The Schoolhouse Theater

11/28/2025

We are honored and humbled to announce that The Schoolhouse Theater has received
25 NOMINATIONS from Broadway World Rockland/ Westchester, including Best Play, Best Ensemble, and Favorite Local Theater! Three different productions are represented, including last December’s Faith Healer, May’s Satchmo at the Waldorf, and September’s production of Les Liaisons Damgereuses!
Congratulations to all of our wonderful nominees! Want to make your voice heard?
Then VOTE for your favorites at the link in our bio!
📸: Doug Abdelnour

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10/06/2025

THIS SUNDAY! Jazz Royalty comes to The Schoolhouse!! Be sure to catch the one and only HOUSTON PERSON, LIVE IN CONCERT at 7pm. You don’t want to miss out on this chance to see one of the LEGENDS OF JAZZ perform in this hyper intimate setting. Tickets are on sale NOW, so don’t wait! Go to the link in our bio to secure yours today!

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09/21/2025

ONLY TWO PERFORMANCES LEFT!! Today is the last chance to catch the SCANDAL, INTRIGUE, and SENSATIONAL STORYTELLING of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!! Don’t miss out on your final chance to see this incredible company bring this CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED seductive tale to life! Tickets are going FAST, so RUN to the link in our bio to secure your chance today!!

📸: Doug Abdelnour

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09/20/2025

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Only 4 PERFORMANCES LEFT for Les Liaisons Dangereuses!! Don’t miss out on our smash hit, seductive tour de force!! Tickets are going fast, so don’t wait!! Go to the link in our bio to secure your spot TODAY!

📸: Doug Abdelnour

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09/16/2025

The reviews are POURING IN for Les Liaisons Dangereuses!! Thank you so much Pia Haas and BroadwayWorld for your RAVE REVIEW! This weekend is your FINAL CHANCE to catch LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, so don’t wait!!! Get your tickets TODAY for this “dazzling dance of wit, seduction, and betrayal!”

📸: Doug Abdelnour

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09/11/2025

We are back TOMORROW for our CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SMASH HIT production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses!! Enjoy this extraordinary trailer by the one and only Jessica Klee!! Some performances are already SOLD OUT, so ACT NOW to not miss your chance to see this sumptuous production!!

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Les Liaisons DangereusesFollowing Satchmo at the Waldorf is Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, a gripping adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ sca...

09/10/2025

“Les Liaisons Dangereuses HEATS UP THE STAGE AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE THEATER!” Thank you so much to Bruce Apar and BroadwayWorld for the first review of our SMASH HIT PRODUCTION OF LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!! Tickets are selling FAST, and some performances are already SOLD OUT, so don’t wait!! Get your tickets NOW at the link in our bio today!!

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09/05/2025

Tonight is the OPENING NIGHT of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, and to celebrate, we are counting down by introducing the incredible folks making this show happen. Up next, meet Elisabeth S. Rodgers, who is playing La Marquise de Merteuil and Patrick Zeller who is playing Valmont!!!

Elisabeth S. Rodgers (La Marquise de Merteuil) made her Schoolhouse debut last season as Grace in Faith Healer. Her onstage work - ranging from Shakespeare to children's theatre, experimental theatre, and corporate training events - has taken her everywhere from City Center in the Big Apple to regional stages all over the country... and even Tanzania. NYC theater: Chains and Women Without Men (Mint Theatre); Troilus & Cressida and King Lear (Hip to Hip); Great Catherine (Protean Theatre); When We Dead Awaken (Century Center); The Richard Foreman Trilogy (Ontological/St. Mark's); and White Water (The Performing Garage). Regional: Antony & Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo & Juliet (Blackfriars Theatre); All My Sons, How the Other Half Loves (River Rep); The Pavilion (Merrimack Rep); Jesus Hopped the A Train (Stageworks/Hudson); The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream(Saratoga Shakespeare); Miracle on 34th Street (NYSTI); Macbeth (NJ Shakespeare Festival).TV: Another World, Knights of Prosperity, and Law & Order: SVU.Audiobooks: Over 250 titles for Audible, Blackstone, Brilliance, Hachette, and Recorded Books, among others.

Patrick Zeller (Valmont) is thrilled to make his Schoolhouse Theatre debut. New York and Regional credits include stints at NY Classical Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre Company, The Denver Center Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company and Palm Beach Dramaworks. He played Joey Novak on General Hospital and Derek Scully on Law & Order: SVU as well as Law & Order: Organized Crime. Film credits include Say Yes, Baby Steps, Virgin Alexander and Just One More Kiss, for which he won Best Actor at the Aphrodite Film Awards. You can hear him in hundreds of audiobooks across a host of genres. As a writer and producer he co-created Packed, a web series about stay-at-home dads, available on Amazon, YouTube and Film Freeway. Patrick has an MFA from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, and a BFA from Emerson College. He is a member of Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA.

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09/04/2025

We are ONE DAY AWAY from the opening night of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, and to celebrate, we are counting down by introducing the incredible folks making this show happen. Up next, meet Lisa Ann Goldsmith, playing Mme. de Volanges, and Elizah Knight, who is playing Mme. de Tourvel!!!

Lisa Ann Goldsmith (Mme de Volanges, Intimacy Director, Dialect Coach) Lisa Ann is the Co-Host (along with Owen Thompson!) of the internationally known podcast The Bardcast: It’s Shakespeare, You Dick!, winner of the New York Shakespeare Award for Best Podcast. Her 50 plus dialect credits include Master Harold and theBoys and Satchmo at the Waldorf for Schoolhouse, and the Amazon Series After Forever. As an actor, favorites include Kate Rearden in the World Premiere of Windfall (directed by Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander at Arkansas Rep); Mrs. Cratchit (15 years!) in Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol, Kate in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Human Race Theatre Company); Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (Pittsburgh CLO at Heinz Field); and Louisa Whitman in the World Premiere of Oscar and Walt (City Theatre). She has taught at theatre conservatories all over the country and was the recipient of Slippery Rock University’s 2023-24 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. She also proudly serves as the Theatrical Business Representative for the SAG-AFTRA Ohio-Pittsburgh Local. She is immensely grateful to Owen and Bram, and all the amazing artists that have made this beautiful play come to life. Enjoy!

Elizah Knight (Mme de Tourvel) is a New York City based actor/singer/dancer. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. Since graduation in 2023 Knight has performed in workshops, on TV and across the country. Most recently Knight toured as Courtney in the Off-Broadway show Cross That River. Additional credits include Angel in And What Happens if I Don’t (The Cherry Arts Center) and Viola in Twelfth Night the Musical (Ithaca College). Knight is represented by About Artists Agency. You can check out her website ElizahKnight.com or Instagram for more. Huge thanks to the entire Schoolhouse Theater team!

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09/03/2025

We are TWO DAYS AWAY from the opening night of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, and to celebrate, we are counting down by introducing the incredible folks making this show happen. Up next, meet Kate Day Magocsi, playing Cécile, and Max Murray, who is playing Danceny!!!

Kate Day Magocsi (Cécile Volanges) is thrilled to join the cast of Les Liaisons Dangereuses! After graduating from Baldwin Wallace’s Musical Theatre program this past May, she’s back acting in NYC where she was born. Regional theatre highlights: A Little Night Music (Barrington Stage Company), Waitress (Beck Center for the Arts), Into the Woods, Murder on the Orient Express, (Great Lakes Theater), Spelling Bee (Cain Park), Jersey Boys (SSMT). Huge thanks to this phenomenal cast and crew. Much love to Mom Dad and Matt.

Max Murray (Le Chevalier Danceny) is a recently graduated BFA acting major from the University of Arizona. He is incredibly excited to be making his New York stage debut at The Schoolhouse Theatre! He has been living in New York for just under a year now and absolutely loving it! Recent credits include October 7th (Staged Reading) (Ilya) with Jeff Gurner, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Tracy u/s, Ensemble), Women In Jeopardy (Trenner u/s) with Arizona Theatre Company, Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), The Thanksgiving Play (Jaxton Smithton), Polaroid Stories (SKINHEADboy), Into the Woods (Narrator/Mysterious Man) with Arizona Repertory Theatre, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Selected Scenes) (Demetrius) with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. A huge thank you to Owen and the entire company for this incredible opportunity and to his endlessly supportive friends and family! Love you Momma!

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09/02/2025

We are THREE DAYS AWAY from the opening night of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, and to celebrate, we are counting down by introducing the incredible folks making this show happen. Up next, meet Indiana Robinson-Dawes, playing Émilie, and Brinton Parson, who is playing Mme. de Rosemonde!!!

Indiana Robinson-Dawes (Émilie) is a British-Caribbean actor who came to New York to pursue her passion for the arts and train at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her theatre credits include Talk Therapy (dir. Lil Malinich), Mayonnaise Rizadas and Gatorade (dir. Santiago Molina), Mercury (dir. Lil Malinich), The Grief Dialogues: For My Brothers Wherever I May Find Them (dir. Dani Davis), The Grief Dialogues: Fusion (dir. Dani Davis), Macbeth (dir. Caitlin Morley), Smash (dir. Susan Pilar) and Henry IV part one (dir. Timothy D. Stickney).

Brinton Parson (Mme de Rosemonde) Having played many roles on life's stage for seventy years, it is high time that Brinton is thrillingly making her stage debut as an 84-year-old dowager.

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