Glove Theatre Mission Statement: To establish an accessible platform of expression for the arts that engages, entertains, and educates the regional community to foster talent and economic development opportunities for the Southern Adirondack and Mohawk Valley regions. Glove Theatre Vision: Operate the region’s premier historic entertainment venue specializing in live productions across multiple platforms while nurturing a strong relationship with community-wide collaborators. Value Statements:
Quality, Inclusion, Diverse, Approachable, Historic, Community-Driven, Engaged, Organized, Strategic, Efficient, Civic Pride
Built in 1914, The Glove Theatre is a historic theatre located at 42 North Main Street, Gloversville, NY, where it began its life presenting Vaudeville shows, orchestral concerts and opera. During the theatre's heyday in the 1950's, this 800 seat theatre presented motion pictures and was the largest movie house in Fulton County. In the 1990’s, a plan arose to tear the theatre down to become a parking lot, but community action stopped this from happening. After being saved from possible demolition, and The Glove began receiving funding to present theatrical productions, mostly children’s and community theatre, with the goal of becoming a full-time theatre with Summerstock productions. These projects included the installation of radiant heating in the floor, the renovation of the ceiling, and more. A dedicated board of volunteers have run the theater ever since. In the summer of 2021, after an imposed hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Glove came back to life with its presentation of Kampfire Stories, an original musical written by the youth of the greater Gloversville Area and directed/composed by Michael Maricondi. In November 2021, The Glove was privileged to present a production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, directed by Zachary Tomlinson and featuring professional actors from New York City. Menagerie… helped, also, to kick-off The Glove’s new educational push, preparing a study guide program and inviting audiences to a talkback with the cast and creatives of this memorable production. In December, The Glove welcomed long-time arts partner, the Caroga Arts Ensemble, for their Holiday Sweets & Suites concert, also marking the closing of the 2021 edition of their WinterFest. At the beginning of 2022, The Glove Theatre took its place among the newly revitalized businesses in downtown Gloversville, and is continues planning a full season including plays, musicals, cabarets, concerts, readings, films, and other cultural events It has added new, on-going staple programming to their calendar including The Whoopie Cushion, a Vaudeville style variety show showcasing new, established, and up-and-coming talent,, and The Blackmon Film Series, which presented classic American and International movies. This past March, The Glove welcomed Master Class Performing Arts’ production of the off-Broadway chamber musical, Daddy Long Legs, starring Sarah Dworman and Aidan Halsey. In April, The Glove presented free screenings of Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic, an award-winning narrative documentary, made possible through Fulton County Health,
In May, The Glove welcomed Mayfield native and nationally recognized stand-up comedian, Tommy McLellan, for Laugh & Run, an evening of stand-up comedy, hosted and with music by Small Town Sound. The on-going Blackmon Film Series, featuring such American classics as Plan 9 From Outer Space, Reefer Madness, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans continued offering classic movies for free, thanks to a generous underwriting from John & Sunday Blackmon, and ended its official run with Fritz Lang’s seminal masterpiece, Metropolis.
In June, The Glove hosted the first ever Gloversville Pride Weekend, including The Club Kids Eleganza Ball, featuring pop-up performances by local and regional burlesque and drag stars, and a special, Grand Burlesque version of The Whoopie Cushion. The Glove hopes to continue uniting many local businesses in this important venture. The Glove Academy, led by lead teaching artist, Michael Maricondi, choreographer, Heather Mattioni, and dramaturg, Jameson “Sonny” Duross, began with eleven students, ages 12-16 in July of 2022. This conservatory-style program for students Grades 7-12 saw them learning and refining all the necessary skills to succeed in theatre, and culminated in the creation, rehearsal, and performance of their own, original musical based on World Mythology. The Glove once again welcomed Caroga Arts Collective to perform a string orchestra concert featuring Beethoven, Shastakovich, Rutter, and Henderson in July, and closed out their Blackmon Film Series with a “Troma Fest” of fabulous, summertime schlock cinema, generously donated by Troma Entertainment and Toxic Avenger creator, Mr. In August, The Glove Academy concluded with a World-Premier workshop production of the original musical, Bacchanalia ‘22,written, produced, and performed by the youth of Fulton County. The Glove Theatre recently launched its Love The Glove Film Series featuring FREE movies every Wednesday thanks to a generous underwriting by the Perrott, Blackmon, and Peck families, which continues to bring quality filmic entertainment to Gloversville. In October 2022, The Glove welcomed Ticket To Ride: A Tribute to The Beatles, Corner Lyfe Music Group’s Where It All Started, Vinny Michael's Band, Yacht Masters NY, Catalyst, and a screening of the famous silent vampire film, Nosferatu with a live, original score by Albany-based woodwind quintet, Quintocracy, closing out its 2022 season with performances by The Wynotte Sisters and The Caroga Arts Collective.
