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Some things you're willing to look at, and some things you avoid.
That's what “Private Eyes,” the first production this season from Actors Theatre Playhouse in West Chesterfield, N.H., is all about.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, June 20 through July 13.
The play, written by Steven Dietz and directed by Sam Pilo, is “a relationship thriller about infidelity and how it's perceived,” says Pilo.
This weekend, a group of talented New England Youth Theater alumni, under the guidance of a visionary local director, are unveiling a new look at a classic tragedy. From June 21 through 23, the NEYT Alumni Association will present a special production of “Blood Wedding” by the Spanish poet...
Two Sandglass visiting artists are reinterpreting a tragic historic event in a startling new way. On June 15 and 16, at 5 p.m., writer Patrick Keppel and composer Bradley Kemp will present “Triangle,” their play in tabletop and shadow puppets, dramatic text, and live musicians, at Sandglass Theater. This...
Brenda Lynn Siegel, executive and artistic director of Southern Vermont Dance Festival, is inviting businesses and community members to join in what she calls “a monumental event” taking place in Brattleboro for the first time. The Southern Vermont Dance Festival (SVDF) is a celebration of dance open to professionals, novices, families and anyone who wants to move to the music and contribute to a sense of place. Slated for July 18-21 at venues convenient to downtown, the event aims both...
After a year of digging into archives, exploring cemeteries and cellar holes, and immersing himself in the details of 19th century rural life through a year-long residency with Vermont Performance Lab, Ain Gordon returns to Southern Vermont with his newest theater work. VPL presents “Not What Happened” on June 14 and 15 at 8 p.m., New England Youth Theater, 100 Flat St., Brattleboro. This new theater work by Gordon, a three-time Obie Award-winning theater artist, features images created by rural...
Activist and writer Glen Retief believes that homophobia and racism were joint tools that fueled the repressive system of apartheid in South Africa. The South African author will read from his memoir and lead a workshop on memoir writing as part of Brattleboro's celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month. Retief's memoir, “The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood” (St. Martin's Press, 2011), describes his experiences growing up white and gay in apartheid...
Through his innovative one-man show that combines scholarship and activism, Peterson Toscano wants people to look at the Bible in new ways. On June 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Brattleboro's Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, the comic performance artist and writer will present “Jesus Had Two Daddies: A Ridiculously Serious Look at Scripture,” which explores the bizarre, quirky and, at times, disturbing world of the Bible. Drawing on his skills as a character actor and scholar, Peterson unpacks both well- and...
As part of her first New England tour, soulful folk singer Diane Cluck will perform at Equilibrium, 14 Elm St., on Sunday, June 9, at 7 p.m. Accompanied by the classically trained cellist Isabel Castellvi, Cluck will play songs she wrote for her soon-to-be-released EP “Boneset,” as well as songs from her other eight albums. Cluck's show will be opened by Sam Moss, a Brattleboro-based composer, songwriter, and string player. His playing is heavily informed by pre-war American country, blues,
