Theater

Left to right, Spencer Butynski, Peter Broussard, and Andrew Tolbert rehearse a scene from “Mamma Mia!.”

Mamma Mia! Here they go again!

TOWNSHEND - Live music and theater will return to Leland & Gray in the form of “Mamma Mia!” on Thursday, November 11, and Friday, November 12, at 7 pm, and Saturday, November 13, at 4 pm.
Featuring the upbeat and ever-danceable music of ABBA, the musical centers around a young woman...

Funny, fast-paced look at suffragists

VERMONT - Don’t miss Kathryn Blume, Sarah Mell, and Julia Sioss as they stop in southern Vermont this weekend to drum up new members for “The Suffragists Reenactment Society.”
Written by Mary Beth McNulty, this free, interactive show is a funny, fast-paced journey through the history of...

Keene State Theatre and Dance performing minimalist play

KEENE, NH - Keene State Theatre and Dance will perform Trish Harnetiaux’s “Welcome to the White Room” through Saturday, October 16, at 7:30 pm all days. A special matinee performance will occur Saturday, October 16, at 2. This KSC Theatre and Dance almuni production will be directed by Jacob...

Ghost stories

BENNINGTON - On October 16 at 7 pm, Bennington Performing Arts Center, 331 Main Street, will present “Whispering Bones” - a mix of classic, creepy, and comic ghost stories performed by Dr. Erastus Betterov-Underhill and friends. This is a family-friendly show open to ages 10 and up. “Whispering...

Outdoor performance takes place in Old First Church Cemetery

OLD BENNINGTON - Bennington Community Theater’s first live production this season, “Voices from the Grave,” will be performed outside on the grounds of the famed Old First Church Cemetery, on Saturday, September 25, and Saturday, October 2.
Go on a guided tour and meet the people beneath...

Clown Ted Lawrence will present “Trunkside Tales.”

True tales from a circus

NEWFANE - On Sunday, September 12, at 2 pm, circus clown Ted Lawrence will present “Trunkside Tales” at the West River Railroad Museum, Cemetery Hill Road.
Ted Lawrence will bring a piece of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where he was a clown working under the big top...

Teen performers for the “Listen Up” musical. Photo by Carley Stevens McLaughlin

Vermont teens tell their stories

PUTNEY - The “Listen Up” musical, an original musical based on the lives of Vermont teens, will be performed Tuesday, August 10, and Wednesday, August 11, at Landmark College.
Created and performed by Vermont teens, the show will go to the heart of current youth issues, including mental...

Oldcastle one-woman production

BENNINGTON - Oldcastle Theatre Company’s 49th season continues with “Shakespeare’s Will,” Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen’s one-woman show about the wife of William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway.
The production will run from August 6 to 15. Immediately following the 2 pm show on August 7...

Plan now for theater auditions

BENNINGTON - Auditions for Bennington Community Theater’s production of “The Haunting of Hill House” will be held on Monday, August 28, and Tuesday, August 29, from 1 to 4 pm at the Second Congregational Church, 115 Hillside Street. For more information visit bpacvt.org.

Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Daricia Mia DeMarr, and Novella Ford.

Importance of black identity in art

BRATTLEBORO- Artist Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Daricia Mia DeMarr of Black Women in Visual Art, and Novella Ford of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture discuss Black identity and representation in art in “Holding Space: Reflections on Children of the Sun,” an online conversation...