Junior Rising Stars Perform The SpongeBob Musical, Young Performers’ Edition
Junior Rising Stars, Riverdale Y’s youth theatre company, is entering their second weekend of performances for The SpongeBob Musical Young Performers’ Edition. This show is an adaptation of the Broadway smash The SpongeBob Musical specially designed for elementary age performers. Featuring the iconic characters from the animated series, this production was an especially exciting opportunity for […]
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 […]