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Dorset Theatre Festival Expands Giving Back Program To Include Covid-19 Essential Workers; Launches Community Inclusion Partnership Program
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2021
This year the Festival is also offering a buy-one-get-one ticket offer for regional educators, as well as a new ticket lottery for every 2021 performance.  To enter the 2021 ticket lottery, visit Dorset Theatre Festival's website to enter for the chance to purchase $15 tickets. Entries must be received the day prior to the desired performance.  Learn more here!
Bread & Puppet's New Circus Performances Come To Middlebury
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2021
This year's show in Middlebury will draw on traditional circus tropes and familiar Bread and Puppet iconography to draw attention to the urgent issues of the day. Stilt dancers, paper maché beasts of all sizes and a riotous brass band make a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration.
ArtWeek Festival Passes Torch To Community Partners For 2022
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2021
The Boch Center announced today that its award-winning creative festival, ArtWeek, will not be returning in 2022. After years of success and growth, the Center has decided the best step forward is to transition to an online-only presence, and to put the creative torch in the hands of the hundreds of local communities it has worked with and supported for nearly the past decade.
Mary Bacon, Dan Butler Lead Dorset Theatre Festival's LAUGHING WILD Outdoors
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2021
Dorset Theatre Festival will open its 44th season with a revival of Christopher Durang's comedy Laughing Wild outdoors at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT.
Photo Flash: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) at Northern Stage
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2021
The irreverent romp The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Northern Stage’s first live and in-person production since October of 2020, is now in performance through July 4, 2022, at the newly-built outdoor Courtyard Theater directly behind Northern Stage’s Barrette Center for the Arts. 
Tickets Now On Sale For SHAKESPEARE: COMPLETELY UNBOUND at Vermont Shakespeare Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2021
The artists of Vermont Shakespeare Festival (VSF) have created a fresh new show composed of text from each and every one of his 37 plays! This groundbreaking theatrical fusion is the perfect response to the history, romance, tragedy...and comedy of our times. 
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Winners Of 8th Annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition, Youth Summer Reading Adventure Club
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2021
The community is invited to join in celebrating the winners of this year's 8th annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition with a free online ceremony including a digital presentation of the winning pieces, directed by this year's teaching artist, Heidi Armbruster, on Friday, June 11 at 4:00pm.
Spruce Peak Arts to Present The Allman Betts Band, June 16
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2021
For the first full, in-person concert experience in Stowe after more than a year of restrictions, Spruce Peak Arts is thrilled to welcome back the Allman Betts Band and Special Guest on Wednesday, June 16th at 7PM.
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2021 Season of Live Performances and Audio Plays
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2021
Dorset Theatre Festival has announced its 44th Season, including the inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, featuring new commissions by playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson, and live main stage performances at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT.
Northern Stage Expands BridgeUP: Theater In The Schools To 23 Area Schools
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2021
Northern Stage has announced the expansion of BridgeUP: Theater in the Schools, a five-week residency that brings professional artists into area schools to teach students the power of acting and performing the words of William Shakespeare.
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Kicks Off With The World's Largest Community Saxophone Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2021
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, produced by the Flynn in association with Burlington City Arts, and presented by New England Federal Credit Union, begins on June 4 at 6 pm with an eccentric and joyful kick-off event at the Burlington waterfront: 50 Saxophones, a gathering of area saxophonists that is open to all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels.
Weston Playhouse Announces WALKER FARM MUSIC: SUMMER EDITION
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2021
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents an 85th Anniversary Celebration Series kicking off with Walker Farm Music: Summer Edition. Join nationally recognized musicians on June 26, July 3, and July 4 at 7:00 pm under the Tent at Walker Farm.
Little Yellow House Studio Will Stream 
TEA & TWAIN, Through June 7
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2021
Due to popular demand, Little Yellow House Studio's spring production of Tea & Twain is available for streaming until June 7th. Tea & Twain stars Broadway, film and television actor Ron Crawford as the renowned American author and satirist Mark Twain.
Opera Company Of Middlebury Presents Cutting-Edge CANDIDE
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2021
The Opera Company of Middlebury presents an imaginative retelling of Bernstein's comic operetta Candide, streaming online June 15-30. Although the production contains traditional theatrical elements, it also embraces the magic of 21st century technology. Using drones, green screen imagery, rear projections, and other cinematic techniques, the Opera Company of Middlebury is exploring the boundaries of opera's potential.
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company To Receive Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2021
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has been approved for a $15,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support their 2021 New Works Program.
Town Hall Theater Education Celebrates 10th Year with New Vision
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2021
The giant bumble bee perched atop Town Hall Theater in Middlebury — Bombus Impatiens — is creating a buzz throughout Addison County and beyond as it marks the 10th anniversary of THT's education wing.
Oldcastle Theatre Company Announces its 49th Season
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2021
Oldcastle Theatre Company, the professional theatre company in residence at the Bennington Performing Arts Center has announced their 49th season of professional theatre with presenting sponsor Bennington Tennis Center!
Spruce Peak Arts Announces Exploring Earth Exhibition and BIPOC Artist Panel Discussions
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2021
Spruce Peak Arts Gallery has unveiled its Summer 2021 exhibition Exploring Earth, the third exhibition in their environmental art series, following Exploring Air in 2018 and Exploring Water in 2019.
Lost Nation Theater Presents A Reading of the New Play GOING UP THE COUNTRY
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2021
They say you've got to know the past to move forward, and in Eric Peterson's stage adaptation of Yvonne Daley's book Going Up the Country  with music by John Foley, we get to do just that!
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 8th Annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition & Ceremony
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2021
Dorset Theatre Festival has announced the submission deadline for the 8th annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition, and details for the public presentation of the winning plays. 
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Artist Lineup Announced
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, produced by the Flynn in association with Burlington City Arts, kicks off at the Burlington waterfront on June 4 with a joyous community event called 50 Saxophones—an open-call gathering of local saxophonists of all backgrounds (registration open now).
Town Hall Theater Announces Inaugural Outdoor Season
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Town Hall Theater has announced its inaugural outdoor season, featuring live music, comedy, plays, talks, films, food trucks and more.
Vermont Shakespeare Festival Presents SHAKESPEARE: COMPLETELY UNBOUND!
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2021
The artists of Vermont Shakespeare Festival have created a fresh new show composed of text from each and every one of his 37 plays!
Flynn Center Will Host the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival This Summer
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2021
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, a program of the Flynn, produced in association with Burlington City Arts, returns to Downtown Burlington June 4-13.
Creative Cauldron Presents BLIGHT FLIGHT
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2021
Creative Cauldron presents “Difficult Conversations: Bridging the Divide,” a new series of original plays. The premise is that in this challenging time of division and conflict, Creative Cauldron looks to writers in the DMV for inspiration and healing.

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