Conkling Hall

02/18/2025

Open Mic this coming Friday!

02/12/2025

We are on the lookout for dedicated long-term volunteers to bring their unique talents to Conkling Hall. Whether you are skilled in administrative tasks, creative projects, handyman work, or grant writing, we need your expertise. Think you can lend a hand?
Let us know!

01/23/2025

01/16/2025

📢 A NEW PROGRAM starting by the Rville Creations' Artistic Director, Tara McCormick-Hostash, at the Conkling Hall on February 7! 🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭

🔊 FIRST FRIDAY PLAYHOUSE 🔊

An Open Mic through a theatre lens. Join us and showcase your inner thespian, regardless of experience. The event welcomes teens and adults. Admission is free, though donations are appreciated.
We look forward to seeing you on February 7th.

01/14/2025

Don't forget to swing by this coming Friday!

12/27/2024

Wishing a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2025 to all our friends and supporters!

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays to all our friends and supporters!

12/11/2024

of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

We're down to the final two cast members! Introducing Jess C***s as Mary Hatch.

When she is not working with Middle School and High school aged students in one of her many roles as teacher, producer, director, and choreographer, Jess can be found baking cookies for our concessions table and periodically we lure her to perform on stage. She studied theater at Russell Sage College and The British American Drama Academy. We are delighted to have her in this show!

"Yes, Zuzu. Pray. Pray very hard."

Reserve your tickets for this magical show while you still can!
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons, Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/
📞518-248-3261

12/11/2024

Join Amy for the last Conkling Cafe Open Mic in 2024!
Friday, December 20.
Sign up at 6:30 PM.
See you then!

12/07/2024

We are nearing the end of our rollout for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, but we still have a few more wonderful actors for you to meet! Welcome back to the stage Sean McCormick as Henry F. Potter, the richest and meanest man in Bedford Falls.

Sean has been part of RSC from the beginning. A founding member, he has worked tirelessly on sets, directing traffic, helping people get their cars out of the snow, and not infrequently on stage - most recently emceeing our Villainous Voices cabaret last fall. He is “Damn proud” of the company he helped to build.

"What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class.”

🔔 It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻 https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/
📞518-248-3261

12/07/2024

Meet the cast of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play! Introducing Jeanne Strausman as Clarence Odbody.

Though she performed in many plays in high school and has sung with the Village Voices for years, Jeanne did not make her adult stage acting debut until just last year, with her starring turn in our production of The Underpants. We are so happy to have her back onstage in this special role as George’s guardian angel.

"You see, George. You really had a wonderful life.”

🔔 It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻 https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/
📞518-248-3261

12/05/2024

of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play!

Up first today is Linda McCormick. In addition to performing the roles of Mrs. Hatch, Sadie Vance, and several others, Linda is one of our assistant Foley artists for sound effects table. We are having so much fun with that!

Where to start with Linda's role in RSC? She's one of our original founders, a board officer, an indispensable production team member, and most importantly company mom. She perennially coordinates our sponsorships & ad sales, one of the most critical tasks that provides essential financial support for our productions and programming. She's attended every performance going back to Arsenic and Old Lace, working at most of them front of house, occasionally performing on stage which is always a treat. What would we do without her?

"He doesn't want to talk to George, you idiot!"

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons, Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/
📞518-248-3261

12/05/2024

of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play!

Like mother, like daughter. Our second intro today is Colleen Rosenblatt, who is serving as our Stage Manager and performing as... the radio station's Stage Manager! You'll also hear her voicing several other roles and enjoy her big onstage job as our lead Foley Artist running the sound effects table.

Like the rest of the McCormick clan, you can find Colleen doing many jobs on and offstage over the years for RSC. Her favorite and ours is serving as Prop Master, which she's done for many many shows with amazing creativity and skill. In his Nippertown review of Liitle Shop, Patrick White called her dentist's gas mask design "inspired". So you can expect our Foley Table to be a work of art!

"Fifteen minutes to air. Mr. Filmore, this is your fifteen minute call."

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons, Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/
📞518-248-3261

12/05/2024

Meet the Cast, continued. Laurie Fischer is our Joseph, Superintendent of Angels - and also Martini, Ruth Dakin Bailey, and little Janey Bailey.

If you make a list of people who've performed on the RSC stage, you'll find Laurie at the top. She's appeared in everything from Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (2012) to our caged narrator in The Rocky Horror Show (2021 & 2022) to Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors (2024) - and many other memorable roles in between. We love you, Laurie!

"No, worse. He's discouraged."

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons, Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/
📞518-248-3261

12/05/2024

Let's meet some more cast members! Introducing Craig Miller as WBFR Radio Announcer Freddie Fillmore, as well as the voices of Peter Bailey and Old Man Gower.

A Syracuse native, Craig is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and voice performer, whose work has appeared in national publications, on the web and on numerous national television outlets. His unique voice specialty is doing recreations of retro radio, TV and newsreel announcers. Um... sure, yeah, you can join our cast!

"But they're somebody's children, Mr. Potter"

Seriously folks, do NOT miss this show. It's going to be very special.

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
🗓️Dec 13 & 14 at 7 pm, Dec 15 at 2 pm
🧭Hilltown Commons Guggenheim Pavilion, Rensselaerville
🎟️Advance Tickets: $25 Adult/$20 Senior/$15 Student
(all tickets are $5 more at the door)
💻https://rville-stage-creations.square.site/its-a...
📞518-248-3261

12/04/2024

Overwhelmed by holiday preparations? Here is your chance to rise above the chaos.