Houston Person @ Schoolhouse Theater: Tenor sax giant Houston Person’s 35th annual performance at the Schoolhouse is one of the highlights of life in Croton Falls. Person, a Eubie Blake Jazz Award winner, is best known for his soul jazz though he has performed in the hard bop and swing genres.

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About The Schoolhouse Theater

The Schoolhouse Theater, founded by Lee Pope in 1983, is Westchester’s oldest non-profit Actor’s Equity theater. The theater, dedicated to producing new plays, has seen no less than seven of its shows moved to Off-Broadway. They have produced works by Jules Feiffer and Tina Howe. It’s current Artistic Director, Bram Lewis founded and ran The Phoenix Theater in Purchase. There he worked with Alan Arkin, Ellen Burstyn, Horton Foote, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Frances Sternhagen and Elain Stritch.

In addition to original theatrical productions and revivals, The Schoolhouse Theater hosts and produces musical events, comedy nights, and one-person shows. In addition to Houston Person’s annual performance, Adam Oliensis brings his Lo-Hud Comedy review to The Schoolhouse several times each year. Each night features a different trio of late-night comics from The Tonight Show, Conan etc. Adam wrote and c0-starred in the movie The Pompatus of Love with  Jon Cryer,

Carly Simon’s log-time guitarist, Peter Calo appears regularly at the Schoolhouse. He performs a variety of Songwriter’s Showcase’s featuring and original songs. In one of Calo’s most popular shows, he teams up with vocalist Anne Carpenter to perform the music of Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. Calo also performs at The Schoolhouse Theater’s annul Scottish Tattoo fundraiser. This event also features bagpipes, flights of whiskey, and the vocal trio the Highland Divas.

Finally Marc Black performs his History of the 50s & 60s in Song at The Schoolhouse each year. Mark is a NY Blues Hall of Famers who has toured with The Doors, Van Morrison and Neil Diamond.