Penguin Rep Theatre presents Frederick Stroppelโ€™s โ€œFall Riverโ€

Penguin Rep Theatre presents Frederick Stroppelโ€™s โ€œFall Riverโ€

BY GEORGINA CASAZZA STONY POINT โ€“ Lizzie Borden is back, and this time defending her honor, in the worldย premiere of โ€œFall River,โ€ showing here in Rockland County at Stony Pointโ€™s Penguin Repertory Theatre.ย Written by Frederick Stroppel and directed by Penguin Repโ€™s very own founder, Joe Brancato,ย the two-man show tells the first-hand story of Lizzie Borden, […]

Lizzie Borden took an axe โ€ฆ or did she? 125 years later, the Crime of the Century still fascinates

Lizzie Borden took an axe โ€ฆ or did she? 125 years later, the Crime of the Century still fascinates

Penguin Rep Theatreย presents the world premiere of “Fall River,” a new play by Frederick Stroppel, directed by Joe Brancato, beginningย Friday, October 13. Before O.J. Simpson, there was Lizzie Borden. Whether, as the childrenโ€™s rhyme goes, she really took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks, then turned and gave her father 41, weโ€™ll never […]