Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Casting for “Advice”

(Dorset, VT – March 30, 2026) Dorset Theatre Festival has announced that film, television, and stage stars Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro have joined the cast of the upcoming New England premiere of Advice by Brent Askari, part of Dorset’s 49th Main Stage Summer Season playing July 31-August 15, 2026.…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2026 Season

(Dorset, VT – March 2026) — Dorset Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 49th Main Stage Summer Season beginning June 19, 2026. The four-show lineup includes Deceived, a chilling new adaptation of the classic thriller Gaslight, by Johnna Wright & Patty Jamieson (June 19 – July 4); The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck (July 10 –…

REVIEW: “Other Desert Cities” at the Dorset Theatre Festival

by Barbara Waldinger What could be better, when producing a play about conflicts within a family, than casting three superb actors (in a cast of five) who are a family? That is the case with the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, currently running OTHER DESERT CITIES by Jon Robin Baitz.…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Staged Reading of “Bad Dates” Sequel by Theresa Rebeck

(Dorset, VT – August 29th, 2025) Dorset Theatre Festival has announced a one-night-only staged reading of the new play Bad Dates: End Game by prolific writer and Pulitzer Prize Nominee Theresa Rebeck, directed by Tony Award-winner John Benjamin Hickey, starring Tony Award-winner Julie White. The performance will take place Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at…

REVIEW: “The Book Club Play” at the Dorset Theatre Festival

by Emily Edelman In Karen Zacarías’ “The Book Club Play,” onstage at Dorset Theatre Festival through Saturday, July 26, a local book club has become the subject of a documentary film, with a camera set up in the home of journalist Ana and her corporate husband Rob to record the club’s meetings, discussions and other…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Additional Casting for Summer Season

(Dorset, VT – June 13, 2025) Dorset Theatre Festival has announced casting for the upcoming productions of Satellites by Erin Breznitsky, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, starring film, television, and stage actors Christopher Lowell and Kerry Bishé (August 6 – 16) and The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarías, directed by Jackson Gay, featuring actors Caitlin Clouthier, Lucas…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Casting for Season Opener “Salvage”

Dorset Theatre Festival has announced film, television, and stage actors Marcia DeBonis, Eva Kaminsky, and Robbie Sublett will star in the upcoming 48th Main Stage Summer Season opener, Salvage by Lena Kaminsky (June 20 – July 5). The previously announced season also includes The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarías (July 11 – July 26); Satellites,…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2025 Season

(Dorset, VT – March 12, 2025) Dorset Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 48th Main Stage Summer Season beginning June 20, 2025, including Salvage, a new play by Lena Kaminsky (June 20 – July 5); The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarías (July 11 – July 26); Satellites, a new play by Erin Breznitsky (August 6 –…