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Header image: (Left to right) Rutland’s Ethnic Festival, photo by Shawn Pemrick; a Catamount Arts concert in 2019; Vermont Symphony Orchestra at Farmers’ Night in the Statehouse; JAG Productions’ Theater on the Hill, photo by Lars Blackmore; Festival of Fools in Burlington, photo by Kyle Tansley.
GALLERY WALK! Jugglers tossing glowing batons. Faux archeologists digging for UFO remnants. Kids and grownups dancing in the streets to some of the best live music around. Brattleboro Flea — an uber-hip flea market featuring 30-plus local artisans. Nearly 20 art galleries with new exhibits. This much buzz in Brattleboro can only mean one thing: […]
Old Church Theater Annual Family Show Join us for a family friendly take on a classic Norwegian Folk Tale, written and directed by Melissa Mann. Synopsis: The Isaksen family lives on a simple farm in Norway, where they work hard to feed their large family. One night they are visited by a White Bear, who […]
The Bread and Puppet Theater celebrates their 60th anniversary with The Mother Dirt Circus! Audiences will delight as Bread and Puppet draws on its distinctive iconography to call attention to the urgent issues of the day. Young and old will thrill to see stilt dancers and paper maché beasts of all sizes accompanied by the […]
The 2023 annual “Shakespeare Alive! A Bard-Based Variety Show” returns for an all-new FREE performance It’s a delightful mélange of Bard-based entertainment for all ages! The Stand Up Shakespeare troupe of professional actors and singers from New York City will share its talent, passion and creativity to amuse and amaze with the best of Shakespeare’s […]
INSTRUCTOR: MICHELLE COX MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11–MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (SKIPS OCTOBER 9); 10 MONDAYS 3:30–5 P.M. SVAC Member: $260; Non-member: $325 Ages 10–14 Theater games, improvisation, dramatic play and scene work–in a fun, non-competitive environment. Gain confidence in actor instincts and choices. After-School Acting meets on the Arkell Theater stage and/or outdoors when weather allows. Scholarships […]
Join Spruce Peak Arts for three of Shakespeare’s most famous works with incredible actors. The National Theatre is one of the world’s most celebrated theatres for Shakespeare and contemporary theater. These HD screen versions are beautifully adapted from their stage productions and the next best thing to seeing the productions live. These screenings are available […]
Little Shop of Horrors Thu Oct 19, 2023 - Sun Oct 29, 2023 A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative […]
Join Spruce Peak Arts for three of Shakespeare’s most famous works with incredible actors. The National Theatre is one of the world’s most celebrated theatres for Shakespeare and contemporary theater. These HD screen versions are beautifully adapted from their stage productions and the next best thing to seeing the productions live. These screenings are available […]
Join Spruce Peak Arts for three of Shakespeare’s most famous works with incredible actors. The National Theatre is one of the world’s most celebrated theatres for Shakespeare and contemporary theater. These HD screen versions are beautifully adapted from their stage productions and the next best thing to seeing the productions live. These screenings are available […]
Naomi Iizuka describes her play Polaroid Stories as “a visceral blend of classical mythology and real life stories told by street kids.” 10 actors play characters ranging from Echo, Eurydice, Orpheus and Narcissus to Skinhead, Kaos, Melody and Disappear. “Iizuka journeys into a dangerous world where myth-making fulfills a fierce need for transcendence, where storytelling […]
Samuel Beckett & James Joyce discover the afterlife is not all it's cracked up to be in Jeanne Beckwith's newest comic drama, featuring Kim A Bent as Sam Beckett and Jock MacDonald as Jim Joyce. Beckett and Joyce commiserate, confide, cajole, criticize, and confound each other. Covid Safety Protocols: LNT’s State of the Art Bio-Defense […]
On Christmas Eve, bad-tempered, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge thinks it’s business as usual. But unbeknownst to him, spirits are congregating to take him on a journey through his past, present, and future in this production reimagined by Producing Artistic Director Carol Dunne. Filled with music and laughter, A Christmas Carol reminds us that it is never […]
