Our First Production for 2025

Dancing Lessons  |  by Mark St. Germain

HELD OVER!!!

directed by, Hank Neimark

Starring  |  David Smilow & Gina Kraut

Jan.17-Feb 9  |  preview  |  January 16

weekend performances:
Fri. & Sat. | 7:30 pm
Sundays | 1:30  pm

Dancing Lessons gets rave reviews!!!

DANCING LESSONS by Mark St Germain  Performing Arts of Woodstock   

Feb. 3, 2025   posted on Facebook

This touching story, about the meeting between two people both limited by disability
and life experiences, unfolds in unexpectedly meaningful ways. The remarkably wonderful
dialogue by Mark St.  Germain is paved with honesty and humor, deep sentiment and
surprises, as the two attempt to set aside their respective frustrations and create a tenuously  balanced path to help each other.

David Smilow, a seasoned professional, once again gives us an expertly woven portrayal,
gilded with emotional color, in a stellar performance of an autistic professor seeking
a way to seem normal as he is scheduled to publicly accept an award for his work.
Gina Kraut, brilliantly natural, gracefully plays a wounded professional dancer who is
contemplating a life without ever being able to dance again. Besides their present
problems, they offer each other’s past tragedies, and each brings focus on how they
might move forward. The direction, by Hank Neimark, is pure and sure – the dynamics
of the play’s flow are a true delight.

You will be told upon entering the theater that the performance is an hour and half
long without intermission, but it was over before we were ready to let it go. As it
continues to play to full houses, Dancing Lessons will be held over an additional
weekend, Feb. 7, 8, and 9.

                                                                                                                                                         —Gilles Malkine

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