Category: Behind the Scenes
SCHENECTADY—Proctors Collaborative is a new brand, embracing Proctors, Capital Repertory Theatre and Universal Preservation Hall, as well as subsidiaries like the School of the Performing Arts at Proctors, Marquee Power and Open Stage Media. “Proctors Collaborative,” says Jim Murphy, Proctors director of marketing and corporate relations, “asserts the regional pursuit... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY—The School of the Performing Arts at Proctors is busy, busy, busy as summer progresses. In the spring, through Theatre Tech, students prepped a new show, Young Dr. Jekyll, for its planned off-Broadway production; in June, the School of the Performing Arts sent two students from the High School Musical... Read more » ... Read More
Take a look behind the scenes. Hear from the actors who performed at our 2018-19 Season Announcement Bash as they talk about the shows in the upcoming season at Proctors. Visit proctors.org for show details and ticket information. Waitress Phantom of the Opera A Bronx Tale Anastasia School of Rock... Read more » ... Read More
When a show closes at Proctors, stagehands begin clearing out props, set pieces and lighting rigs almost before the audience is out the door. A similar, but even more complicated operation will ensue immediately after Dan and Phil: Interactive Extroverts take their final MainStage bows on July 21. Beginning in... Read more » ... Read More
Apostrophe Café. Such a cute name, but why? The simple answer is we needed to do something with the Apostrophe! Proctors, as you know it today, began as Proctor’s Theatre, in 1926, the jewel in a chain of 53 vaudeville houses managed by entertainment pioneer F. F. Proctor. The original name... Read more » ... Read More
Professional company builds show in Schenectady Young Dr. Jekyll is the first professional show to tech in our brand new theatre in The Addy. They built a set, designed light, worked sound and workshopped the script before taking the show back to New York City. Our TheatreTECH students worked alongside... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY—New York Stage Originals, the producing team behind “Tap Kids,” “Scrooge in Concert,” “Sing! The Power of the Human Voice,” and “Dream, the Musical,” has joined forces with Proctors to stage a workshop production of a new musical, “Young Dr. Jekyll,” which is in development for off-Broadway. The show, loosely... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY—Proctors will continue its ongoing restoration, renovation and modernization with a complete replacement of MainStage seats and the addition of a new hearing loop. Over the past few years Proctors has updated its marquees, completed an ambitious restoration of its MainStage auditorium, and renovated the third floor of the original... Read more » ... Read More
ALBANY—The annual Next Act! New Play Summit! has shifted from its traditional fall calendar slot, becoming a summer institution for Capital Repertory Theatre and Proctors. Next Act! New Play Summit 7 will land June 2-4, featuring readings of two full length plays—Judith Leora’s “Showpony” and Tira Palmquist’s “The Way North.”... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY—Today, winners were announced for the second annual High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors. Proctors CEO Philip Morris and Times Union Senior Writer Steve Barnes presided over an entertainment-filled Saturday evening ceremony, which featured representatives from 23 participating schools (up from 16 in 2017). The program, presented by the... Read more » ... Read More