The Vermont Symphony Orchestra performs at Bellows Falls, Oct. 2.
Actors Theatre Playhouse
Main St, West Chesterfield, NH
http://www.atplayhouse.org, 877 666-1855
Sept 10-Oct 3: The Seafarer. In Conor McPherson’s recent Broadway hit, it’s a dark and stormy Christmas Eve in Ireland and Sharky has returned home to look after his irascible, aging brother who’s recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. Oct 10 & 17: Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Nora and Delia Ephron’s concert staged production, based on the bestseller by Ilene Beckerman, is a collection of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memory. It covers important subjects like mothers, prom dresses, and why we only wear black.
Brattleboro Music Center
38 Walnut Street, Brattleboro
http://www.bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523
Oct 3: Chamber Series: Sophie Shao and Friends, 7:30p. Oct 9 & 11: Blanche Moyse Chorale, St. John Passion, 7p. Nov 13 & 15: Windham Orchestra: Fall Fantastique, 7:30p. Jan 30: Northern Roots Festival.
Dorset Theatre Playhouse
PO Box 510, Dorset
http://www.dorsettheatrefestival.org, 802 867-2223
Thru Sept 5: Hate Hamlet. A rising Hollywood star accepts the role of Hamlet at New York’s Shakespeare in the Park and his agent thinks he’s gone daft. Why trade a fluffy, big money TV role for dusty old Shakespeare? Leave it to the ghost of actor John Barrymore, the quintessential Hamlet of the 20th century, to give him his answer. Sept 9-12: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain’s classic novel of Missouri boyhood comes to the stage in a high-spirited theatrical romp. Mischievous Tom and his pal Huck witness a murder, then embark on a string of wild escapades.
Friends of Music at Guilford 50th Anniversary Organ Barn Events
(802) 254-3600, email office@fomag.org,
Sept 5 & 6: Friends of Music at Guilford’s 50th Anniversary Season launch at the Guilford Organ Barn includes an Organ Concert in the Barn on Saturday night, and an Orchestra Concert on the lawn on Sunday afternoon. Saturday night’s recital in the Barn features Susan Summerfield, a professor of music and college organist at Saint Michael’s College, performing works by members of the Bach family, Couperin, Dandrieu, Milhaud, and Lou Harrison. This indoor event is rain or shine and admission free, with donations welcome. The Sunday lawn concert by the Festival Orchestra includes Don McLean’s “Fanfare for the 50th,” Mozart’s rarely heard Symphony #26 and a duet from his opera “Don Giovanni,” Gouvy’s Petite Suite Gauloise, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, and Nick Humez’s [Hew-MAY’s] reorchestrated suite of music from a 1978 Monteverdi Players production of “Alice.” Vocal soloists for the Mozart are soprano Julie Johnson Olsson and tenor James Anderson, and for the Humez are Don and Evelyn McLean, who are reprising their original roles in “Alice.” Grounds open at 12 noon for picnics and lunch sales. In case of threatening weather, the lunch and orchestra concert are moved to Broad Brook Grange on the Guilford Center Rd. Admission is free, with donations welcome. FOMAG’s 50th Anniversary Season is sponsored in part by Vermont Public Radio and the Vermont Arts Council’s VtArts2015 program.
Latchis Theatre
50 Main St, Brattleboro
http://www.latchis.com, 802 254-6300
Sept 11-20: Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival.
New England Youth Theater
100 Flat St, Brattleboro
http://www.neyt.org, 802 246-NEYT (6398)
Oct 9-18: Our Town. Oct 30-Nov 8: Clown Town. Dec 3-13: The Wizard of Oz.
Next Stage Arts
15 Kimball Hill Rd, Putney
Sept 10: Dustbowl Revival with 10 String Symphony, at the Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, 7:30p. Sept 20: Apron Theater presents a staged reading of Broth, by Nevada Bromley, 2p. Oct 3: Seth Glier with Hannah Hoffman at Hooker-Dunham Theater, Brattleboro, 7:30p.
North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show
Downtown Bennington
http://www.betterbennington.com
Thru Oct 25: The North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show will be on view throughout the village of North Bennington at various locations, including Veteran’s Park, North Bennington Train Depot, and in front of the McCullough Library. This year’s show will feature works by 40 national and local artists, some coming from Kansas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee to participate.
Oldcastle Theatre Company
331 Main St, Bennington
http://www.oldcastletheatre.org, 802 447-0564
Aug 21-Sept 6: Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer. In one hilarious act, the action supposedly in the dark is illuminated, when the lights are to be on, the stage is dark. Lovesick and desperate, Brindsley a young sculptor has embellished his apartment with furniture and objects d’arte “borrowed” from the absent antique dealer next door hoping to impress his fiancee’s pompous father and a wealthy art dealer. Sept 25-Oct 11: The Lion in Winter by James Goldman. King Henry II of England has three sons by Eleanor of Aquitaine. He wants the kingdom to stay united after his death, but all three sons want to rule and it is likely to be torn apart by revolution.
Sandglass Theater
17 Kimball Hill, Putney
http://www.sandglasstheater.org, 802 387-4051
Sept 11-20: Puppets in the Green Mountains, Brattleboro. A 10-day festival of puppetry and unusual theater that brings together a community of international artists and local community members. See website for full schedule.
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Arkell Pavilion at West Rd, Manchester
http://www.svac.org, 802 362-1405
Sept 13: Andy Avery, 7:30p. Andy, along with his trio and special guests Lee Romano, Ari Rudiakov, Joana Genova, and Peter Giancola, has cooked up a wonderfully entertaining evening of music and frivolity to celebrate Andy’s forty years of performing in our local area. Oct 11: Jim Brickman, 7:30p. Jim Brickman is the most commercially successful instrumental pop pianist of the last three decades. Four of his albums have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Stone Church Arts
20 Church Street, Bellows Falls
http://www.stonechurcharts.org, 802 463-3100
Aug 28 & 29: Your Rhythm, Your Life concert, 7:30p. Sept 26: Blackbird, Celtic music duo, 7:30p. Oct 24: Gary Stroutsos, world flute master and cultural storyteller, 7:30p. Nov 21: Frank Wallace, Three Spanish Guitars, 7:30p. Dec 12: Atlantic Crossing: Traditional music of New England and Celtic countries.
Twilight Music
139 Main Street, Brattleboro
http://www.twilightmusic.org, 802 387-5772
Aug 23: Slippery Sneakers, high energy traditional and contemporary Cajun/zydeco music.
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
At various locations in Vermont
http://www.vso.org, 800 876-9293
Oct 10: Made in Vermont Festival at the Bellows Falls Opera House, 7:30p. Oct 17: The Witch and the Winds, at Waterbury Congregational Church, 4p.
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
703 Main St, Weston
http://www.westonplayhouse.org, 802 824-8167
Thru Sept 5: The Glass Menagerie. Narrated by the restless son of a Southern belle, this classic of the American stage tells the story of a family’s schemes to find a husband for Laura, the painfully shy daughter.
