Powerhouse Theater 2013

2013 Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater Season

The 2013 Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater season was announced today by New York Stage and Film Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Powerhouse Theater Producing Director Ed Cheetham.

The line-up of new works for the 29th Powerhouse season includes a musical by actor, writer, and prolific Grammy Award® winner Steve Martin and fellow musician Edie Brickell, as well as the latest from Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Broadway’s In the Heights. Casting is underway and will be announced shortly. The 6-week season runs from June 21-July 28. Online sales for subscriptions  begin May 15, single ticket sales begin June 5, and the Box Office, located at Vassar in the Powerhouse Theater building, opens for in-person sales for both single tickets and subscriptions on June 12. For online sales visit . The Box Office can be reached at (845) 437-5599 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For general season information call 845-437- 5907 or visit This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. All performance venues for the Powerhouse Theater season are located on the Vassar College campus, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York.

“The 2013 season has the wide variety of voices and perspectives that Powerhouse is known for,” says Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer. “Some of the artists are household names, and some our audiences will encounter for the first time. Much of this year’s work is rooted in a specific time and place - New York City in the 1970s, the Blue Ridge Mountains after World War II, even a superhero’s secret hide-out. But these stories have a universal quality that transcends their time and place. That’s something made possible by an artist’s singular vision, and we are thrilled to welcome this extraordinary group this summer.”

The 2013 season will include two fully produced Mainstage plays: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld’s Downtown Race Riot, directed by Scott Elliott; and Mozhan Marnò’s When The Lights Went Out, directed by Kate Whoriskey (Ruined). The season’s two Musical Workshops will be: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell’s Bright Star (featuring music from their newly released recording “Love Has Come For You”), directed by Walter Bobbie; and A new musical inspired by The Brooklyn Hero Supply Company, music and lyrics by Peter Lerman, book by Simon Rich, based on characters created by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer (American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Side Man). In addition there will be readings of The Hamilton Mixtape by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tony Award, In The Heights), and Yellow Kingdom by Patricia Wettig (F2M).The season will also include developmental workshops of two additional plays, two week-long Readings Festivals, and free outdoor theater presented by the Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Company.