(Dorset, VT– Feb 9, 2024) Dorset Theatre Festival, ahead of announcing its 2024 season of professional summer theater, has announced its 2023 world premiere production of Still by Lia Romeo will make its New York City Off-Broadway premiere this spring in a production by Colt Coeur. Previews are set to begin April 13, 2024, with an official opening on April 18. Adrienne Campbell-Holt returns to direct the limited engagement, which will continue through May 18.
Tony nominee Jayne Atkinson and Emmy nominee Tim Daly will lead the cast as Helen and Mark, respectively, reprising their roles from the play’s acclaimed run at Dorset Theatre Festival this past July. The New York production will also include the artistic team from the Festival’s 2023 production which featured scenic design by Alexander Woodward, costume design by Barbara A. Bell, lighting design by Reza Behjat, and sound design by Hidenori Nakajo.
“Audiences from Southern Vermont and the surrounding region got to share in the magic of this play coming to life on stage for the first time last summer. We hope they feel as proud and honored as we do to have been part of the journey. Lia, Adrienne, Jayne, Tim, and all of the incredible artists who made Still happen are so deserving of this next stage,” said Will Rucker, Executive Artistic Director.
This production comes on the heels of two other plays developed at Dorset Theatre Festival receiving critically acclaimed New York productions. Dig, written and directed by the Festival’s resident playwright, Theresa Rebeck, had its World Premiere in Dorset’s 2019 Season and debuted Off-Broadway at Primary Stages this past August, and I Need That, also by Rebeck and directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, ran on Broadway this past December at the Roundabout Theatre Company starring Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito, and Ray Anthony Thomas.
“Having such exceptional artists coming to work at the Festival each year draws exciting attention to new plays and playwrights, as well as to our beautiful home here in Dorset. It’s a joy to bring pieces like this to our area and energize our community through exceptional theatre,” said Rucker. “We hear about more and more professional nonprofit theaters closing their doors for good each year. The success of plays like Still is what keeps us motivated to continue investing in our community’s arts economy, as well as contributing to the American theatre on a national level. We must not allow our festival to become a statistic.”
Dorset Theatre Festival is planning to announce the 47th Main Stage Season of professional summer theatre in coming weeks with subscription and membership sales planned to begin in March. Single tickets and accessible ticket programs will be available beginning in April.
More information is available on Dorset’s website, www.dorsettheatrefestival.org.
Support for Dorset Theatre Festival is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Rodgers Family Foundation, the James H. and Irene M. Hunter Charitable Trust, and the members of the Dorset Theatre Festival World Premiere Circle.
ABOUT DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL
Now in its 47th year, Dorset Theatre Festival produces a professional Main Stage season at the historic Dorset Playhouse in Dorset, VT, highlighting both new plays and classic works. Enlightening, entertaining, and inspiring audiences since 1976, the Festival’s annual celebration of great plays runs June through September and features top theatre-makers from around the country.
Increasingly known for high-quality world and regional premiere productions, in 2017 the Boston Globe dubbed the Festival, “Just north of the Berkshires, a new destination for playwrights.” In addition to Main Stage productions of new plays, the Festival’s new play development programs showcase works-in-progress and provide the Southern Vermont region an opportunity to play a key role in the evolution of new plays in consideration for future productions at the Festival and beyond.