Theater

Deerfield Valley Players present “Chicago”

WILMINGTON - The Deerfield Valley Players will present the musical “Chicago” at Memorial Hall on Thursday to Saturday, August 25, 26, and 27. Doors will open at 7 pm and performances will start at 7:30 pm.
Broadway’s longest running musical, “Chicago” is set in the Jazz Age and based on a...

One woman, one act

BENNINGTON- “Fully Committed” opens Friday, July 22, at the Oldcastle Theatre Company. Allyson Boate is Sam Callahan in the one-act play by Becky Mode, directed by Jennifer Jasper. Experience this 40-character comedic tour de force, performed by one woman, in this fast-paced look at a hilarious...

Gale Allen, Ian Hefele, and Hazel Kinnersley in “Modern Art” by Straton Rushing.

Gale Allen, Ian Hefele, and Hazel Kinnersley in “Modern Art” by Straton Rushing.

“Popcorn for the brain” with popular Ten Minute Play Festival

WEST CHESTERFIELD, NH- The annual Ten Minute Play Festival at the Actors Theatre Playhouse runs for nine performances July 14 to 30, Thursday, Fridays and Saturday evenings at 7:30.
Ten Minute Play Festivals have been described by patrons as “popcorn for the brain” and the Actors Theatre...

The world of surfing

DOVER- On Monday, July 11, the Dover Free Library presents the feature film “Step into Liquid.” In a documentary shot in waters all over the globe, director Dana Brown takes on tall waves and surfers who live to challenge them. The film treks from the Irish coast, where a trio of American...

Youth perform “Shrek”

WESTON - Weston Theater Company’s 2022 Young Company production, “Shrek The Musical,” will be playing until Sunday, July 10, touring venues throughout central and southern Vermont.
Follow Shrek - that lovable, stinky ogre - on his quest to save quirky, captivating Princess Fiona from a...

Danny DeVito and other stars come to Dorset

DORSET - Dorset Theatre Festival has added a star-studded event to its 45th season. The developmental staged reading of “I Need That” by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, will star Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito, and Ray Anthony Thomas. The one-night-only event is scheduled for...

Cast members Kaia Monroe and Tim Howard in Bennington. Photo by Kate Whitehall

Oldcastle Theatre celebrates 50th season

BENNINGTON - Oldcastle Theatre Company is excited to open its 50th season on Friday, June 17, with “Souvenir - A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins” by Stephen Temperley, directed by Nathan Stith.
“Souvenir” tells the fictionalized story of the infamous real-life wealthy...

Celebrate pride in style

MARLBOROUGH, NH - Celebrate Pride month with the Ladies of the Rainbow drag show and dance party. This fundraiser for the newly-established nonprofit Keene Pride will be held on Saturday, June 11, at The Marlborough House, 9 Ling Street. Featured performers include Mama Mayhem, Miss Ginger...

Photo by Tricia Suriani

Into The Woods

BELLOWS FALLS - Next Stage Arts will present a Wild Goose Players production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Into The Woods” at the Bellows Falls Opera House. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturdays, April 22, 23, 29, and 30; and at 2 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, April 23,...

Susan O’Hara and Ray Mahoney at the 2019 Ten-Minute Play Festival.

Ten-Minute Play Fest auditions this weekend

BRATTLEBORO - The Actors Theatre Playhouse in West Chesterfield, NH, will host open auditions for its Ten-Minute Play Festival at the Brooks Memorial Library community room on Saturday, April 23, from 10 am to 3 pm; and Tuesday, April 26, from 6 to 8 pm.
At the audition, actors will be...