About the Theatre
Over its 27 year history, KTC has produced over 200 plays, including 34 world premieres. We have premiered works by Adam Bock, Tanya Barfield, Darian Dauchan, Brian Dykstra, Brian Parks, Rachel Axler, Jason Odell Williams and many others. We continue to challenge audiences to see the world differently and to engage in important conversations. KTC is committed to producing new work and to being an inclusive, accessible, and actively anti-racist space for artists and audiences.RELATED STORIES
A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD Comes to Kitchen Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - November 12, 2024
Kitchen Theatre Company will present A Case for the Existence of God, a moving and thought-provoking play by acclaimed playwright Samuel D. Hunter, this month....
Kitchen Theatre Company Launches 2024-25 Season With LAUGHS IN SPANISH
by Stephi Wild - September 10, 2024
Kitchen Theatre Company has announced the opening of its 2024-25 season with Laughs in Spanish, a hilarious and heartfelt comedy by Alexis Scheer....
Valeria Herrera's SPACEbound'Art Exhibition Opens At Kitchen Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2024
Valeria Herrera's SPACEBOUND art exhibition has been announced at Kitchen Theatre Company....
Carla Stetson Exhibition 'Water Ways' Comes to Kitchen Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2024
Carla Stetson will present her lyric collection of artworks called Water Ways in Kitchen Theatre Company's lobby gallery starting May 1st. These artworks might be considered sculpture or maps, Carla fabricates them by sewing, painting or delicate collage, a weaving of rhythms and forms. ...
THE TURNAWAY PLAY Comes to the Kitchen Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - April 26, 2024
Kitchen Theatre Company's 2023-2024 Main Stage season will end with THE TURNAWAY PLAY by Ithaca-based Lesley Lisa Greene....
Kitchen Theatre Company Names Emily Jackson As New Artistic Leader
by A.A. Cristi - March 06, 2024
Kitchen Theatre Company's Board of Directors have announced the appointment of Emily Jackson as the next Producing Artistic Director beginning July 1, 2024. A familiar face to Kitchen patrons and the Ithaca theater community, Ms. Jackson brings a wealth of experience and passion to her new role....
Kitchen Theatre Company Presents SCHEISS BOOK By Liba Vaynberg
by A.A. Cristi - October 30, 2023
The 2023-2024 Kitchen Theatre Company season continues with SCHEISS BOOK, written and performed by Liba Vaynberg*. Performances in the Percy Browning Performance Space run from Wednesday, November 8, through Sunday, November 19, 2023.
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TICK, TICK...BOOM! Comes to Kitchen Theatre Company This Month
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2023
The 2023-2024 season continues at Kitchen Theatre Company with tick, tick...BOOM! by Jonathan Larson, the famed writer of RENT. Learn more about the musical here!...
Kitchen Theatre Company Presents MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA To Launch 33rd Season
by A.A. Cristi - August 28, 2023
Things are cooking again at Kitchen Theatre Company as the 33rd season sizzles to life with MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA. Written by Christian St. Croix and directed by Rachel Lampert, this haunting tale will play from September 20 to October 1....
Walking On Water Productions Presents THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY
by A.A. Cristi - June 27, 2023
Walking on Water Productions (WoW) presents their 2023 season production The World According to Snoopy!!! - a playful, energetic musical based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz that boasts bright melodies, clever lyrics, and iconic characters. A true crowd pleaser, the show is sure to ...
Past Shows
Act 4
5/13 - 6/28/2021
THE JOURNEY TO 30: A CELEBRATION OF THE KITCHEN THEATRE COMPANYS PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE. FEATURING 4 ACTS WITH OVER 20 EVENINGS OF BOLD, INTIMATE ...
Shape by Kara-Lynn Vaeni
6/6 - 6/28/2021
Built on adrenaline, this hilarious, honest, and uniquely feminist new play cracks open conversations about how we relate to our bodies....
Act 3
4/1 - 5/8/2021
THE JOURNEY TO 30: A CELEBRATION OF THE KITCHEN THEATRE COMPANYS PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE! FEATURING 4 ACTS WITH OVER 20 EVENINGS OF BOLD, INTIMATE ...
Come join us on the journey with our annual Lip Sink Fundraising Event! Dress up as your favorite artist and have fun lip syncing to ...
Act 2
2/18 - 3/19/2021
THE JOURNEY TO 30: A CELEBRATION OF THE KITCHEN THEATRE COMPANYS PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE. FEATURING 4 ACTS WITH OVER 20 EVENINGS OF BOLD, INTIMATE ...
Act 1
12/16 - 2/4/2021
THE JOURNEY TO 30: A CELEBRATION OF THE KITCHEN THEATRE COMPANYS PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE. FEATURING 4 ACTS WITH OVER 20 EVENINGS OF BOLD, INTIMATE ...
Kitchen Theatre Company Holiday Party
12/16 - 12/17/2020
Kick off our season with our 2020-2021 Holiday Party Event! December 16th and 17th at 7PM via Zoom. Hosted by Ithaca Times-Voted Best Comedian of ...
Shape
6/7 - 6/21/2020
A Wacky World Premiere About Working Out Written and Directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni Meet Puppy, a 47-year-old lifelong East Coast woman who moves to Texas ...
Mr. Joy
4/26 - 5/10/2020
A Neighborhood Finds Renewal, Healing, and Hope by Daniel Beaty In this uplifting one-woman show, a Harlem community takes stock when a Chinese immigrants shoe ...
Catch as Catch Can
3/15 - 4/4/2020
An Edgy Tour De Force by Mia Chung Directed by Zoë Golub-Sass Two working class New England families have grown up in each others homes, ...
Cry It Out
2/2 - 2/22/2020
A Comedy About Parenthood by Molly Smith Metzler Directed by M. Bevin O'Gara With little in common besides new babies and adjacent backyards, Jessie, a ...
Proof
11/23 - 12/15/2019
A Poignant American Classic by David Auburn Directed by M. Bevin O'Gara Catherine has spent years taking care of her father, a famous mathematician. In ...
The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up
10/20 - 11/3/2019
An Explosive Look at Love and Dysfunction by Carla Ching Directed by Meg Taintor Diana and Max meet as kids, the day their parents start ...
The Children
9/8 - 9/29/2019
A Compelling Broadway Hit by Lucy Kirkwood Directed by Margarett Perry Hazel and Robin, retired nuclear scientists, have set up camp on the British coast. ...
Tribes
6/2 - 6/23/2019
Billy, born deaf into a fast-talking, academic family, was never taught sign language. Pushed by his parents to assimilate into the hearing world by reading ...
Matt & Ben
5/27 - 6/17/2018
Extended by popular demand! Ben Affleck and Matt Damon sit down to write their first screenplay, an adaptation of Catcher in the Rye (obviously) when ...
Bright Half Life
3/4 - 3/18/2018
A moving love story that spans decades in an instant—from marriage, children, skydiving, and the infinite moments that make a life together....
Ironbound
1/21 - 2/4/2018
At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk ...
Brahmanii: A One Hijra Stand-up Comedy Show
10/8 - 10/29/2017
Aditi Brennan Kapil; dir: M. Bevin O'Gara....
Smart People
9/3 - 9/24/2017
Lydia Diamond; dir: Summer Williams....
Clean Alternatives
6/4 - 6/18/2017
Brian Dykstra....
Throw Pitchfork
4/23 - 5/7/2017
Alexander Thomas....
Sex With Strangers
3/12 - 4/2/2017
Laura Eason....
Birds of East Africa
1/29 - 2/12/2017
Wendy Dann....
Death Boogie
11/13 - 12/4/2016
Darian Dauchan....
Death Boogie
11/13 - 12/4/2016
Darian Dauchan....
Precious Nonsense
10/16 - 11/6/2016
Rachel Lampert....
Precious Nonsense
10/16 - 11/6/2016
Rachel Lampert....
Hand To God
9/4 - 9/25/2016
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...
Hand To God
9/4 - 9/25/2016
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...
Paloma
5/1 - 5/22/2016
Paloma and Ibrahim meet at NYU in a graduate literature course. He is devoutly Muslim, she is nominally Catholic, and their immediate attraction comes as ...
Dancing Lessons
3/20 - 4/3/2016
DANCING LESSONS centers on Ever, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome, who seeks the instruction of a Broadway dancer to learn enough dancing to survive ...
Peter and the Starcatcher
1/31 - 2/21/2016
Rick Elice; book: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson; music: Wayne Barker; dir: Rachel Lampert, Sara Lampert Hoover....
Thin Walls
6/10 - 6/28/2015
Alice Eve Cohen; dir: Rachel Lampert....
Swimming in the Shallows
4/29 - 5/17/2015
Adam Bock; dir: Rachel Lampert....
A Shout in Salty Water
4/8 - 4/12/2015
Ryan Hope Travis....
Mother Land
4/8 - 4/12/2015
Michelle Courtney Berry....
Black Sheep
4/1 - 4/5/2015
Darian Dauchan....
Mami Confessions
3/25 - 3/29/2015
Lorraine Rodriguez-Reyes....
A Body of Water
2/18 - 3/8/2015
A long-married couple wakes one beautiful morning in an idyllic summer house surrounded by lush lawn and a vast body of water. There’s only one ...
Count Me In
1/14 - 2/1/2015
Rachel Lampert; dir: Emily Jackson, Rachel Lampert....
From White Plains
10/16 - 11/10/2014
Michael Perlman; dir: Michael Perlman....
Seminar
4/30 - 5/18/2014
Theresa Rebeck; dir: Margarett Perry....
Lungs
3/26 - 4/13/2014
The world is getting hotter, there’s unrest overseas—the seas themselves aren’t very calm—and one couple is thinking about having a child. LUNGS is a smart ...
C*CK
2/19 - 3/9/2014
This award-winning play explores themes of identity and sexuality through the story of a gay man who questions his feelings after meeting a woman....
Venus in Fur
1/22 - 2/9/2014
Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus ...
Black Pearl Sings!
12/4 - 12/22/2013
In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman ...
Heroes
9/4 - 9/22/2013
Three aging WWI French army veterans, a very different "band of brothers," muse on life, the past and what is over the next hill as ...
What I Thought I Knew
6/12 - 6/30/2013
Based on her acclaimed, award-winning book, an Oprah 25 Best Summer Books pick, Alice Eve Cohen’s story of motherhood, our fractured medical system, and the ...
Waiting for Spring
5/30 - 6/17/2012
The Whipping Man
4/4 - 4/22/2012
Red Light Winter
2/22 - 3/11/2012
Call Me Waldo
1/18 - 2/5/2012
The Mystery of Irma Vep
11/30 - 12/18/2011
Neat
10/19 - 11/6/2011
In The Company of Dancers
9/28 - 10/9/2011
Circle Mirror Transformation
8/24 - 9/18/2011
Videos
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Gypsy
OFC Creations Theatre (1/30 - 2/16) | |
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An Evening With Tituss Burgess
Universal Preservation Hall (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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Beetlejuice
Landmark Theatre (5/14 - 5/18) | |
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Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Cohoes Music Hall (3/29 - 3/30) | |
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One World: The Music of Sir Karl Jenkins
Carnegie Hall (1/20 - 1/20) | |
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The Little Mermaid
Cohoes Music Hall (7/22 - 8/17) | |
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The Cher Show (Non-Equity)
Forum Theatre (2/18 - 2/19) | |
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House of Stars
House of Stars (9/8 - 12/12) | ||
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Suffs
Music Box Theatre (12/9 - 5/5) | |
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