2012 Archive
Mickey Western presents
Bloody Maria
A Rock Opera for the New Aeon
December 20th (The day before the day the olde world ends…) at 7:06 pm sharp!
Tickets on sale at the door. Cash only. $6.66 *EXACT CHANGE ONLY* No change will be given. Featuring a Studded Star Cast. Show Opens at 6:66pm (7:06pm). Tickets go on sale at 6:06pm
“Ride the snake to the lake, in this HAIR extension for the new aeon children” “West Side Story this Side East of Eden” “What are we going to do about Maria? Do nuns? Still have monthlies?” “Rocky Horror in the Garden!” “Tracy Turnblad gets her Period Piece in this new aeon rock opera!” “A Snake Charmer for those who thought Adam ‘came’ first!” “George Burns says ‘Oh God’!”
“Ride the snake to the lake, in this HAIR extension for the new aeon children” “West Side Story this Side East of Eden” “What are we going to do about Maria? Do nuns? Still have monthlies?” “Rocky Horror in the Garden!” “Tracy Turnblad gets her Period Piece in this new aeon rock opera!” “A Snake Charmer for those who thought Adam ‘came’ first!” “George Burns says ‘Oh God’!”
Tickets on sale at the door. Cash only. $6.66 *EXACT CHANGE ONLY* No change will be given. Featuring a Studded Star Cast. Show Opens at 6:66pm (7:06pm). Tickets go on sale at 6:06pm
“Ride the snake to the lake, in this HAIR extension for the new aeon children” “West Side Story this Side East of Eden” “What are we going to do about Maria? Do nuns? Still have monthlies?” “Rocky Horror in the Garden!” “Tracy Turnblad gets her Period Piece in this new aeon rock opera!” “A Snake Charmer for those who thought Adam ‘came’ first!” “George Burns says ‘Oh God’!”
“Ride the snake to the lake, in this HAIR extension for the new aeon children” “West Side Story this Side East of Eden” “What are we going to do about Maria? Do nuns? Still have monthlies?” “Rocky Horror in the Garden!” “Tracy Turnblad gets her Period Piece in this new aeon rock opera!” “A Snake Charmer for those who thought Adam ‘came’ first!” “George Burns says ‘Oh God’!”
December 14 & 15, 8 pm
Doors open at 7 pm for box office and refreshments
The members of Off Center are happy to be bringing back A Very Off X-Mas, a holiday extravaganza, including:
Green Candle Theatre Company
The EXs
Dennis McSorley
Emer Pond Feeney
The MacTownsends
Alexa Luthor
and People With Faces
There will be laughs, refreshments, and a good time to be had by one and all. As has been our long-standing holiday tradition, the Emcees for the evenings will be Santa and his helper—and, as in the past, leave the kids with grandma!
Tickets, $10.00 at the door (check or cash only) or through BrownPaperTickets.com (click the button below to purchase in advance via credit card)
Doors open at 7 pm for box office and refreshments
The members of Off Center are happy to be bringing back A Very Off X-Mas, a holiday extravaganza, including:
Green Candle Theatre Company
The EXs
Dennis McSorley
Emer Pond Feeney
The MacTownsends
Alexa Luthor
and People With Faces
There will be laughs, refreshments, and a good time to be had by one and all. As has been our long-standing holiday tradition, the Emcees for the evenings will be Santa and his helper—and, as in the past, leave the kids with grandma!
Tickets, $10.00 at the door (check or cash only) or through BrownPaperTickets.com (click the button below to purchase in advance via credit card)
Green Mountain Cabaret
December 8, two shows: 8 and 10 pm (ages 18+ only)
SOLD OUT! SORRY--BUT COME TO OFF CENTER ON DECEMBER 14 OR 15 TO SEE ALEXA LUTHOR PERFORM IN A VERY OFF X-MAS (see below)!
Green Mountain Cabaret, Vermont's hottest new neo-burlesque variety show, is putting on its inaugural production at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts' stage on Saturday, December 8th with two shows- 8pm and 10pm (18+)!
Green Mountain Cabaret is the brain-child of Chicago burlesque sensation and Vermont native, the "Kryptonite to Clothing," Alexa Luthor. She and the Sugar Shakers are bringing cabaret into the 21st century with a flash of legs, lyrics, and laughs.
While sensuous sizzle is the main attraction, the hosts will round out the girls' ranks with local Vermont talent including stand-up connoisseur Dustin Bruley, People with Faces Improv, and many more!
Glitz, Glamor, Guffaws, and more abound in this cabaret that reminds you how fantastically fun burlesque can be. Green Mountain Cabaret will warm the cockles of your heart (and other areas) this December at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts. And remember, when you visit Green Mountain Cabaret, "Enjoy the View!"
Showtimes: 8pm and 10pm (18+)
Tickets: SOLD OUT! SORRY--BUT COME TO OFF CENTER ON DECEMBER 14 OR 15 TO SEE ALEXA LUTHOR PERFORM IN A VERY OFF X-MAS (see below)!
To see more info and make contact, visit them on the Web at greenmountaincabaret.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GreenMountainCabaret, or, on Twitter, @GreenMtnCabaret
Green Mountain Cabaret, Vermont's hottest new neo-burlesque variety show, is putting on its inaugural production at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts' stage on Saturday, December 8th with two shows- 8pm and 10pm (18+)!
Green Mountain Cabaret is the brain-child of Chicago burlesque sensation and Vermont native, the "Kryptonite to Clothing," Alexa Luthor. She and the Sugar Shakers are bringing cabaret into the 21st century with a flash of legs, lyrics, and laughs.
While sensuous sizzle is the main attraction, the hosts will round out the girls' ranks with local Vermont talent including stand-up connoisseur Dustin Bruley, People with Faces Improv, and many more!
Glitz, Glamor, Guffaws, and more abound in this cabaret that reminds you how fantastically fun burlesque can be. Green Mountain Cabaret will warm the cockles of your heart (and other areas) this December at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts. And remember, when you visit Green Mountain Cabaret, "Enjoy the View!"
Showtimes: 8pm and 10pm (18+)
Tickets: SOLD OUT! SORRY--BUT COME TO OFF CENTER ON DECEMBER 14 OR 15 TO SEE ALEXA LUTHOR PERFORM IN A VERY OFF X-MAS (see below)!
To see more info and make contact, visit them on the Web at greenmountaincabaret.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GreenMountainCabaret, or, on Twitter, @GreenMtnCabaret
Craig Maravich presents
The Physicality of Language
An ACTING WORKSHOP
Sundays, December 2 and 9, 2012, 11 am - 2 pm
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Where do words 'live' in the body?
How can we get away from stereotypical gestures on stage?
How can we improve upon our physical relationship to the text?
This workshop addresses some of these questions and explores our physical relationship with words. We will examine the ways in which increased physical freedom further connects the actor to his/her words and brings about a greater truth. A starting-off point for actors of all levels and a different way to encounter text that is useful in preparing for an audition, a role or working on a monologue. A playful, full-bodied exploration that leads to a greater sense of ownership and confidence with the text.
BIO FOR CRAIG MARAVICH
As an acting instructor Craig has taught classes, workshops and served as a guest artist with Yale University, Middlebury College, St. Michael’s College and Flynn Center for the Arts to name a few. He holds an MFA in Classical Acting from The Academy for Classical Acting at The Shakespeare Theatre / GWU. His training includes work with some of the nation’s leading teachers of Shakespeare, acting, voice and movement. Craig is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for over 8 years and his theatre credits include work with: The Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Co., Elm Shakespeare, St. Michael’s Playhouse, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, Vermont Stage Company and several others.
CONTACT
Craig Maravich to reserve your space ASAP: [email protected]
Click the link below to view/download the workshop flyer
Where do words 'live' in the body?
How can we get away from stereotypical gestures on stage?
How can we improve upon our physical relationship to the text?
This workshop addresses some of these questions and explores our physical relationship with words. We will examine the ways in which increased physical freedom further connects the actor to his/her words and brings about a greater truth. A starting-off point for actors of all levels and a different way to encounter text that is useful in preparing for an audition, a role or working on a monologue. A playful, full-bodied exploration that leads to a greater sense of ownership and confidence with the text.
BIO FOR CRAIG MARAVICH
As an acting instructor Craig has taught classes, workshops and served as a guest artist with Yale University, Middlebury College, St. Michael’s College and Flynn Center for the Arts to name a few. He holds an MFA in Classical Acting from The Academy for Classical Acting at The Shakespeare Theatre / GWU. His training includes work with some of the nation’s leading teachers of Shakespeare, acting, voice and movement. Craig is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for over 8 years and his theatre credits include work with: The Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Co., Elm Shakespeare, St. Michael’s Playhouse, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, Vermont Stage Company and several others.
CONTACT
Craig Maravich to reserve your space ASAP: [email protected]
Click the link below to view/download the workshop flyer
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Dennis McSorley presents
Who Made Me ?
November 16 & 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Following his debut at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in September, storyteller and actor Dennis McSorley returns November 16 & 17, performing his newest work, Who Made Me?
A long time presence over the years in Vermont productions, he has played memorable roles in works written by established playwrights including Miller, Stoppard, Chekov, Simon, Mamet, Albee and Vermont playwrights Steve Goldberg, Keefe Healy, Maura Campbell and Jim Lantz.
A gifted storyteller, he is now performing his own material and developing it for the stage. Feedback from the premier performances was very positive, including:
“Found myself nodding ‘yes’ and grinning ear to ear."
“Keeps popping back into my head.”
“So many opportunities to pause and reflect on big issues close to the heart."
“The rhythm and methophores hit a home run.”
Who Made Me? looks at doubt, risk, confusion, faith and fear told by someone who has experienced all of these feelings and hopes to touch something in everyone by asking questions and not really answering them.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door (cash/check only).
A long time presence over the years in Vermont productions, he has played memorable roles in works written by established playwrights including Miller, Stoppard, Chekov, Simon, Mamet, Albee and Vermont playwrights Steve Goldberg, Keefe Healy, Maura Campbell and Jim Lantz.
A gifted storyteller, he is now performing his own material and developing it for the stage. Feedback from the premier performances was very positive, including:
“Found myself nodding ‘yes’ and grinning ear to ear."
“Keeps popping back into my head.”
“So many opportunities to pause and reflect on big issues close to the heart."
“The rhythm and methophores hit a home run.”
Who Made Me? looks at doubt, risk, confusion, faith and fear told by someone who has experienced all of these feelings and hopes to touch something in everyone by asking questions and not really answering them.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door (cash/check only).
Internationally Acclaimed Theatre Company, Firefly Productions Inc., Returns from Edinburgh with their 14th Festival Fringe Premiere Production of
Rules for Drowning
by Keefe Healy
November 9 & 10, 2012, 8 pm
Directed by Suzanne Mackay
(The creators of the 2010 production “Moment House” ****Three Weeks.)
A dark and quirky view into the global financial crisis, and those who pick it’s bones. Join Olivetti, Charlene, Stone, and Daniels as they sift through a sea of lives, litigation, and libations, looking for the biggest “fish.” Proudly sailing through the wreckage of the financial crisis, their captain having sailed for safer waters, this dedicated crew scours the waves for survivors with a few pennies in their pockets, which are surely owed to someone else.
The Scotsman:
"Keefe Healy's play plunges us into the dirty world at the heart of the recession, the agents who "work" bad debts. It's a savage world, where rules are negotiable and "every predator is someone else's prey". The agents struggle to distance themselves from the desperate people at the other end of the line, while frantically bailing water from their own sinking ship.…..an ambitious and timely project.
Reviewed by Tim Wilcock, 17 August, 2011
“…this is a really good piece of theatre that both deserves and needs exposure...As a portrayal of what has been happening in America over the last three years, it is frighteningly real…..Writer Keefe Healy has done an excellent job with his script. It’s a credible and accurate portrayal of a period that many will want to erase from their memory banks...”
Curtain is 8 pm, and tickets are $15.00 available at the door (cash/check only).
(The creators of the 2010 production “Moment House” ****Three Weeks.)
A dark and quirky view into the global financial crisis, and those who pick it’s bones. Join Olivetti, Charlene, Stone, and Daniels as they sift through a sea of lives, litigation, and libations, looking for the biggest “fish.” Proudly sailing through the wreckage of the financial crisis, their captain having sailed for safer waters, this dedicated crew scours the waves for survivors with a few pennies in their pockets, which are surely owed to someone else.
The Scotsman:
"Keefe Healy's play plunges us into the dirty world at the heart of the recession, the agents who "work" bad debts. It's a savage world, where rules are negotiable and "every predator is someone else's prey". The agents struggle to distance themselves from the desperate people at the other end of the line, while frantically bailing water from their own sinking ship.…..an ambitious and timely project.
Reviewed by Tim Wilcock, 17 August, 2011
“…this is a really good piece of theatre that both deserves and needs exposure...As a portrayal of what has been happening in America over the last three years, it is frighteningly real…..Writer Keefe Healy has done an excellent job with his script. It’s a credible and accurate portrayal of a period that many will want to erase from their memory banks...”
Curtain is 8 pm, and tickets are $15.00 available at the door (cash/check only).
Unraveling and Turning:
A Climate Change Cabaret
a collaboration between Salmagundi: A Stage Where Change Takes Place, and 350VT
November 3rd, 2012 at 8 pm
A Variety Show addressing climate change and everything it implies: from changing behaviors and transforming systems to exploring the nature of loss and change to re-imagining our collective future.
With Jen Berger, Kathryn Blume, Cami Davis, Lyndsay Love, Linda Patterson, Sonia Plumb, Josh Schlossberg, and Phinn Sonin.
Doors open at 7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation. Tickets at the door (cash/check only). All proceeds will be donated to 350VT
For more info contact Jen at [email protected], or click HERE to go to the Salmagundi Facebook page.
With Jen Berger, Kathryn Blume, Cami Davis, Lyndsay Love, Linda Patterson, Sonia Plumb, Josh Schlossberg, and Phinn Sonin.
Doors open at 7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation. Tickets at the door (cash/check only). All proceeds will be donated to 350VT
For more info contact Jen at [email protected], or click HERE to go to the Salmagundi Facebook page.
Carole Zucker presents
The Meisner Acting Workshop
For actors and those who want to explore acting:
"Acting is not an imitation of life, but a greater truth.”
-Sanford Meisner
Instructor: Carole Zucker
Beginners Meisner Technique Class (everyone will be a beginner in this technique, even if they've been acting for 30 years!)
Dates/Times: Sundays, 12-4 pm, October 28th and November 4th, 11th, and 18th
Location: Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
Contact: Instructor, Carole Zucker. E-mail address: [email protected] (Click HERE to visit the Workshop Web site). If you drop Carole a line, she will be more than happy to discuss the technique in more detail. The registration form is on the Website.
THE TECHNIQUE:
Sanford Meisner formed the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, long considered to be one of the finest acting schools in the world. Meisner created a technique that develops the actor’s instincts, sharpens their sensitivities, and enriches the actor’s most important tool, their imagination. The technique begins with “the repetition exercise,” a deceptively simple improvisatory exercise based on listening and responding to your partner in the moment. In each class, different elements—circumstances, character and location, and the performance of various “activities” (such as handling objects) are added to the basic structure of the exercise. Meisner work is an excellent technique for increasing an actor’s spontaneity, essential to actors working in any medium—film, theater and television. The technique also eliminates self-consciousness, which is helpful both as an actor and in your life. You do not need experience as an actor to take this workshop, just a sense of commitment to the process.
THE INSTRUCTOR:
Carole Zucker has been called “The Foremost Acting Teacher” (Montreal Mirror). She has taught Cinema Studies at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) for over thirty years, and her area of expertise is performance. Carole was the first university professor in Canada to design a course specifically devoted to film acting.
Carole is a trained actor, having studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse, and with Uta Hagen at the HB Studios, both in New York City. She has performed in numerous off-off Broadway productions and in regional theatre throughout North America. Carole has taught private acting workshops since the 1990s in Montreal to great acclaim and full classes. She has recently moved to Vermont where she is continuing her workshops, and has previously taught a workshop in Burlington on the Meisner Technique and a course on Scene Study at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.
Carole is the author of seven books, including Figures of Light (Plenum, 1995,) which features interviews with 21 American actors and directors, including Tommy Lee Jones; John Lithgow; Sydney Pollack; Christine Lahti, et al. This was followed by In the Company of Actors (A & C Black, 1999), a collection of interviews with 16 British and Irish actors including Sir Nigel Hawthorne, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Alan Bates, Stephen Rea; Fiona Shaw; Janet McTeer; Helen Mirren; Simon Callow, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Miranda Richardson. She has spent the better part of three decades studying and teaching acting in North America and in England, and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the acting process. Conversations with Actors on Film, Television and Stage
Performance, a collection of actor interviews (Heinemann Drama, 2002). Zucker published The Cinema of Neil Jordan: Dark Carnival with Wallflower Press (London, 2008), and her book Interviews: Neil Jordan will be coming out in the Spring of 2013, and will be published by The University of Mississippi Press. She is the winner of numerous arts grants from the Canadian government for her work on performance.
-Sanford Meisner
Instructor: Carole Zucker
Beginners Meisner Technique Class (everyone will be a beginner in this technique, even if they've been acting for 30 years!)
Dates/Times: Sundays, 12-4 pm, October 28th and November 4th, 11th, and 18th
Location: Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
Contact: Instructor, Carole Zucker. E-mail address: [email protected] (Click HERE to visit the Workshop Web site). If you drop Carole a line, she will be more than happy to discuss the technique in more detail. The registration form is on the Website.
THE TECHNIQUE:
Sanford Meisner formed the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, long considered to be one of the finest acting schools in the world. Meisner created a technique that develops the actor’s instincts, sharpens their sensitivities, and enriches the actor’s most important tool, their imagination. The technique begins with “the repetition exercise,” a deceptively simple improvisatory exercise based on listening and responding to your partner in the moment. In each class, different elements—circumstances, character and location, and the performance of various “activities” (such as handling objects) are added to the basic structure of the exercise. Meisner work is an excellent technique for increasing an actor’s spontaneity, essential to actors working in any medium—film, theater and television. The technique also eliminates self-consciousness, which is helpful both as an actor and in your life. You do not need experience as an actor to take this workshop, just a sense of commitment to the process.
THE INSTRUCTOR:
Carole Zucker has been called “The Foremost Acting Teacher” (Montreal Mirror). She has taught Cinema Studies at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) for over thirty years, and her area of expertise is performance. Carole was the first university professor in Canada to design a course specifically devoted to film acting.
Carole is a trained actor, having studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse, and with Uta Hagen at the HB Studios, both in New York City. She has performed in numerous off-off Broadway productions and in regional theatre throughout North America. Carole has taught private acting workshops since the 1990s in Montreal to great acclaim and full classes. She has recently moved to Vermont where she is continuing her workshops, and has previously taught a workshop in Burlington on the Meisner Technique and a course on Scene Study at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.
Carole is the author of seven books, including Figures of Light (Plenum, 1995,) which features interviews with 21 American actors and directors, including Tommy Lee Jones; John Lithgow; Sydney Pollack; Christine Lahti, et al. This was followed by In the Company of Actors (A & C Black, 1999), a collection of interviews with 16 British and Irish actors including Sir Nigel Hawthorne, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Alan Bates, Stephen Rea; Fiona Shaw; Janet McTeer; Helen Mirren; Simon Callow, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Miranda Richardson. She has spent the better part of three decades studying and teaching acting in North America and in England, and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the acting process. Conversations with Actors on Film, Television and Stage
Performance, a collection of actor interviews (Heinemann Drama, 2002). Zucker published The Cinema of Neil Jordan: Dark Carnival with Wallflower Press (London, 2008), and her book Interviews: Neil Jordan will be coming out in the Spring of 2013, and will be published by The University of Mississippi Press. She is the winner of numerous arts grants from the Canadian government for her work on performance.
Stealing from Work
Sketch comedy with a local taste
by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio
Directed by Robin Fawcett
October 17 - 20, 2012
From silly to satirical, pithy to profane, experience the tsunami of sketch comedy that is Stealing from Work. Written by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio, this fast-paced event pays homage to the traditions of sketch
while remaining firmly planted in the culture of Vermont. The acting talents of Chris Caswell, Kevin Christopher, Marianne DiMascio, and Geeda Searfoorce are on full display, each playing over 15 characters throughout the performance. Robin Fawcett has joined this crew of rowdy women (and a few men) to direct the irreverence and wrangle the effusive talents.
DiMascio and Albeck launched Stealing from Work as recipients of the Fall 2011 Flynn Center Vermont Artists' Space Grant. Reactions from the packed house at their February reading included “So sharp, so silly, so witty, so brilliant,” and “We haven’t laughed that much in one sitting since the last time Ricky Gervais was on The Daily Show.”
(Note: Show contains mature material and is not appropriate for kids; running time: approximately 75 minutes)
Wednesday, October 17 - Saturday, October 20, 8:00 PM, with an additional performance at 6:00 PM on October 20
All tickets $15.00, available online and in-person through FlynnTix (Click the button below). Tickets will also be available at the door for cash and check.
Waterfront Video is the generous sponsor of Stealing from Work. They have EVERY awesome DVD ever made.
And if you are jonesin' for a little more Stealing from Work, check them out on Facebook.
DiMascio and Albeck launched Stealing from Work as recipients of the Fall 2011 Flynn Center Vermont Artists' Space Grant. Reactions from the packed house at their February reading included “So sharp, so silly, so witty, so brilliant,” and “We haven’t laughed that much in one sitting since the last time Ricky Gervais was on The Daily Show.”
(Note: Show contains mature material and is not appropriate for kids; running time: approximately 75 minutes)
Wednesday, October 17 - Saturday, October 20, 8:00 PM, with an additional performance at 6:00 PM on October 20
All tickets $15.00, available online and in-person through FlynnTix (Click the button below). Tickets will also be available at the door for cash and check.
Waterfront Video is the generous sponsor of Stealing from Work. They have EVERY awesome DVD ever made.
And if you are jonesin' for a little more Stealing from Work, check them out on Facebook.
Earnest Productions presents
The Narrative of Ethan Allen’s Captivity
written in 1778 by Colonel Allen
Performed by Jim Hogue
Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:30 pm
During the Revolutionary War, and after the battles of Lexington and Concord, Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. This was the first fort taken by the Americans. On September 24, 1775 in Montreal, Canada, Ethan was captured and kept on British prison ships. The British barely kept him alive, then two and a half years later he was exchanged for a colonel and was set free.
“Jim Hogue is brilliant as Ethan Allen. The Vermont History Expo audience was entranced by the presence of their iconic hero.”
- Sarah Dopp, Vermont Historical Society President.
“Jim Hogue has the fire and panache to re-engage us with our revolutionary roots. . . ”
- Dave Lewit, editor: Boston/Cambridge Alliance Dispatch.
“Jim Hogue makes Ethan Allen come alive – an inspiration . . .”
-Dr. Thomas Naylor, Second VT Republic.
“Brilliant, beautiful, and a real rebirth of wonder . . . magnificent and an immense pleasure to behold . . . the personification of great theater . . . Superbly crafted art and magic.”
– Stuart Hutchison, producer.
All tickets $8.00, available at the door (cash or check only).
Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:30 pm
During the Revolutionary War, and after the battles of Lexington and Concord, Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. This was the first fort taken by the Americans. On September 24, 1775 in Montreal, Canada, Ethan was captured and kept on British prison ships. The British barely kept him alive, then two and a half years later he was exchanged for a colonel and was set free.
“Jim Hogue is brilliant as Ethan Allen. The Vermont History Expo audience was entranced by the presence of their iconic hero.”
- Sarah Dopp, Vermont Historical Society President.
“Jim Hogue has the fire and panache to re-engage us with our revolutionary roots. . . ”
- Dave Lewit, editor: Boston/Cambridge Alliance Dispatch.
“Jim Hogue makes Ethan Allen come alive – an inspiration . . .”
-Dr. Thomas Naylor, Second VT Republic.
“Brilliant, beautiful, and a real rebirth of wonder . . . magnificent and an immense pleasure to behold . . . the personification of great theater . . . Superbly crafted art and magic.”
– Stuart Hutchison, producer.
All tickets $8.00, available at the door (cash or check only).
2nd Act Productions presents
Kimberly Akimbo By David Lindsay-Abaire
Sept. 28th - Oct. 7th, 2012
"The Comedy of the Year. A haunting and hilarious new play. Mr. Lindsay-Abaire is an expert at tweaking, skewing and finally inverting established formulas. His plays tend to slide right out of predetermined pigeonholes. KIMBERLY AKIMBO is at once a shrewd satire, a black comedy and a heartbreaking study of how time wounds everyone." —NY Times.
"A breezy, foulmouthed, fleet-footed, warmhearted comedy. There have been many dark comedies about
dysfunctional families, but this is one of the funniest." —LA Times
PLUS, click HERE to read the review, "Born to Run" by Erik Esckilsen, in Seven Days
Funny and off-beat, this dark comedy revolves around 16 year-old Kimberly Levaco, a teenager with a rare condition that causes her body to age faster than it should, forcing her to re-evaluate her life while dealing with her highly dysfunctional family, her impending mortality, and a final chance at first love.
Starring Noni Stuart, Andy Butterfield, Cael Barkman, Dawn Kearon, and Tyler Ogden.
Performances are Fri. through Sun., Sept. 28th-30th and Oct. 5th-7th at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington.
All shows begin promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 at the door (cash/check only); credit card customers, please click the button below to purchase in advance.
"A breezy, foulmouthed, fleet-footed, warmhearted comedy. There have been many dark comedies about
dysfunctional families, but this is one of the funniest." —LA Times
PLUS, click HERE to read the review, "Born to Run" by Erik Esckilsen, in Seven Days
Funny and off-beat, this dark comedy revolves around 16 year-old Kimberly Levaco, a teenager with a rare condition that causes her body to age faster than it should, forcing her to re-evaluate her life while dealing with her highly dysfunctional family, her impending mortality, and a final chance at first love.
Starring Noni Stuart, Andy Butterfield, Cael Barkman, Dawn Kearon, and Tyler Ogden.
Performances are Fri. through Sun., Sept. 28th-30th and Oct. 5th-7th at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington.
All shows begin promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 at the door (cash/check only); credit card customers, please click the button below to purchase in advance.
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The Roadsters present
OHIO, REVISITED
OHIO, REVISITED is an exhilarating, hour-long tale of four siblings in rural 1950s America coming of age and weathering the tragic trials of their time.
As soon as one sibling's heart starts to rumble, so do all the rest of the hearts. As soon as one leaves home, it's only a matter of time a'fore the others leave, each in her own time. Ultimately they're bound by something that lets them know who they are. When they go away, that binding gets lost. When they come home, it tightens up again like a knot in the rain.
A brave and spirited exploration of living and loss, OHIO, REVISITED is an unapologetic piece of experimental theatre. The story unfolds through a striking mix of poetic text, meticulous physicality, and transcendent original music. Originally titled What Happened in Ohio, the piece was developed over a year and a half and had its inaugural production at the New York Theatre Workshop 4th St. Theatre in May 2011. Afterwards, The Roadsters took on a radical re-imagining of the material in order to hone its originality and make it shine, going much deeper, thematically and theatrically, into the world of the play. The Roadsters have been invited to present the reimagined version at the Off Center in Burlington, Vermont August 22-25.
As soon as one sibling's heart starts to rumble, so do all the rest of the hearts. As soon as one leaves home, it's only a matter of time a'fore the others leave, each in her own time. Ultimately they're bound by something that lets them know who they are. When they go away, that binding gets lost. When they come home, it tightens up again like a knot in the rain.
A brave and spirited exploration of living and loss, OHIO, REVISITED is an unapologetic piece of experimental theatre. The story unfolds through a striking mix of poetic text, meticulous physicality, and transcendent original music. Originally titled What Happened in Ohio, the piece was developed over a year and a half and had its inaugural production at the New York Theatre Workshop 4th St. Theatre in May 2011. Afterwards, The Roadsters took on a radical re-imagining of the material in order to hone its originality and make it shine, going much deeper, thematically and theatrically, into the world of the play. The Roadsters have been invited to present the reimagined version at the Off Center in Burlington, Vermont August 22-25.
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Off Center presents
The Second Annual Burlington Fringe Festival
August 2 - 4, 2012
Three Nights of Theatrical Performance by Burlington’s
Favorite Performing Artists
The members of Off Center are grateful to the performers and technicians who have donated their talents to bring you the Second Annual Burlington Fringe Festival, a celebration of Burlington theater art and of this unique and intimate venue.
Festival Schedule
(Each Night, There Will Be One 15-Minute Intermission)
Thursday, August 2nd
MC for the Evening: Aaron Masi
Potato Sack Pants Theater
Stealing from Work, a sketch comedy revue
Stephen Goldberg and R. Bill Gagnon present No Walls
Donny Osman presents Cages: A Live Memoir
Small Potatoes Theatre presents A Hole in the Wall by Emer Pond Feeney
Friday, August 3rd
MC for the Evening: Syndi Zook
Lucille Dyer presents Invisible Dances
Dennis McSorley presents Raw Material—All Grown Up
Moxie Productions presents The Auction by Jeanne Beckwith
Absurdist Artichoke Players: It's never just a Banana by Henry Kellogg
Lee Anderson presents his piece, Appalled Eagles
Saturday, August 4th
MC for the Evening: Jordan Gullikson
The House of LeMay
Taryn Noelle & Co. present Part of the Human Heart…
Ben Aleshire presents a scene from his play Any Day Now: A Love Story for the End of Times
Green Candle Theatre Co. presents Body, by Michael Jordan Evans
Heat and Hot Water Productions presents Wither, by Chris Caswell
Maura Campbell presents her piece, Summer Sky
Favorite Performing Artists
The members of Off Center are grateful to the performers and technicians who have donated their talents to bring you the Second Annual Burlington Fringe Festival, a celebration of Burlington theater art and of this unique and intimate venue.
Festival Schedule
(Each Night, There Will Be One 15-Minute Intermission)
Thursday, August 2nd
MC for the Evening: Aaron Masi
Potato Sack Pants Theater
Stealing from Work, a sketch comedy revue
Stephen Goldberg and R. Bill Gagnon present No Walls
Donny Osman presents Cages: A Live Memoir
Small Potatoes Theatre presents A Hole in the Wall by Emer Pond Feeney
Friday, August 3rd
MC for the Evening: Syndi Zook
Lucille Dyer presents Invisible Dances
Dennis McSorley presents Raw Material—All Grown Up
Moxie Productions presents The Auction by Jeanne Beckwith
Absurdist Artichoke Players: It's never just a Banana by Henry Kellogg
Lee Anderson presents his piece, Appalled Eagles
Saturday, August 4th
MC for the Evening: Jordan Gullikson
The House of LeMay
Taryn Noelle & Co. present Part of the Human Heart…
Ben Aleshire presents a scene from his play Any Day Now: A Love Story for the End of Times
Green Candle Theatre Co. presents Body, by Michael Jordan Evans
Heat and Hot Water Productions presents Wither, by Chris Caswell
Maura Campbell presents her piece, Summer Sky
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Vermont Teen Theater Presents
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)*
July 27th and 28th at 7
Vermont Teen Theater (VTT) is proud to present the return of fast paced, slapstick comedy The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. This parody is a bold and irreverent romp through all of Shakespeare's plays in less than two hours. VTT was founded to be an outlet for Vermont youth to learn about all of the different aspects of theatre. Since VTT's founding, the group has produced four shows: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Suessification of Romeo and Juliet, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).
A farcical feast of inspired lunacy, the play is to produced and performed completely by local teens from all over central Vermont including the three VTT seasoned lead actors, all of whom have directed previous VTT shows: Cobalt Tolbert of Randolph; Simone Arnold of Randolph; and Marissa Achee of Rochester/ Essex. The three actors will be performing all of roles in this show that has been deemed“Pithier than Python.” The cast is ready, the script is brilliant, and the time is right. The New York Times said it best when talking of this show, “if you love Shakespeare, you’ll like this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love it!” -We hope to see you at the Theater!-
Vermont Teen Theater (VTT) is a Youth run theater group founded in Rochester, Vermont in 2010 under the direction of mentors from the White River Valley Players. Anyone interested in joining the fun should contact Vermont Teen Theater member Marissa Achee at [email protected].
Note: may not be appropriate for very young children due to some language.
Tickets: $10 adults, $7 for kids, available at the door.
A farcical feast of inspired lunacy, the play is to produced and performed completely by local teens from all over central Vermont including the three VTT seasoned lead actors, all of whom have directed previous VTT shows: Cobalt Tolbert of Randolph; Simone Arnold of Randolph; and Marissa Achee of Rochester/ Essex. The three actors will be performing all of roles in this show that has been deemed“Pithier than Python.” The cast is ready, the script is brilliant, and the time is right. The New York Times said it best when talking of this show, “if you love Shakespeare, you’ll like this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love it!” -We hope to see you at the Theater!-
Vermont Teen Theater (VTT) is a Youth run theater group founded in Rochester, Vermont in 2010 under the direction of mentors from the White River Valley Players. Anyone interested in joining the fun should contact Vermont Teen Theater member Marissa Achee at [email protected].
Note: may not be appropriate for very young children due to some language.
Tickets: $10 adults, $7 for kids, available at the door.
napoleon 2012
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Anwar Ensemble
Anwar Ensemble was formed in 2012 to bring the classical and popular music of the Middle East to a wider audience in the North Country of New England and New York. The group’s leader Syrian violinist, oudist and composer Anwar Diab Agha played for many years with the Syrian National Radio and Television Orchestra in Damascus and has toured internationally with some of the best known musicians in the Arab world .
Since moving to this country to join his family he has continued to compose new works which are a unique feature of the group’s repertoire. Anwar, which means “luminous” in Arabic, accurately reflects the style and substance of this ages-old tradition of music.
Members of Anwar Ensemble include: Greg Allison, violin; Peter Bingham, oud; Jeffrey Davis, oud; Colin Henkel, doumbek; and Gabriel Shapiro, bass.
Anwar Ensemble hopes that this music, still new to audiences in North America ,will further cultural diversity and tolerance by uniting those who hear it in a desire to better appreciate and understand the tradition from which it comes.
Since moving to this country to join his family he has continued to compose new works which are a unique feature of the group’s repertoire. Anwar, which means “luminous” in Arabic, accurately reflects the style and substance of this ages-old tradition of music.
Members of Anwar Ensemble include: Greg Allison, violin; Peter Bingham, oud; Jeffrey Davis, oud; Colin Henkel, doumbek; and Gabriel Shapiro, bass.
Anwar Ensemble hopes that this music, still new to audiences in North America ,will further cultural diversity and tolerance by uniting those who hear it in a desire to better appreciate and understand the tradition from which it comes.
Aunt Dan and Lemon
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