Theater

Reading group returns on Thursday

BRATTLEBORO - The Baker Street Readers will return to the Hooker-Dunham Theater on Thursday, September 29, at 7 pm with “The Adventure of the Dying Detective” by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring James Gelter as Sherlock Holmes and Tony Grobe as Doctor Watson. For more information visit www.facebook....

Performers in “Tears by the River” take a bow during a previous Puppets in the Green Mountains festival.

Puppets take center stage for festival

WINDHAM COUNTY - Sandglass Theater, a renowned puppet theater company, is thrilled to announce the next edition of the Puppets in the Green Mountains festival. The international 10-day puppet festival will be held from Friday, September 9, to Sunday, September 18, in various venues in Brattleboro...

A spellbinding story of a heartwarming relationship performed at playhouse

WEST CHESTERFIELD, NH - Nick Payne’s provocative “Constellations” premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2012 and on Broadway in 2015. Beginning on Thursday, September 8, the Actors Theatre Playhouse will begin a three-week run of this complex and compelling theatrical experience on...

“Thirst” cast left to right: David Mason, Kathy McCafferty, and Meg Hennesy.

Final play of summer season

DORSET - Dorset Theatre Festival’s 45th season of professional summer theatre will conclude with the world premiere of “Thirst,” written by Irish-American playwright Ronán Noone and directed by the festival’s resident playwright Theresa Rebeck.
Set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic play “...

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...