CRFT Mixer
Please join us for our inaugural kick-off mixer for the first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre at The Cue Theatre!
Senior Day
Please join us for our Senior Day celebration at Sand Lake Center for the Arts as part of our first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre!
Theatre Education Day
Please join us for our Theatre Education Day at Theatre Institute at Sage as part of our first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre!
Theatre Maker Morning
Please join us for Theatre Maker Morning at Fort Salem Theater as part of our first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre!
Musical Matinee
Please join us for our Musical Matinee at SLOC Musical Theater as part of our first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre!
New Voices
Please join us for New Voices at theREP as part of our first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre!
Festival Day
Please join us for the official Festival Day of our first annual Capital Region Festival of Theatre at UAlbany!
Shakespeare's Birthday Party
“If music be the food of love, play on.” - Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night
Join us as we celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday at Albany Barn, located at 56 2nd Street in Albany! Come and get your Bard on with the Shakespeare mad Capital Region theatre community! Scenes, songs, monologues, light fare and raffles to celebrate Big Willie’s 461st and raise funds for CRFT!
Featured in our line up are excerpts from Henry V, Twelfth Night, Othello, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and so many more! The performances will be showcasing the talent of our own local actors such as the Columbia Country Players, Sara Buchter, Adam Coons, George Filieau, Liz Helmer, J. Hunter, Ryan Palmer, Krista Rivers, J. Scala and so many more!
This will be a jam-packed night of honoring one of the most impactful playwrights and poets in theatrical history, on his birthday no less, and we cannot wait to see you there!
Follow the Eventbrite link below for tickets!
Preview Showcase
An Afternoon of Scenes, Songs, and Surprises – A Capital Region Theater Showcase
Cast Party
Capital Region Festival of Theatre is throwing a CAST PARTY at the historic Cohoes Music Hall, hosted by Playhouse Stage Company. All proceeds will benefit the inaugural Festival, to be presented in 2025.
Join us for an evening celebrating the extraordinary wealth of theatrical talent and opportunities in the Capital Region, which boasts 90 theatre companies, a Broadway touring house, a LORT D Regional Theatre, a professional theatre managing a historic hall and free outdoor venue, eight colleges (five of which have theatre majors), twenty-four school districts and dozens of youth groups. A night of song, drama, and more, the Cast Party will feature an announcement detailing our upcoming inaugural 4 Day Region-Wide Festival in June of 2025. A giant “cast photo” will be taken featuring all the local theatres participating. Guests will enjoy light refreshments and desserts from some of the culinary powerhouses in the Spindle City, and a cash bar will be available. A film showcasing our local theatre companies and venues will be shown, non-performance awards honoring sustaining supporters will be distributed, and performances by new, current and past residents of the area will be presented, underlining the theme the the Capital Region is a GREAT place to love theatre your whole life long.
Friend Raiser at Druther's
Come for a fun time! Have a drink! Meet some new Theater folks! Suggested $5 donation to benefit CRFT
Friend Raiser at McGeary’s
Come for a fun time! Have a drink! Meet some new Theater folks! Suggested $5 donation to benefit CRFT
Friend Raiser at Druthers
CRFT Friend Raiser to collect funds and grow friendships necessary to build the Capital Region Festival of Theatre. Come find out about CRFT, Cast Party and everything Capital Region Theatre.
Order drinks and food on your own. $5 suggested donation for CRFT.