Theater

Reading “Love in Space-Time”

PUTNEY- Gia Forakis and Company will be hosted by Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, on Tuesday, August 14, for a staged reading of their work-in-progress “Love In Space-Time” an experimental, non-linear performance project that aims to create an experience of space-time (also known as the fourth...

“Pride & Prejudice” adaptation opens

DORSET- Dorset Theatre Festival presents Kate Hamill’s “Pride and Prejudice,” adapted from the original novel by Jane Austen.
The show is directed by Christopher V. Edwards, with a cast that includes Krystel Lucas (“The Blacklist,” “Jessica Jones”), as Jane, Miss De Bourgh; Jessica Frey...

George Adair, right, and the children’s cast will be performing two numbers of “Oliver,” part of the Deerfield Valley Players’ “A Cabaret of Broadway Musical Songs,” on Friday and Saturday, August 3 and 4, at 8 pm at Memorial Hall in Wilmington.

“Please, sir, I want some more”

Funny life

BRATTLEBORO- The Vermont premiere of “Love, Gilda,” a film by Lisa D’Apolito about the life of comedian Gilda Radner, is scheduled for Gallery Walk on Friday, August 3, at the Latchis Theatre.
D’Apolito, director and producer of “Love, Gilda,” originally shared the idea of the...

Take a trip back in time to the Civil War

GRAFTON- On Thursday, August 2, at 6 pm, at the Grafton Community Church, 55 Main Street, the Grafton Historical Society and the Vermont Humanities Council present “Grafton and Its People in the Civil War.”
Integrated into this presentation will be the musical songs from that era...

Open theater auditions

WILLIAMSVILLE- Rock River Players host open auditions for “Justice? Just Us,” an original music theater piece conceived and composed by Dan Dewalt, to be presented by the Rock River Players in September at the Williamsville Hall.
Auditions will be Tuesday, July 17, and Thursday, July 19...

Ribbon-cutting ceremony

BRATTLEBORO- New England Youth Theatre has completed construction of the Glendon Mayo Theatre, an outdoor amphitheatre and classroom.
The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, July 14, at 5 pm. Light refreshments will be served, and guests are invited to bring a...

Keeping it all in the family ...

Student-actors Rita Messing, Jillian Mahon, Matilda Morse, and Ally Taylor practice a dance routine during rehearsal for “The Family at Cemetery Ridge.” The musical comedy, inspired by the popular “Addams Family” series created by author Charles Addams, runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7 pm...

“You Can’t Beat the House”

TOWNSHEND- Leland & Gray Summer Theater will present a culminating performance of “You Can’t Beat The House,” by Pat Cook Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7 at 3 pm, in the Leland & Gray Dutton gymnasium on Route 30.
After 10 successful summers of performing arts exploration, a...

Free movie night

DOVER- On Monday, July 2, the Dover Free Library presents a feature film “Naughty Marietta,” starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, and Elsa Lanchester. Showtime is 5:30 pm. Runtime is 104 minutes.This film is rated G. Movie night at the library is free and open to the public....