Jagged Little Pill at Fort Salem Theater
2026-07-17, 2026-07-18, 2026-07-19, 2026-07-24, 2026-07-25, 2026-07-26, 2026-07-31, 2026-08-01 | Fort Salem Theater, 11 East Broadway, Salem, NY, 12865, United States

Jagged Little Pill
2026-08-02 | Fort Salem Theater, 11 East Broadway, Salem, NY, 12865, United States

SpongeBob: The Musical-Youth Edition
2026-08-07 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Fort Salem Theater, 11 East Broadway, Salem, NY, 12865, United States
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” This laugh-filled adventure follows SpongeBob, Patrick, and friends as they race to save Bikini Bottom from an erupting volcano. Performed by Fort Salem’s youth company, it is packed with heart, humor, and hit songs written by some of music’s biggest stars (including David Bowie, Sara Bareilles, Steven Tyler, and Cyndi Lauper).
Directed by TBA
Music Directed by Benjamin Quinones
Choreographed by Susi Thomas

SpongeBob: The Musical - Youth Edition
2026-08-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Fort Salem Theater, 11 East Broadway, Salem, NY, 12865, United States

SpongeBob The Musical: Youth Edition
2026-08-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Fort Salem Theater, 11 East Broadway, Salem, NY, 12865, United States

New Works/New Voices
2026-08-15 19:00 - 21:00
Join us August 15th at 7pm for an exciting presentation celebrating bold new LGBTQ+ stories in development and be together to say goodbye to this beautiful era of Fort Salem Theater.
Life Jacket Theatre Company, in partnership with Page 73, and Lower Adirondack Pride, invites you to New Works, New Voices, a performance of staged excerpts from four new plays created during our 2026 Writers Room Residency as well as personal stories shared by local LGBTQ+ voices from the region.

Rescheduled! Swooping Shapes: Live in the Courthouse
2026-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Historic Courthouse Community Center, 58 East Broadway, Salem, NY, 12865, United States
Rescheduled to Saturday October 17th!
We are excited to welcome Swooping Shapes to our Historic Courtroom! They’ll create instrumental magic to enhance a silent film—join us on this journey! FREE ENTRY! All are welcome.
Swooping Shapes
The music of Puerto Rican guitarist and composer Federico Balducci can be described as a mixture of classical and ambient music with unusually intricate harmonies. Federico Balducci has a Bachelor’s Degree in Film Scoring from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Currently, Federico mostly works on film scores for short films and documentaries.
Brian Dewan is a musician and visual artist who engages in filmstrip making and instrument building. He writes songs and collects songs from earlier generations.
Elizabeth Karp is a musician who combines analog and digital instrumentation, tape collage, field recordings, and percussion to perform sound collage music. Elizabeth is also a visual artist and co-curator of Moonbow, a performance series held at The Shaker Heritage Site.
Historic Salem Courthouse Community Center’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
