HUNTER - On Valentines Weekend, Maude Adams Theater Hub (MATH) and the Catskill Mountain Foundation will present three plays over five days at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, at 7971 Main Street, Hunter. This will be MATH’s fourth annual winter season festival, affectionately known as V Season, which brings acclaimed plays to the Catskills. From February 11 – 15, 2026, audiences will be treated to Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare, The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute, and Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker.
When Maude Adams Theater Hub first stumbled on the idea of presenting three plays over five days in 2021, they never thought the reception would be so strong that it would be repeated for the next three winters. Originally conceived as a way for actors and creatives to pop up shows in the dead of winter when little else is going on, it was decided that actors would use scripts, and be encouraged to think of these productions as staged readings due to the short rehearsal time of only six weeks. Audiences love to see how the productions get lifted off the ground.
V-Season took its name from Valentine’s Day, and the idea of putting together plays with some kind of connection to love. Though the themes have changed over the years, the principle remains the same: meaningful theater that's easily approachable for the actor, and the audience.
This V-Season welcomes plays about art and transformation, starting with prize winning Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare. When art dealers Flan and Ouisa Kitteridge welcome a stranger into their apartment, their entire social circle is flipped on edge. Directed by MATH newcomer Ben Rendich and featuring a large cast with stand-out performances by another new face, Josh Perez, and regional favorites Katrina Lantz, Marc Wolf, John Remington, and Jessica Gibbon, as well as many other local favorites.
Hot on its heels is Neal LaBute’s likewise dark and twisty drama, The Shape of Things, a modern take of the classic Pygmalian. Directed by familiar face Jacob Shipley, and starring Ashley Hill, Jordan Zakka, Ashley Krysinski, and local HTC graduate Ernie Briskey.
Rounding out the pack is Circle Mirror Transformation by the award-winning playwright Annie Baker. Shelli Koffman, co-director of the brilliant Columbia County Players, directs in her MATH debut.
This riveting play brings together four acting students and their determined teacher, putting them all through emotional upheavals and unexpected revelations that dig deeply into their quiet humanity and vulnerability. The power-house cast includes Jessica Gibbons, Maya Rock, Laila Monsen, Brian Flynn, and Bill Solley.
V Season will run from February 11 through 15 at the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, NY. For the full schedule, more information and tickets, please visit www.catskillmtn.org.
About Catskill Mountain Foundation
The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s (CMF) aim is to provide educational opportunities in the arts for youth and lifelong learners, to bring the experience of the arts to the Catskill community, and to support artists and art organizations in the development of their work through residencies. Since its founding in 1998, CMF has presented hundreds of music, dance, and theater performances; screened over 1,000 films to tens of thousands of audience members; provided studio arts classes to thousands of students of all ages; and served thousands of art-loving patrons in the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gift Shop. The Catskill Mountain Foundation operates the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, and the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, NY.
Since 1998, CMF has raised, generated, and invested close to $16 million in facility development and an excess of $42 million in programming operations, for a total investment in the Catskill community of over $58 million. Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts, the Greene County Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Legislature, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, The Royce Family Foundation, The Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund, The Orville and Ethel Slutzky Family Foundation, Platte Clove Bruderhof Community, Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, The Greene County Youth Bureau, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, All Souls’ Church, Stewarts Shops, Windham Foundation, and by private donations. CMF believes that the arts can transform the lives of those touched by it and can transform the community. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.