#LightsUpOC CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS!
OFF CENTER HAS NEW LIGHTS
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technical specs
Dimensions/Capacities of the space are: Stage, 12’ 6” x 19’ 9”; House, 19’9” x 27’ 2” (on center); Raised Lighting Booth,
c. 4’ x 6’; Maximum Seating (standard configuration), 61; Total Capacity (including audience, staff, cast, and crew), 70.
Concessions may be sold in the main building lobby or, if desired, from the smaller Off Center vestibule, or from the entrance to the kitchen (which is available for use by Presenter). NO ALCOHOL may be served or consumed except by special arrangement with a state-licensed caterer.
Dressing Rooms: There is a dressing room that will seat up to six performers, with mirrors and clothes rack, located in the hall outside the front entrance to the house, and provision can be made for larger casts in a space adjacent to the back of the house.
House Lighting: There are two banks of fluorescent ceiling work lights, a central house instrument on an independent rheostat in the booth for the main house light, and two rows of rope lights and an overhead, blue, incandescent fixture on the ramp.
Stage Lighting: 4- Altman 6” Fresnel lamped at 500 watts; 8- Altman 6 x 4.5 Ellipsoidal Spots (LEKO) lamped at 750 watts.
(FOR A DOWNLOADABLE SPEC SHEET, PLEASE SEE THE DOCUMENT BELOW)
c. 4’ x 6’; Maximum Seating (standard configuration), 61; Total Capacity (including audience, staff, cast, and crew), 70.
Concessions may be sold in the main building lobby or, if desired, from the smaller Off Center vestibule, or from the entrance to the kitchen (which is available for use by Presenter). NO ALCOHOL may be served or consumed except by special arrangement with a state-licensed caterer.
Dressing Rooms: There is a dressing room that will seat up to six performers, with mirrors and clothes rack, located in the hall outside the front entrance to the house, and provision can be made for larger casts in a space adjacent to the back of the house.
House Lighting: There are two banks of fluorescent ceiling work lights, a central house instrument on an independent rheostat in the booth for the main house light, and two rows of rope lights and an overhead, blue, incandescent fixture on the ramp.
Stage Lighting: 4- Altman 6” Fresnel lamped at 500 watts; 8- Altman 6 x 4.5 Ellipsoidal Spots (LEKO) lamped at 750 watts.
(FOR A DOWNLOADABLE SPEC SHEET, PLEASE SEE THE DOCUMENT BELOW)
Off Center is on the move!
On May 31, a group of amazing community volunteers helped us move into our new space. We are located in the same building, but one suite over! Our new mailing address is 294 North Winooski Avenue, Suite 116A , Burlinton VT 05401. Our email and contact information will all stay the same . Check out the slide show below of the move so far:
Next Phase: Fit-up
Now that we are moved into Suite 116A, the work is on to set up a brand new flexible black box performance studio. We are in the space formerly occupied by North End Studios B and C. This month we will be working hard, painting, setting up our tech, building a new stage floor, and preparing to open our doors for performance in July!
Support our Move
We welcome your volunteer help! If you would like to be included in work party invitations (painting, installing the grid, floor etc), email [email protected] and request to be on the volunteer email chain
We are also raising money in a campaign to cover the costs of the move. All told, the move is projected to cost us $5000. All the labor is volunteer (excepting technical electrical installations), but the necessary materials have hard price tags. Every dollar donated will help us cover those costs and make the new performance studio a perfect haven for creation and performance.
Jason Lorber in:
The SantaLand Diaries
by David Sedaris
adapted by Joe Mantello
December 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 p.m.
December 22 at 2:00 p.m.
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More naughty than nice, David Sedaris’ essay, turned satirical hit play, “The SantaLand Diaries” will be touring four Vermont towns this December 2019.
Jason Lorber stars in the one-man show with performances in Burlington, Middlebury, Randolph, and Waterbury from December 13-to-22, 2019. Nope, it’s definitely not a traditional Christmas tale. But if you want to laugh your stockings off the fireplace, and enjoy classical, often evil satirical wit, then come. Bring your entire dysfunctional family. Although probably not your kids. No, definitely don’t bring kids. |
The show exposes the underbelly of life working as an elf at Macy’s Santaland, based on Sedaris’ first-hand experience. A favorite of National Public Radio (NPR) and a frequent performer in Vermont, Sedaris had his “SantaLand Diaries” essay grow into a play by Joe Mantello, which has since been featured in cities across America as an annual event since 1996.
Directed by Margo Whitcomb, costumed by Lesly Finlayson, sound engineering by Zak Kline, graphic design by Vikki Day.
Dates: Wednesday December 18, Thursday December 19, Saturday December 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday December 22 Matinee at 2:00 p.m.
Get your tickets HERE
Produced by Aplomb Consulting LLC
Directed by Margo Whitcomb, costumed by Lesly Finlayson, sound engineering by Zak Kline, graphic design by Vikki Day.
Dates: Wednesday December 18, Thursday December 19, Saturday December 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday December 22 Matinee at 2:00 p.m.
Get your tickets HERE
Produced by Aplomb Consulting LLC
The University Players present:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
November 1 - 3
Tickets are $10 and are available online or at the door.
Seating limited!
Seating limited!
University Players presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard through a special arrangement with Samuel French.
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is a play full of deaths, disclosures, and confusion as two daring side characters grapple with the confusion of being in the background of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Follow them on a winding path with lovers, betrayal, sex, and new questions at every turn as they unwind the philosophy of life, death, and happiness in UPlayers' first mainstage production of the 2019-2020 season!
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is a play full of deaths, disclosures, and confusion as two daring side characters grapple with the confusion of being in the background of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Follow them on a winding path with lovers, betrayal, sex, and new questions at every turn as they unwind the philosophy of life, death, and happiness in UPlayers' first mainstage production of the 2019-2020 season!
Show Times
Friday November 1, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday November 2, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday November 2, 2:00 p.m.
Friday November 1, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday November 2, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday November 2, 2:00 p.m.
GREAT NEWS!
We are so thrilled to share that a very generous, anonymous donor wants to assist Off Center in purchasing a new LED lighting system.
Here’s how you may help:
Our donor is getting us started with a $2500 gift. PLUS any donation that you make today will be MATCHED by our anonymous giver up to another $2500! So, if we raise just $2500 by October 25th - in total the OC will secure $7500 all towards a new lighting system.
Here’s how you may help even more:
First, please donate today. Every donation, no matter the size, helps us get to the match! Then tell all your friends and share on social media. #LightsUpOC
We are so thrilled to share that a very generous, anonymous donor wants to assist Off Center in purchasing a new LED lighting system.
Here’s how you may help:
Our donor is getting us started with a $2500 gift. PLUS any donation that you make today will be MATCHED by our anonymous giver up to another $2500! So, if we raise just $2500 by October 25th - in total the OC will secure $7500 all towards a new lighting system.
Here’s how you may help even more:
First, please donate today. Every donation, no matter the size, helps us get to the match! Then tell all your friends and share on social media. #LightsUpOC
Why LEDs?
While we had been hoping to make this switch sometime in the future, our generous donor wants to make our dream a reality right now. But we can't do it without your help!
Please donate today and help us raise $2500 by October 25th and help to make Off Center's future truly bright!
- They are more efficient and use far less energy.
- They provide greater flexibility for designers.
- The shows will look fantastic.
- The system is salable and can grow as OC grows.
- We can swap our well-loved manual lighting board for a sturdy new programmable board.
- LEDs last longer than conventional lights.
- They're just way cooler.
While we had been hoping to make this switch sometime in the future, our generous donor wants to make our dream a reality right now. But we can't do it without your help!
Please donate today and help us raise $2500 by October 25th and help to make Off Center's future truly bright!
Playmakers - October Kickoff
Monday October 14, 7:30 p.m.
PLAYMAKERS IS BACK
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Hear new works by:
Shoshannah Boray G Richard Ames Marge Sharp and Jeanne Beckwith! SPECIAL GUEST HOST: Marianne DiMascio! Readings start at 7:30 p.m. As always Playmakers is a free community event. (Though if you want to make a special donation to the #lightsUpOC campaign and help OC's tech join the 21st century, we would be honored and pleased as punch) |
The 7th Annual Burlington Fringe Festival
Unjuried Celebration of Creative Performance!
Thursday October 10 (Blue Night 18+)
Friday October 11
Saturday October 12 - 7:00 p.m.
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Burlington Fringe Festival is a 3 day performing arts festival that operates in true Fringe fashion-- unjuried and any performance goes. Blue Night Thursday, October 10th is Adult Only content. Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th are both General Audience. There will be six performances each evening, running 20 minutes or less each. Come for this year's fine buffet of talented drag queenery, improv comedy, performance art, storytelling, and dance
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Performers include: Lauren Costello, Phinn Sonin, Ash Diggs, Henri Blouin, Jocelyn Woods, Rexy La Femme, Ariel Zevon and Gahlord Dewald, Joy Madden, Emily Kueppers and Maggie Phelan, Jessie Owens and Danielle Tekut, Dennis McSorley, Pierre Vachon, Nina Szenasi, ETA-- Trigg, Anthony, and Jenna, Kamikaze Comedy etc.
Steve Hofstetter in Burlington
Monday September 23, 7:00 p.m.
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Ages 14+
One of YouTube's most popular comics with over 100 million views, Steve Hofstetter is also the host of Finding Babe Ruth on FS1. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of season one of Laughs (FOX) and he has been on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and E! True Hollywood Story, Comics Unleashed, Comedy All-Stars, Quite Frankly, White Boyz in the Hood, Countdown, and more. Now is your chance to find out what the fuss is about during this no-holds-barred stand-up performance, featuring some of his unfiltered observations about life. |
The Stranger Play Festival
short and strange plays by women
Thursday September 19 - Saturday September 21, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday September 22 - 2:00 p.m.
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The Stranger Play Festival
four short plays about strangeness and strangers. Statistics still reflect a huge disparity of female voices in the theater industry despite research identifying a majority of post-secondary theater students and audiences are women. “We wanted our festival to address current gender issues as well as provide an opportunity to introduce female characters and perspectives”, said local Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith. “We hope the impact will be well-received and far-reaching.” Addressing this under representation is a goal of The Stranger Play Festival, to highlight the stories of women by women, using the idea of ‘stranger’ as a point of inspiration and unifying American and Canadian artists. The playwrights hail from different North American locales; Elizabeth Flanagan from San Francisco, Hortense Gerardo from Boston, Alex Karolyi from Toronto and Jeanne Beckwith from Vermont. Directed by Monica Callan, Tess Holbrook, Kim Ward, Sarah Venooker. |
Tickets $20
The Doctor and the Dowry
adapted from Moliere by Vermont Suitcase Company
Friday July 26 and Saturday July 27, 7:00 p.m.
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Come delight in Vermont Suitcase Company's adapted Moliere, The Doctor and the Dowry. The miserly merchant Signor Buccio is desperate to marry off his daughter Alessandra to the well-matched Visconte de Luca, but her grave (and completely fabricated) illness has gotten in the way. Alessandra dreams of running away with the handsome servant boy, Fabrizio, but Fabrizio's swindling sister Colombina plans to rob the old man and flee to Sicily once and for all. Will Dr. Tartaglia's herbal concoctions actually kill the perfectly healthy Alessandra? Will Pedrolino manage to tunnel into Buccio Manor in time? The Vermont Suitcase Company is back for another summer tour, so come find out for yourself!
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Visions For the End of the World
A solo performance by Scott Crandall
One Show Only: Saturday July 6, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10
"Visions for the End of the World" begins with a showman who welcomes the audience to the pageant he is about to present: a performance of a doomsday prophet's series of apocalyptical visions. The performance of these visions ranges from energetic dance routines, to desperate prayer, to sea shanties and shipwrecks, each tied together with poetic dialogue, vigorous physicality, and delicately crafted stage images. Though dark and strange in moments, the 40 minute piece is accessible and searching: an open invitation to look toward the future honestly, empathetically, gratefully.
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Scott Crandall is a performance artist, musician, and gardener in the Detroit area. After earning an AA in Theater from Lansing Community College and a BFA in Theater Direction from the University of Michigan, he apprenticed with Detroit performance company The Hinterlands, and now incorporates elements of their movement training as a central part of his creative practice. Scott also performs with Maddy Rager as the dance/performance art duo “Thank You So Much For Coming,” looking for a nexus between absurdity, research, and politics to craft bizarre, thoughtful, and often funny works.
Madelyn Etzcorn (Monty) is a queer artist whose studio work in printmaking, drawing, photography, and puppetry examines the relationships between western culture, gender, and the environment. She's also a Company Member Puppeteer with Carrie Morris Arts Production in Hamtramck, MI, where she's been puppeteering since 2017. She works as a graphic artist in screen printing and embroidery, and as a gardener during the growing season. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Penny Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan in 2016. She currently lives in Hamtramck, MI.
Madelyn Etzcorn (Monty) is a queer artist whose studio work in printmaking, drawing, photography, and puppetry examines the relationships between western culture, gender, and the environment. She's also a Company Member Puppeteer with Carrie Morris Arts Production in Hamtramck, MI, where she's been puppeteering since 2017. She works as a graphic artist in screen printing and embroidery, and as a gardener during the growing season. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Penny Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan in 2016. She currently lives in Hamtramck, MI.
in rehearsal at Off Center - The Bake Off - Vermont Stage Company
Vermont Stage Company is the very first group to use the new Off Center Studio - to rehearse for their annual theatrical staging The Bake Off!
Take one play, break it in three parts, add three directors and three casts, and--voilà!—you've got the 8th annual directing "bake off," an engaging exploration of the “ingredients" different directors use to create the same play. This year, that play is -THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue.
Take one play, break it in three parts, add three directors and three casts, and--voilà!—you've got the 8th annual directing "bake off," an engaging exploration of the “ingredients" different directors use to create the same play. This year, that play is -THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue.
conceived by Cristina Alicea
directed by Danielle Sessler, Melissa Lourie, and Jamien Forrest
June 11-16, 2019
Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday Matinee at 2pm
All performances at:
Main Street Landing Black Box Theatre
60 Lake Street, 3rd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401
directed by Danielle Sessler, Melissa Lourie, and Jamien Forrest
June 11-16, 2019
Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday Matinee at 2pm
All performances at:
Main Street Landing Black Box Theatre
60 Lake Street, 3rd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401
Saturday may 18, 2019 - 7:30 p.m.
Closing night - a big freaking celebration of off center
nine years of making theatre in the garage
Everyone, come out to Off Center on SATURDAY MAY 18th for a big CLOSING NIGHT PARTY! For nine years Off Center brought art and life to a disused loading dock in the Old North End - and we've loved every minute of every show. Everyone who has ever appeared on that stage or enjoyed our community is welcome at this event (BYO) and is welcome to join the set list of performers. COME OUT AND ROAR FROM THAT STAGE ONE LAST TIME!
But don't despair! Off Center is the community that makes the venue - and we are going to make a new studio venue NEXT DOOR! We will be moving to the space currently known as North End Studios B and C, and we will continue to make performance and rehearsal space AFFORDABLE for the performing artists of Burlington and Vermont!
may 7, 2019 - 7:30 p.m.
play Reading: red and blue all over
by Lesley Becker
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Friendship, a Woman's Right to Choose and The Great Divide between the Right and the Left...
Featuring: Kathryn Blume, Jordan Guilikson, Chris Caswell, Ariella Mandell and Briege Riley Free Admission! |
may 2 -4, 2019
Spring Open artist showcase - weekend two
new play by margot lasher, improv performance by ETA, Comedy Night!, circus performance Weekend!
The second weekend of Spring Open features a new play by Vermont Playwright Margot Lasher, directed by Margo Whitcomb, and rotating shows in the second act slot. You will want to see them all!
Wednesday May 1: Improv with ETA
Thursday May 2: Comedy with Jeremy Rayburn
Friday and Saturday May 3-4: CIRCUS with CAMP Circus Collective
Weekend Two runs Thursday May 2 - Saturday 4, with a Pay What You Can Preview Wednesday May 1.
All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. All tickets $15, with proceeds split evenly among the companies and presenter.
Wednesday May 1: Improv with ETA
Thursday May 2: Comedy with Jeremy Rayburn
Friday and Saturday May 3-4: CIRCUS with CAMP Circus Collective
Weekend Two runs Thursday May 2 - Saturday 4, with a Pay What You Can Preview Wednesday May 1.
All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. All tickets $15, with proceeds split evenly among the companies and presenter.
Running every night of weekend two:
Other Minds
by Margot lasher
Directed by Margo Whitcomb
With Susan Palmer, Tyler Rackliffe, Rick Ames and Tia Stivala
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A human learns ancient truths and wisdom from her dog as they unpack puzzling questions: a dog's view of time, life and afterlife as well as mysterious human behaviors like "picking up after your dog." The human is a journalist who has an assignment in Japan and plans to leave her dog alone with a stranger. The dog champions the position that they are better equipped to meet life's dangers (spanning chipmunks to climate change) together, not separated . Other Minds is the world premiere of a poignant and funny meditation on life, companionship, play and bones by the award winning Vermont playwright, Margot Lasher
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Wednesday may 1:
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ETA
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Thursday may 2:
FUNNY STUFF
featuring Jeremy Rayburn and friends
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Cap your Thursday off with the witty stylings of Burlington comedy and sketch artist Jeremy Rayburn and his amazing friends! This comedy arts showcase will include include character monologues, sketches, and stand-up. The lineup of local legends includes Meredith Gordon, Jared Hall, Jenna Emerson, Kaitie Bessette, Smork Bolson, and Liz Thompson - be ready for anything!
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Friday may 3 and Saturday may 4:
Nimble swift
by Meghan McClure and Austin Smith (of Camp circus collective)
Meghan McClure and Austin Smith have both been immersed in circus from a young age. They recently met in Burlington where they helped build the CAMP Circus Collective - part of the growing circus community in Burlington that always welcomes new members. (If you are interested, they meet Fridays 6:30-9:00 at the Aikido on Pine Street.) There, they push the limits of their own abilities, while also teaching each other new skills and techniques. This piece is a collaboration that has been waiting to happen. They are excited to be performing their mix of juggling, acro, dance, and just general happiness for the first time here in Burlington!
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Austin has been a performing juggler for 5 years. He got his start on Church Street in Burlington. In the past year, he has performed at juggling festivals in Ontario, New York and Pennsylvania. He now prefers being able to control the conditions of lighting and weather to the rawness and unpredictability of street theater. Austin was recently hired by Circus Smirkus as a juggling coach for their camps this summer. He intends to continue sharing his love of circus on stage with local audiences as well as teaching future generations of jugglers.
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Meghan is a generalist contemporary circus artist who grew up performing and training in Southern NH. She is graduating this year from the University of Vermont where she has been pursuing her interest of mixing dance and circus- mainly juggling- to create a different and more personal style of juggling. She loves performing (even though she is a bit scared of it) and hopes to continue to push her artistic limits in the studio and on stage.
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April 25-27, 2019
Spring Open artist showcase - weekend one
new works by Dennis McSorley and Jocelyn WoodS AND THREE UNQUANTIFIABLE DERVISHES
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is thrilled to once again present two weekends of new shows produced by four local Vermont artists and companies. The first weekend is a an eclectic night of storytelling, dance, poetry and performance art!
Weekend One runs Thursday April 25 - Saturday 27, with a Pay What You Can Preview Wednesday April 24.
All shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Weekend One runs Thursday April 25 - Saturday 27, with a Pay What You Can Preview Wednesday April 24.
All shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING...(PERSEVERATIONS)
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GRAVITONS: INTO THE BLACK SUN
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April 19-20, 2019
Last man In space
reading of a new play by emer pond feeney
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You have two chances to hear the latest play by Burlington playwright Emer Pond Feeney!
Last Man In Space features reading performances by: Cael Barkman Dana Block Esse Luna Maple and Nick Wilson. Dates: Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday April 20 at 1:30 p.m. (matinee!) Admission is free or by donation. |
Tuesday April 9, 2019
Playmakers!
Off Center's Monthly Celebration of local New Works
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Don't miss the last Playmakers Night of the season - especially with this incredible lineup! Come hear readings of new works by:
Dayton Shafer
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April 11, 2019
The Factory of ideas
Poetry Reading by Antonello Borra
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At 6:30 PM on April 11th at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts Poet Antonello Borra will read from his new book ‘The Factory of Ideas,” translated by Anis Memon and published by Fomite Press. Borra writes, “The 77 individuals whose voices channeled here are, or rather were, real people. Like my grandfather, they were all victims of an idea of “normality” that did not include them and therefore secluded them, confining their bodies to a cruel and repressive institution. Surviving the “insane asylums” until 1978, when the Basaglia Law finally closed them, was almost always at the expense of one’s sanity.”
Antonello Borra lives in Burlington and teaches Italian at the University of Vermont. His other volumes of poetry are Frammenti di tormenti prima parte) (Longo: 2000), (Frammenti di tormenti (seconda parte) (Lietocolle: 2006), and the two illustrated bilingual Italian-English Alphabetabestiario. |
CALL FOR ARTISTS – SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE
OFF CENTER WANTS TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is excited to launch the 3rd Annual Spring Open Artist Showcase. For nine years, Off Center for the Dramatic Arts (Off Center, OC) has worked to provide a home for independent theatre and performance in Burlington. We want to celebrate our community with a special two-week festival doing what we love best: presenting vibrant local theatre and performing artists.
What is the SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE?
The Spring Open Artist Showcase is a two-week festival running April 25-May 4, 2019. 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, February 22th. There is no application fee, but each artist or company can submit only one application per category (solo or group).
How does the Showcase Lottery Work?
There are four 60-minute production slots available. The lottery will be broken down into four categories:
All completed applications received by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 15 will be placed in a lottery, with a public drawing held Friday, February 22. We will also draw a waiting list.
What Do the Showcase Artists Get?
What Are the Showcase Artists’ Responsibilities?
HOW TO APPLY:
CLICK TO ACCESS THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM HERE.
No applications accepted after 5 PM on Friday, February 15, 2019.
QUESTIONS?
For more information on the Spring Open Artist Showcase, to volunteer with the event, sponsor the program, or for help completing the Spring Open Application, contact Jacqueline Lawler at [email protected]
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts is excited to launch the 3rd Annual Spring Open Artist Showcase. For nine years, Off Center for the Dramatic Arts (Off Center, OC) has worked to provide a home for independent theatre and performance in Burlington. We want to celebrate our community with a special two-week festival doing what we love best: presenting vibrant local theatre and performing artists.
What is the SPRING OPEN ARTIST SHOWCASE?
The Spring Open Artist Showcase is a two-week festival running April 25-May 4, 2019. 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, February 22th. There is no application fee, but each artist or company can submit only one application per category (solo or group).
How does the Showcase Lottery Work?
There are four 60-minute production slots available. The lottery will be broken down into four categories:
- The first drawing will pull from all solo artist applications.
- The second drawing will pull from group applications who have produced work at OC before, as a way to give back to the community of artists that OC has built.
- The third drawing will pull from group applications that have never produced work at OC before, as a way of expanding our reach to new artist groups.
- The final drawing is a “Second chance” drawing, when ALL the applications that were NOT selected are thrown back into the jaw for one last pull. It complements the ethos of OC: chaos, community, and a little extra luck.
All completed applications received by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 15 will be placed in a lottery, with a public drawing held Friday, February 22. 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 April or the first weekend in May 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 sound 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:
CLICK TO ACCESS THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM HERE.
No applications accepted after 5 PM on Friday, February 15, 2019.
QUESTIONS?
For more information on the Spring Open Artist Showcase, to volunteer with the event, sponsor the program, or for help completing the Spring Open Application, contact Jacqueline Lawler at [email protected]
March 23, 2019
Josh Bridgman: A Celebration of poetry, PLaywriting and Memories
presented Green Candle Theatre and Friends of Josh
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Join friends of Josh Bridgman to celebrate his work and contributions to the local arts community. 3:00 pm at Off Center
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March 25, 2019
Playmakers!
Off Center's Monthly Celebration of local New Works
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It's a blockbuster month at Playmakers! Join us for an evening of readings by:
Lesley Becker
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March 14-17, 2019
Constellations
presented by green room productions
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Constellations
By Nick Payne Directed by Joanne Greenberg Starring Dominic Spillane and Maren Langdon Spillane In Constellations, the principles of string theory give a love story an epic twist in a play about time, probability, and the power of human connection. Following successful performances in Warren, Montpelier, Woodstock, and Waterbury, Green Room Productions' Constellations will be performing at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts March 14-17. Thursday, March 14 @ 7:30 PM - PAY WHAT YOU CAN Friday, Mar. 15 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, Mar. 16 @ 7:30 PM Sunday, Mar. 17 @ 2:00 PM |
Physicist Marianne meets beekeeper Roland at a party. They go for a drink ... or perhaps they don't. Marianne's engaged ... or perhaps Roland is married. Or maybe they're both single. Nick Payne's smash Broadway hit play (in which Jake Gyllenhaal played Roland) takes this chance encounter between two lost souls and opens the door to the infinite possibilities of their relationship. Breathlessly navigating through the spellbinding and romantic journey of being in love, Constellations looks at how the tiniest change in the detail of our lives can lead us on completely different paths.
Check out the reviews from Times Argus, Seven Days, and The Herald (Randolph, VT)!
Seven Days: http://bit.ly/ConstellationsSevenDays
Times Argus: http://bit.ly/ConstellationsTimesArgus
The Herald: http://bit.ly/ConstellationsTheHerald
Tickets for Thursday are Pay What You Can, and Friday - Sunday are $15 and are available in advance here.
Check out the reviews from Times Argus, Seven Days, and The Herald (Randolph, VT)!
Seven Days: http://bit.ly/ConstellationsSevenDays
Times Argus: http://bit.ly/ConstellationsTimesArgus
The Herald: http://bit.ly/ConstellationsTheHerald
Tickets for Thursday are Pay What You Can, and Friday - Sunday are $15 and are available in advance here.
Sunday March 10, 2019
international women's voices day - vermont playwrights edition
presented by complications company
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NEW DATE! DUE TO THE JANUARY SNOW STORM, THIS EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY MARCH 10.
Attention Vermont Women Playwrights and the Theater Community Who Loves Them! Complications Company is producing the second Vermont Playwrights Edition of the International Women's Voices Day, in solidarity with women playwrights around the globe and in celebration of the voices here at home. This community showcase reading and potluck dinner highlights the strong women’s voices on the stages of Vermont. |
When and where is this?
The readings and potluck will take place on Sunday, March 10, 2019 – International Women's Day weekend, and right in the middle of Women's History Month. We will be meeting at the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington.
Doors: 4:30 pm
Readings begin 5:00 p.m.
Parking and seating can be limited, so please plan to come early! Also, remember it is the Daylight Saving Switch Day!
SIGN UP FOR THE POTLUCK:
https://www.PerfectPotluck.com/UFNJ7573
The readings and potluck will take place on Sunday, March 10, 2019 – International Women's Day weekend, and right in the middle of Women's History Month. We will be meeting at the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington.
Doors: 4:30 pm
Readings begin 5:00 p.m.
Parking and seating can be limited, so please plan to come early! Also, remember it is the Daylight Saving Switch Day!
SIGN UP FOR THE POTLUCK:
https://www.PerfectPotluck.com/UFNJ7573
monday February 25, 2019
playmakers
Off Center's MOnthly celebration and exploration of new works
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Join us February 25 for the next Playmakers
featuring new work from: Kim MacQueen Seth Jarvis Jeanne Beckwith Jocelyn Woods Event starts at 7:30 and is always free to the public. |
Friday february 22, 2019
spring open artist showcase lottery (and taco social)
at taco gordo
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Join the Off Center gang for a great social celebrating the official Spring Open 2019 Artist Lottery!
We shall all gather to draw the names at random of the four artists and companies who shall present their work at the Spring Open Artist Showcase, have a few drinks and tacos, and celebrate the determined spirit of independent theater and performance in Burlington. The Artist Lottery and Taco Social begins at 7:00 pm, and will be held at Taco Gordo - 208 N. Winooski Avenue. Open to everyone! Raise a glass and support our local creative performing artists! |
February 7- 10, 2019
stEALING fROM WORK: SKETCH VICTIMS UNIT
presented by STEALING FROM WORK
Burlington, VT - Stealing from Work is back with a full show of brand new sketch comedy written by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio. New sketches! New songs! New fart jokes!
Cast: Chris Caswell, Marianne DiMascio, Amy Halpin Riley, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael, and Geeda Searfoorce.
Directed by Seth Jarvis
Sound and Video Design by Jess Wilson
Choreography by Amy Halpin Riley
Musical Direction by Nate Venet
Stealing from Work is immature humor for mature audiences only.
Tickets
*Tickets for Thursday, February 7th, are “pay what you can” and are only available at the door.
For all other performances tickets are $15.
Tickets for performances on February 8 - 10 may be purchased by calling 86-FLYNN, or online HERE.
Cast: Chris Caswell, Marianne DiMascio, Amy Halpin Riley, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael, and Geeda Searfoorce.
Directed by Seth Jarvis
Sound and Video Design by Jess Wilson
Choreography by Amy Halpin Riley
Musical Direction by Nate Venet
Stealing from Work is immature humor for mature audiences only.
Tickets
*Tickets for Thursday, February 7th, are “pay what you can” and are only available at the door.
For all other performances tickets are $15.
Tickets for performances on February 8 - 10 may be purchased by calling 86-FLYNN, or online HERE.
January 24, 25, 26, 31 + February 1 and 2, 2019
The Stick Wife
presented by Shoebox Theater
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The Shoebox Theater is proud to present The Stick Wife by Darrah Cloud.
Cast: Tracey Girdich, Syndi Zook, Monica Callan, Aaron Masi, Todd Townsend and Gene Heinrich. Director: Robert Toms January 24, 25, 26, 31 and February 1 and 2, 2019 Tickets: $17 available now Doors open at 7 p.m. each night, show at 8 p.m. Arrive early and have a cocktail in the pre-show lounge! In ''The Stick Wife,'' Darrah Cloud examines the people and events surrounding the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama where four African-American girls were killed and 22 others were injured. The play focuses on the perpetrators and their wives, racism, and members of the Ku Klux Klan. It is an amazing story that stands the test of time. The play possesses incredible emotion, joy and a cathartic nature that cannot be explained. It is a true metaphysical journey colliding with brutal reality — misogyny, racism and escapism, all rolled up into one. |
January 18-19, 2019
"There Once Was..." - Tales of Ireland
presented by Bald Mountain Theater
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January 18 - 19 at 7:30 p.m. Matinee on January 19 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets available at the door $15 for the 7:30 p.m. shows and $10 for the matinee 5 Stories + 6 Actors + 1 Musician + No Rules = A Frenzy of Theatrical Creation |
Bald Mountain Theater is proud to announce the return of its annual event for all ages, “There Once Was …,” on January 18-19 at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington, VT. This year, the featured tales are drawn from the rich storytelling tradition of Ireland. Professional actors, directors, and musicians, including some of Burlington’s finest, will showcase the results of a week-long creative intensive. Cael Barkman, Chris Caswell, Andriana Chobot, Jordan Gullikson, and Sasha Olinick have come together in collaboration with Artistic Director Ethan Bowen to stage vibrant stories in innovative ways. Featuring fickle fairies, rowdy ghosts, forlorn selkies, and sorceress stepmothers, these tales paint a mirthful, moving portrait of a country steeped in magic.
Wild, wonderful, and playful, “There Once Was …” is a treat for the whole family. Come enjoy the fun!
