Penguin Rep Theatre presents Frederick Stroppel’s “Fall River”

Penguin Rep Theatre presents Frederick Stroppel’s “Fall River”

BY GEORGINA CASAZZA STONY POINT – Lizzie Borden is back, and this time defending her honor, in the world premiere of “Fall River,” showing here in Rockland County at Stony Point’s Penguin Repertory Theatre. Written by Frederick Stroppel and directed by Penguin Rep’s very own founder, Joe Brancato, the two-man show tells the first-hand story of Lizzie Borden, […]

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

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

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