Blackfriars Theatre To Announce 2020-2021 Artistic Season March 9

Blackfriars Theatre is proud to announce its 2020-2021 Season, commemorating 71 years of local theatre-making in Rochester, NY. Since its inception in 1950, the theatre has called a number of Rochester landmarks its home: Christ Church, Xerox Auditorium, School of the Arts, and, for the past 11 years, 795 E. Main Street. Blackfriars has made a point of raising the bar and the community's expectations of what local theater can look like. By consistently producing professionally-minded, artistically-ambitious productions, Blackfriars cultivates a broad, diverse community of theatrical supporters that see the value in intimate, affecting entertainment experiences. Blackfriars strives to break more records and welcome more Rochesterians in its 71st Season, and looks forward to March 9th at 7 p.m. when they will reveal what is in store for the 2020-2021 season.

"Over the past five years, Blackfriars has worked tirelessly to celebrate local artistry, champion community outreach and enrich the lives of our patrons and artists. We've partnered with over 30 new community organizations, artistic companies, downtown businesses and neighborhood programs and have welcomed over a thousand new patrons, subscribers and donors in this short period of time," says Artistic & Managing Director Danny Hoskins. "We have expanded opportunity to our local artists, engaging with over 300 new designers, directors, actors, crew and volunteers. To see the arts thrive so vividly within an organization that has called downtown Rochester its home for over 70 years is a testament to the rich and vibrant love our community has for this company. We are deeply grateful to our home town and to our patrons and artists and thrilled to be able to be such a large and integral part of our city's artistic fabric."

The 2020-2021 Season includes a 50/60s rock'n'roll musical, a brand new holiday romance based on a Jane Austen classic, a fiery new play - featured in the top 10 most produced plays over the past two seasons, a beautiful one-man show starring Blackfriars Artistic & Managing Director Danny Hoskins, an American masterpiece reimagined with a gender-expansive spin, and, of course, our 2019 Season Soiree winner, the brand-new musical The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes. The 71st Season is a tribute both classic and original voices that are shaping the landscape of theatre in the 21st Century.

For more information visit www.blackfriars.org.