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A popular performing artist and former resident is returning to Brattleboro for a most timely show.
For only two performances, on Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. and Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., Seth Lepore returns to the Hooker-Dunham Theater with a new work, an adapted version of Mike Daisey's “Trump Card,” directed by Linda McInerney of Eggtooth Productions.
Although Lepore usually writes and performs his own material, “Trump Card” was written and initially performed all over the country in such prestigious venues as The Public Theater in New York City by Mike Daisey.
As he writes in the press release of his show, Daisey “tells Trump's story from his earliest days, tracking him as he makes himself into a new American archetype - the very first rich man famous exclusively for being rich.” Instead of dismissing Trump as “a simple con artist and huckster,” Daisey breaks down “what makes Trump tick - and in doing so illuminates the state of our American Dream and how we've sold it out.”...
A group of young actors will perform a seminal modern classic of theater. For two consecutive weekends, beginning Oct. 7, New England Youth Theatre will present the still-innovative play, “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” by Nobel Prize-winning Italian author Luigi Pirandello. Rebecca Waxman directs NEYT's Senior Company...
On the occasion of Sandglass Theater Company's 30th anniversary producing puppetry in Vermont this month, co-founders Eric and Ines Zeller Bass sat down with The Commons to reflect on their journey of three decades. Sandglass is an internationally known theater company specializing in combining puppets with music, actors, and...
The most common misconception people have about River Gallery School, located in the Wilder Building in the heart of downtown Brattleboro, is that it is a private institution. So believes Donna C. Hawes, the Development Coordinator/Administrator at the School, who wants to make clear that it is a nonprofit dedicated to serving the community of Southern Vermont. “Too many people are afraid to come through our doors,” she says. “They won't take any classes or workshops because they believe they...
In our age of over-built houses and the ubiquitous McMansion, there's an alternative to consider: the tiny house. “More and more people are choosing the option of making their homes tiny,” says Erin Maile O'Keefe, one of the three co-founders of Tiny House Fest Vermont. “A lot of concerned folks see this as a way to build a customized space of their own, which they can afford, is aesthetically appealing, and is environmentally aware.” To promote this innovative idea, the...
The Summer Cinema Slam is back! On Saturday, Aug. 27, from 5:30 to 11 p.m., the Brattleboro Film Festival and Northern Routes Film Collaborative presents the second annual Summer Cinema Slam, an indoor/outdoor event with a lineup of Vermont-made films, live local music, food trucks, and summer brews. Building on the success of last year's sold-out event, the Film Festival teamed up with the newly-formed Film Collaborative to stage this fundraiser for both organizations at the New England Youth Theatre...
What a lot of people think about ballet is sitting in a stuffy hall watching some tutus and tights as dancers prance across a stage. But imagine being in an open field on a summer night watching a dance performance designed to celebrate Vermont's farming culture. That's exactly what will happen on Saturday, Aug. 20, when the Retreat Farm in Brattleboro presents the Farm to Ballet Project, a celebration of arts and agriculture in Southern Vermont. Outdoors on the Harris...
Apron Theater Company is taking a new look at a very old myth. For the next two weekends in August, Next Stage Arts' resident theater company will present Sarah Ruhl's “Eurydice,” a fresh revision of the Orpheus legend that a Company news release says is “full of dark humor, lyrical beauty and wit” that transforms a traditional myth into “a visceral, contemporary meditation on love worth grieving for.” Directed by Karla Baldwin, the production stars Madeleine Sepe as Eurydice, Mason...
