Junior Rising Stars close new production of “The Addams Family: Young@Part”
Riverdale Performing Arts Center, the longest-running theater company in Riverdale and part of Riverdale Y, recently closed the first show of the Junior Rising Stars season with a production of The Addams Family Young @ Part performed by some of our community’s youngest artists. This show is an adaptation of Broadway hit The Addams Family specially […]
Riverdale Rep shines in new production of The Pajama Game
Riverdale Performing Arts Center, the longest-running theater company in Riverdale and part of Riverdale Y, opened their 2024/2025 season to packed houses with a new production of The Pajama Game performed by the Riverdale Y’s adult theater company: Riverdale Rep. This classic show has laughter, love, and labor rights all wrapped up together. This new […]
The Power & Possibility of LGBTQ+ Jewish Pride at Riverdale Y
Riverdale Y is a Jewish community center, of course, but in an increasingly fractured world, it is for me a vision of what the world could be. We remain grounded in our Jewish identity, yet many of our members and program participants are not Jewish. We are multi-racial, multi-religious, and inclusive of all genders and […]
What youth theater offers Riverdale in trying times
As this tumultuous year is ending, I am keenly reminded of the importance of the Arts in our lives. It is a passion I have had throughout my life. I sang with my five sisters growing up, then married an actor/musician/writer and we raised two children, who are also actors. There is nothing more uplifting […]