The Dorset Theatre Festival
104 Cheney Road, Dorset
Walk up Box Office open June 11-August 31, Tuesday–Sunday
http://www.dorsettheatrefestival.org or 802-867-2223
The Dorset Theatre Festival produces five Main-stage plays each summer between June through September. Known for its world premieres of new plays, its regional premieres of Tony Award winning plays from the contemporary canon, as well as expertly produced traditional family programming. The Festival attracts top talent from Broadway and beyond to the quaint village of Dorset each summer to great acclaim. Before each evening show enjoy the outdoor café for delicious tapas, a glass of fine wine or beer, coffee and desserts. The work of regional artists curated by Dorset’s new 3 Pears Gallery on display.
June 18-July 6 Six time Tony Award winning drama about artist Mark Rothko RED by John Logan starring Tim Daly —RED captures the dynamic relationship between an artist and his creations – NY TIMES
July 10-July 19 World Premiere Out Of The City by Leslie Ayvazian — A sweetly comic play…well-made and carefully observed character portraits about late-life identity – NY TIMES
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
12 Park Street, Weston
Tickets on sale May 1; Box Office: 802-824-5288
Full schedule at http://www.westonplayhouse.org/
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, a non-profit regional theatre dedicated to excellence in a unique Vermont setting, serves a community of artists and audiences through a broad spectrum of dramatic works and educational programs. It is currently embarking on a $10 million Campaign to create an Incubator for the Theatre Arts in Weston—a place where playwrights, directors, composers and librettists will come to work on their new works in the quiet rural environment away from the distractions of the city. Following most evenings enjoy The Cabaret, Weston’s lively musical nightcap downstairs. Main Stage performances:
June 26–July 12 Analog and Vinyl by Paul Gordon, The world premiere of a new musical
July 17–July 26 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang The 2013 Tony-winning comedy
July 31–August 23 A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban
Actor’s Theater Playhouse
Corner Of Brook & Main St
West Chesterfield, NH
The Actors Theatre Playhouse enters it’s 39th Season this year with a Comedy, a Drama, an original Musical Play, a performer created Cabaret, and it’s ongoing annual Ten Minute Play Festival. Run strictly as an all-Volunteer organization, the company draws on the multi-gifted artistic and technical talents of the Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts communities it serves.
Thurs/Fri/Sat, June 19, 20, 21 26, 27, 28 & July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11,12, Found A Peanut, by Donald Margulies
Thurs/Fri/Sat, July 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, Now and Then, A Musical Play by Zeke Hecker
New England Youth Theatre
100 Flat Street
Brattleboro
Founded in 1998, the New England Youth Theatre offers a conservatory-style acting training program for young people with a combination of classroom and performance work for beginning and advanced students. Classes are small in size and taught by a professional faculty. Founded by Artistic Director Stephen Stearns, NEYT is committed to its mission of offering the highest quality theatre training and performances to neighboring communities in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
May 22-23, Theatre Adventure’s Deeper Into The Jungle
May 29-June 1, A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS directed by Alisa Hauser
July 11-13, Hamlet
Bellows Falls Opera House
7 Centennial Square, Rockingham
bfoperahouse.com, 802 463-3964
Ongoing: Known as the civic and cultural heart of the Bellows Falls community, the Opera House shows movies and has live events on a regular basis. See the web site for details and a schedule.
Brattleboro Music Center
38 Walnut Street, Brattleboro
bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523
May 17 & 18: Concert Choir: Missa Gaia, exhilarating fusion of sound and drama, Missa Gaia opens the door to places within and without, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, 7:30p on May 17, 4p on May 18. May 30 & June 1: Windham Orchestra presents Puccini’s Tosca, an opera that tells the brutal truth about what drives us, our passion and desires. It’s essential Puccini – lurid, ravishing and hugely enjoyable. At Latchis theater both days, 7:30p May 30, 3p, June 1.
Hills Alive Festival
Venues throughout southern Vermont
hillsalive.org, 802 362-6313
June 27-Aug 4: Featuring world class stage productions, concerts, play readings and the lively arts at venues throughout southern Vermont. See the website for a full schedule of events and venues.
Latchis Theatre
50 Main St, Brattleboro
latchis.com, 802 254-6300
May 30 & June 1: Windham Orchestra presents Puccini’s Tosca, an opera that tells the brutal truth about what drives us, our passion and desires. It’s essential Puccini – lurid, ravishing and hugely enjoyable. At Latchis theater both days, 7:30p May 30, 3p, June 1. June 26: First to Fall, screening with director Rachel Beth Anderson, 6:30p.
Next Stage Arts
15 Kimball Hill Rd, Putney
May 17: The Wiyos, 7:30p. May 18: The Wiyos Family Show, 2p. June 28: Next Stage Speaks: Book Launch and Reading with author Diana Whitney, “Wanting It.”
Old Castle Theatre Company
331 Main St, Bennington
Oldcastletheatre.org, 802 447-0564
May 16-25: Play Date, It’s the parents who are naughty in this hilarious mix of winning and losing friendships, adultery, politics and scheming to get one up on their neighbors while in a the midst of their children’s play date. June 6-22: Doubt, a Parable. Hailed by critics and audiences as a brilliant, powerful drama about a nun who suspects a young priest of improper relations with a student. July 11-27: 4,000 Miles. Winner of the Obie Award for Best Play and a finalist for the Pulitzer, this warm-hearted play by one of our most acclaimed young playwrights, tells the story of a 21 year old, after the loss of a loved one seeks the solace of his feisty 91 year old grandmother. Aug 15-31: My Fair Lady. The most loverly love story the world has ever taken to heart in the greatest musical of all-time.
Sandglass Theater
17 Kimball Hill, Putney
sandglasstheater.org, 802 387-4051
April 26: Kasper, Fritzi and Me. Featuring Sandglass’ own Ines Zeller-Bass together with two of her daughters, Shoshana Bass and Jana Zeller. They will be performing works from Ines’ repertoire including Punschi, the Flea Circus, and Tschokolino 1 and 3p. June 7: Tim Eriksen and the Trio de Pumpkintown, 7:30p. Northern roots American music from the imaginary village of Pumpkintown. Aug 10-24: Summer Puppet Arts Training Intensive. Sept 20-22: Cry You One. This outdoor performance by New Orleans’ artists, Mondo Bizarro and Art Spot Productions, journeys into the heart of our disappearing wetlands. Part song, part story, part procession for our lost land, Cry You One celebrates the people and cultures of South Louisiana while turning clear eyes on the crisis of our vanishing coast.
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Arkell Pavilion at West Rd, Manchester
svac.org, 802 362-1405
July 15 7:30p Canadian Brass at the Arkell Pavilion presented by Northshire Performing Arts. Tickets 800-867-4146, http://www.northshireperformingarts.org. The Southern Vermont Arts Center brings music acts to the Arkell Pavilion on a regular basis. Check the web site for details and schedule.
Stone Church Arts
20 Church Street, Bellows Falls
stonechurcharts.org, 802 463-3100
. July 11: Eugene Friesen’s Improv Concert, 7:30p. Eugene Friesen, multi-Grammy award winner and Artistic Director of Stone Church Arts, performs in concert as part of his Vermont Improv Intensive. Aug 10: A Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music, 3p. Aug 15: Your Rhythm, Your Life, with Glen Velez, LOIRE and Eugene Friesen, 7:30p.
Tuesday Night Concerts on the Green
Town Green, Manchester
All shows 6-8pm: July 8: The Battenkillers. July 15: The Bondville Boys. July 22: Blues Sanctuary. July 29: Dana & Sue. Aug 5: Don’t Leave Band. Aug 12: Wyld Nightz Band. Aug 19: So Far & Tripolar.
Twilight Music
139 Main Street, Brattleboro
twilightmusic.org, 802 387-5772
Ongoing: For a complete schedule of live music and theater events, visit the Twilight Music website.
Vermont Arts Exchange
29 Sage Street Mill, N. Bennington
vtartxchange.org, 802 442-5549
May 10: The Prescription Dance Party, 8p. Ongoing: In the winter of 2004 VAE converted their downstairs basement studio into a cabaret-club atmosphere with the plan to present once a month, high quality music that is culturally diverse.
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hill, Brattleboro
vtjazz.org, 802-254-9088
May 17: Eugene Uman’s Convergence Project concert, 8p. June 7: Tribute to George Shearing, 8p. Ongoing: The Vermont Jazz Center is the premiere place to see live jazz music in southern Vermont. Regular concerts take place around the Brattleboro area. See the web site for details and a schedule.
Vermont Performance Lab
561 Fitch Rd, Guilford
Wed May 28, 7p VPL and Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts present du Printemps at the Serkin Center, Marlboro College, Brattleboro. Features 25 local participants ages 60-100 in a powerful re-imagining of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Friday, May 30 @7pm, @Gateway City Arts, 92-114 Race Street, Holyoke, MA, Reservations: 413-540-0200 or, http://www.mifafestival.org
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
At various locations in Vermont
vso.org, 800 876-9293
June 27: TD Bank Summer Festival Tour at Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, 7:30p. July 2: TD Bank Summer Festival Tour at Riley Rink at Hunter Park, Manchester, 7:30p. July 3: TD Bank Summer Festival Tour at Grafton Ponds, Grafton, 7:30p.
Vermont Theatre Company
PO Box 11, Brattleboro
vermonttheatrecompany.com, 802 258-1344
May 2-4, 8-11: Don’t Drink the Water. A Woody Allen play that premiered on Broadway in 1966. In an unnamed European country behind the Iron Curtain, the American Ambassador must leave the Embassy for business. Almost immediately the Embassy is thrust into a crisis as the Hollanders, an American family of tourists, come rushing in on the run from the Communist police. June 26-29: As You Like It. This show follows Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden.
