Ruth Snyder

FRIGID New York Unveils Lineup For 2025 New York City Fringe Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2025

FRIGID New York will present the 2025 New York City Fringe Festival at UNDER St. Marks, wild project, and the Chain Theatre this April. Learn more about the festival here!

Review: MACHINAL and THE BEE'S KNEES at Red Sandcastle/The Theatre Centre
by Ilana Lucas - Nov 19, 2024

If the 2020s have occasionally uncomfortably reminded you of the 1920s, you’re not alone. Two Toronto theatre companies are currently using work from and about that turbulent decade to comment on present issues. At the Red Sandcastle, The Flare Productions presents Sophie Treadwell’s seminal work of feminist and Expressionist theatre, MACHINAL, a 1928 play very loosely based on the real-life story of Ruth Snyder, executed at Sing Sing Prison for the murder of her husband. At the Theatre Centre, Tall Poppy Productions presents a new work written and directed by Judy Reynolds, THE BEE’S KNEES, a fictional tale of one of the first women to run for Canadian parliament in the early 1920s.

EastLine Theatre to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month At Westbury Arts With MACHINAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2024

EastLine Theatre will present their third annual Hispanic Heritage Month production at Westbury Arts with the rarely-produced play MACHINAL by Mexican-American playwright Sophie Treadwell, first seen on Broadway in 1928. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Fells Point Corner Theatre Opens Fall Season With MACHINAL 
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 28, 2024

FPCT announced the opening of MACHINAL on September 6, 2024. The production explores themes of societal pressure and personal freedom, offering a thought-provoking experience for theatergoers.

Interview: 'It's a Real Behemoth of a Role: Actor Rosie Sheehy on Capital Punishment, Misogyny and Fatigue in Sophie Treadwell's MACHINAL
by Kat Mokrynski - May 2, 2024

Recently, we had the chance to talk with Rosie Sheehy about taking on the role of Helen Jones, or “The Young Woman,” in Machinal. We discussed what compelled her to join this production, what it is like being a part of a work based on the real life of a woman and what she hopes audiences take away from the piece.

Review: MACHINAL, The Old Vic
by Gary Naylor - Apr 19, 2024

Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features

London Theatre Week - See over 50 Award-Winning Musicals and Plays with Tickets from £15, £25 or £35
by Team BWW - Feb 20, 2024

London Theatre Week is the West End’s biggest promotion, giving you the chance to see over 50 amazing award-winning musicals and stunning plays with tickets from £15, £25 or £35

Onsale Now: Get Tickets for the London Transfer of MACHINAL
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 17, 2024

Onsale now: get tickets for the London transfer of Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal. ‘How can that be? A great sin – a mortal sin – for which I must die and go to hell – but it made me free! One moment I was free!’ 

London Premiere of Sophie Treadwell's MACHINAL Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 15, 2024

The Old Vic and Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath have announced the London premiere of Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal, directed by Richard Jones (Endgame, The Hairy Ape) and starring The Stage 100 2024 Rising Star Rosie Sheehy (Oleanna, Romeo and Julie), in a limited run from 11 April-01 June 2024.

Review: MACHINAL, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Nov 1, 2023

With the AI (artificial intelligence) summit at Bletchley Park this week, Machinal at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath, couldn’t be more timely.

Photos: First Look at MACHINAL at Theatre Royal Bath
by Stephi Wild - Oct 27, 2023

Five-time Olivier Award winning director Richard Jones brings Sophie Treadwell’s extraordinary epic masterpiece Machinal, based on the true story of the committal and execution of Ruth Snyder, to the Ustinov Studio.  Check out all new photos here!

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for MACHINAL, Directed By Richard Jones At Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 13, 2023

Get a first look inside rehearsals for Machinal at Theatre Royal Bath. Learn who is starring in the production!

Deborah Warner Commissions Theatre, Opera, Dance and Recitals This Year at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2023

Last year, acclaimed theatre and opera director Deborah Warner took over as Artistic Director of the Ustinov Studio. She proposed a radical new programming model for the theatre where OPERA, DANCE and SONG would be programmed alongside THEATRE.

New Staging of MACHINAL Kicks off Wirtz Center Season
by Julie Musbach - Oct 3, 2019

Inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, a?oeMachinala?? is considered one of the high points of Expressionist Theatre on the American stage.

BWW Review: MACHINAL, Almeida Theatre
by Nicole Ackman - Jun 11, 2018

Machinal, written by Sophie Treadwell, is based on the sensational 1927 trial of Ruth Snyder, a housewife who murdered her husband. It is a play largely about a woman attempting to find her own agency, with little success, despite the restraints of being a wife and mother. While the Almeida production boasts a wonderful set and the modern relevancy is clear, it ultimately falls short of its source material.

Michael Urie-Led HAMLET Finds Full Cast at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - Jan 16, 2018

The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) announces the cast and creative team for Hamlet, directed by STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn and featuring acclaimed actor Michael Urie as the tortured Danish prince. Shakespeare's most celebrated tragedy will run January 16-February 25, 2018 at Sidney Harman Hall.

Photo Flash: Marymount Manhattan College presents MACHINAL
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2017

Marymount Manhattan College's production of Machinal directed by Ellen Orenstein. The production ran October 12-15 in the Theresa Lang Theatre.

Michael Urie-Led HAMLET Finds Full Cast at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - Nov 7, 2017

The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) announces the cast and creative team for Hamlet, directed by STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn and featuring acclaimed actor Michael Urie as the tortured Danish prince. Shakespeare's most celebrated tragedy will run January 16-February 25, 2018 at Sidney Harman Hall.

Marymount Manhattan College to Present MACHINAL This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - Oct 12, 2017

Marymount Manhattan College presents an all-new production of Sophie Treadwell's landmark play, Machinal, directed by professor Ellen Orenstein.

Marymount Manhattan College to Present MACHINAL This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - Oct 10, 2017

Marymount Manhattan College presents an all-new production of Sophie Treadwell's landmark play, Machinal, directed by professor Ellen Orenstein.