Embark | Peekskill

11/06/2024

Hello Embarkers - Katie Schmidt Feder here - inviting you to my next show with Theatre in the Wood. Mt. Kisco is a short pleasant drive and this lovely Great Hall venue at the Presbyterian Church has plenty of parking.

Today is the last day for our early bird ticket prices which saves you $25 per ticket. The all inclusive ticket includes the performance, bread, salad, choice of three entrées, wine/beer/mocktail, dessert and coffee/tea!

This is not your Mother’s Dinner Theatre! The show is an immersive experience wherein your meal is fully integrated into the performance. Deliciously fun! Bring a group of friends or family as it is the perfect way to socialize and spend a fun night together. You can even order your tickets separately and asked to be seated together!

LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD TICKET PRICES!

A MOVEABLE MUSICAL FEAST integrates a full meal with drinks and dessert into the show and the performers are your servers! This “tasting menu” of Broadway songs from composers including Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Frank Loesser, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick and Sara Bareilles is immersed in a carefully curated artisanal meal with entrees from Amore Italian Kitchen in Katonah, pies from , gluten free choc. bundt cakes from , delicious wine, local beer, creative mocktails to come - all included in the ticket price.
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Performances June 20, 21, & 22 in the Great Hall at the Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco.
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Each performance can seat only 54 guests - so get your seat at a table!

Info and tickets here: https://www.theatreinthewood.com/
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06/03/2024

Hello EMBARKERS! I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to those of you who attended the inaugural production of my new theatrical/culinary production company Theatre in the Wood
Thank you Embark Co-Founder Sol Miranda coming and for your support!
— Katie Schmidt Feder, EMBARK Co-Founder

If you wish to learn about upcoming Theatre in the Wood productions, classes, and auditions - please follow our Instagram and pages and join our mailing list at

Theatre in the Wood is a new type of entertainment and culinary experience located in the lower Hudson Valley, New York. The vision encompasses a little of the nostalgia and fun of dinner theatres of the past with a higher-level culinary and immersive environmental experience created by professional...

14/02/2024

Hello Embarkers! This is Katie Schmidt Feder co-founder of Embark with Sol Miranda. I keep forgetting to post here on Embark’s page that I’ve started a new little production company called Theatre in the Wood! Our inaugural production is a “tasting menu” (musical r***e) of notable Broadway songs with six performers, integrated into a delicious carefully-curated artisanal meal. We will be staging this project at the Fourth Unitarian Universalist sanctuary on Strawberry Road in Mohegan Lake. Please follow Theatre in the Wood for ticket info, updates, auditions, new projects, etc.

28/12/2023

21/12/2023

So fun! Be sure to watch the second number. Robin was quite the showman!

29/11/2023

https://youtube.com/shorts/pLeogr_1Fmc?si=LDr7k_xeS_P0Z3nu

My 2 year old 1st dance recital didn't go as planned...

29/11/2023

A brilliant lesson in physical comedy!!

24/11/2023

A sweet, beautiful story from Broadway, via yesterday's Twitter feed of NY Post columnist John Podhoretz:

"I have a story to tell about what happened today at the matinee of Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway. (The production is spectacular, one of the best I've ever seen, and I've seen two previous horrible versions of it.) An understudy went on for the female lead, Lindsay Mendez.
Her name is Sherz Aletaha. And she was great. Really, really great. I've seen many bad or mediocre understudies in my life. She was maybe the best ever. Anyway, there's a scene in the play in which the stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff, type stuff on a typewriter.
After the curtain call, Groff and Radcliffe and Aletaha came out to make a holiday pitch for a theater charity called Broadway Cares. Radcliffe announced he was auctioning off the piece of paper he and Groff had typed on for charity; they would sign it.
He reported that what Groff had typed on the paper was a profane paean to Aletaha's performance. "F----in Sherz!" Groff had typed. Charmingly, he ran the auction, and got the price of the piece of signed paper up to $1,500, then shouted Sold! The audience erupted. "
Radcliffe asked the guy what his name was for him to sign it. And the guy shouted out, "Why don't you just give it to her," meaning Sherz Aletaha. She clamped her hand on her mouth and started to cry. The audience erupted even more wildly.
It was one of the most spontaneous and beautiful acts of kindness I have ever witnessed. Radcliffe and Groff stood there applauding the generous theatergoer, and everyone there--who had just seen a masterpiece of a show already--was transported from the theater in joy.

19/11/2023

03/11/2023

Join EMBARK Co-founder Katie Schmidt Feder along with two Peekskill actors, Nick Nazario and Emrigael Alpern next weekend at either ARTS ON THE LAKE or TOMPKINS CORNERS CULTURAL CENTER for this poignant work created from actual letters back and forth in 1937 between an American fighting in Spain during the Spanish Civil war as part of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and his wife, who remained in New York City as an anti-fascism activist.

It is a great opportunity to learn about the Spanish Civil War, which was the precursor to World War II and hear the powerful folk songs of the era.

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In honor of Veterans Day, George and Ruth: Songs and Letters of The Spanish Civil War will be presented at Arts on the Lake in Kent on Saturday, November 11, at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 12, at 2 pm at Tompkins Corners Cultural Center in Putnam Valley.

Directed by Katie Schmidt Feder, this play of letters between newlyweds George and Ruth Watt during George’s time as a volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade includes folk songs from the 1930s selected and adapted by Tony Saletan. Performed by singer/guitarist Albi Gorn, they will accompany actors Nick Nazario and Emrigael Alpern. Photographic images from the period, including many by Robert Capa, are projected during the performance.

George’s son Dan Lynn Watt discovered the letters between his parents in 1997, and with his wife, Molly, wove them into dialogue illuminating the experiences of young Americans who volunteered to fight in the Lincoln Brigade against the Nazi-supported forces of General Franco. Ruth, who remained in New York City as both office worker and anti-war activist, provides the perspective of war’s homefront, while George's letters reveal his passionate commitment to the cause of freedom and democracy.

Albi Gorn, who has been playing and singing for 60 years, is excited to “sing the songs in this moving tribute to the brave people from all over the world who went to fight Fascism.”

This version of the piece was originally produced by The Capa Space Photography Center in Yorktown, NY, in conjunction with their This is Robert Capa! Exhibition. That exhibit is now moving to Arts on the Lake. It will be open weekends from Saturday, November 4, through Sunday, November 26. The book, Spain in Their Hearts, signed by author Adam Hochschild, will be available at a discount in both places.
Tickets are $20.
TCCC tickets: https://www.tompkinscorners.org/theatre.html

Arts on the Lake tickets: https://artsonthelake.org/event.php?ev_id=27199

A percentage of proceeds will be donated to ALBA – The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives.

17/10/2023

30/09/2023

Beautiful to watch:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/819900679716409?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw

22/09/2023

Hello actor and entertainer types! Sharing a spooky job post 🎃💀:

NYC’s renowned immersive horror theater company, the Psycho Clan, is recruiting actors to participate in “The Horsemen: Terror Lies in Chaos,” in Sleepy Hollow, every weekend for the month of October and the first weekend of November.

This is more than just hiding behind walls and jumping out at people. There's a level of theatricality that they embrace. Auditions are September 25th and 26th from 5 - 8 pm at the venue, located in Sleepy Hollow, NY at the Kathryn W. Davis RiverWalk Center in Kingsland Point Park located at 266 Palmer Avenue. Just steps away from the Philipse Manor Metro North train station.

If you can’t make it those days they will try to work something out with you.

Email them at [email protected] your headshot and resume, as well as the day and hour you would like to come in (i.e 9/26 at 6 pm) and they will confirm your appointment. If you don't have a headshot or resume, don't let that stop you.

Rehearsals are October 4th and 5th from 5-9 pm and they open on October 6th and close November 5th.

The schedule for all staff is: Thursdays-Sundays (with added nights on 10/30 and 31) from 5:30-12:30, except October 26th - 31st, which is 4:30-1:30.

Can work even if you can’t do all the dates.

Pay range is $16- $25/hr.

04/09/2023

A wonderful dance studio, especially if your child is most interested in ballet.

Find out why we are the happiest place to dance at our Open House on Wednesday, 9/6 from 5pm to 7pm and Saturday, 9/9 from 2pm to 4pm!

24/08/2023

Eileen Kramer 🩰 Bailarina, coreógrafa, artista y escritora australiana, nacida en 1914 que sigue haciendo arte en 2023 a la edad de 108 años. Ella rompe con todos los clichés y estereotipos sobre el envejecimiento. Leí que dijo una vez que nunca pronuncia la palabra "vieja", que simplemente ha estado en la Tierra durante mucho tiempo. “Cuando haces un trabajo creativo, eres absolutamente atemporal. No hay edad en la creatividad.”

¿Qué se puede decir? Hermosa. Danza y expresión humana. La vida es el paso del tiempo, y el tiempo es de lo que está hecha la vida. La edad no importa para bailar, porque la danza no entiende de edades, solo de entrega.

30/06/2023

Enjoy this amazing performance by Jordin Sparks in Waitress. Wow and wow!

11/05/2023

Wow!

30/04/2023

AUDITIONS!
Two actors - early 20’s
Musician (Singer/Guitarist)
More info here. https://thecapaspace.org/programming-1

24/04/2023

Seeking two actors early 20s for two performances in June.

There is pay.

These performances are part of the programming for the “This is Robert Capa!” exhibition, running April 8 to October 8, 2023.

Learn more and sign up to audition here: https://thecapaspace.org/programming-1

24/04/2023

Seeking Musician – Guitar and Vocals
to perform several Spanish Civil War folk songs in Spanish and English which will be integrated into a two theatrical performances - June 11 & 15.

There is pay.

These performances are part of the programming for the “This is Robert Capa!” exhibition, running April 8 to October 8, 2023.

Learn more and sign up to audition here: https://thecapaspace.org/programming-1