REVIEW: “Will Sacrifice” at the Chester Theatre Company

by Macey Levin  Chester Theatre Company, Chester, Massachusetts, has built a reputation of producing provocative plays. Their most recent production of Unreconciled, workshopped and given its world premiere at Chester, is about to move to London. The current offering Will Sacrifice by Julie McKee is another premiere. It doesn’t match…

Chester Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of “Will Sacrifice”

Chester Theatre Company presentsWill Sacrifice (World Premiere) July 25–August 4  Written by Julie McKee Directed by Keira Naughton with Ken Cheeseman, Catherine Lloyd Burns, and Greg Stuhr This brand-new comedy introduces us to Bridget (Catherine Lloyd Burns) and Nigel’s (Ken Cheeseman) fraught marriage and their cramped NYC apartment. Bridget’s stagnant…

Chester Theatre Company Announces Full Casting for 2024 Season

Chester, MA – Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin are pleased to announce the full casting for Chester Theatre Company’s 2024 season, the second under their direction, and the 35th for CTC. Barry and Franklin are proud to celebrate this milestone season with the extraordinary artists and audiences that make Chester Theatre Company so special. “Welcoming…

REVIEW: “Misery” at the Dorset Theatre Festival

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 Theatre Festival Opens 46th Season with “Misery”

(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…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Full Casting for Stephen King’s “Misery”

(Dorset, VT– May 19, 2023) Dorset Theatre Festival has announced full casting for Stephen King’s Misery, adapted for the stage by William Goldman, which will open the 46th Season (June 23 – July 8), and the director for the third show of the season, Kate Hamill’s Ms. Holmes and Ms.…