PAST PERFORMANCES
JANUARY 2026, IRVINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IRVINGTON, NY
DECEMBER 2025, HUDSON VALLEY BOOKS FOR HUMANITY, OSSINING, NY
AUGUST 2025, UNTERMYER GARDENS, YONKERS, NY
AUGUST 2025, TURNER PARK, WHITE PLAINS, NY
JULY 2024, HUDSON PARK, NEW ROCHELLE, NY
JUNE 2024, SUNSET STAGE AT PIERSON PARK, TARRYTOWN, NY
JULY 2024 RIVERTOWNS PLAYHOUSE, IRVINGTON, NY
JULY 2023, OZZIE DAVIS THEATER, NEW ROCHELLE, NY
JULY 2022, YONKERS PUBLIC LIBRARY, YONKERS, NY
MARCH 2022, MERCY UNIVERSITY, NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Production blends Shakespeare with Lincoln and Booth
In 2021, Saliani came across a grainy video on YouTube of a 1982 PBS broadcast of “Acting Shakespeare” that inspired him to reach out to his former professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts to learn more about the production. A chain of messages led Saliani to receive a letter from McKellen five months later.
“I prefer small potatoes to large ones, and I would be very happy for Kamran Saliani to revive ‘Acting Shakespeare’ at no charge,” the letter read. Ever since then it’s just been a mission for me to revive this play, adapt it, turn it into something after I felt inspired by watching it on YouTube.
artfully blends stand-up comedy, music, and drama
Acting Shakespeare Inside America’s Wilderness is an innovative and compelling 90-minute performance that artfully blends stand-up comedy, music, and drama into an extravagant night of theater.
Wonderful!
Wonderful opportunity to see the talented RTP perform one of Shakespeare's lesser known plays, exploring the themes of gender, identity and power, challenging us to explore who we really are, and whom we really love. Creatively staged on the terrace of Mercy College Verrazano Hall, this performance beautifully incorporates the background of sloping lawn and river views. Enjoy!
Bravo, RTP!
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing two productions (summer 2021 & spring 2022) and believe Westchester is lucky to have Rivertowns Playhouse presenting Shakespeare to new audiences. Bravo, RTP! 👏👏👏
Amazing!
An amazing abridged adaptation of Love’s Labour’s Lost! Funny and extremely well acted. I loved the outdoor setting of the show as well.