Berkshire on Stage

BENNINGTON, VT:  Vermont Public Theater presents Shakespeare in the Woods: Twelfth Night: A Fundraiser for Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless Vermont Public Theater continues its mission of building healthier communities through the arts with an outdoor free presentation of Shakespeare in the Woods production of Twelfth Night on Sunday August 25th at 2pm, at Merchants…

ARLINGTON, VT: Texting Through Grief  New Play Reading and Community Dialogue sponsored by Vermont Public Theater and Arlington Common Vermont Public Theater and Arlington Common are partnering together to present a reading of the  new play Texting Through Grief, written and performed by by Drama Desk Award winning actress Mary…

(Dorset, VT – September 12, 2022) After 13 seasons as the artistic director of Dorset Theatre Festival in Dorset, Vermont, Dina Janis has resigned from her role this fall. The Festival’s Board of Trustees has announced current Producing Director Will Rucker as the company’s Interim Executive Producer.  Since joining the…

(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…

JULY 27 – AUGUST 7 (2 WEEKS ONLY) (Dorset, VT – July 22, 2022) Dorset Theatre Festival’s 45th Season of professional summer theatre will continue with Back Together Again: The Music of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, a new concert featuring Christina Acosta Robinson and Ken Robinson. Friends since their…

by Emily Edelman Heidi Armbruster’s semi-autobiographical one-woman show “Scarecrow” opens with two well-meaning friends offering awkward advice to the main character on how to make funeral arrangements for her father, who is in the hospital dying of cancer. Based on the author’s own experience of living with her father for…

(Dorset, VT– July 12, 2022) Dorset Theatre Festival’s 45th Season of professional summer theatre will continue with the World Premiere of the one-women play, Scarecrow, written and performed by Heidi Armbruster, and directed by the Festival’s artistic director, Dina Janis.   Scarecrow is one woman’s heartwarming and funny look back at…

(Dorset, VT– JUNE 17, 2022) Dorset Theatre Festival will open the 45th Season of professional summer theatre at the Dorset Playhouse with a regional revival of the classic thriller, Wait Until Dark, directed by Jackson Gay. The preview performance is scheduled for Thursday, June 23 at 7:30 PM, and the…