2018 Archive
This Summer:
As YOU LIKE IT
Join Hourglass Youth Theatre at the OC to perform this classic Shakespearean comedy
and exploring the wonders of the imagination!
and exploring the wonders of the imagination!
Are you a lover of dystopian fantasy? Always wanted to step into a new and magical world? Come join the Hour-Glass Youth Theatre’s summer production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’. The play follows a young woman and her best friend as they flee a society in ruins from a government run on wealth and an imbalance of power. Love blossoms as paths cross, mischief abounds, people grow and change. While on the crumbling streets of the city, society is losing its humanity, the world outside reveals a vast beauty that may be able to heal the chaos. A sort of dystopian Robin Hood tale. We will have two weeks of rehearsals followed by a week of performances on tour at local libraries, senior centers, and other locations. Lots of fun, games, and helping to weave this wonderful tale!
Directed by Lauren Palmer, 2016 graduate from CVUHS, current student at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.
Ages: 13-18 years old (upper middle school through high school)
Cost: $300/participant (scholarships available for those who need financial aid)
Location: The Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
Dates: July 9th-27th
Rehearsals at the Off Center Mondays through Fridays 9-3 and Saturdays 9-1 (9th-19th)
Performances
Two-three performances at the Off Center Friday and Saturday (20th and 21st)
Four performances at various locations around Vermont: 23rd-27th (Monday through Friday, times will vary)
To enroll email Lauren Palmer at [email protected]
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A Very Off X-mas
is our not-nearly-yearly-whenever-we-feel-like-it
Xmas un-celebration.
Santa and his demented elves usually show up, along with a bunch of spirited entertainers. It's no secret Santa has problems and Off Center is the one place he can be real. The kids should stay home...it's a Very Off-Xmas!
Featuring performances by:
John D. Alexander
Green Candle Theatre Company
Dennis McSorley
Meredith Gordon
G. Richard Ames
David Schein
Allan Nicholls
& more TBA
$10.00 Doors at 7 p.m. - Show at 7:30 p.m.
is our not-nearly-yearly-whenever-we-feel-like-it
Xmas un-celebration.
Santa and his demented elves usually show up, along with a bunch of spirited entertainers. It's no secret Santa has problems and Off Center is the one place he can be real. The kids should stay home...it's a Very Off-Xmas!
Featuring performances by:
John D. Alexander
Green Candle Theatre Company
Dennis McSorley
Meredith Gordon
G. Richard Ames
David Schein
Allan Nicholls
& more TBA
$10.00 Doors at 7 p.m. - Show at 7:30 p.m.
Spring Open Artist Showcase 2018
Spring Open Artist Showcase is a two week celebration of local performance, chosen by lottery. Join us each weekend for a double bill of exciting new works made right here in Vermont!
Weekend 1: May 31- June 2
Shows: Thursday, May 31 - Saturday, June 2.
All shows 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Special Pay-What-You-Can Preview Wednesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.
All shows 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Special Pay-What-You-Can Preview Wednesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.
Box of Squirrels
by Dennis McSorley
Seeing things for the first time: when the student is ready the teacher will appear. Classroom adventures in Brooklyn.
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24 Years in 24 Hours:
Growing up in Vermont
by LoKI
24 Years in 24 Hours:
Growing up in Vermont
by LoKI
"24" is a coming of age story set in Vermont at the turn of the century. It is an adaptation of LoKi's 24 project from the summer of 2017, which involved writing and recording a song about each year of his life for 24 straight hours. Chronicling experiences of joy and pain, bullying and romance, dreams and fears, depression and triumph - all of the ups and downs of a life are explored through theatrical-hip-hop
Weekend two: June 7 - 9
Shows: Thursday, June 7 - Saturday, June 9.
All shows 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Special Pay-What-You-Can Preview Wednesday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
All shows 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Special Pay-What-You-Can Preview Wednesday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
The Inner Monologue Show
by Jeremy Rayburn
A sketch show exploring the inner monologues of someone building up the courage to finally join that drum circle, of a plane passenger during a bout of sleep paralysis, of two co-workers on the longest elevator ride of all time, and others!
An Evening with Thelma Forbanks
by Meredith Gordon
Thelma Forbanks, an aging singer, wishes to spend one final evening with her adoring fans, telling stories of her youth and singing career.
saturday decEMber 1, 8:00 PM
No Walls Jazz
Papasoff - gagnon - goldberg with actress stef-marie
Don't miss this one-night stand with No Walls! - Tickets $10 at the door
Monday nOVEMber 19, 7:30 PM
Playmakers
November Edition
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Kick off the Thanksgiving week by catching the very latest in new works from Vermont playwrights.
Featuring new words and ideas from: Martin Gil Kim Jordan Emer Pond Feeney Corey Richardson Special guest host: Kim Jordan! As always, Playmakers is a FREE event open to the public. And a BIG thanks to Burlington City Arts for awarding us a Community Fund Grant to help support this season of new work! |
nOVEMber 1 - 3, 7:30 PM
An evening with thelma forbanks
the final bitch session
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Meredith Gordon, of sketch comedy troupe Potato Sack Pants Theater, transforms into Thelma Forbanks, an aging jazz singer giving her final performance to her adoring fans, to create a one of a kind night of music, drama and comedy.
Don't miss this last performance of this amazing show Meredith debuted at the 2018 Spring Open Artist Showcase! Tickets are on sale now through Brownpapertickets.com! Sponsored by Queen City GhostWalk, Maple Leaf Monuments, It's Arthur's Fault Sauces "Meredith Gordon gives a command performance." - Pamela Polston, Seven Days "Meredith's performance is a possession by a character." - David Schein, Board of Directors Off Center for the Dramatic Arts "Meredith blew us away with her performance and her writing." - Mary Beth McNulty, Complications Company "What an amazing show!" Nathan Hartswick - Co-owner of The Vermont Comedy Club "The show is a masterpiece!" Kathleen Kanz, 2016 Vermont's Funniest Comedian |
october 27, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
FAngs for the memories
Off Center Halloween Party & Fundraiser
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Calling all howlers and hepcats - the place to rattle your bones this witching season is at "FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES" - the Halloween party and fundraiser for Off Center For The Dramatic Arts.
Don your funny, punny, scary, or hairiest costume and grab your friends, neighbors, and local scary clowns to join us for a night of partying, dancing, and haunting - it is going to be a real BASH! If you’re eager to help, you can bring some drinks or food to share - potluck encouraged! |
And while you monster-mash the night away, please consider a small donation (in addition to the $10 door charge) - Off Center is searching for a new home and we need to raise funds for the move. So dress up as your favorite pirate and come down to Off Center to shake your booty for a very worthy cause!
Tickets are $10 cash at the door, all proceeds to the OC Moving Fund. Get on the Guest List by emailing [email protected] with the subject line "Fangs Guest List"
october 22, 7:30 PM - Midnight
PLaymakers
Season Premiere OF THE MONTHLY NEW WORK READING SERIES
Hear ye, o'er here ye! Playmakers is kickin' off its SIXTH season this coming Monday, Oct 22 at 7:30 at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts! As always, Playmakers is a FREE event open to the public. Come experience brand new theater-in-progress by the fabulous:
Marianne DiMascio
Mary Beth McNulty
Jordan Gullikson
Geeda Searfoorce
And a BIG thanks to Burlington City Arts for awarding us a Community Fund Grant to help support this season of new work!
Marianne DiMascio
Mary Beth McNulty
Jordan Gullikson
Geeda Searfoorce
And a BIG thanks to Burlington City Arts for awarding us a Community Fund Grant to help support this season of new work!
October 18 - 20
Thursday - Friday 8:00 pm, saturday two shows 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm
House of Lemay + Rue Mevlana
Leaf Peepin' Cider Sippin' Revue and Rue the night
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The House of LeMay & Rue Mevlana are teaming up to tantalize your autumnal pleasure!
For 3 nights the girls of Beaver Pond will perform their annual “Leaf Peepin’ Cider Sippin’ Revue” followed immediately by the naughty devils of Rue Mevlana who will be dropping you deep into the Halloween spirit at the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts. Two spectacular shows for the price of one! October 18th, 19th + 20th Showtime at 8 p.m, additional show Saturday 5:00 pm $12 advance / $15 day of show Tickets on sale now at http://www.ruelivecrew.com/tickets |
October 11 - 14
Friday - Saturday 7:30 pm, sunday matinee 2:30 pm
Burlington Fringe Festival
Four days of Performance mayhem and celebration
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The BURLINGTON FRINGE FESTIVAL rolls back into town October 11-14 for the sixth ever showcase of local performing arts and artists.
This year's lineup features the return of Thursday Blue Night, the Family Fringe on Sunday afternoon at 2 pm, and two jam-packed mainstage nights on Friday and Saturday featuring comedy, music, drama, and the wild and all that's bright and beautiful, strange and marvelous in Vermont performance. CLICK HERE FOR FULL LINEUP AND PURCHASE TICKETS |
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October 5 - 6, 6:30 and 8:30 pm
Socially Irresponsible Comedy Show
Stand-up Comedy Show hosted by King Mecca
Socially Irresponsible has a great show lined up for you next weekend! We have King Mecca hosting the show and doing a full Stand-up set with Tarzan Jenkins both nights! Ryan Kenyon, the winner of the 2018 Daisy for Best Comedian, is playing on Friday only, and The amazingly funny Tony Rogers is on Saturday only! We have filmed sketches we'll be showing in between the stand-up acts, and to top it all off we have a live episode of our wen series "Off The Cuff"! If you're not easily offended then come on out and a great time laughing with us! Just to warn you, "There are no Safe spaces" at a Socially Irresponsible show! Advanced tickets are available right now!
Check out the YouTube Channel HERE!
Check out the YouTube Channel HERE!
September 24, 7:00 pm
LET'S TALK SPACE!
MAKING A ROOM FOR PERFORMING ARTS: A Community Meet-up
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is a community resource for the performing arts in Vermont, and so many of our friends and supporters rely on us to provide low-cost performance and rehearsal space. Artists, producers, audiences - our space means something to everyone. We want to get together to talk about it, and to hear what our community wants and needs. Specific suggestions and leads are also welcome!
We are hosting a community meet-up at our current location to discuss our situation and our future path. Please join us for coffee and cakes, and bring your ideas of how OC can grow in this next phase as a performing community hub. Everyone who is interested in accessible performing arts performance, rehearsal and development space is welcome to attend.
Date: Monday, September 24, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, 294 North Winooski Ave., Suite 116C, Burlington
We are hosting a community meet-up at our current location to discuss our situation and our future path. Please join us for coffee and cakes, and bring your ideas of how OC can grow in this next phase as a performing community hub. Everyone who is interested in accessible performing arts performance, rehearsal and development space is welcome to attend.
Date: Monday, September 24, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, 294 North Winooski Ave., Suite 116C, Burlington
calls all theater artists to
Get Wild With Your Work
at the 6th Annual Burlington Fringe Festival
Thursday, October 11 through Sunday, October 14, 2018.
The Burlington Fringe Festival, hosted at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, is an opportunity for performing artists to take new chances, find new audiences, and for audiences to sample the independent theatre that is taking place in our community.
All genres are welcome; Solos, Plays, Puppets, Dance, Robots, Cabaret, Anti-theatre, Theayater, Comedy, Performance Art, Clowning etc.
What is Off Center looking to fill?
Thurs 10/11: “Blue Night” - 6 grown-up shows (kids will be eaten)
Fri & Sat 10/12-13: 12 shows, 6 per night, General Audience
Sunday 10/14: 6 Family-Friendly daytime shows
Each show has a strict 20 minute time limit, and must have a load-in/breakdown time of no more than 5 minutes each. The light plot should be simple, with few props & set pieces, and simple lights and sound cues. There will be a half-hour tech rehearsal the day of the show.
How do I apply to be in the festival?
Email your application to [email protected] with Fringe Application in the subject line.
Include the following details:
- Name of show and names/contact info of artist(s) or company
- Short (4 sentence max) description of the show including SIMPLE technical needs
- Short (4 sentence max) bios of the artists involved
- Interest in Blue Night Thursday (grown up audience, Friday and Sat (Gen Audience), or Sunday (Family Audiences) - or any combo.
How will shows be chosen?
4 shows per night will be awarded to the first applicants who apply after
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 a.m. Friday, July 13.
2 shows per night will be chosen by the Off Center Fringe Committee.
DEADLINE: No applications will be considered after 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 3rd.
All artists will be notified by August 10th.
Please email any questions to [email protected]
or call Festival Producers David Schein at (716) 640-4639 & Steph-Marie Szenasi at (802) 349-9065.
July 27-28, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
A midsummer night's dream
performed by vermont suitcase company
The Vermont Suitcase Company is wrapping up its two-week tour at Off Center. This rowdy, fast-paced production has garnered rave reviews as it has worked its way through various Vermont venues:
"Shakespeare comedies are often presented as dry museum pieces. I cannot ever recall laughing so much as at Vermont Suitcase Company’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The presentation was so fresh you would’ve believed it was penned yesterday. You’ll forget the dozen other performance the you may have seen, as this is a new standard."
"This performance is fantastic!!!! The sides of my jaw ached from smiling and laughing. Wonderful, zany acting!"
" I just saw your performance here in Brattleboro tonight! It was far and away the most entertaining Shakespeare I have seen in years! I laughed out loud! And as I walked out, everyone -every single person I overheard talking - was saying things like "amazing," "fantastic," "I loved, loved, loved it!" Thank you so much!"
"Shakespeare comedies are often presented as dry museum pieces. I cannot ever recall laughing so much as at Vermont Suitcase Company’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The presentation was so fresh you would’ve believed it was penned yesterday. You’ll forget the dozen other performance the you may have seen, as this is a new standard."
"This performance is fantastic!!!! The sides of my jaw ached from smiling and laughing. Wonderful, zany acting!"
" I just saw your performance here in Brattleboro tonight! It was far and away the most entertaining Shakespeare I have seen in years! I laughed out loud! And as I walked out, everyone -every single person I overheard talking - was saying things like "amazing," "fantastic," "I loved, loved, loved it!" Thank you so much!"
July 20-21, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
As You Like It
performed by the Hour-Glass Youth Theatre
Are you a lover of dystopian fantasy? Always wanted to step into a new and magical world? Come join the Hour-Glass Youth Theatre’s summer production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’. The play follows a young woman and her best friend as they flee a society in ruins from a government run on wealth and an imbalance of power. Love blossoms as paths cross, mischief abounds, people grow and change. While on the crumbling streets of the city, society is losing its humanity, the world outside reveals a vast beauty that may be able to heal the chaos. A sort of dystopian Robin Hood tale.
Directed by Lauren Palmer, 2016 graduate from CVUHS, current student at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.
Directed by Lauren Palmer, 2016 graduate from CVUHS, current student at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.
The Hour-Glass Youth Theatre, based in Burlington, Vermont, is a small group of youth actors and creative artists who all have an appreciation for Shakespeare and desire to bring new messages to an classic text. Shakespeare's language and stories are rich with double meanings and messages just as relevant today as 400-years ago. We strive to change our corner of the world through these stories we tell.
June 21, 2018
Blood, Sweat, Baby and a life after Orgasm: Stories from a midwife
written, produced and performed by Katherine Bramhall
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Blood, Sweat and Baby: Life After Orgasm is a one-woman play that brings to life the poignant and oftentimes hilarious complexity that is labor and birth. A raw take on delivery as only a midwife could tell it, Blood Sweat and Baby catapults experience of birth into the open through stories, song, tears and laughter.
Midwife Katherine’s stories from years of hand-delivering babies for hundreds of families shows the messy, transformative, confusing and exciting experience of being born through the eyes of both the parents and the baby. In a world desperately in need of hope, this uplifting show will draw audiences of soon-to-be families, moms, dads, grandmas, and anyone who wants a reminder of the simple miracle that is Life. |
Spring Open Artist Showcase is a two week celebration of local performance.
Join us each weekend for a double bill of new works.
Weekend 1 (Wed May 30- Sat June 2): LoKi - 24 Years in 24 Hours: Growing Up in Vermont and Dennis McSorley - Box of Squirrels
Weekend 2 (Wed June 6- Sat June 9): Jeremy Rayburn - The Inner Monologue Show and Meredith Gordon - An Evening with Thelma Forbanks
Visit our SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE page for full showcase listings.
Tickets: $15 at the door or online HERE
Special Pay-What-You-Can Previews on Wednesday May 30 and Wednesday June 6
Join us each weekend for a double bill of new works.
Weekend 1 (Wed May 30- Sat June 2): LoKi - 24 Years in 24 Hours: Growing Up in Vermont and Dennis McSorley - Box of Squirrels
Weekend 2 (Wed June 6- Sat June 9): Jeremy Rayburn - The Inner Monologue Show and Meredith Gordon - An Evening with Thelma Forbanks
Visit our SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE page for full showcase listings.
Tickets: $15 at the door or online HERE
Special Pay-What-You-Can Previews on Wednesday May 30 and Wednesday June 6
MaY 26, 2018 - 8:00 pm
Pantet
Sonic Jazz Improvisation
MaY 19, 2018
Revelry Theater presents: The Log Jam, Flask improv Night and THE MIX-UP VARIETY SHOW
THE LOG JAM
Two people up!
The Log Jam is an improv mixer where anyone can sign up to perform. Are you a seasoned veteran? Cool! We hope to have you. Are you just starting out? Awesome! This will be a great place to practice what you are learning in class. Never done improv before? You should come too!
It is FREE!
Sign up at 6:45 sharp.
We'll do a group warm-up and then mix everyone together for the JAM!
Two people up!
The Log Jam is an improv mixer where anyone can sign up to perform. Are you a seasoned veteran? Cool! We hope to have you. Are you just starting out? Awesome! This will be a great place to practice what you are learning in class. Never done improv before? You should come too!
It is FREE!
Sign up at 6:45 sharp.
We'll do a group warm-up and then mix everyone together for the JAM!
FLASK IMPROV NIGHT
We're back! This time we've got new team E.T.A.
Tickets are $7 at the door.
E.T.A.
Improvised scenes based on your secret confessions.
Anthony Apodaca
Daniel Trigg
Emily Clairmont
Slinky Says THICC
Musical improv from members of Slinky Says Relax and She THICC (winners of VCC's March Madness).
Caitlin Bayer
Brian De La Bruere
Brian Park
Adam Rabin
Sabrina Leal
Gross and Fancy
Burlington-based indie improv team Gross & Fancy presents a hilarious send-up of Hollywood tropes they call The Sequel. They create an on-the-spot followup to a movie of the audience's choice, based only on a short plot summary and the group's off-the-wall imagination.
Conor Lastowka
Bryan Parmelee
Heather Christianson Win
Jon van Luling
Sam Kurnit
Laura Greenwood
Nichole Magoon
RickyBaker Anne
We're back! This time we've got new team E.T.A.
Tickets are $7 at the door.
E.T.A.
Improvised scenes based on your secret confessions.
Anthony Apodaca
Daniel Trigg
Emily Clairmont
Slinky Says THICC
Musical improv from members of Slinky Says Relax and She THICC (winners of VCC's March Madness).
Caitlin Bayer
Brian De La Bruere
Brian Park
Adam Rabin
Sabrina Leal
Gross and Fancy
Burlington-based indie improv team Gross & Fancy presents a hilarious send-up of Hollywood tropes they call The Sequel. They create an on-the-spot followup to a movie of the audience's choice, based only on a short plot summary and the group's off-the-wall imagination.
Conor Lastowka
Bryan Parmelee
Heather Christianson Win
Jon van Luling
Sam Kurnit
Laura Greenwood
Nichole Magoon
RickyBaker Anne
May 20, 2018 - 7:00 P.M.
theatre mixer
OFF Center community social night at Light Club Lamp Shop
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Off Center for the Dramatic Arts invites you to our first Theatre Mixer!
Do you love theatre as a performer or as an audience member or both? Do you have a budding interest in theatre and want to learn about how to get more involved in our fabulous community? Do you want to just hang out with a bunch of theatre geeks and geek out? ALL ARE WELCOME! We will gather and mix at the Light Club Lamp Shop to discuss everything and anything theatre. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities at the Off Center and how this community space is evolving. We want your input and energy. WE WANT YOU INVOLVED! This will be a low pressure FUN event! We will have FUN! Gosh darn it! |
May 7, 2018
Playmakers
Season Finale of the monthly new work reading series
Playmakers returns to the Off Center!
The monthly new play reading event is back!
Come to the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts on Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. to hear new work!
The monthly new play reading event is back!
Come to the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts on Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. to hear new work!
May 6, 2018
Other Mothers - 24 Hour playwriting competition
produced by complications company
"I can't write about my mother - but I bet I could write about yours."
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Join Complications Company and BurlingtonVT Moms Blog at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts for a fun afternoon of staged readings about all that is marvelous and infuriating about moms!
Local playwrights (including Meredith Gordon, Seth Jarvis, Emer Pond Feeney and Kim Jordan, among many other stellar writers) had 24 hours to write a short play based on ANOTHER playwright's mother - and a company of local actors (Cael Barkman, Karen Lefkoe, Sarah Mell and Jena Necrason) together with directors Laura Roald and Mary Beth McNulty have five hours to bring these brand new plays to life. |
This weekend is a theatrical intensive on bringing ideas to the stage quick, with passion, style, wit and flair.
Representatives of the BurlingtonVT Moms Blog will serve as our blue-ribbon panel judges to crown one of these newly minted fictional characters Mom of the Year!
This unusual writer showcase is a culmination of a crazy weekend of shotgun theatrical creativity, and we want to invite everyone down to Off Center to celebrate motherhood as a fun wind-up to Mother's Day the following weekend.
Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. If you would like to reserve a seat, please email [email protected]. All reserved seats will be released five minutes before the show begins at 4:00 p.m.
Representatives of the BurlingtonVT Moms Blog will serve as our blue-ribbon panel judges to crown one of these newly minted fictional characters Mom of the Year!
This unusual writer showcase is a culmination of a crazy weekend of shotgun theatrical creativity, and we want to invite everyone down to Off Center to celebrate motherhood as a fun wind-up to Mother's Day the following weekend.
Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. If you would like to reserve a seat, please email [email protected]. All reserved seats will be released five minutes before the show begins at 4:00 p.m.
Performance: Sunday, May 6, 4:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 at the door
Tickets: $10 at the door
April 29, 2018
Dr. Sketchy's Burlington with Ruthless retribution
Life Drawing with a twist!
Dr. Sketchy's Burlington returns for another figure drawing session at the Off Center Theater! Our featured model for this month is Ruthless Retribution!!
- Cash-only at the door - $12 / $10 with student ID. Ages 18+.
- Bring your own drawing or painting supplies.
- Limited parking in the OC lot off Archibald Street.
- Expect good music and wacky contests with sweet prizes.
Dr. Sketchy's is life drawing with a twist - a themed figure drawing session featuring gorgeous models (un)dressed in spectacular costumes! Being good at drawing does not matter: this "Anti-Art School" is open to everyone!
- Cash-only at the door - $12 / $10 with student ID. Ages 18+.
- Bring your own drawing or painting supplies.
- Limited parking in the OC lot off Archibald Street.
- Expect good music and wacky contests with sweet prizes.
Dr. Sketchy's is life drawing with a twist - a themed figure drawing session featuring gorgeous models (un)dressed in spectacular costumes! Being good at drawing does not matter: this "Anti-Art School" is open to everyone!
April 20-21, 2018
outgoing tide
a staged reading
Outgoing Tide
by Bruce Graham
A touching play about illness, death and personal choice in a family of three. They must quickly find common ground and come to an understanding before the tide goes out.
Also it’s pretty funny.
Staged Reading Friday April 20 & Saturday 21
7:30 p.m. By donation
featuring: Gavin Howley, Linda Iannuzzi and Dennis McSorley
staged by: Bob Carmody
by Bruce Graham
A touching play about illness, death and personal choice in a family of three. They must quickly find common ground and come to an understanding before the tide goes out.
Also it’s pretty funny.
Staged Reading Friday April 20 & Saturday 21
7:30 p.m. By donation
featuring: Gavin Howley, Linda Iannuzzi and Dennis McSorley
staged by: Bob Carmody
April 9, 2018
Playmakers
Return of the monthly new work reading series
March 24, 2018 - 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
presented by bald mountain Theater
A woman liberated or losing her morality? You decide.
Bald Mountain Theater brings Tim O’Brien’s Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong to Off Center Theater. O’Brien, famous for his novels about the Vietnam War has created a piercing tale of an innocent’s journey to the dark side. A young soldier flies his high school sweetheart to a quiet outpost in Vietnam. The country and the war transform her into … something very different.
Performed by master reader Ethan Bowen and supported by a surround sound design, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong is an immersive experience in storytelling. Bowen jumps from character to character with his tour-de-force performance, driving the story with tempo and expression to bring this honest and engaging story to life. The sound design incorporates a wide variety of styles, from contemporary pops songs to jungle drums, to envelope the audience in the time and place of the story.
Bald Mountain Theater specializes in developing stories and fairy tales into theatrical productions that surprise and challenge our audiences to see these stories in a new light. Our touring productions of Hansel and Gretel and Puss in Boots were met with enthusiastic responses in towns across Vermont. Our home base production series Stories You Should Know; There Once Was; and Stories with Sound at Spice Studio in Rochester, allow us to dig deep into the story canon.
Come and enjoy a thrilling story for a spring night!
Tickets, available at the door, are $10.
Go to www.baldmountaintheater.org for more information.
Bald Mountain Theater brings Tim O’Brien’s Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong to Off Center Theater. O’Brien, famous for his novels about the Vietnam War has created a piercing tale of an innocent’s journey to the dark side. A young soldier flies his high school sweetheart to a quiet outpost in Vietnam. The country and the war transform her into … something very different.
Performed by master reader Ethan Bowen and supported by a surround sound design, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong is an immersive experience in storytelling. Bowen jumps from character to character with his tour-de-force performance, driving the story with tempo and expression to bring this honest and engaging story to life. The sound design incorporates a wide variety of styles, from contemporary pops songs to jungle drums, to envelope the audience in the time and place of the story.
Bald Mountain Theater specializes in developing stories and fairy tales into theatrical productions that surprise and challenge our audiences to see these stories in a new light. Our touring productions of Hansel and Gretel and Puss in Boots were met with enthusiastic responses in towns across Vermont. Our home base production series Stories You Should Know; There Once Was; and Stories with Sound at Spice Studio in Rochester, allow us to dig deep into the story canon.
Come and enjoy a thrilling story for a spring night!
Tickets, available at the door, are $10.
Go to www.baldmountaintheater.org for more information.
march 25, 2018
Dr. Sketchy's Burlington: Burlesque kitten
life drawing with a twist!
Dr. Sketchy's Burlington returns for a cat themed figure drawing session at the Off Center Theater! Our featured model is burlesque kitten, Bea Trouble!
- Cash-only at the door - $12 / $10 with student ID. Ages 18+.
- Bring your own drawing or painting supplies.
- Limited parking in the OC lot off Archibald Street.
- Expect good music and wacky contests with sweet prizes.
Dr. Sketchy's is life drawing with a twist - a themed figure drawing session featuring gorgeous models (un)dressed in spectacular costumes! Being good at drawing does not matter: this "Anti-Art School" is open to everyone!
- Cash-only at the door - $12 / $10 with student ID. Ages 18+.
- Bring your own drawing or painting supplies.
- Limited parking in the OC lot off Archibald Street.
- Expect good music and wacky contests with sweet prizes.
Dr. Sketchy's is life drawing with a twist - a themed figure drawing session featuring gorgeous models (un)dressed in spectacular costumes! Being good at drawing does not matter: this "Anti-Art School" is open to everyone!
Hello, Vermont Theatre and Performing Arts Friends!
OFF CENTER WANTS TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK
For eight years, Off Center for the Dramatic Arts (Off Center, the OC) has worked to provide a home for independent theater and performance in Burlington. For the second year, we want to celebrate our community with a special two-week festival doing what we love best: presenting vibrant local theatre and performing artists.
CALL FOR ARTISTS – SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE
What is the SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE?
The Spring Open Artist Showcase is a two-week festival running May 31 - June 9, 2018. Four Vermont artists or companies selected by lottery will each present a 60-minute show on a double bill for one weekend at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, with performance rental, technical support and group festival promotion organized by Off Center volunteers. Each company will receive a third of the box office proceeds from the weekend of their performances.
Who Can Apply?
All theatre and performing artists/companies in Vermont are eligible and encouraged to apply. The four productions will be selected at a public lottery held Friday, March 16th, location TBA.
There is no application fee, but each artist or company can submit only one application.
How does the Showcase Lottery Work?
There are four 60-minute production slots available: one slot is reserved for a solo show: two are reserved for companies and artists who have worked with Off Center in the past (renters, group festival participants, board members, etc): the final slot is held for companies or artists who are new to the OC community. The festival producers reserve the right to adjust this guideline.
All completed applications received by 5:00 PM on Friday, March 9th will be placed in a lottery, with a public drawing held Friday, March 16th, location TBA. We will also draw a waiting list.
What Do the Showcase Artists Get?
What Are the Showcase Artists’ Responsibilities?
HOW TO APPLY:
Fill out an online application form:
For General Applications (shows with more than one performer):
OFF CENTER WANTS TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK
For eight years, Off Center for the Dramatic Arts (Off Center, the OC) has worked to provide a home for independent theater and performance in Burlington. For the second year, we want to celebrate our community with a special two-week festival doing what we love best: presenting vibrant local theatre and performing artists.
CALL FOR ARTISTS – SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE
What is the SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE?
The Spring Open Artist Showcase is a two-week festival running May 31 - June 9, 2018. Four Vermont artists or companies selected by lottery will each present a 60-minute show on a double bill for one weekend at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, with performance rental, technical support and group festival promotion organized by Off Center volunteers. Each company will receive a third of the box office proceeds from the weekend of their performances.
Who Can Apply?
All theatre and performing artists/companies in Vermont are eligible and encouraged to apply. The four productions will be selected at a public lottery held Friday, March 16th, location TBA.
There is no application fee, but each artist or company can submit only one application.
How does the Showcase Lottery Work?
There are four 60-minute production slots available: one slot is reserved for a solo show: two are reserved for companies and artists who have worked with Off Center in the past (renters, group festival participants, board members, etc): the final slot is held for companies or artists who are new to the OC community. The festival producers reserve the right to adjust this guideline.
All completed applications received by 5:00 PM on Friday, March 9th will be placed in a lottery, with a public drawing held Friday, March 16th, location TBA. We will also draw a waiting list.
What Do the Showcase Artists Get?
- A sixty-minute production slot, as part of a double bill running for one weekend in June with no rental fees
- Promotion in all festival marketing run by Off Center volunteers, including social media, posters, handbills and all the media coverage we can muster
- One-third of the box office proceeds for the weekend of your performance. Each weekend of the festival the proceeds will be split three ways - between the two companies producing and Off Center as presenter. Communal promotional costs not covered by sponsorship or donations will be taken off the top
- Access to Off Center’s theatre for one full day and evening in the week leading up to the performance to run a full technical rehearsal
- Basic technical support using the standard lighting plot and audio playback system
What Are the Showcase Artists’ Responsibilities?
- All selected works must be produced by the company as a final presentation product, not a workshop - actors are expected to be off-book, and performances should be rehearsed for a minimum of two weeks before the performance dates. Off Center will be the presenting organization, not the individual show producers
- Producing representatives must attend at least two production meetings and one technical meeting in the weeks before the festival.
- Selected companies/artists must liaise with the festival producers and participate in preparing and distributing promotional materials, including online promotions.
- All set and technical requirements must be small, with a maximum of a 10-minute load in/strike time. There is minimal storage available at Off Center, and all shows will be set up and struck each performance. Shows with complicated technical cues will be required to provide their own board operators. Simple shows can be run by the event stage manager.
HOW TO APPLY:
Fill out an online application form:
For General Applications (shows with more than one performer):
If you have trouble with the online application form, email Laura Roald at [email protected] for assistance or for an email application.
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 9.
QUESTIONS?
For more information on this new Artist Showcase festival, to volunteer with the event, sponsor the program, or for help completing the Spring Open Application, contact Laura Roald at 802 922 5447, or email [email protected]
March 18, 2018, 5:00 pm
Tiger Monkey Dragon Performing arts
Performance recital
March 19, 2018 - 7:30 pm
ComedySportz
hosted by Revelry Theater
For one night only CSz Boston and CSz Seattle are coming together to bring ComedySportz to Vermont!
ComedySportz is competitive team improv - comedy played like a sport! Because it is improvised, everything is made up completely on the spot!
All ComedySportz shows are family friendly, so bring the kids and start your week off with a laugh.
Featuring local talents Brian Park Jon van Luling, Emily Clairmont, and Anthony Apodaca.
Tickets $10 available online through Eventbrite
ComedySportz is competitive team improv - comedy played like a sport! Because it is improvised, everything is made up completely on the spot!
All ComedySportz shows are family friendly, so bring the kids and start your week off with a laugh.
Featuring local talents Brian Park Jon van Luling, Emily Clairmont, and Anthony Apodaca.
Tickets $10 available online through Eventbrite
March 10, 2018
Revelry Theater presents: The Log Jam and Flask improv Night
Return of the monthly new work reading series
THE LOG JAM
You will not want to miss this evening of improvised comedy from Burlington’s top up and coming independent performers.
FEATURING:
BLACK BOX CAGE MATCH (w/BOOM CITY)
Two comic teams battle against each other for your entertainment - and more importantly, your affection. You decide who wins and who loses in this fully improvised competition. In
GROSS & FANCY
Burlington-based indie improv team Gross & Fancy presents a hilarious send-up of Hollywood tropes they call The Sequel. They create an on-the-spot followup to a movie of the audience's choice, based only on a short plot summary and the group's off-the-wall imagination.
Slinky Says Relax
They have informed me that it might be musical improv, but it might not be. I hope it is.
Performers:
Boom City
Eric Wright Brian Park Tami Lantz Noel Edward Porter Gillian SiobhanMelyssa Ardelle Bryan Gagne
Gross and Fancy
Fred Naumann Jon van Luling Sam Kurnit Conor Lastowka Bryan ParmeleeNichole Magoon Heather Christianson Win RickyBaker Anne Laura Greenwood
Slinky Says Relax
Rachel Riendeau Hayes Caitlin Bayer Brian De La Bruere Brian Park Karlie Kauffeld Adam Cooper Wood
Hosted by Anthony Apodaca
* Tickets will be $10 at the door.
You will not want to miss this evening of improvised comedy from Burlington’s top up and coming independent performers.
FEATURING:
BLACK BOX CAGE MATCH (w/BOOM CITY)
Two comic teams battle against each other for your entertainment - and more importantly, your affection. You decide who wins and who loses in this fully improvised competition. In
GROSS & FANCY
Burlington-based indie improv team Gross & Fancy presents a hilarious send-up of Hollywood tropes they call The Sequel. They create an on-the-spot followup to a movie of the audience's choice, based only on a short plot summary and the group's off-the-wall imagination.
Slinky Says Relax
They have informed me that it might be musical improv, but it might not be. I hope it is.
Performers:
Boom City
Eric Wright Brian Park Tami Lantz Noel Edward Porter Gillian SiobhanMelyssa Ardelle Bryan Gagne
Gross and Fancy
Fred Naumann Jon van Luling Sam Kurnit Conor Lastowka Bryan ParmeleeNichole Magoon Heather Christianson Win RickyBaker Anne Laura Greenwood
Slinky Says Relax
Rachel Riendeau Hayes Caitlin Bayer Brian De La Bruere Brian Park Karlie Kauffeld Adam Cooper Wood
Hosted by Anthony Apodaca
* Tickets will be $10 at the door.
THE LOG JAM
Two people up!
The Log Jam is an improv mixer where anyone can sign up to perform. Are you a seasoned veteran? Cool! We hope to have you. Are you just starting out? Awesome! This will be a great place to practice what you are learning in class. Never done improv before? You should come too!
It is FREE!
Sign up at 6:45 sharp.
We'll do a group warm-up and then mix everyone together for the JAM!
Two people up!
The Log Jam is an improv mixer where anyone can sign up to perform. Are you a seasoned veteran? Cool! We hope to have you. Are you just starting out? Awesome! This will be a great place to practice what you are learning in class. Never done improv before? You should come too!
It is FREE!
Sign up at 6:45 sharp.
We'll do a group warm-up and then mix everyone together for the JAM!
March 8, 2018
Welcome dr. sketchy's to burlington
Grand opening event
Celebrate Dr. Sketchy's coming to Vermont at our Grand Opening event, Thursday, March 8
Dr. Sketchy's is life drawing with a twist - a 3-hour themed figure drawing session featuring gorgeous models (un)dressed in spectacular costumes! Being good at drawing does not matter: this "Anti-Art School" is open to everyone!
Presented with a classic Burlesque theme, our featured model is Burlington beauty *Merrique Hysterique!* Expect good music, wacky contests with sweet prizes, and party food and drinks!
Cash-only at the door - $12 / $10 with student ID. Ages 18+.
Bring your own drawing or painting supplies.
Dr. Sketchy's is life drawing with a twist - a 3-hour themed figure drawing session featuring gorgeous models (un)dressed in spectacular costumes! Being good at drawing does not matter: this "Anti-Art School" is open to everyone!
Presented with a classic Burlesque theme, our featured model is Burlington beauty *Merrique Hysterique!* Expect good music, wacky contests with sweet prizes, and party food and drinks!
Cash-only at the door - $12 / $10 with student ID. Ages 18+.
Bring your own drawing or painting supplies.
MARCH 1 - 4, 2018
Stealing From Work: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Thursday, March 1st - 7:30 p.m.*
Friday, March 2nd - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 3rd- 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 4th - 1:00 p.m and 4:00 p.m.
Stealing from Work is back with a full show of brand new sketch comedy written by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio. Join actors Marianne DiMascio, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael, Amy Halpin Riley, and Geeda Searfoorce for a fast-paced evening of lunacy and lampoonery. Directed by Seth Jarvis, the actors deftly transform into a different set of extraordinary characters, alternately spoofing contemporary culture and the political issues of our time. With sound and video design by Jess Wilson, Stealing from Work’s production takes on familiar and new topics, all with a local flavor.
Leave the kids at home. Stealing from Work is immature humor for mature audiences only.
Tickets:
*Tickets for Thursday, March 1st, are “pay what you can” and are only available at the door.
For all other performances tickets are $15
Friday, March 2nd - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 3rd- 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 4th - 1:00 p.m and 4:00 p.m.
Stealing from Work is back with a full show of brand new sketch comedy written by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio. Join actors Marianne DiMascio, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael, Amy Halpin Riley, and Geeda Searfoorce for a fast-paced evening of lunacy and lampoonery. Directed by Seth Jarvis, the actors deftly transform into a different set of extraordinary characters, alternately spoofing contemporary culture and the political issues of our time. With sound and video design by Jess Wilson, Stealing from Work’s production takes on familiar and new topics, all with a local flavor.
Leave the kids at home. Stealing from Work is immature humor for mature audiences only.
Tickets:
*Tickets for Thursday, March 1st, are “pay what you can” and are only available at the door.
For all other performances tickets are $15
FEbruary 1-3, 2018
Tartuffe
presented by the Senior class of the Lake champlain waldorf school
The senior class at the Lake Champlain Waldorf School welcomes you to their production of Moliere's Tartuffe. This baroque farce, set in the Jazz Era, is about hypocrisy and judgement that is all wrapped up in an upper class bow.
All performances will be at:
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
294 North Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT
February 1: 7:00 pm
February 2: 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm
February 3: 1:00 pm
LIMITED SEATING: come early!
Refreshments for sale.
Appropriate for students in middle school and up.
All performances will be at:
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
294 North Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT
February 1: 7:00 pm
February 2: 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm
February 3: 1:00 pm
LIMITED SEATING: come early!
Refreshments for sale.
Appropriate for students in middle school and up.
January 26, 2018
The Log Jam and Flask Improv Night
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THE LOG JAM
Two people up! The Log Jam is an improv mixer where anyone can sign up to perform. Are you a seasoned veteran? Cool! We hope to have you. Are you just starting out? Awesome! This will be a great place to practice what you are learning in class. Never done improv before? You should come too! It is FREE! Sign up at 6:45 sharp. We'll do a group warm-up and then mix everyone together for the JAM! 
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FLASK IMPROV NIGHT
You will not want to miss this evening of improvised comedy from Burlington’s up and coming independent performers. Featuring: Boom City Burlington's short form improv love child, BOOM CITY, brings fast Interactive fun to their audience. Eric Wright Brian Park Tami Lantz Noel Edward PorterGillian Boudreau Melyssa Ardelle Smooth by Santana (feat. Rob Thomas) A fast, loose, and unfiltered montage of improvised scenes based on a single audience suggestion. Lindsey Jane Haddad Daniel Trigg Conor Lastowka Emily Clairmont Jenna Pacitto Owen Foley Anthony Apodaca Fancy and Gross Burlington-based indie improv team Gross & Fancy presents a hilarious send-up of Hollywood tropes they call The Sequel. They create an on-the-spot followup to a movie of the audience's choice, based only on a short plot summary and the group's off-the-wall imagination. Fred Naumann Jon van Luling Sam Kurnit Conor Lastowka Bryan Parmelee Nichole MagoonHeather Christianson Win RickyBaker Anne Laura Greenwood * All proceeds go to the performers and the non-profit Off Center. ** Tickets will be $10 at the door. |
January 21, 2018
International Women's voices Day - Vermont Playwrights Edition
This free community event showcases unproduced plays by Vermont women playwrights - and is a potluck feast!
Celebrate the first anniversary of the Women's March with us as we salute the women's voices of Vermont's stages.
And eat potato salad, together.
Sunday, January 21, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM'
For more information, or to volunteer visit Complications Company website
Celebrate the first anniversary of the Women's March with us as we salute the women's voices of Vermont's stages.
And eat potato salad, together.
Sunday, January 21, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM'
For more information, or to volunteer visit Complications Company website
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The mission of Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is to provide an affordable theater space which supports experimentation, education and engagement for artists, audiences and the community. |
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts
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