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Weston Playhouse Theatre Company to Host Grand Opening at Walker Farm
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2017
Vermont's award-winning Weston Playhouse Theatre Company extends an open invitation to the grand opening of Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm, the company's new year-round second stage and community center, on Saturday, September 23.
Northern Stage Producing Artistic Director Receives Genius Grant
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2017
The Pussycat Foundation, established in the spirit of Cosmopolitan Magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown, has awarded Northern Stage's Producing Artistic Director Carol Dunne a Genius Grant of $250,000 for her achievements in theater arts, recognizing her as a pioneering artist and artistic director. The Pussycat Foundation awards Genius Grants to individuals who dedicate their lives to transformative work with bold leadership and vision. The dollars awarded to Carol are split evenly between Northern Stage and the New London Barn Playhouse, which Carol led from 2008-2014.
QNEK Productions Presents NUNSENSE this September
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2017
QNEK Productions, award winning resident theatre company at the Haskell Opera House, is proud to finish their final season with a production of their signature show, Dan Goggin's Nunsense. Near and dear to many in the area, this show is sure to bring on the laughs and will certainly be 'Habit Forming!' Lynn Leimer reprises her role as Mother Superior, a star turn that has long delighted audiences, as she hangs up the habit and retires her company after 25 years. A local legend in her own right, Leimer is grateful for all of the support QNEK has received over the last two decades and looks forward to sharing this show that has meant so much to her and the community one more time.
MARJORIE PRIME Gets Reading as Part of MAW's 'Cutting Edge' Series
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2017
Middlebury Actors Workshop will present Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, first up in 'The Cutting Edge,' an Off-Broadway play reading series, on Sunday, September 10 at 4pm in the Town Hall Theater Byers Studio.
Grace Potter's Grand Point North Festival in Vermont Announces Set Times
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2017
Grand Point North, the music festival presented by Grace Potter and Higher Ground at Burlington's Waterfront Park on September 16 and 17, released set times for the festival today. 
Dorset Theatre Festival's Women Artists Writing Group to Host 2nd Annual Retreat
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2017
Dorset Theatre Festival is committed to cultivating female voices onstage through its Women Artists Writing (WAW) Group, helmed by actors Heidi Armbruster and Mary Bacon. 
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 2017-18 School Programs for Teachers
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2017
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2017-18 School Programs for Teachers line up!
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2017
Continuing its multi-year commitment to American Masters, classic American dramas in fresh productions by nationally known artists, the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company will present Eugene O'Neill's Long day's Journey into night.  The Pulitzer Prize winning drama, considered O'Neill's greatest work and one of the finest American plays of the twentieth century, begins a limited run on August 24.
Paola Lazaro's THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON Rounds Out Reading Series at Dorset Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2017
Dorset Theatre Festival incubates new works for the American stage through its New Play Reading series, which continues with Paola Lazaro, playwright of Tell Hector I Miss Him and Atlantic Theater Company's 2016/2017 Tow Playwright-in-Residence. A public reading of Lazaro's newest work, entitled There's Always the Hudson, will take place today, August 15 at 7 pm.
BroadwayWorld Seeks Contributors in Vermont
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2017
BroadwayWorld is looking for performers, designers, directors, musicians and more to join our team as bloggers to give our readers a behind the scenes look at what goes into getting a production opening night ready!
Paola Lazaro's THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON Rounds Out Reading Series at Dorset Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2017
Dorset Theatre Festival incubates new works for the American stage through its New Play Reading series, which continues with Paola Lazaro, playwright of Tell Hector I Miss Him and Atlantic Theater Company's 2016/2017 Tow Playwright-in-Residence. A public reading of Lazaro's newest work, entitled There's Always the Hudson, will take place on Tuesday, August 15 at 7 pm.
Treat Williams and Stephen Adly Guirgis to Star in AMERICAN BUFFALO
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2017
Dorset Theatre Festival capstones its 40th Anniversary Season with the Regional Revival of American Buffalo by David Mamet. American Buffalo, under the direction of John Gould Rubin (Artistic Director of The Private Theater), runs for a limited engagement of 11 performances between August 24 - September 2, 2017. All performances take place at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Road, Dorset.
Playwright Lauren Yee Featured in New Play Reading Series at Dorset Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2017
Dorset Theatre Festival incubates new works for the American stage through its New Play Reading series, which continues with Lauren Yee, playwright of King of the Yees and past Dramatist Guild Fellow.
THT's Young Company to Attend THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2017
The School For Scandal by restoration playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan will be presented at THT August 22ndand 23rd at 7pm by THT's Young Company. This is the second Young Company production of the summer following on the heels of Annie. The comedy will be directed by THT's Education Director Lindsay Pontius and Kendra Gratton.
1980's Cult Classic XANADU Comes to Flynn Arts
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2017
True love, evil curses, banishment and, did someone say "roller skates?" Let the fun begin! Sit back and give your senses over to a musical on wheeled-shoes featuring 23 brave and talented young-adult performers...in a black box theater! 
Middlebury Actors Workshop Presents THE TARNATION OF RUSSELL COLVIN
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2017
Based on Manchester's very own unsolved murder case of 1812, local history comes alive in this one-man virtuosic tour-de-force.
David E. Sanger to Return to Weston Playhouse for DECODING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2017
New York Times' National Security Correspondent David E. Sanger returns to the Weston Playhouse for a special one-night-only lecture on August 13: 'Decoding the Trump Administration.'
Saint Michael's Playhouse to Present Pulitzer-Winning Classic YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2017
Saint Michael's Playhouse, Northern Vermont's Actors' Equity Resident Theater Company, has announced the August 2 opening of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning American comedy classic You Can't Take It With You, directed by Catherine Doherty.
Saint Michael's Playhouse to Present Pulitzer-Winning Classic YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2017
Saint Michael's Playhouse, Northern Vermont's Actors' Equity Resident Theater Company, has announced the August 2 opening of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning American comedy classic You Can't Take It With You, directed by Catherine Doherty.
Playwright Lauren Yee Featured in New Play Reading Series at Dorset Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2017
Dorset Theatre Festival incubates new works for the American stage through its New Play Reading series, which continues with Lauren Yee, playwright of King of the Yees and past Dramatist Guild Fellow.
Northern Stage presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Next Week
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2017
???????The Drowsy Chaperone, the five-time Tony-winning valentine to the Jazz Age musical, will be performed by the Northern Stage Summer Musical Theater Intensive students live on stage at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT, July 25-30. For tickets and information, call 802-296-7000 or visit www.northernstage.org. Tickets are $15 for students and $25 for adults.
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Leaders to Pass the Torch After 2018 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2017
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Founding Directors Malcolm Ewen, Tim Fort, and Steve Stettler, celebrating their thirtieth season at the helm of Vermont's oldest professional theatre, have announced that the company's 2018 season will be their last. 
Joe Gulla's SLEEPING WITH THE FISH Swims to Vermont 
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2017
Joe Gulla's 'Sleeping With The Fish' will play Vermont Pride Theater at Chandler's 'Seventh Annual Summer Theater Festival' today, July 22nd and Sunday, July 30th at the Chandler Center for The Arts in Randolph, Vermont.
KCP Announces Howard Frank Mosher Tribute Tour With Filmmaker Jay Craven
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2017
Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven will hit the road this summer, for a series of film screenings and personal reflections to pay tribute to his 30-year collaborator, Northeast Kingdom writer, Howard Frank Mosher.
Northern Stage presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Next Week
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2017
???????The Drowsy Chaperone, the five-time Tony-winning valentine to the Jazz Age musical, will be performed by the Northern Stage Summer Musical Theater Intensive students live on stage at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT, July 25-30. For tickets and information, call 802-296-7000 or visit www.northernstage.org. Tickets are $15 for students and $25 for adults.

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