The classic show Arsenic & Old Lace is coming to Oswego this month, brought to us by a new Arts non-profit “Beyond the Rainbow Productions” in partnership with the Oswego Players. Director Kevin Colvin is set to bring back a well-known dark comedy: Arsenic and Old Lace. The story follows the Brewster family with elements of farce and crime. Colvin is also President of Beyond the Rainbow Productions, a multi-arts organization.  He reflects on the journey to the production of the show: “I saw the Arsenic and Old Lace film with Cary Grant for the first time in my mid 20's. It appealed so highly to my dark, morbid, twisted sense of humor that, after debating if I would like to direct a show someday, that it would be this show I would want to direct first. I am very excited and grateful that Oswego Players have agreed to coproduce it with Beyond The Rainbow, and finally give me the dream directorial debut I have been trying for over the past 6 years.”

The Oswego Players, Inc. has announced the winners of its 2024 Donald J. McCann Memorial One-Act Play Writing Contest. The contest is an opportunity for budding playwrights eager to see their creations brought to life on stage. Winning the first-place, $250 prize this year was Michael Brumm, of Ardsley. His “A Matter of Measurements: The Uncut Version.” is a farce about a fictional meeting between Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Brian Leahy Doyle, of Hastings-on-Hudson, received $150 for his second-place play, “Maybe Tomorrow,” a tender look at a budding romance between two mid-life colleagues. Two plays are tied for third place and each playwright will get a $75 prize. “Like Clockwork” by Andrada Angilieri, of Brooklyn, sparkles with the repartee of an urbane couple and then gives the audience an emotional, surprise twist at the end. “Birthright” by Lydia Merritt, of New York City,

Please come out and support our fun trivia nigh at The Cellar Door. Our trivia night will be on October 3rd at 7:00 PM. It is $10 to play. Bring a team to play! There will be some awesome prizes!

The Oswego Players are pleased to announce auditions for their December holiday production Andrew J. Fenady’s “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” This classic holiday story for the whole family will be directed by Jennifer Hitchcock. The auditions will be a cold reading from the script held at the Francis Marion Brown theatre in Oswego on Wednesday, October 9th from 5:00 pm to 6: 30 pm and Sunday, October 13th from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. There are parts for 8 women and 17 men, with numerous roles that could be either gender, ages ranging from twenty to Sixty. There are also several roles for children ages 5 to 12 years of age.

Happy Friday the 13th! What an unlucky day to be a single elderly man with no family, alone with two ladies who have a taste for poisoned elderberry wine. Come laugh with us: https://bit.ly/3MJiVNj Show dates: Oct 25th & 26th, Nov 1st and 2nd - 7:30pm Matinees: Oct 27th & Nov 3rd - 2pm