Harbinger
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We produce Capital Region Premieres of underrepresented playwrights creating opportunities for all interested in change.
Thankful for our supporters, our audience, our amplifiers and those we haven’t met yet!
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thankful for our supporters, our audience, our amplifiers and those we haven’t met yet!
FULL HOUSE
We’ve turned off sales on Ludus. Wait list will start at the theater at 1:30pm.
We are extremely gratified to say our Capital Region premiere of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is going out with a full house!!
Happy Thanksgiving all! We’re thankful for you!
We’ve turned off sales on Ludus. Wait list will start at the theater at 1:30pm.
We are extremely gratified to say our Capital Region premiere of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is going out with a full house!!
Happy Thanksgiving all! We’re thankful for you!
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
FULL HOUSE
We’ve turned off sales on Ludus. Wait list will start at the theater at 1:30pm.
We are extremely gratified to say our Capital Region premiere of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is going out with a full house!!
Happy Thanksgiving all! We’re thankful for you!
We’ve turned off sales on Ludus. Wait list will start at the theater at 1:30pm.
We are extremely gratified to say our Capital Region premiere of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is going out with a full house!!
Happy Thanksgiving all! We’re thankful for you!
LAST 2
Best seating availability tonight, 11/22. Come see this extraordinary production which will make you laugh, cry and maybe give you hope for the future.
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is the gripping story of a widow fighting to care for her prairie.
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
Best seating availability tonight, 11/22. Come see this extraordinary production which will make you laugh, cry and maybe give you hope for the future.
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is the gripping story of a widow fighting to care for her prairie.
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
LAST 2
Best seating availability tonight, 11/22. Come see this extraordinary production which will make you laugh, cry and maybe give you hope for the future.
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is the gripping story of a widow fighting to care for her prairie.
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
Best seating availability tonight, 11/22. Come see this extraordinary production which will make you laugh, cry and maybe give you hope for the future.
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is the gripping story of a widow fighting to care for her prairie.
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
“What would end up bringing me to tears, though, was the relationship portrayed by Hernandez and Leary. The intensity with which these two played each emotion throughout that whirlwind was something special.”-Rory Graham/Metroland Now
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“What would end up bringing me to tears, though, was the relationship portrayed by Hernandez and Leary. The intensity with which these two played each emotion throughout that whirlwind was something special.”-Rory Graham/Metroland Now
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
LISA BRYK
As Sheriff Kris
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
“A standout — funny, forceful, and utterly transparent..She moves between humor, authority, and a touch of menace with precision…It’s a nuanced performance that energizes every scene she enters.”RadioradioX
As Sheriff Kris
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
“A standout — funny, forceful, and utterly transparent..She moves between humor, authority, and a touch of menace with precision…It’s a nuanced performance that energizes every scene she enters.”RadioradioX
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
LISA BRYK
As Sheriff Kris
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
“A standout — funny, forceful, and utterly transparent..She moves between humor, authority, and a touch of menace with precision…It’s a nuanced performance that energizes every scene she enters.”RadioradioX
As Sheriff Kris
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
“A standout — funny, forceful, and utterly transparent..She moves between humor, authority, and a touch of menace with precision…It’s a nuanced performance that energizes every scene she enters.”RadioradioX
SAY CHEESE
Celebrate America’s Dairyland, Wisconsin, with a cheesy party tonight! Come and get your fill of cheese sticks, balls & chunks. Wear your Packer Backer best to a grate tribute to the 30th State, Forward!
FREE Cheese at 6:30, Swing State at 7:30-$15
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
Celebrate America’s Dairyland, Wisconsin, with a cheesy party tonight! Come and get your fill of cheese sticks, balls & chunks. Wear your Packer Backer best to a grate tribute to the 30th State, Forward!
FREE Cheese at 6:30, Swing State at 7:30-$15
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
SAY CHEESE
Celebrate America’s Dairyland, Wisconsin, with a cheesy party tonight! Come and get your fill of cheese sticks, balls & chunks. Wear your Packer Backer best to a grate tribute to the 30th State, Forward!
FREE Cheese at 6:30, Swing State at 7:30-$15
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
Celebrate America’s Dairyland, Wisconsin, with a cheesy party tonight! Come and get your fill of cheese sticks, balls & chunks. Wear your Packer Backer best to a grate tribute to the 30th State, Forward!
FREE Cheese at 6:30, Swing State at 7:30-$15
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
OPENING NIGHT!
Tonight, 11/14
Thank you so much for our loud, supportive, encouraging Preview audience who laughed, gasped and cheered on their feet last night for Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!!
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
Tonight, 11/14
Thank you so much for our loud, supportive, encouraging Preview audience who laughed, gasped and cheered on their feet last night for Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!!
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
OPENING NIGHT!
Tonight, 11/14
Thank you so much for our loud, supportive, encouraging Preview audience who laughed, gasped and cheered on their feet last night for Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!!
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
Tonight, 11/14
Thank you so much for our loud, supportive, encouraging Preview audience who laughed, gasped and cheered on their feet last night for Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!!
harbingertheatre.ludus .icom/
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
WINNER, WINNER
Tony Pallone and Chris Foster won Berkies for Outstanding Actor and Director by the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association for their work on our production of “Deep Blue Sound.”
It's especially exciting and encouraging on this week as we prepare to open Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!
Tony Pallone and Chris Foster won Berkies for Outstanding Actor and Director by the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association for their work on our production of “Deep Blue Sound.”
It's especially exciting and encouraging on this week as we prepare to open Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
WINNER, WINNER
Tony Pallone and Chris Foster won Berkies for Outstanding Actor and Director by the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association for their work on our production of “Deep Blue Sound.”
It's especially exciting and encouraging on this week as we prepare to open Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!
Tony Pallone and Chris Foster won Berkies for Outstanding Actor and Director by the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association for their work on our production of “Deep Blue Sound.”
It's especially exciting and encouraging on this week as we prepare to open Swing State by Rebecca Gilman!
LISTEN UP
The Roundtable
Harbinger is exceptionally proud to be sending Leo Hernandez, Robin Leary and Patrick White to WAMC’s Roundtable to promote Swing State by Rebecca Gilman Monday morning, 11/10. Listen to them talk about all things Swing State with Joe Donahue!
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
The Roundtable
Harbinger is exceptionally proud to be sending Leo Hernandez, Robin Leary and Patrick White to WAMC’s Roundtable to promote Swing State by Rebecca Gilman Monday morning, 11/10. Listen to them talk about all things Swing State with Joe Donahue!
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
LISTEN UP
The Roundtable
Harbinger is exceptionally proud to be sending Leo Hernandez, Robin Leary and Patrick White to WAMC’s Roundtable to promote Swing State by Rebecca Gilman Monday morning, 11/10. Listen to them talk about all things Swing State with Joe Donahue!
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
The Roundtable
Harbinger is exceptionally proud to be sending Leo Hernandez, Robin Leary and Patrick White to WAMC’s Roundtable to promote Swing State by Rebecca Gilman Monday morning, 11/10. Listen to them talk about all things Swing State with Joe Donahue!
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
LISTEN UP
Tune into 91.5 fm this Sunday morning, 11/9 to hear Harbinger co-founder, Patrick White, talk about all things “Swing State” with Dr. Ray Werking. You need to hear how fascinating, wide-ranging and emotional their discussions can be! Don’t miss this love-fest!
Tune into 91.5 fm this Sunday morning, 11/9 to hear Harbinger co-founder, Patrick White, talk about all things “Swing State” with Dr. Ray Werking. You need to hear how fascinating, wide-ranging and emotional their discussions can be! Don’t miss this love-fest!
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
LISTEN UP
Tune into 91.5 fm this Sunday morning, 11/9 to hear Harbinger co-founder, Patrick White, talk about all things “Swing State” with Dr. Ray Werking. You need to hear how fascinating, wide-ranging and emotional their discussions can be! Don’t miss this love-fest!
Tune into 91.5 fm this Sunday morning, 11/9 to hear Harbinger co-founder, Patrick White, talk about all things “Swing State” with Dr. Ray Werking. You need to hear how fascinating, wide-ranging and emotional their discussions can be! Don’t miss this love-fest!
GOOD NEIGHBORS
“You don’t want to make enemies of your neighbors. I don’t know my neighbors politics, and I don’t need to know, and I don’t want to know, because I need them if we get stuck in the snow, or they need me to come to their daughter’s high school graduation party.”-Rebecca Gilman
“You don’t want to make enemies of your neighbors. I don’t know my neighbors politics, and I don’t need to know, and I don’t want to know, because I need them if we get stuck in the snow, or they need me to come to their daughter’s high school graduation party.”-Rebecca Gilman
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
GOOD NEIGHBORS
“You don’t want to make enemies of your neighbors. I don’t know my neighbors politics, and I don’t need to know, and I don’t want to know, because I need them if we get stuck in the snow, or they need me to come to their daughter’s high school graduation party.”-Rebecca Gilman
“You don’t want to make enemies of your neighbors. I don’t know my neighbors politics, and I don’t need to know, and I don’t want to know, because I need them if we get stuck in the snow, or they need me to come to their daughter’s high school graduation party.”-Rebecca Gilman
Don’t miss “Swing State” 11/14-11/23 at SLCA!
Q: What is the greatest thing about Capital Region theater?
A: There is an endless amount of enthusiasm and opportunities for participation. There is always something happening! We are very fortunate.
Q: What is the greatest thing about Capital Region theater?
A: There is an endless amount of enthusiasm and opportunities for participation. There is always something happening! We are very fortunate.
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Don’t miss “Swing State” 11/14-11/23 at SLCA!
Q: What is the greatest thing about Capital Region theater?
A: There is an endless amount of enthusiasm and opportunities for participation. There is always something happening! We are very fortunate.
Q: What is the greatest thing about Capital Region theater?
A: There is an endless amount of enthusiasm and opportunities for participation. There is always something happening! We are very fortunate.
The theme is, “How do we live together?” The answer is we gather in a darkened room and attend a story about people creating meaningful lives in troubled times…together. I am so lucky to have all these houses to attend and play for. No one lives alone.
Tickets: harbingertheatre.ludus.com
Tickets: harbingertheatre.ludus.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The theme is, “How do we live together?” The answer is we gather in a darkened room and attend a story about people creating meaningful lives in troubled times…together. I am so lucky to have all these houses to attend and play for. No one lives alone.
Tickets: harbingertheatre.ludus.com
Tickets: harbingertheatre.ludus.com
Harbinger is very happy, sated and proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Sand Lake Center for the Arts/Circle Theatre Players Taste of Sand Lake!
We LOVE SLCA where we’ve collaborated on Admissions, Dig, The Squirrels and where we are opening Swing State by Rebecca Gilman on 11/14!
📸 Chris Foster
We LOVE SLCA where we’ve collaborated on Admissions, Dig, The Squirrels and where we are opening Swing State by Rebecca Gilman on 11/14!
📸 Chris Foster
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Harbinger is very happy, sated and proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Sand Lake Center for the Arts/Circle Theatre Players Taste of Sand Lake!
We LOVE SLCA where we’ve collaborated on Admissions, Dig, The Squirrels and where we are opening Swing State by Rebecca Gilman on 11/14!
📸 Chris Foster
We LOVE SLCA where we’ve collaborated on Admissions, Dig, The Squirrels and where we are opening Swing State by Rebecca Gilman on 11/14!
📸 Chris Foster
From Putnam County to the Driftless Area of Wisconsin in less than half a day! Set Designer Adam M. Coons & Master Carpenter John Meyers had a busy Monday morning erecting our kitchen set for Swing State by Rebecca Gilman.
Swing State’s FREE Preview is 15 days away!
Swing State’s FREE Preview is 15 days away!
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
From Putnam County to the Driftless Area of Wisconsin in less than half a day! Set Designer Adam M. Coons & Master Carpenter John Meyers had a busy Monday morning erecting our kitchen set for Swing State by Rebecca Gilman.
Swing State’s FREE Preview is 15 days away!
Swing State’s FREE Preview is 15 days away!
A prairie conservationist widow
Her ex-convict neighbor
The grief ridden sheriff
Her indefinite officer niece
How will they live together?
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
Her ex-convict neighbor
The grief ridden sheriff
Her indefinite officer niece
How will they live together?
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A prairie conservationist widow
Her ex-convict neighbor
The grief ridden sheriff
Her indefinite officer niece
How will they live together?
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
Her ex-convict neighbor
The grief ridden sheriff
Her indefinite officer niece
How will they live together?
harbingertheatre.ludus.com
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
NO ONE LIVES ALONE
We look at our neighbors with suspicion, anger and fear.
“Swing State” is a beautiful play by Pulitzer Finalist Rebecca Gilman, the story of four good people in America’s heartland who struggle to live together peacefully and the consequences of our lack of trust in each other.
We look at our neighbors with suspicion, anger and fear.
“Swing State” is a beautiful play by Pulitzer Finalist Rebecca Gilman, the story of four good people in America’s heartland who struggle to live together peacefully and the consequences of our lack of trust in each other.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NO ONE LIVES ALONE
We look at our neighbors with suspicion, anger and fear.
“Swing State” is a beautiful play by Pulitzer Finalist Rebecca Gilman, the story of four good people in America’s heartland who struggle to live together peacefully and the consequences of our lack of trust in each other.
We look at our neighbors with suspicion, anger and fear.
“Swing State” is a beautiful play by Pulitzer Finalist Rebecca Gilman, the story of four good people in America’s heartland who struggle to live together peacefully and the consequences of our lack of trust in each other.
October 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Harbinger is extraordinarily proud to announce our nominees for the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Awards!
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Tony Pallone
Outstanding Director of a Play: Chris Foster
Outstanding Ensemble: Deep Blue Sound
See you at Zion Church in Pittsfield 11/10!
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Tony Pallone
Outstanding Director of a Play: Chris Foster
Outstanding Ensemble: Deep Blue Sound
See you at Zion Church in Pittsfield 11/10!
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Harbinger is extraordinarily proud to announce our nominees for the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Awards!
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Tony Pallone
Outstanding Director of a Play: Chris Foster
Outstanding Ensemble: Deep Blue Sound
See you at Zion Church in Pittsfield 11/10!
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Tony Pallone
Outstanding Director of a Play: Chris Foster
Outstanding Ensemble: Deep Blue Sound
See you at Zion Church in Pittsfield 11/10!
“There’s so much potential for conflict and animosity.. You don’t want to make enemies of your neighbors. I don’t know my neighbors’ politics, and I don’t want to know, because I need them if we get stuck in the snow, or they need me to come to their daughter’s high school graduation party.”
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“There’s so much potential for conflict and animosity.. You don’t want to make enemies of your neighbors. I don’t know my neighbors’ politics, and I don’t want to know, because I need them if we get stuck in the snow, or they need me to come to their daughter’s high school graduation party.”
“Swing State” by Pulitzer finalist Rebecca Gilman will be Harbinger’s 18th Capital Region premiere. It will also be the Capital Region premiere of Gilman which is amazing because she has been one of the most esteemed playwrights in Chicago for 30 years.
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
October 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Swing State” by Pulitzer finalist Rebecca Gilman will be Harbinger’s 18th Capital Region premiere. It will also be the Capital Region premiere of Gilman which is amazing because she has been one of the most esteemed playwrights in Chicago for 30 years.
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
📸 Andrew Elder for Best Frame Forward
MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT
Rebecca Gilman
“When you go to a prairie, it’s just teeming with life — butterflies, bugs, birds, everything. It’s an ecosystem. Everything depends on everything else…And it is not a monoculture. It cannot thrive unless it’s as diverse as diverse can be.”-Rebecca Gilman
Rebecca Gilman
“When you go to a prairie, it’s just teeming with life — butterflies, bugs, birds, everything. It’s an ecosystem. Everything depends on everything else…And it is not a monoculture. It cannot thrive unless it’s as diverse as diverse can be.”-Rebecca Gilman
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT
Rebecca Gilman
“When you go to a prairie, it’s just teeming with life — butterflies, bugs, birds, everything. It’s an ecosystem. Everything depends on everything else…And it is not a monoculture. It cannot thrive unless it’s as diverse as diverse can be.”-Rebecca Gilman
Rebecca Gilman
“When you go to a prairie, it’s just teeming with life — butterflies, bugs, birds, everything. It’s an ecosystem. Everything depends on everything else…And it is not a monoculture. It cannot thrive unless it’s as diverse as diverse can be.”-Rebecca Gilman
Thank you Metroland for featuring Brian Sheldon and Swing State by Rebecca Gilman in the October issue out now. Pick up your copy today!
“For me, theater is bone deep and must play a part (ha) somewhere in my life.”-Brian Sheldon
“For me, theater is bone deep and must play a part (ha) somewhere in my life.”-Brian Sheldon
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Thank you Metroland for featuring Brian Sheldon and Swing State by Rebecca Gilman in the October issue out now. Pick up your copy today!
“For me, theater is bone deep and must play a part (ha) somewhere in my life.”-Brian Sheldon
“For me, theater is bone deep and must play a part (ha) somewhere in my life.”-Brian Sheldon
Swing State
By Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Brian Sheldon
Stage Managed by Linda Thorburn
Harbinger @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts
2880 NY-43 Averill Park, NY
11/14-11/23
FREE Preview 11/13
Talkbacks 11/14 & 11/21
Cheese Tasting Reception 11/15 @ 6:30pm
$15
By Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Brian Sheldon
Stage Managed by Linda Thorburn
Harbinger @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts
2880 NY-43 Averill Park, NY
11/14-11/23
FREE Preview 11/13
Talkbacks 11/14 & 11/21
Cheese Tasting Reception 11/15 @ 6:30pm
$15
September 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Swing State
By Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Brian Sheldon
Stage Managed by Linda Thorburn
Harbinger @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts
2880 NY-43 Averill Park, NY
11/14-11/23
FREE Preview 11/13
Talkbacks 11/14 & 11/21
Cheese Tasting Reception 11/15 @ 6:30pm
$15
By Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Brian Sheldon
Stage Managed by Linda Thorburn
Harbinger @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts
2880 NY-43 Averill Park, NY
11/14-11/23
FREE Preview 11/13
Talkbacks 11/14 & 11/21
Cheese Tasting Reception 11/15 @ 6:30pm
$15
LAST 2 SHOWS!
Our best reviewed play has just two shows left. See what all the reviewers agreed was “very special indeed.” Tonight, 9/20 at 7:30 and tomorrow at 2pm.
“It’s a play that will have you feeling better about life.”-Bob Goepfert/The Saratogian
Our best reviewed play has just two shows left. See what all the reviewers agreed was “very special indeed.” Tonight, 9/20 at 7:30 and tomorrow at 2pm.
“It’s a play that will have you feeling better about life.”-Bob Goepfert/The Saratogian
September 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
LAST 2 SHOWS!
Our best reviewed play has just two shows left. See what all the reviewers agreed was “very special indeed.” Tonight, 9/20 at 7:30 and tomorrow at 2pm.
“It’s a play that will have you feeling better about life.”-Bob Goepfert/The Saratogian
Our best reviewed play has just two shows left. See what all the reviewers agreed was “very special indeed.” Tonight, 9/20 at 7:30 and tomorrow at 2pm.
“It’s a play that will have you feeling better about life.”-Bob Goepfert/The Saratogian