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Our Mission

The Covey Theatre Company of Central New York is dedicated to bringing high-quality, diverse, accessible theatre that will enrich, educate, and entertain a broad patron base.

2012 Season

July 13, 14, 20, 21 at 8:00 PM*

Covey Theatre brings you another CNY premiere with the riotous adult musical AVENUE Q. This 2004 Tony award-winner for Best Musical is simultaneously a touching homage to children's television programming and an irreverent comedy about finding our purpose in life. Full of catchy tunes like "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist," "If You Were Gay," and "The Internet is for Porn," puppets and people shed hilarious and philosophical light on our shared hopes, dreams, and insecurities.
*not recommended for children as this show contains adult themes and content

Princeton - Maxwel Anderson
Kate Monster - Sara Weiler
Nicky - Rob Lescarbeau
Trekky Monster - Josh Taylor
Lucy the Slut - Jodie Baum
Rod - David Cotter
Brian - Josh Mele
Christmas Eve - Sunny Hernandez
Gary Coleman - Karin Franklin-King
Newcomer/Nicky 2nd Puppeteer - Angel Santiago
Mrs. Thistletwat/Trekky 2nd Puppeteer - Bethany Daniluk
Female Bad Idea Bear - Alexia Crescenzi
Male Bad Idea Bear - Kyle Johnson
Directed by Garrett Heater and Susan Blumer
Musical Direction by Bridget Moriarty
Choreography by Jodi Bova-Mele
Set Design by Michael Penny
Puppet Dresser - Kathy Egloff

Purchase tickets for 'Avenue Q' below!

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September 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8:00 PM

If you enjoyed our smash hit "The Graduate" in the 2011 season, you're going to fall in love with Neil Simon's audience favorite "Barefoot in the Park." Set in the early 60's, newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter, he a staid lawyer and she a free spirit, comically cope with the demands of home ownership and the struggles of marital bliss. Running for 1,530 performances on Broadway after opening in 1964, it stands as Simon's longest play and remains a timeless Valentine to the ups and downs of young love. Syracuse theatre favorite Sara Weiler stars as Corie Brater.

Movie clip starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jtkw-qFms&feature=related

November 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8:00 PM

Insanity. Execution. Murder. 6 days after the Civil War ended Major Rathbone and his fiance Clara Harris attended the Ford's Theater production of "Our American Cousin" with President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln. During a climax of laughter from the audience at the comedy onstage, J.W. Booth slipped undetected into the presidential box and fired a nickel-sized bullet into Lincoln's skull. Rathbone grappled with Booth briefly, receiving potentially fatal slashes from Booth's knife across his forearm. Clara's screamed for someone to stop the assassin as he jumped to the stage below, her white gown becoming soaked with blood. Simultaneously, Booth's accomplice Lewis Paine walks into the bedroom of Secretary of State William Seward's bedroom and slashes him across the face and throat before disappearing into the night. Across town in her boarding house, Mary Surratt sits unaware that she will soon be executed with 3 others for allowing the conspirators to meet and devise the plot under her own roof.
Lincoln enthusiasts as well as patrons who have previously enjoyed Covey's "Lizzie Borden Took an Axe" and "The Romanovs" will certainly find interest in this exciting world premiere: the tragic results of spilling Lincoln's blood.
Starring SALT award winner Jodie Baum as Mary Todd Lincoln.

Thank you for attending our 2011 Season!
The Romanovs
a new play by Garrett Heater

Thank you for attending 'Art'!

Photos courtesy of Amelia Beamish

Thank you for attending our production of "The Graduate"

Photos courtesy of Amelia Beamish

Board of Directors

Susan Blumer, General Director
Garrett Heater, Artistic Director
Michael Penny, Producing Director

Interested in joining The Covey production team? We are interested in volunteers for all of our upcoming shows ranging from box office to lighting, stage crew and more!
We are a young company and looking to bring in all kinds of talent!

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