm

We are doing a live virtual performance this weekend featuring four talented actors doing selected monologues!  You can join us on our new YouTube channel for the live performance!

Featured performances by:
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ROB RICHNAVSKY
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare ("To Be Or Not To Be")

ARIC CALABRESE
Quarantine Made Me Straight" by Kevin Wiczer

CHRIS EVANS
Start a Good Life" by Chris Evans

TIM PHILLIPS
"Two Gentleman Of Verona" by William Shakespeare (Lance's monologue)

TORI RICHNAVSKY
"You Can't Kill Your Husband Like That" by Kevin Wiczer 

AACT NewPlayFest - THE CAUYGA CANAL GIRLS  RESCHEDULED - DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

PERFORMANCES

We will announce new dates as soon as we are able to! 
The cast of THE CAYUGA CANAL GIRLS with playwright Laura King and AACT Dramaturg, Kathy Pingel.
THE CAYUGA CANAL GIRLS
By Laura King
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​AACT NewPlayFest winner!

Phoenix Stage Company is one of 6 theaters from across the country to be selected by the American Association of Community Theater (AACT) to produce a new play as a part of their AACT NewPlayFest. 

Five female childhood friends reunite in their historical hometown of Seneca Falls, New York, to lay one of their own to rest. As secrets of the past are exposed and truths finally told, they examine the choices they've made that have separated them and the ties that will forever bind them.

Directed by ED BASSETT

THE CAST
Marta - LORI POULIN
Lucy - DEB GOODMAN
Marianne - CHEYENNE WALENT
Jane - KC ROSS
Eliza - TERESA ALEXANDRU
Starting Thursday, June 4, 2020 -
watch live on YouTube for a weekly TAKE FLIGHT WITH PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY podcast on Thursday nights!

Listen in to our new PODCAST!

Don't forget to grab your popcorn at the show!  
It's Gluten Free, Kosher,
​good for you and always
​FREE and ENDLESS!!

IN THE NEWS:  Phoenix Stage Company brings home five awards from NERF  2019

​PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY of Oakville participated in the 2019 NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL FESTIVAL on March 9, 2019. The competition was presented by the Connecticut Community Theater Association (CCTA) and hosted the Warner Theater in the Nancy Marine Studio Theater.
 
PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY presented “One Night with Fanny Brice” featuring Mary J. Cantoni Johnson with music director TJ Thompson and director Sharon W. Houk. This original musical was originally mounted by PSC in 2011 and again in 2015 after an extended Off-Broadway run and tour.
 
The production did very well in the regional competition and took home five awards.  "One Night With Fanny Brice" received awards for Outstanding Achievement in a Leading Role (Mary J. Cantoni Johnson), Outstanding Lighting Design (Sharon W. Houk), Outstanding Set Design (Sharon W. Houk), Outstanding Costume Design (Renee C. Purdy) and a special judges award for Outstanding Instrumental Performance for accompanist Dan Ringuette.
 
The NERF is hosted every other year in cooperation with the American Association of Community Theater (AACT). Community theatre companies from Region 1 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine) that have competed in their local state festival and were selected by adjudicators to represent their state were present for this cycle.  
 
LEXINGTON PLAYERS' production of "Who Will Sing for Lena" was selected by adjudicators to represent New England (Region 1) at the National AACTFest19 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in June 2019.  The full list of winners from the 2019 NERF is below:

Outstanding Overall Production
“Who Will Sing For Lena”; Lexington Players (MA)

Outstanding Achievement in a Leading Role
MARY CANTONI-JOHNSON ,“One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT)
JESSICA WASHINGTON, “Who Will Sing For Lena”; Lexington Players (MA)

Outstanding Achievement in a Supporting Role
COLLEEN STRANG, “The Actor’s Nightmare”; Windham Actors Guild (NH)

Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Performance
“21 Chump Street”, ActorSingers (NH)

Outstanding Set Design
SHARON W. HOUK, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT)

Outstanding Lighting Design
SHARON W. HOUK, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT)

Outstanding Costume Design
RENEE C. PURDY, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT)
COLLEEN STRANG & EMILY FITZGERALD,  “The Actor’s Nightmare”, Windham Actor’s Guild (NH)

Road Runner Award for Fastest Set-Up
“21 CHUMP STREET - THE MUSCIAL”, ActorSingers (NH)

SPECIAL ADJUDICATORS AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
JACOB DUBY, “21 Chump Street”; ActorSingers (NH)

Outstanding Instrumental Performance 
DAN RINGUETTE, Accompanist, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT)