Macaulay Night Live

 

Co-hosted with Macaulay Content Creators

Directed by Carina D’Urso (’22 Brooklyn) and Uma Rao-Labrecque (’24 Hunter)

November 20th, 2021

As students were finally able to visit the Macaulay honors College for the first time since Spring 2020, Macaulay Theater Club and Macaulay Content Creators came together to create the student-created, written, and produced parody of Saturday Night Live. The show was written, filmed, and edited during the fall semester and was premiered on YouTube on November 20, 2021.

Legally Blonde and The Princess Bride Script Readings

Directed by Carina D’Urso (’22 Brooklyn), Assistant Directed by Uma Rao-Labrecque (’24 Hunter)

February 26th and March 26th, 2021

As pandemia continued, Macaulay Theater Club recognized that students were going through a lot, resulting in the Spring 2021 semester being more laid back with less rehearsal-heavy productions and events. The Legally Blonde movie script reading took place on Friday, February 26th, and The Princess Bride movie script reading took place on Friday, March 26th. Both took place on zoom, with lots of fun and chaos ensuing.

Opposites Attract: A Virtual Cabaret

Directed by Robin Tainsh (’21 Brooklyn) and Carina D’Urso (’22 Brooklyn)

November 21st and 22nd, 2020

In a time of unrest for all students, members of the club, and the entire world, we wanted to make sure that through these rough times we were able to put together a piece full of love, support, and talent (of course) to present for audiences in a virtual format. The cabaret was streamed on YouTube as a combination of pre-recorded songs that coordinated with our theme of “Opposites Attract”.

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Robin Tainsh (’21 Brooklyn) and Carina D’Urso (’22 Brooklyn)

April 19th, 2020

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Follow Jack Worthing through his life in Hertfordshire as we learn more about him and his black-sheep brother Ernest in this story of love, deception, and foolishness. Because of COVID-19, The Importance of Being Earnest was performed via scene readings on zoom. A historic moment for the theatre club, while also still lots of fun.

Pippin

Directed by Robin Tainsh (’21 Brooklyn), Assistant Directed by Carina D’Urso (’22 Brooklyn)

November 23rd and 24th, 2019

Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power. In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the un-extraordinary moments that happen every day.

 

Robin Hood

Directed by Robin Tainsh (’21 Brooklyn), Assistant Directed by Carina D’Urso (’22 Brooklyn)

April 6th and 7th, 2019

This hilarious and exhilarating drama combines the various folklore surrounding the character Robin Hood. The play allows to journey with the title character and his merry men through endless wit and banter. Robin and his band confront the scheming sheriff and the power-hungry King John in order to embrace justice. Through every sword fight and laugh, his engaging tale transports each audience member into Robin Hood’s story.

Godspell

Directed by Sarah Dunford (’19 CCNY), Assistant Directed by Robin Tainsh (’21 Brooklyn)

November 10th and 11th, 2018

A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and hefty doses of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus’ life dances across the stage. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus’ messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life.

Fairy Tale Courtroom

Directed by Sarah Dunford (’19 CCNY), Assistant Directed by Robin Tainsh (’21 Brooklyn)

April 28th and 29th, 2018

This comedy shows the other side of several familiar fairy tales, when two of their biggest villains, the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, are brought to trial. Both the Wolf and the Witch have been frolicking from fairy tale to fairy tale, wreaking havoc as they try to prevent the general public from living happily ever after. Hear the personal accounts of what happened, told in testimonies and flashback sequences, as each trial unfolds.

Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach

Directed by Jessica Castro (’18 CCNY), Assistant Directed by Sarah Dunford (’19 CCNY)

November 11th and 12th, 2017

When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach… and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities. Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family.

Geek!

Directed by Jessica Castro (’18 CCNY), Assistant Directed by Sarah Dunford (’19 CCNY)

April 1st and 2nd, 2017

With pissed-off Pikachus, steam punk armies and roller-blading monsters on the prowl, it’s easy to get lost in this Inferno-esque anime convention. To score a rare meeting with their comic book idol, teenage outcasts Danya and Honey will take on obsessive cosplayers and convention guards. But they find that no game can mask the deep loss they share… unless they truly discover who they are.

First Date

Directed by Anthony Massa (’17 CSI), Assistant Directed by Jessica Castro (’18 CCNY)

November 12th and 13th, 2016

When Blind Date Newbie Aaron meets Serial Dater Casey, they immediately connect, not expecting the chaos that their potential romance can bring. Now this couple must brave the world of crazy exes, social media mistakes, and some very persistent characters that would make any first date a living nightmare. Will Aaron and Casey survive?

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Directed by Anthony Massa (’17 CSI), Assistant Directed by Jessica Castro (’18 CCNY)

November 7th and 8th, 2015

Six competitive kids. Three crazed adults. Four confused audience volunteers. No rules! Watch the chaos unfold as a colorful cast of characters tries to survive the Putnam Bee!

A Match Made in Heaven

Directed by Anthony Massa (’17 CSI), Assistant Directed by Jessica Castro (’18 CCNY)

May 8th, 2015

This student-written Musical Revue shows what happens when a few stereotypical characters from classic romantic comedies meet on a matchmaking television series…