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In a return to the tradition of traveling troupes, the Rooted Voyageurs bring classical theater to Hudson Valley farmers' markets, parks, and other public gathering places with the aim of accessibility and inclusion.

Gender themes still resonate in Shakespeare birthday bash production FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 Nick Nudler, foreground, in Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeares "Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World." Background from left are: Emily Díaz, Madeleine Rose Maggio (as Joan of Arc), , Devante Owens, and Kirsten Peacock Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World, 2021 Directed by Kevin G. Coleman Filmed by Patrick Toole 2of14 Emily Díaz (...

LENOX — Very little is conventional about Emma Woodhouse, the eponymous would-be matchmaker heroine of Jane Austens fourth novel; the last to be published in her lifetime. Before she began writing "Emma," Austen famously described her as a heroine "no one but myself will much like."  Austen was wrong. Emma Woodhouse is one of Austens more popular characters. "Emma" has been adapted for the movies — eight times; and multiple times on television, the stage, YouTube. Now, its playwright...