2020

NIPPERTOWN BEST OF 2020…

“If anything, under challenging circumstances, she [Powell] was even more inventive, creative and fully, vibrantly alive. The performance was a great metaphor for Capital Region theater this year… It was a joyous exercise and a fantastic excuse to get out of the house exploring black relationships and power between siblings and the larger community”
Patrick White, Nippertown

“Troy Foundry… brought bracing freshness, and plenty of oddity to the local scene…

Among the pleasures of watching the boundary-pushing Troy Foundry Theatre is seeing actors grow as a result of being exposed to TFT’s methods and aesthetic… An intuitive, appealing actor with an exciting ability to open her characters’ emotions to audiences, Powell shows us feelings so accessible and real that we immediately connect with her… This is a Troy Foundry production — complete with nonstandard setting, nonlinear narrative and non-boring performances — it’s all of a piece, complete. When it’s over, you know you’ve seen something worthwhile, even if you’d have a hard time explaining exactly what it was.”
Steve Barnes, Times Union

2019

A SHADOW THAT BROKE THE LIGHT

A Troy Foundry World Premiere
Written and Performed by Charlie DelMarcelle with Art and Installation by Adam DelMarcelle
Part of Troy Foundry Theatre’s 2019 What Heroin Sounds Like Outreach Initiative

CollarWorks Gallery, Troy, NY

“I’M SURE I WILL REMEMBER AND TALK ABOUT IT LOVINGLY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.”
Patrick White, Nippertown

NAMED ONE OF SARATOGIAN 2019 MOST MEMORABLE SHOWS
“CHARLIE DELMARCELLE WAS MAGNIFICENT...”
Bob Goepfert, WAMC, Troy Record and The Saratogian

“THIS PRESENTATION IS A MEMORIAL TO SHATTER THE SILENCE OF THAT SHAME. IT IS SOMBER AND SAD AND BRIGHT AND JOYFUL - AND VERY HUMAN…THE PIECE REMINDS US THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF IN BEING HUMAN.” 
Aileen Lynch-McCulloch, B Sharp’s Studio 6

Yellow

BEST OF 2019: TOP 10 THEATRICAL DISCOVERIES…

“Yellow, directed by the prodigiously talented Brenna Geffers… The building was a great location for the themes and purposes of the Victorian horror mood piece and it was used well, lit appropriately and dressed creatively. Troy Foundry has done a terrific job in incorporating these found spaces into their mission to bring unique theatrical experiences to the Capital Region and this hotel’s bar, ballroom, staircases and corners were delightful architectural characters to meet.”
Patrick White, Nippertown

“A FASCINATING VISUAL THEATER EXPERIENCE WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE STYLE OF PRODUCTION.”
Bob Goepfert, The Saratogian

“IT WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE”
Zach Durocher, Chromoscope Pictures

“The entire cast inhabited their roles completely and individually, and would come together to create a searingly strong ensemble. At times they seemed to move as a singular organism… I applaud Troy Foundry Theatre’s successful mission to create theater that is provocative and immersive, interweaving artists of different disciplines… “
Roseann Cane, Berkshire On Stage

“100 Years is absurdly and darkly humorous, poignant and shot through with addictive, weird portent.”
The Collaborative Magazine

“This is a talented company who is passionate about the material. They have a committed following and are producing theater in a vibrant community. It’s a perfect fit.”
Playwright Richard Dresser on working with Troy Foundry Theatre

“Clearly Troy Foundry is in the company of major theater companies by getting a playwright with the status of Dresser to entrust them with his newest play…  The cast is excellent. Each performance is spot-on…”
Bob Goepfert, The Saratogian, Troy Record and WAMC

“AS ALWAYS WITH THE TROY FOUNDRY THEATRE THE ACTING IS IMPECCABLE FROM EACH OF THE DOZEN-MEMBER CAST...

The Foundry folks want to burn down many conventions of theater. And that seemed just fine with Friday's full opening-night audience, a cross-section of people unlike any I've ever seen at a theater production that wasn't a Foundry show: hipsters, politicians, students, seniors, musicians and a retired doctor or two… The action sweeps… between and among socialists, prizefighters, politicians, labor agitators, immigrants and more, the overlapping narratives often intruding on one another, except at the few times when the company comes together for extraordinary single moments…”
Steve Barnes, The Times Union

“Brenna Geffers, a theater artist who has extraordinary vision and a gift of creativity… This event is a marvel of coordination as her direction channels the chaotic nature of this type of simultaneous theater into a whole…. Individually, each member of the cast is compelling and when they work as a group there is a coordinated sense of purpose that is dynamic… The cast displays awesome focus and discipline… This is a fascinating form of theater that is marvelously executed.”
Bob Goepfert, The Saratogian, Troy Record and WAMC

2018

Krapp’s Last Tape directed by David Girard
Act Without Words 1 directed by David Girard
Act Without Words 2 directed by Brenna Geffers
Catastrophe directed by David Baecker
Come and Go directed by Elizabeth Carlson-Guerin
Play directed by Katie Pedro

“The forever potent speech in Krapp’s Last Tape… seemed to hit this crowd like some heavy weight falling through the gasworks space. Nostalgia had been summoned only to be rejected (welcome to Beckett). There was silence.”
Michael Coffey, The Beckett Circle

“…the Foundry company is the product of like-minded creative contributors who bring diverse talents and viewpoints to a unified vision… Troy Foundry Theatre has quickly established that it's good at this sort of thing – hitting us hard with bleak, pessimistic, even nihilistic glimpses of an unpleasant world”
Steve Barnes, Times Union.

La Ronde

“Troy Foundry Theatre is doing fine work, important work. No one else locally is trying anything like it.”
Steve Barnes, Times Union

“A bravura production… the kind of thing that shakes up every set notion we may have about what makes good theater”
BA Nilsson, Words & Music

“This production of Arthur Schnitzler’s always provocative “La Ronde” is unique and quite extraordinary… the entire cast is wonderful handling the material with brio… a perfect night out for those who welcome theater without limits”
Matthew Morose, The Daily Gazette

2017

‘New World Order' a fine debut at Troy Foundry Theatre... the production is an auspicious debut for the area’s newest professional theater company."
Jeff Haff, The Daily Gazette

“A THEMATICALLY COHERENT, DRAMATICALLY POWERFUL EVENING OF THEATER...
Powerhouse Pinter launches new company...‘New World Order’ has the distilled power of cask-strength whiskey. There’s some welcome unpleasantness going down, and ultimately it’ll knock you for a loop... Artistic Director David Girard also does brilliant work directing."
Steve Barnes, Times Union

“CLEARLY THIS IS A DIRECTOR AND A COMPANY IN CONTROL OF ITS MATERIAL…
If you are going to start a new theater company, it’s a good idea to define yourself... Troy Foundry Theatre certainly does... The production identifies the new company as one which relishes political theater and is not afraid to embrace the dark and brutal... New World Order is clear and vivid... David Girard effectively captures the oppression of this dark dystopian world and his staging keeps the production smooth and flowing."
Bob Goepfert, WAMC, Troy Record & The Saratogian