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YES VIRGINIA” FEATURES FAMILES ON STAGE AND OFF
November 14, 2024
Family is at the center of things this season – both on stage and off – at the Oswego Players’ for their Holiday production, “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” The production will run weekends, December 6th to 15th onstage at the Frances Marion Brown Theater at Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY. Friday and Saturday night performances are at 7:30PM, while curtain time for the two Sunday matinees is at 2PM. Tickets are $17 for adults, $13 for seniors and $12 for students. They may be reserved online by going to oswegoplayers.org, or by calling the Players’ Box Office at (315) 343-5138. Written by Andrew J. Fernady, the play is inspired by the true, simple, poignant letter written in 1897 by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon to the editor of the New York Sun, "Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?"
“YES VIRGINIA” FEATURES FAMILIAR FACES IN NEW ROLES
November 5, 2024
There is a generational feeling at The Oswego Players this Christmas, with familiar faces who have literally grown up onstage at the Frances Marion Brown Theater tackling new roles for “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” The production will run weekends, December 6th to 15th onstage at the Frances Marion Brown Theater at Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY. Friday and Saturday night performances are at 7:30PM, while curtain time for the two Sunday matinees is at 2PM. Tickets are $17 for adults, $13 for seniors and $12 for students. They may be reserved online by going to oswegoplayers.org, or by calling the Players’ Box Office at (315) 343-5138.
OSWEGO PLAYERS REVIVE TIMELESS CHRISTMAS TREASURE
October 29, 2024
The timeless story about "the eternal light with which childhood fills the world" will return to the stage this Christmas season as the Oswego Players proudly presents “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” The production will run weekends, December 6th to 15th onstage at the Frances Marion Brown Theater at Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY. Friday and Saturday night performances are at 7:30PM, while curtain time for the two Sunday matinees is at 2PM. Tickets are $17 for adults, $13 for seniors and $12 for students. They may be reserved online by going to oswegoplayers.org, or by calling the Players’ Box Office at (315) 343-5138. Written by Andrew J. Fernady, the play is inspired by the true, simple, poignant letter written in 1897 by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon to the editor of the New York Sun, "Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?"
Beloved Show, New Arts Organization Comes To Oswego
October 14, 2024
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.”
Oswego Players announces 2024 Don McCann winners
October 2, 2024
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,

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When the houselights go out, the magic of the theater begins. The Oswego Players have welcomed audiences to performances since 1938, and we invite you to join us for a performance in the Frances Marion Brown Theater in the Oswego Civic Arts Center. Whether it’s a modern Broadway classic, a new play, comedy or drama, musical or children’s production, the Players hope you will take part in the fun, excitement and magic that is the theater. The Frances Marion Brown Theater has been called a “gem” of a theater and has been applauded by directors from across the spectrum of educators in Central New York as well as New York City. With just over 100 seats, the intimate nature of the theater puts the audience up close and personal with the action, making everyone feel that they are part of the performance.