Initial casting has been revealed for the New York Stage and Film Festival Summer 2026 season, running July 10-August 2 at Marist University and The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, NY.
This year’s Festival will include performances by Barzin Akhavan, Aaron Alcaraz, Jahmaul Abiodun Bakare, Nicholas Byers, Eddie Cahill, Chris Chalk, Ka-Ling Cheung, Kelley Curran, Jasmine Aiyana Garvin, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.,Marcus Gladney Jr., Douglas Goodhart, Alex Humphreys, Josh Hoon Lee, Jose Llana, Tony Macht, Amanda Morrow, Liam Oh, dael orlandersmith, Diane Phelan, Sam Poon, Geena Quintos, Reg Rogers, Roslyn Ruff, James Saito, Daniel Saunders, David Ryan Smith, Fina Strazza, Alyssa Sunew, John Douglas Thompson, Chris Thorn, Jesús I. Valles, and Michelle Wilson, with more names to be announced.
Works being staged include Betty Shamieh‘s stage adaption of Dashiell Hammett‘s The Maltese Falcon, Jesús I. Valles’s bala.fruta./bullet.fruit., C.A. Johnson’s Lagniappe, Betty Shamieh’s Unmoored, Lloyd Suh and Thao Nguyen’s musical adaption of Ken Liu’s short story Paper Menagerie, Kate Cortesi’s Daylight, Quiara Alegría Hudes‘s Menafee, Jake Brasch‘s Trip Around the Sun, dael orlandersmith’s The Death Chronicles (portraits), and Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Whistle Down the Wind.
In addition to the creative teams with public-facing projects, the 2026 Summer Season will host a range of artists-in-residence including individual artists and groups such as the Indigenous Voices of the Northeast and The Drama League.
This season will also celebrate the Filmmakers’ Workshop and recipients of the Founders’ Award, Pfaelzer Award, and the Dasha Epstein Award; all to be announced at a later date.
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