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,…
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…
BENNINGTON, VT—Oldcastle Theatre Company opens 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. The play tells the imagined story of the real-life wealthy socialite and musical cult-figure Florence Foster Jenkins, who suffered under the delusion…
by Roseann Cane Henry James’s 1898 horror novella, The Turn of the Screw, was first published in a 12-part serial format in Collier’s Weekly. James, a foremost novelist in the English language, found his popularity waning, and although he later said he despised the serial format, he needed income. His…
Opening September 3 at Bennington Performing Arts Center is Oldcastle Theatre Company’s final production of the season, THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Jeffrey Hatcher, from a story by Henry James. “One of the things we wanted to do this season is highlight the things that the theatre can do…
After a very successful opening production, Oldcastle Theatre Company’s 49th season continues with SHAKESPEARE’S WILL, running August 6–15. “We are so grateful to all of the people who came out to see VISITING MR. GREEN,” says Artistic Director, Nathan Stith. “You could really feel the excitement about returning to live…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September 2007 No man is an island, entire of itselfevery man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main – John Donne, Meditation XVII As I drove home from the theatre and pondered what I would write about the Oldcastle production of Lee…
