Karen Lefkoe News

It was an experiment, and no one was sure it would work: a live production of a play, with actors spread out across the country, streaming live on YouTube. The play was Doug Anderson's The Beams Are Creaking, based on the life of German minister and resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 

In turbulent times, it often takes great courage to speak out against injustice.  German minister Dietrich Bonhoeffer's heroic resistance to Adolph Hilter is the subject of a play by Town Hall Theater's artistic director, Douglas Anderson, which will be presented online on October 22. 

Take 6 writers and give them 12 hours to write a ten minute play. Include some random ingredients, some curveballs, and one line chosen by the public. The next day, grab a director and? tons of actors, rehearse those shows and perform them that night at 7:30. That's Pop-Up Plays, popping up for the second year at Town Hall Theater tonight, March 7th at 7:30pm. The whole event takes place in 24 hours, which makes it the freshest theater experience around.

Take 6 writers and give them 12 hours to write a ten minute play. Include some random ingredients, some curveballs, and one line chosen by the public. The next day, grab a director and? tons of actors, rehearse those shows and perform them that night at 7:30. That's Pop-Up Plays, popping up for the second year at Town Hall Theater March 7th at 7:30pm. The whole event takes place in 24 hours, which makes it the freshest theater experience around.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Vermont Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Vermont Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Vermont Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 25th.

Yesterday's SIPs come from the national tours of GODSPELL, FLASHDANCE, EVITA, WE WILL ROCK YOU, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and WICKED! Plus, check out shots from a slew of regional productions of AVENUE Q, OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE FANTASTICKS, and more.

In the winter and spring of 2013, Town Hall Theater and Middlebury Actors Workshop (MAW) teamed up to develop a short original Shakespeare show called 'Straight Up Shakespeare - The Things We Do For Love' as part of its educational outreach program. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action!

Yasmina Reza's 2009 Tony Award Winning Play, God of Carnage, is a fast paced, wicked little comedy of manners about parenthood, civilization and the hypocrisy we all indulge in when defending our own.

Middlebury Actors Workshop will present Obie Award Winning Playwright Annie Baker's Vermont play 'Body Awareness' at Town Hall Theater, July 6 - 9.

Middlebury Actors Workshop will present Obie Award Winning Playwright Annie Baker's Vermont play 'Body Awareness' at Town Hall Theater, July 6 - 9.

The Middlebury Actors Workshop presents Shirley Valentine, a one-woman comedy centered around a middle-aged British woman whose disappointing life changes dramatically when an unexpected opportunity is offered to her. The show stars actress Karen Lefkoe as Shirley Valentine, and is directed by Douglas Anderson.

A middle-class, middle-aged English woman is trapped in a life that didn't work out as planned. Her husband barely acknowledges her; her children are crazy. She's only 42, but somehow she feels that "the only good things are things in the past."

The Middlebury Actors Workshop presents Shirley Valentine, a one-woman comedy centered around a middle-aged British woman whose disappointing life changes dramatically when an unexpected opportunity is offered to her. The show stars actress Karen Lefkoe as Shirley Valentine, and is directed by Douglas Anderson.

A middle-class, middle-aged English woman is trapped in a life that didn't work out as planned. Her husband barely acknowledges her; her children are crazy. She's only 42, but somehow she feels that "the only good things are things in the past."

The Middlebury Actors Workshop presents Shirley Valentine, a one-woman comedy centered around a middle-aged British woman whose disappointing life changes dramatically when an unexpected opportunity is offered to her. The show stars actress Karen Lefkoe as Shirley Valentine, and is directed by Douglas Anderson.