Professional theatre for young audiences!

Portable professional theatre which can be toured directly into your school building! In response to the needs of Capital Region Schools, Capital Rep has developed a unique touring program that brings professional productions into school buildings eliminating bus costs, travel time and logistical concerns and maximizing the effectiveness of arts in education dollars! Please check back for our 2010 - 2011 shows!

A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Special One-Hour adaptation of Shakespeare’s most popular and oft-performed play Recommended for 8-12 Grades  A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a lighthearted romantic comedy that blurs the line between fantasy and reality.  In an Athenian forest, forbidden lovers, quarrelling fairies and a group of slow-witted laborers all become the foils of the mischievous imp Puck and his magical love   potion.  Before the night’s over, a laborer is a given the head of a donkey, the fairy queen falls in love with him, and the humans’ love triangle becomes a giant knot.  But by morning, everyone is blessed with a happy ending, and the lovers are allowed to marry.  Huzzah!  Transformative costumes, magical sound effects, portable sets and innovative stage properties will allow six professional actors to creatively portray the 16 characters of “Midsummer,” whose travails take them deep into the magical Athenian woods where they are forced to encounter their psychological opposites, experience first hand the notion that “the course of true love never did run smooth,” and ultimately find the transformational capacity of love.

 Your Stage, Your Schedule

Morning Bookings Available: October Oct 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Afternoon Bookings Available: October Oct 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Public Performance(s) on Capital Rep’s Stage: Saturday, October 23 & 30 at 11:30 am
Sunday, October 24 at 11:30 am

* October 21, 22, 23, 24 performances feature the Albany Symphony Orchestra

Petticoats of Steel By Carolyn Anderson & Jill Rafferty-Weinisch Recommended for 5-8 Grades Experience the battles for women's suffrage told in the voices of the brave warriors who fought them. Petticoats of Steel is an original production crafted for Capital Repertory Theatre by Carolyn Anderson and Jill Rafferty-Weinisch. The play uses primary sources to tell the true stories of the women of New York State - Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton - and the roles they played in gaining voting rights for all women. Tour Dates: March 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 & April 1 Public Performances on Capital Rep's Stage: March 26 & April 2 at 11:30 am

On-The-Go! Performance Notes

$900 per performance with unlimited student attendance possible. Book before August 1, 2010 and your performance fee is $800!

If two shows are being booked together the total for both is discounted to $1600.*

Reservations: a 50% nonrefundable deposit (or BOCES paperwork) is required 8 weeks prior to your performance date. This deposit guarantees your reservation. The remaining balance is due 2 weeks prior to your performance date (unless otherwise specified in an agreement between you and the Education Department at Capital Rep).

Performance Schedule: Performances may be scheduled at your convenience throughout the school day, subject to union regulation and pre-existing booking schedule.

Performance Length: Our school tour performances run approximately 45 – 60 minutes and are followed by a post-performance discussion at the discretion of the principal or school contact.

Cancellation Policy: All performance sales are final. No refunds or exchanges are possible, but in the event of an official weather-related cancellation on the day of your performance, we will do our best to accommodate your group at an available performance of the current or another tour during the same season. If all options are impossible, only then will a refund be issued.

Please note: Prior to the performance, a Tour Stage Manager will contact you to arrange a site visit in order to ensue that our performance at your school will run as smooth as possible.

* In the case of financial hardship, we will gladly provide a request for assistance form.

For Workshops, Backstage Tours and other special requests please call (518) 462-4531 x 301.