Play readings nurture the growth and development of emerging playwrights and connect the community to Bennington Community Theater and learn about the process of creating theater. Script Submission Guidelines: Previously unproduced plays of all lengths (one-acts, shorts, full length) are accepted. Please include cover letter and contact information. Submit digital…
BENNINGTON, VT – “Sheepdog” by Kevin Artigue opens August 26, 2022 as Oldcastle Theatre Company continues its 50th Anniversary season. Inspired by a 2016 viral Facebook post by Cleveland, Ohio police officer Nakia Jones, Artigue’s play examines a love story between two Cleveland police officers: Amina, who is African American,…
Bennington Community Theater presents Questions, Reflections and Pie, the first play reading event in its New Works Series: an evening of three one-act plays by playwright/poet, Jana Lillie and directed by Robert Ebert. BCT is excited to initiate the New Works Series with this premiere presentation. Every month, actors will read or act in staged…
Auditions for “Slideshow” August 27 and 29 Bennington Community Theater is holding auditions for SLIDESHOW—an evening of short plays directed by Jennifer Jasper (FULLY COMMITTED and LOVE TRAVELS FAST). Auditions will be held at Bennington Performing Arts Center, 331 Main Street in Bennington on Saturday, August 27from 9 am–Noon and…
by Emily Edelman Oldcastle Theatre Company’s current offering is “Fully Committed,” a one-person show written by Becky Mode revolving around struggling actor Sam, played by Allyson Boate, and set during a rather frantic shift at Sam’s day job of making reservations at an upscale restaurant. Boate takes on the roles…
BENNINGTON, VT—“Fully Committed” by Becky Mode (based on characters created by Becky Mode and Mark Setlock) treats the audience to a day in the life of Sam Callahan, an out-of-work actor who runs the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant. Desperate callers will stop at nothing to land a…
by Gail M. Burns “There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.” – Thelonious Monk Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) sang a lot of notes that were less right – there are recordings that give irrefutable proof of her vocal ineptitude – and yet for the last…
BENNINGTON, VT—Oldcastle Theatre Company is excited to open its 50th season on June 17, 2022 with “Souvenir—A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins” by Stephen Temperley, directed by Nathan Stith. “Souvenir” tells the fictionalized story of the infamous real-life wealthy socialite and musical cult-figure Florence Foster Jenkins, who…
