The Redhouse Arts Center began when a small group of local artists decided to search for a home. In August of 2001, they found it. Though old and neglected, the three-story brick building had character and potential. It needed major renovations and in September of 2002 a capital campaign was launched to raise the $1.4 million required to transform a former boarding house into a home for the arts. In July 2004, Red House first opened its doors to the public.
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We’re Moving!!
That’s right! We’ve outgrown our little house on the concrete island and will be moving into the old Sibley’s department store building at the heart of downtown. Missed our press conference? Check out the renderings below! Click here to view the presentation shared at the press conference.
Paint The Town Red: Our Annual Winter Benefit
What’s Happening Now?
Paint The Town Red: Winter Benefit 2015
Join us for a night with friends, food and fun. Paint the town red is a fundraiser for Red House Arts Center. Select open bar, hardy hors d'oevers, live and silent auctions.
Saturday, March 7, 2015 • 6-9PM
Patron ticket- $100.00
(Click Non-Member for this price)
*All Patron ticket holders with be acknowledged
at the event and in printed materials
Guest ticket - $75.00
(Click Member for this price)
The Black Olive
204 W. Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
For Guest: Click Below
For Patron: Click Below
*This event is not a member/non-member priced event,
but due to our ticket system cannot be removed*
BE A SUBSCRIBER – SAVE AND GET PERKS!
BE A SUBSCRIBER – SAVE AND GET PERKS!
Subscriptions for the 2014-15 Mainstage Season are available now
DOWNLOAD DATE & TIME INFO FOR 2014-15 MAINSTAGE SHOWS HERE
Subscriptions give you a prime, reserved seat of your choosing, for each of our 7 Mainstage Theatre Productions. Subscriptions save you over $100 when compared to purchasing regular priced tickets and $40 compared to purchasing membership priced tickets!
CHOOSE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TYPE
1. OPENING NIGHT SUBSCRIPTION: Join us every opening night, receive a complimentary drink, and hang out with the cast and crew following the show! Plus, choose your seat and get the same seat every time!
2. FLEX PASS SUBSCRIPTION: Busy Schedule? Not sure what night you want to come yet? No problem! The Flex Pass Subscription allows you to pick and choose dates for each production, and our staff will reserve you the best available seat for the show each time! If you choose this subscription, choose whichever date for each production that fits best for you!
Paint The Town Red: Winter Benefit 2015Join us for a night with friends, food and fun. Paint the town red is a fundraiser for Red House Arts Center. Select open bar, hardy hors d'oevers, live and silent auctions.
Saturday, March 7, 2015 • 6-9PM
Patron ticket- $100.00
(Click Non-Member for this price)
*All Patron ticket holders with be acknowledged
at the event and in printed materials
Guest ticket - $75.00
(Click Member for this price)
The Black Olive
204 W. Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
For Guest: Click Below
For Patron: Click Below
*This event is not a member/non-member priced event,
but due to our ticket system cannot be removed*
BE A SUBSCRIBER – SAVE AND GET PERKS!BE A SUBSCRIBER – SAVE AND GET PERKS!
Subscriptions for the 2014-15 Mainstage Season are available now
DOWNLOAD DATE & TIME INFO FOR 2014-15 MAINSTAGE SHOWS HERE
Subscriptions give you a prime, reserved seat of your choosing, for each of our 7 Mainstage Theatre Productions. Subscriptions save you over $100 when compared to purchasing regular priced tickets and $40 compared to purchasing membership priced tickets!
CHOOSE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TYPE
1. OPENING NIGHT SUBSCRIPTION: Join us every opening night, receive a complimentary drink, and hang out with the cast and crew following the show! Plus, choose your seat and get the same seat every time!
2. FLEX PASS SUBSCRIPTION: Busy Schedule? Not sure what night you want to come yet? No problem! The Flex Pass Subscription allows you to pick and choose dates for each production, and our staff will reserve you the best available seat for the show each time! If you choose this subscription, choose whichever date for each production that fits best for you!
What’s Coming Up Soon?
Paint The Town Red: Winter Benefit 2015
Join us for a night with friends, food and fun. Paint the town red is a fundraiser for Red House Arts Center. Select open bar, hardy hors d'oevers, live and silent auctions.
Saturday, March 7, 2015 • 6-9PM
Patron ticket- $100.00
(Click Non-Member for this price)
*All Patron ticket holders with be acknowledged
at the event and in printed materials
Guest ticket - $75.00
(Click Member for this price)
The Black Olive
204 W. Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
For Guest: Click Below
For Patron: Click Below
*This event is not a member/non-member priced event,
but due to our ticket system cannot be removed*
LAB Series: How I Learned To Drive
By Paula Vogel
Directed By: Stephfond Brunson
Through a series of flashbacks, this play follows the strained, sexual relationship between Li'l Bit and her aunt's husband, Uncle Peck, from her adolescence through her teenage years into college and beyond. Using the metaphor of driving and the issues of pedophilia, incest, and misogyny, the play explores the ideas of control and manipulation.
Tickets: $10 - LAB Series
March 13th (8pm)
March 14th (8pm)
March 15th (Sunday 2pm)
Broadway Bound
by Neil Simon
This rib-tickling and heart-wrenching play tells the story a young man who tries to tackle television as a comedy writer while watching the deteriorating marriage of his parents and a grandfather who marches to his own drummer. Truly one of Neil Simon's finest plays.
Wed/Thurs $25/$15 Fri/Sat. $30/$20
PG13
March 19 @ 7:30pm - $15 Preview
March 20 @ 8:00pm – Opening Night
March 21 @ 2:00pm & 8:00pm
March 25, 26 @ 7:30pm
March 27 @ 8:00pm
March 28 @ 2:00pm & 8:00pm
In the Continuum by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter
Directed by Marguerite Mitchell
Performed by only two women, this piece takes place over a 48-hour period in which both protagonists, living continents apart, discover that the men in their lives have infected them with HIV. Follow as each character goes on a personal journey, encountering various characters and cultural bias, as they try to come to grips with their diagnosis and sense of isolation.
Sponsored in part by ACR Health, LeMoyne College Department of Physician Assistant Studies, The Julia and Thomas Lanigan Gift, and AJ Vinciquerra, MD and The Lanigan Distinguished Chair in Medicine & Ethics.
May 27th (8pm)
May 28th(8pm)
May 29th (8pm)
May 30th(8pm)
May 31st (Sunday 8pm)
*ACR Health will be providing onsite HIV/AIDS testing at each performance.
Seussical: The Musical
Book By Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Music By Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens
Conceived By Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss
April 3oth @ 7:30
May 2nd @ 8:00
May 3rd @ 11:00 am
May 8th @ 8:00
May 9th @ 2:00
May 15th @ 8:00
May 16th @ 2:00
May 17th @ 11:00 am
Call the Box Office at 315.362.2785 for further information about this event.
Carousel
Music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of the 20th Century, this classic depicts the extraordinary journey of traveling carnival man Billy Bigelow and millworker Julie Jordan and their unlikely romance.
Fri/Sat/Sun. $30/$20
PG13
June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 @ 8:00pm
Location TBA
Tickets on sale soon! Can’t wait? Buy a subscription!
Paint The Town Red: Winter Benefit 2015Join us for a night with friends, food and fun. Paint the town red is a fundraiser for Red House Arts Center. Select open bar, hardy hors d'oevers, live and silent auctions.
Saturday, March 7, 2015 • 6-9PM
Patron ticket- $100.00
(Click Non-Member for this price)
*All Patron ticket holders with be acknowledged
at the event and in printed materials
Guest ticket - $75.00
(Click Member for this price)
The Black Olive
204 W. Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
For Guest: Click Below
For Patron: Click Below
*This event is not a member/non-member priced event,
but due to our ticket system cannot be removed*
LAB Series: How I Learned To DriveBy Paula Vogel
Directed By: Stephfond Brunson
Through a series of flashbacks, this play follows the strained, sexual relationship between Li'l Bit and her aunt's husband, Uncle Peck, from her adolescence through her teenage years into college and beyond. Using the metaphor of driving and the issues of pedophilia, incest, and misogyny, the play explores the ideas of control and manipulation.
Tickets: $10 - LAB Series
March 13th (8pm)
March 14th (8pm)
March 15th (Sunday 2pm)
Broadway Boundby Neil Simon
This rib-tickling and heart-wrenching play tells the story a young man who tries to tackle television as a comedy writer while watching the deteriorating marriage of his parents and a grandfather who marches to his own drummer. Truly one of Neil Simon's finest plays.
Wed/Thurs $25/$15 Fri/Sat. $30/$20
PG13
March 19 @ 7:30pm - $15 Preview
March 20 @ 8:00pm – Opening Night
March 21 @ 2:00pm & 8:00pm
March 25, 26 @ 7:30pm
March 27 @ 8:00pm
March 28 @ 2:00pm & 8:00pm
In the Continuum by Danai Gurira and Nikkole SalterDirected by Marguerite Mitchell
Performed by only two women, this piece takes place over a 48-hour period in which both protagonists, living continents apart, discover that the men in their lives have infected them with HIV. Follow as each character goes on a personal journey, encountering various characters and cultural bias, as they try to come to grips with their diagnosis and sense of isolation.
Sponsored in part by ACR Health, LeMoyne College Department of Physician Assistant Studies, The Julia and Thomas Lanigan Gift, and AJ Vinciquerra, MD and The Lanigan Distinguished Chair in Medicine & Ethics.
May 27th (8pm)
May 28th(8pm)
May 29th (8pm)
May 30th(8pm)
May 31st (Sunday 8pm)
*ACR Health will be providing onsite HIV/AIDS testing at each performance.
Seussical: The MusicalBook By Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Music By Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens
Conceived By Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss
April 3oth @ 7:30
May 2nd @ 8:00
May 3rd @ 11:00 am
May 8th @ 8:00
May 9th @ 2:00
May 15th @ 8:00
May 16th @ 2:00
May 17th @ 11:00 am
Call the Box Office at 315.362.2785 for further information about this event.
CarouselMusic by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of the 20th Century, this classic depicts the extraordinary journey of traveling carnival man Billy Bigelow and millworker Julie Jordan and their unlikely romance.
Fri/Sat/Sun. $30/$20
PG13
June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 @ 8:00pm
Location TBA
Tickets on sale soon! Can’t wait? Buy a subscription!
Who We Are:
Executive Artistic Director
[Stephen Svoboda]
Stephen is currently the Artistic Director for the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts and the Executive Artistic Director of redhouse Arts Center. Previously, he served as a professor in the Theatre Arts Department at the University of Miami where he was head of the B.F.A. program in Directing and Playwriting and the Artistic Director of Miami’s Fresco Productions. He is also the director of the University of Miami Summer Theater Academy, an eight-week summer intensive theater program for children in kindergarten through eleventh grade. His play, Odysseus Died From AIDS, was developed in Miami and received it’s world premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival, where the production was awarded “Best Ensemble.” Odysseus Died From AIDS was published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2005, by the New York Theatre Experience, and received it’s international premier in 2007 in Athens, Greece with a subsequent production in Seoul, South Korea in 2008. His second play, The Penguin Tango, premiered at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival in the Actor’s Playhouse.
The production was extended as part of the Fringe Encore Series in the Lion Theater at Theatre Row. His most recent production, Reconstructing Mama, a new musical written with N. David Williams, premiered Off-Broadway at the Theatre Row Studios in August 2006. In March 2011, the Redhouse production of Odysseus DOA had a limited engagement run at Theatre Row Studios in NYC. Stephen works internationally with the Harambe Project to help do HIV/AIDS education, prevention and orphan care throughout Africa.
Artistic Associate
[Laura Austin]
Laura is the founder and Artistic Director of redhouse Arts Center located in Syracuse, NY. In 2003, she developed and implemented the redhouse Capital Campaign, which raised 1.4 million and she managed the renovations of a three story historic building in Downtown Armory Square. Since that time under Austin’s artistic direction, this state of the art facility has hosted over 300 events in theatre, film, visual art and music. In the first year of operation, Austin secured 200 new redhouse members and developed a widely successful individual donor base which she continues to be cultivated today.
Over the last 4 seasons, Laura has overseen the production of 16 plays at Redhouse in which her responsibilities have spanned selecting, casting commissioning, directing, acting, promoting and fundraising. She has served as a board member for numerous arts organizations both nationally and internationally. Locally, Laura served on the Cultural Resources Council, Syracuse School of Architecture, Skaneateles Festival, The Sarah G. Austin Foundation and the Allyn Foundation. Laura has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Acting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
She is an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity. Her extended study includes work at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The Hartford Conservatory, Nikolais Louis Dance Theatre, La Mama, Second City, Terry Shreiber, Stella Adler and Howard Fine Studios and Trinity College where she earned the President’s Fellowship Award Theatre and Dance. Austin’s performing career encompasses television and film work in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway and regional theatre work throughout the country and abroad. Laura focuses on program planning, booking, contracts, casting and development for The Redhouse.
Meet Our Team
Samara Hannah [Managing Director]
BA in Mathematics, MS in Management
Her redhouse Story: Samara joined the Redhouse in September 2014 bringing professional experience from private industry, government, higher-education, not-for-profits and the arts.
Surprise Me: She eats (needs) a bit of chocolate everyday.
Contact Her: samara@theredhouse.org 315.362.2789
Patrick Burns [Resident Music Director]
His redhouse Story:Patrick first came to the Redhouse to perform his one-man-musical From Foster Care to Fabulous. The following season he returned to conduct and perform in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and is very excited to continue to work on new projects!.
Surprise Me:In addition to being a playwright, actor and musician, Patrick is an activist for current and former foster youth.
Contact Him: patrick.burns13@gmail.com
David Cotter
David Cotter [Fellowship Coordinator& Educational Tour Coordinator]
BM in Music Education
His redhouse Story:David joined redED as a teacher in 2012 and has taught classes for nearly every education program and is seen regularly in the mainstage season.
Surprise Me:David has worked with members of the Henson family, cast members of both Sesame Street and Avenue Q and has a knack for puppetry which has been featured in several redhouse productions.
Contact Him: david@theredhouse.org
Keirsten Burrows [Graphic Design | Website Manager]
BA Graphic Design, AAS Music Performance
Her redhouse Story:Keirsten joined us in August 2014 after she impressed our artistic director with her illustrative design work, and has been designing ever since.
Surprise Me:In addition to being a web/ graphic designer and illustrator, Keirsten has had her fair share of daring adventures. To name a few: Jumped off a 35-foot bridge and polar bear swam in icy/ iced over water.
Contact Her: keirsten@theredhouse.org
Holly Falso [Box Office Manager/Marketing Associate]
Contact Her: holly@theredhouse.org
Marguerite Mitchell [Education Director]
BS English Education, BA English Literature, MS Arts Administration
Her redhouse Story: Marguerite joined redhouse in 2011, and currently manages all educational programming and community outreach. She also performs in the theater’s productions and will be directing a show as part of the organization’s LAB Series.
Surprise Me: She studied English Literature and writing in Norwich, UK for seven months, where she read plays, wrote poems, and drank unhealthy amounts of amazing coffee.
Contact Her: marguerite@theredhouse.org 315.362.2788
Joshua Reid [Redhouse Production Manager & Asst. Technical Director, LAB Series Technical Director]
BA Music Industry with Audio Arts Concentration
His redhouse Story: Joshua joined The redhouse in 2012 and gained the titles of mainstage Sound Designer and redhouse Regulars Series lighting designer. He is now the Assistant Technical Director, and the Technical Director for our LAB Series productions.
Surprise Me: Anything involving RUSH, he is on board.
Contact Him: josh@theredhouse.org
Our Board
Board Chair: Bill Hider
Board Members:
Russ Acevedo
W. S. Allyn
Laila Kobrossy Audi
Peter Blanck
Wendy Blanck
Sean Branagan
Thomas Cary
Binaifer Dabu
Michael Featherstone
Thom Felicia
Linda Dickerson Hartsock
James Horan
Mary Lerner
John Liddy
Kirsten Marshall
Eileen Nealon
Maureen Harrington O'Neill
Jeff Unaitis
John Valentino
Executive Artistic Director
[Stephen Svoboda]
Stephen is currently the Artistic Director for the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts and the Executive Artistic Director of redhouse Arts Center. Previously, he served as a professor in the Theatre Arts Department at the University of Miami where he was head of the B.F.A. program in Directing and Playwriting and the Artistic Director of Miami’s Fresco Productions. He is also the director of the University of Miami Summer Theater Academy, an eight-week summer intensive theater program for children in kindergarten through eleventh grade. His play, Odysseus Died From AIDS, was developed in Miami and received it’s world premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival, where the production was awarded “Best Ensemble.” Odysseus Died From AIDS was published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2005, by the New York Theatre Experience, and received it’s international premier in 2007 in Athens, Greece with a subsequent production in Seoul, South Korea in 2008. His second play, The Penguin Tango, premiered at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival in the Actor’s Playhouse.
The production was extended as part of the Fringe Encore Series in the Lion Theater at Theatre Row. His most recent production, Reconstructing Mama, a new musical written with N. David Williams, premiered Off-Broadway at the Theatre Row Studios in August 2006. In March 2011, the Redhouse production of Odysseus DOA had a limited engagement run at Theatre Row Studios in NYC. Stephen works internationally with the Harambe Project to help do HIV/AIDS education, prevention and orphan care throughout Africa.
Artistic Associate
[Laura Austin]
Laura is the founder and Artistic Director of redhouse Arts Center located in Syracuse, NY. In 2003, she developed and implemented the redhouse Capital Campaign, which raised 1.4 million and she managed the renovations of a three story historic building in Downtown Armory Square. Since that time under Austin’s artistic direction, this state of the art facility has hosted over 300 events in theatre, film, visual art and music. In the first year of operation, Austin secured 200 new redhouse members and developed a widely successful individual donor base which she continues to be cultivated today.
Over the last 4 seasons, Laura has overseen the production of 16 plays at Redhouse in which her responsibilities have spanned selecting, casting commissioning, directing, acting, promoting and fundraising. She has served as a board member for numerous arts organizations both nationally and internationally. Locally, Laura served on the Cultural Resources Council, Syracuse School of Architecture, Skaneateles Festival, The Sarah G. Austin Foundation and the Allyn Foundation. Laura has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Acting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
She is an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity. Her extended study includes work at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The Hartford Conservatory, Nikolais Louis Dance Theatre, La Mama, Second City, Terry Shreiber, Stella Adler and Howard Fine Studios and Trinity College where she earned the President’s Fellowship Award Theatre and Dance. Austin’s performing career encompasses television and film work in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway and regional theatre work throughout the country and abroad. Laura focuses on program planning, booking, contracts, casting and development for The Redhouse.
Meet Our TeamSamara Hannah [Managing Director]
BA in Mathematics, MS in Management
Her redhouse Story: Samara joined the Redhouse in September 2014 bringing professional experience from private industry, government, higher-education, not-for-profits and the arts.
Surprise Me: She eats (needs) a bit of chocolate everyday.
Contact Her: samara@theredhouse.org 315.362.2789
Patrick Burns [Resident Music Director]
His redhouse Story:Patrick first came to the Redhouse to perform his one-man-musical From Foster Care to Fabulous. The following season he returned to conduct and perform in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and is very excited to continue to work on new projects!.
Surprise Me:In addition to being a playwright, actor and musician, Patrick is an activist for current and former foster youth.
Contact Him: patrick.burns13@gmail.com
David Cotter
David Cotter [Fellowship Coordinator& Educational Tour Coordinator]
BM in Music Education
His redhouse Story:David joined redED as a teacher in 2012 and has taught classes for nearly every education program and is seen regularly in the mainstage season.
Surprise Me:David has worked with members of the Henson family, cast members of both Sesame Street and Avenue Q and has a knack for puppetry which has been featured in several redhouse productions.
Contact Him: david@theredhouse.org
Keirsten Burrows [Graphic Design | Website Manager]
BA Graphic Design, AAS Music Performance
Her redhouse Story:Keirsten joined us in August 2014 after she impressed our artistic director with her illustrative design work, and has been designing ever since.
Surprise Me:In addition to being a web/ graphic designer and illustrator, Keirsten has had her fair share of daring adventures. To name a few: Jumped off a 35-foot bridge and polar bear swam in icy/ iced over water.
Contact Her: keirsten@theredhouse.org
Holly Falso [Box Office Manager/Marketing Associate]
Contact Her: holly@theredhouse.org
Marguerite Mitchell [Education Director]
BS English Education, BA English Literature, MS Arts Administration
Her redhouse Story: Marguerite joined redhouse in 2011, and currently manages all educational programming and community outreach. She also performs in the theater’s productions and will be directing a show as part of the organization’s LAB Series.
Surprise Me: She studied English Literature and writing in Norwich, UK for seven months, where she read plays, wrote poems, and drank unhealthy amounts of amazing coffee.
Contact Her: marguerite@theredhouse.org 315.362.2788
Joshua Reid [Redhouse Production Manager & Asst. Technical Director, LAB Series Technical Director]
BA Music Industry with Audio Arts Concentration
His redhouse Story: Joshua joined The redhouse in 2012 and gained the titles of mainstage Sound Designer and redhouse Regulars Series lighting designer. He is now the Assistant Technical Director, and the Technical Director for our LAB Series productions.
Surprise Me: Anything involving RUSH, he is on board.
Contact Him: josh@theredhouse.org
Our BoardBoard Chair: Bill Hider
Board Members:
Russ Acevedo
W. S. Allyn
Laila Kobrossy Audi
Peter Blanck
Wendy Blanck
Sean Branagan
Thomas Cary
Binaifer Dabu
Michael Featherstone
Thom Felicia
Linda Dickerson Hartsock
James Horan
Mary Lerner
John Liddy
Kirsten Marshall
Eileen Nealon
Maureen Harrington O'Neill
Jeff Unaitis
John Valentino
