Stop Kiss by Diana Son

New York City can be such an impersonal place. When you are a new arrival there, eager to start out in the city, finding friends can be difficult. Once you do, friendship sometimes turns to love. When it does, especially if that love is unconventional, between two women, the consequences can be life-altering, as happens in this haunting play.

"Irresistibly exciting...a sweet, sad and enchantingly sincere play" - The New York Times

Stop Kiss is recommended for mature audiences.

Fridays and Saturdays October 6, 7, 20, 21 at 7:30 Sunday, October 8 at 2 pm Thursday, October 19 at 7:30 pm

Machinal by Sophie Treadwell

Drudgery fills Helen's life: Married to her loutish boss, and deafened by the ringing, clacking, ticking cacophony of life as a secretary, she embarks on an affair with a self-assured transient. Awakened to herself and her passions, one of those passions turns murderous.

Based on the notorious case of Ruth Snyder, Machinal was a sensation when it premiered in 1928, and remains relevant today.

"[a play that] in a hundred years should still be vital and vivid." - The New York Times (1928) "…retains a timeless fascination" - The New York Times (2001)

Fridays and Saturdays December 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7:30 Sunday, December 3 at 2 pm Thursday, December 7 at 7:30 pm

Festival of Ten V

The fifth biennial Festival of Ten is an evening of sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes hilarious ruminations on the human condition. As the audience takes in the ten new, fully produced 10-minute plays, they become as instrumental to the playwrights as pens, pads, or word processors.

Rounding out the Festival will be the Playwrights Symposium, held on March 3.

"The Festival of Ten is a wonderful opportunity for any playwright. The faculty and students challenge a playwright to produce the best script possible." - Jay Hanagan, playwright,Festival of Ten IV

Fridays and Saturdays February 23, 24, March 2, 3 at 7:30 Sunday, February 25 at 2 pm Thursday, March 1 at 7:30 pm

For information regarding the Playwrights Symposium, please contact the Department of Theatre at (585) 395-2496. Separate registration is required for the Playwrights Symposium.

Tartuffe by Molière

Happy family. Happy father. Happy life. Happy, that is, until Tartuffe shows up, posing as a religious zealot! He turns this happy world upside down with his scheming and chicanery, all in the guise of salvation for the guileless father and his family.

This 17th century classic still resonates in a 21st century world populated with hypocrites and hucksters speaking out of both sides of their face.

"absorbing...spirited comic fable." - The New York Times

April 20 - 22, 26 - 28 Fridays and Saturdays April 20, 21, 27, 28 at 7:30 Sunday, April 22 at 2 pm Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 pm

All Performances on the Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage

$12 General/$10 Seniors/$8 Students