Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced the programming lineup for their upcoming 35th Powerhouse Season, the annual summer season that brings together some of today’s most influential theatrical voices for fully-staged productions, workshop presentations, readings, and other works in progress for theater, film and television. This summer’s programming includes new plays and musicals by Beth Henley; Tom Kitt; Jason Katims; Rachel Chavkin; singer/songwriters Ingrid Michaelson and César Alvarez;  La Santa Cecilia; and renowned playwrights Jocelyn Bioh, Harrison David Rivers and Lisa Loomer, among many others. The season will be presented at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY from June 20 through July 28, 2019. The two main stage productions in the Powerhouse Theater are "the bandaged place" (June 27 – July 7) by Harrison David Rivers, directed by David Mendizábal.  Jonah is a dancer. Jonah is injured. Jonah has an ex-boyfriend. When a former lover resurfaces, re-opening a painful wound, Jonah is forced to turn to his funny, precocious daughter and tough-love grandmother for support; and "Lightning (or The Unbuttoning)" (July 18-28) by Beth Henley directed by Mark Brokaw. In a cabin high on a peak surrounded by the blue mountains and a vibrant, swirling sky, a young woman is visited by a traveling salesman as a lightning storm brews. A mysterious, mystical visitor, he awakens in her the promise and the peril of something more. In addition to the aforementioned artists and projects, New York Stage and Film’s Filmmakers’ Workshop will be on campus for the annual Summer Residency. During the residency, early-career screenwriters and TV writers engage in one-on-one feedback sessions with professional mentors, panel discussions, screenings, developmental readings, and production discussions designed to bring their projects closer to completion. Powerhouse Season casting is by Telsey + Company. For more information including a full line-up of productions, please visit powerhouse.vassar.edu. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...