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Northern Stage Hosts Week Of Solo Performances In October
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2025

​​​​​​​Northern Stage has announced a week of special solo performances, “A” Train by Annie Torsiglieri and Robert Frost: This Verse Business by A.M. Dolan, starring Emmy Award winner Gordon Clapp.

COME FROM AWAY Opens Northern Stage's Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 28, 2025

​​​​​​​Northern Stage opens its 2025/26 Season with the internationally acclaimed, Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away, running in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts.

Northern Stage Achieves $8.5m Act II Campaign Goal
by Josh Sharpe - May 16, 2025

Northern Stage has announced that through the generosity of more than 300 individual donors, we have achieved our fundraising goal of $8.5 million to support the Act II Campaign: A Vision For the Future of Northern Stage, White River Junction, and The Region.

Northern Stage Announces Sam Empey & Kevin David Thomas As New Co-Directors Of Education
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2025

Northern Stage has announced that Sam Empey (Associate Director of Education) and Kevin David Thomas (Resident Artist & Director, Cabaret) have been appointed Co-Directors of Education effective June 1, 2025.

A World Premiere and More Set for Northern Stage 2025/26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 17, 2025

 Northern Stage has revealed its 2025/26 Season, offering five main stage productions in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts. See full programming and learn more.

Caitlin Kinnunen to Lead Master Class at Northern Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 13, 2025

Tony-nominated actor Caitlin Kinnunen (The Prom, Broadway), now featured as Dawn in Waitress at Northern Stage, leads a master class with select Northern Stage students in our advanced training program YES Next Stage. Learn how to attend.

WAITRESS Casting Announced At Northern Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2025

Northern Stage's 2024/25 Season continues with the hit Broadway musical Waitress, running from March 12, 2025, through April 13, 2025, in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts.

Mina Morita Joins Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company as Resident Director and Creative Producer 
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced the appointment of celebrated director and established arts leader, Mina Morita, as its BOLD Resident Director & Creative Producer.  

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Comes to Northern Stage
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2024

Northern Stage’s 2024/25 Season will continue with a magical new production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, running from November 20, 2024, through January 1, 2025, in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts.

Northern Stage Announces $8.5m Campaign to Support Artist Housing Development and More
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2024

 Northern Stage has announced the public phase kick-off of the Act II Campaign: A Vision For the Future of Northern Stage, White River Junction, and The Region; a transformative initiative aimed at securing the future of theater in the Upper Valley.

McCarter Announces New Leadership Team Members
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2024

McCarter Theatre Center has announced two significant appointments to its leadership team: Donya K. Washington as the new BOLD Associate Artistic Director and Joe Peacock as Director of Development.

Northern Stage Announces WAITRESS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST And More for 2024/25 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 29, 2024

Discover the exciting 2024/25 season announced by Northern Stage, featuring five main stage productions including SISTERS, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, KING JAMES, THE VERMONT FARM PROJECT, and WAITRESS. The season also promises new works and musical events.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Comes to Northern Stage Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 7, 2024

Northern Stage closes its 2023/24 main stage season with The Play That Goes Wrong this March and April. Learn more about the play and find out how to get tickets here!

Cast Set For A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Northern Stage
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2023

 Northern Stage has announced casting for a newly reimagined production of the beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, with performances this holiday season from November 21 to December 31, 2023 in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!

Northern Stage to Open Ghost Light Coffee Bar; Grand Opening to Feature Tommy Crawford
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2023

Northern Stage will open Ghost Light Coffee Bar, a pop-up coffee shop at the Barrette Center for the Arts. Enjoy live music by Tommy Crawford on October 9th. Read more here.

Northern Stage Opens Season With Sylvia Khoury's SELLING KABUL
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2023

 Northern Stage is kicking off its 26th season, presenting Sylvia Khoury’s thrilling and heart-wrenching drama Selling Kabul with performances from October 11 to 29, 2023, in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts. Learn more about the production here!

Award-Winning Composer and Lyricist Shaina Taub to Lead Masterclass at Northern Stage in August
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 24, 2023

On Sunday, August 6 at 1pm, Vermont native Shaina Taub will return to the Green Mountain State to lead a masterclass and songwriting workshop with students in Northern Stage's Summer Musical Theater Intensive production of TWELFTH NIGHT, for which she wrote music and lyrics.

Northern Stage Announces 2023/24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2023

Northern Stage has announced its 2023/24 Season, offering four main stage productions in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts, plus vibrant outdoor concerts, visionary education programming, engaging developmental work, and much more! This season is one that will bring to life intimate, personal stories that speak to the world and our infinite universe and embrace life and what makes us human. 

World Premiere Play 'BOV WATER at Northern Stage Receives NEA Grant
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2023

 Northern Stage has announced a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the development of the world premiere production of ‘Bov Water, playing January 25 – February 12 in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, Vermont, as part of Northern Stage’s 25th Anniversary Season.

Northern Stage Names Jason Smoller as Next Managing Director
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2022

 The Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Jason Smoller as Managing Director of Northern Stage beginning January 2023. Smoller joins Producing Artistic Director Carol Dunne as co-leader of the award-winning professional theater company in the region.