A season of plays run at the Dorset Theatre Festival.
Actors Theatre Playhouse
21 Main St., West Chesterfield, N.H.
877 666-1855
Highly acclaimed theatre that’s edgy, excellent, and intimate. Thurs, Fri, & Sat, June 6–June 22: Ten Minute Play Festival.
Dorset Theatre Festival
104 Cheney Road, Dorset
http://www.dorsettheatrefestival.org
802 867-2223
June 20–July 6: “Private Lives” by Noël Coward. July 11–17: “Dig” by Theresa Rebeck. Aug 4, 8p: “A Summer Evening With Natalie Merchant” (concert). Aug 1–17: “Mrs. Christie” by Heidi Armbruster. Aug 22–31: “Slow Food” by Wendy MacLeod.
A scene from Great River Theatre Festival’s 2018 performance of “Equus.”
Great River Theater Festival
Various locations
http://www.greatrivertheaterfestival.org
Main Street Arts in “H.M.S. Pinafore” by Gilbert & Sullivan July 6 & 7, 12 & 13 and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, July 5 & 6, 12 & 13; LOOM Dance Ensemble in “What the Jellyfish Knows” July 5 & 6 and “Prime” July 13 & 14. The VT Suitcase Company in “L’Odeur de Molière: The Doctor and the Dowry”: July 14. Happenstance Theater in “Brouhaha” featuring a troupe of Edwardian Eccentrics: July 14.
New England Youth Theater
100 Flat St., Brattleboro
802 246-6398
Summer programs: Brave Young Vaudevillian (ages 6–9), Junior Shakespeare (10–15), Reaching for the Stars (7–adult), Melodrama (9–15), Melodrama Playwriting (11–19), Improv (11–19), Summer Shorts (9–12), Leader in Training, Theatre Design and Production
Next Stage (NS)/Apron Theatre Company
15 Kimball Hill Road, Putney
802 387-0102
July 19–21 & 25–27, 7:30 “Mary Page Marlowe” by Tracy Letts. Aug 8–10, 15–17, 22–23: “Tartuffe” by Molière.
Oldcastle Theater
331 Main St., Bennington
http://www.oldcastletheatre.org
802 447-0564
June 7–23: “Red” by John Logan about abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. July 12–28: “Brighton Beach Memoirs” by Neil Simon.
Rock River Players
Williamsville Hall, Williamsville
http://www.williamsvillehall.com
May 17 & 18 at Williamsville Hall and May 24 & 25 at Hooker Dunham in Brattleboro, all at 8p: “Oleanna” by David Mamet. Aug 1–4: “Nickel and Dimed” by Joan Holden based on “Nickel and Dimed: on (Not) Getting by in America” by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Sandglass Theater
17 Kimball Hill, Putney
http://www.sandglasstheater.org
802 387-4051
May 24 & 25: “D-Generation, an Exultation of Larks” (at NEYT, Brattleboro). July 15–19: Summer Puppet Camp for Kids. July 21–Aug 3: Summer Intensive Training in Puppetry: Two-week intensive workshop in puppet theater for puppeteers, teachers, actors, directors, designers, writers who want to expand and deepen their skill and understanding in the art of the puppet.
Vermont Theatre Company
Shakespeare in the Park
Rotary Stage in Living Memorial Park, Brattleboro
http://www.vermonttheatrecompany.org,
802 258-1344
June 27–30, 6p: Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Bring blankets, lawn chairs, and a picnic.
Weston Playhouse presents a variety of performances this summer.
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
Main Street, Weston
http://www.westonplayhouse.org
802 824-5288
June 13–30: “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster and Sheldon Harnick; music by Arnold Black, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick at Walker Farm. June 20–July 13: “The Fantasticks” by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt at the Playhouse. July 4–21: “I and You” by Lauren Gunderson: An ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness. July 18–Aug 10: “Oklahoma!” by Rodgers and Hammerstein. A fresh take on the musical at the Playhouse. Aug 1–24: “Always…Patsy Cline” by Ted Swindley at Walker Farm. Aug 15–Sept 1: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward Albee at the Playhouse.
