Vermont Public Theater Presents Reading of “Texting Through Grief” at Arlington Commons Performance Hall

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…

REVIEW: “Laughing Wild” Dorset Theatre Festival

by Emily Edelman Dorset Theatre Festival begins its 2021 season with Christopher Durang’s “Laughing Wild,” directed by Jade King Carroll and performed on a specially built outdoor stage in the meadow at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont. DTF chose the play in large part for the derivation of…

Dorset Theatre Festival Opens 44th season with Christopher Durang’s “Laughing Wild”

(Dorset, VT – June 21, 2021) Dorset Theatre Festival will open its 44th season with a revival of Christopher Durang’s comedy Laughing Wild outdoors at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT. Directed by the Festival’s resident artist, Jade King Carroll, the play will star Dan Butler (Frasier), who…

Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Season of Live Performances and Audio Plays

(Dorset, VT– May, 27 2021) Dorset Theatre Festival, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dina Janis, is proud to announce its 44th Season, including the inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, featuring new commissions by playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson, and live main stage performances at the Southern Vermont Arts…

REVIEW: “Mrs. Christie” at the Dorset Theatre Festival

When I tell people that the most produced playwright writing in the English language, aside from William Shakespeare, is a woman, they get all excited.   When I tell them that that woman is Dame Agatha Christie they immediately deflate, “Oh,” they say, disappointment tinging their voice, “She doesn’t count.”…

REVIEW: “Children” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 “…your WASP couple can get married, go on their honeymoon, come home, pursue careers, have children, and get divorced in less time than it takes for a non-WASP couple to get to the part of the [wedding] reception where everyone drinks Champagne from…