Music Director Charles Peltz leads a sweeping showcase that brings the overture, Merry Wives of Windsor—Otto Nicolai’s comedy, which combines elements of Italian opera buffa and early German Romanticism. Music from Henry the 5th, along with scenes from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, that evokes a dramatic and rousing finale!

This concert will feature Actor and Skidmore College Professor: Dennis Schebetta

Dennis Schebetta is an actor, director, and writer in film and theater. He has previously taught at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Bellevue College.

Trained in the Meisner technique by William Esper, New York City, as well as in physical theater techniques informed by Lloyd Williamson, Meyerhold, and Lecoq, Dennis explores the dynamic intersection of these methodologies in his practice and in his teaching. His current research regards psychological well-being in performance and actor training, especially as it relates to consent-based practices. He is also interested in the intersection of technology with theater, particularly robots and multimedia.

As a theatre director, he has directed off-off Broadway and regionally at theatres such as Ensemble Studio Theater, 29th Street Rep, Vital Theater, City Theatre, and 12 Peers Theater. For Skidmore, he recently directed Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson and Heddatron by Elizabeth Meriwether.

As a film director, his short My Date with Adam, which he produced, wrote and directed, won “Best Comedy” in the High Desert International Film Festival and was an official selection of New Filmmakers LA, New Filmmakers NYC, Boston Sci-Fi Festival, Phoenix International Film Festival and the London Sci-Fi Film Festival. Other theatrical directing credits include Soldier Song (also writer), Romeo & Juliet (a hybrid film/theater production), American Soldiers by Matt Morillo, Dog in the Manger, Agamemnon by Aeschylus, Nine by Arthur Kopit, the devised production 7 Minutes to Midnight, and the world premieres of Neena Beber’s Part of the Story and Seth Kramer’s Prelude to 35.

As an actor, he recently performed as Don John in Saratoga Shakespeare Company’s Much Ado About Nothing and Capital Rep’s Next Act New Play Festival. Other theatrical acting credits include An Ideal Husband, The Tempest, August: Osage County, Marjorie Prime, Peter and the Starcatcher, California Suite, Shining City, Slasher, Play, and Big River.