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CAST Auditions – Alice vs. Wonderland

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

Auditions will be held
Friday, December 5th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
&
Saturday, December 6th from 11:00am to 1:00pm
ABOUT THE SHOW
Lewis Carroll meets Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Angst-ridden adolescent Alice unwittingly trades places with Mary Ann, the Wonderland version of herself. Now Alice must travel through a fantastical teenage dreamscape, challenged by Carroll's canonical characters every step of the way. Transforming every time she eats or drinks, Alice is played by six different actresses, each evoking a different aspect of adolescence. Together, they paint an entrancingly surreal portrait of a teenage identity crisis.

CAST Auditions – Alice vs. Wonderland

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

Auditions will be held
Friday, December 5th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
&
Saturday, December 6th from 11:00am to 1:00pm
ABOUT THE SHOW
Lewis Carroll meets Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Angst-ridden adolescent Alice unwittingly trades places with Mary Ann, the Wonderland version of herself. Now Alice must travel through a fantastical teenage dreamscape, challenged by Carroll's canonical characters every step of the way. Transforming every time she eats or drinks, Alice is played by six different actresses, each evoking a different aspect of adolescence. Together, they paint an entrancingly surreal portrait of a teenage identity crisis.

PHFS – The Holly and the Ivy

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

The Holly and the Ivy
(1952) Drama, B&W, 80 min.
Sunday, December 14 at 7:pm
Admission free, $5 donation suggested
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, surfaces at a Christmas family gathering.
Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton

Cathy’s Classics – Marty

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

Marty
(1955) Drama, Romance, B&W, 90 min.
Sunday, December, 21 at 7:pm
Admission free, $5 donation suggested
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Ester Minciotti

NYE – 12/31/25 – Songs to Amuse

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

Songs to Amuse
presents
Noël and Cole: A Marvelous Party with Coward and Porter
Nobody captured the exuberant spirit of the’20s and ‘30s better than Cole Porter and Noël
Coward, whose songs became synonymous with wit and elegance. They became a tonic during
the Great Depression, and have continued to add sparkle to the repertory of performers unafraid
to indulge in such delights.
Among those performers are Byron Nilsson and Malcolm Kogut, who will be ringing in 2026
with a program of Porter and Coward songs during their ninth New Year’s Eve show at Albany’s
Steamer No. 10 Theatre. Nilsson and Kogut, who style themselves as “Songs to Amuse,” have
long been proponents of neglected but compelling categories of song, tending towards well-
crafted and often-comic numbers. “We present songs that you’re unlikely to know,” says
Nilsson, “so you don’t know how they’re supposed to sound.”

Get Tickets $20.00 – $25.00 99 tickets left

NEXT TO NORMAL (Eclectic Performance Series)

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse addressing topics of grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life; taking audiences into the minds and hearts of the characters in and near to the Goodman family, presenting their story with love, sympathy and heart.

Get Tickets $20.00 – $25.00 83 tickets left

NEXT TO NORMAL (Eclectic Performance Series)

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse addressing topics of grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life; taking audiences into the minds and hearts of the characters in and near to the Goodman family, presenting their story with love, sympathy and heart.

Get Tickets $20.00 – $25.00 86 tickets left

NEXT TO NORMAL (Eclectic Performance Series)

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse addressing topics of grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life; taking audiences into the minds and hearts of the characters in and near to the Goodman family, presenting their story with love, sympathy and heart.

Get Tickets $20.00 – $25.00 86 tickets left

NEXT TO NORMAL (Eclectic Performance Series)

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse addressing topics of grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life; taking audiences into the minds and hearts of the characters in and near to the Goodman family, presenting their story with love, sympathy and heart.

Get Tickets $20.00 – $25.00 86 tickets left

NEXT TO NORMAL (Eclectic Performance Series)

Steamer N.10 Theatre 500 Western Ave, Albany, NY, United States

This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse addressing topics of grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life; taking audiences into the minds and hearts of the characters in and near to the Goodman family, presenting their story with love, sympathy and heart.

Get Tickets $20.00 – $25.00 86 tickets left
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CAST at Steamer 10

C.A.S.T. –Creative Arts at Steamer Ten is our Theatre arts education program. Our students want to learn by doing, which means being in a show. We produce: dramas, musicals, classical works of Shakespeare, the Greeks, and others. We hire professional directors with experience working with students’ ages 7 to 18, cast students in the shows, and occasionally professional adult actors in appropriate roles where they can give depth to the show and serve as mentors to the students.

2024 Summer Session Information Available

Preserve History

The history of the Albany area is deeply embedded in the land the Theatre rests on. In 1831 the first steam-powered locomotive in New York, the DeWitt Clinton made its inaugural run to Schenectady as the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad. In the late 1880’s the area was being developed and a firehouse needed to be constructed at the intersection of Western and Madison. 

The Steamer No.10 firehouse was built in 1891 and opened that year. In 1910 they began to experiment with automotive fire engines and by 1920 they had committed to them, renamed the firehouse Engine No.10 and retired the horses and steam-engine. In 1926 they tore down the horse barn and built a police station, now Center Station. In 1988 the City built a new Engine No.10 at Brevator and Washington and the fire engine rolled out for the last time. After two and a half years of renovations, converting a working firehouse into a 120 seat theatre, Steamer No.10 Theatre opened on February 1, 1991.

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