by Emily Edelman In Dorset Theatre Festival’s world premiere production of “True Art” by Jessica Provenz, museum art curator Jodi Dean acquires a world-famous work of art as well as a new intern while navigating the inner workings of institutional politics and personal relationships. Provenz’s funny and clever dialog coupled with…
by Emily Edelman Dorset Theatre Festival’s production of “Native Gardens” by Karen Zacarías deals with the serious topics of racial discrimination, environmentalism, ageism, class issues and more in an easily accessible and funny way by framing them against a property dispute among neighbors. Young Latinx couple Tania and Pablo Del…
by Jana Lillie Friday night, I went to the Dorset Theatre Festival see the preview of Misery, the play by William Goldman, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. Executive Director Will Rucker, informed us that this would be the first full run-through of the play.…
(Dorset, VT– JUNE 17, 2022) Dorset Theatre Festival will open the 46th Season of professional summer theatre at the Dorset Playhouse with William Goldman’s edge-of-your-seat adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Misery, which inspired the 1990 Oscar-winning film, directed by Jackson Gay. Performances are scheduled to begin Friday, June 23 at 7:30 PM. All performances take…
by Barbara Waldinger “Set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, failure, denial and passion roil as two Irish servants and an American chauffeur pass the day in the kitchen of the Tyrone family’s residence in 1912.” (Publicity blurb: Dorset Theatre Festival’s production of Thirst by Ronán Noone). …
(Dorset, VT – August 17, 2022) Dorset Theatre Festival’s 45th Season of professional summer theatre will conclude with the World Premiere of Thirst, written by Irish-American playwright Ronán Noone, directed by the Festival’s resident playwright, Theresa Rebeck. Set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, failure, denial, and…
