GREENSBORO – Heartwood will present “The Well Tree,” a participatory musical journey illustrated with a crankie, on Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Highland Center for the Arts. The show is an illuminated hand-cranked scroll made by papercut artist Jennifer Jones. The three members of Heartwood, Heidi Wilson,[Read More…]
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Lamoille County Players presents “The 39 Steps” in Oct.
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players’ 73rd season at the Hyde Park Opera House continues with John Buchan’s “The 39 Steps,” directed by Heather Mandigo. In the play, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she’s a spy. When he takes her[Read More…]
Sketch comedians come to Fuller Hall, Oct. 4
ST. JOHNSBURY – The KCP Presents Performing Arts Series presents Chicago’s Second City at to St. Johnsbury Academy’s Fuller Hall, October 4, at 7 p.m. The Second City performs its trademark brand of sketch comedy. The company opened its doors on a Chicago night in December of 1959, and a[Read More…]
The Bread and Puppet Theater presents “Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress” Circus
GLOVER – The Bread & Puppet Theater is taking its circus to cities and towns in the US Northeast and Midwest September 1 to October 14. The company presents Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus, a brand new show in the tradition of the iconic Bread & Puppet Circuses[Read More…]
OSSU presents “Playing Fields,” Sept. 5
HARDWICK – The Flynn, in partnership with the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU), presents “Playing Fields,” a free community event to kick off the school year. The performance takes place on Friday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. at Hazen Union School (126 Hazen Union Drive). Guests are encouraged to arrive[Read More…]
Summer Theater Camp presents four comedies
CABOT – The Cabot Community Theater demonstrated the fruits of its week-long summer theater camp by presenting four comedies Friday, Aug. 15, at 5 p.m., in the Cabot School Performing Arts Center. The plays were short and designed for children’s performances, giving everyone a limited number of lines to memorize[Read More…]
Chekhov play focuses on complex characters
EAST CALAIS – The Unadilla Theater has produced the well-known plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) many times over its four decades. Currently, it is performing the first play he ever wrote, in 1888, entitled “Ivanov.” The play focuses on a depressed middle aged man, who like many of the[Read More…]
Seriously, Get Thee To the Funnery
GREENSBORO – For 27 years, the Get Thee to the Funnery summer camp has served as a home for any and all interested and willing to participate in the longstanding tradition of performing Shakespeare. Established in 1998 by former Craftsbury Academy music teacher Andrea Brightenbach and Peter Gould, the camp[Read More…]
Shakespeare Camp Performances, Aug. 8-9
GREENSBORO – Peter Gould’s youth Shakespeare camp, Get Thee to the Funnery, is back for its 28th summer, and will finish with two live public performances on Friday, Aug. 8 and Saturday, Aug. 9. This year’s camp is happening again under the big white tent and in the theater at[Read More…]
“Best of Beckett” Features Excellent Cast
EAST CALAIS − The Unadilla Theatre in East Calais began its second offering of the season this past weekend with “The Best of Beckett, An Evening of Short Plays” by Samuel Beckett. Famous for his well-known dramas such as “Waiting For Godot,” this collection of his much briefer works contains[Read More…]
Lamoille County Players Presents “Meet Me in St. Louis”
HYDE PARK − Lamoille County Players’ 73nd season at the Hyde Park Opera House continues with “Meet Me in St. Louis.” The show runs July 24 to 27 and July 31 to August 3. Shows begin at 7 p.m., on Friday and Saturday nights, with Sunday matinees starting at 2[Read More…]
Shakespeare Festival Presents “Woman to Woman”
PLAINFIELD – The newly formed Green Mountain Shakespeare Festival presents “Woman to Woman: Two-Woman Scenes from Shakespeare,” conceived by Tom Blachly, and featuring Savannah Yates and Maeve McCurdy, July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 at 7 p.m., and Aug. 3 at 2 p.m., in the Greatwood Dining Hall on[Read More…]
