BRATTLEBORO — The New England Youth Theatre's Senior Company takes on a contemporary work this month: “Middletown” by Will Eno. Inspired by, and sometimes parodying, Thornton Wilder's “Our Town,” the show explores the intersections of the lives of small town residents and the strange beauty of life.
In a press release, NEYT says Eno explores the moments that make up “this great and often unexplored middle” between the “sort of unknowable events of birth and death.”
Director Micheal Trzos, a recent theater graduate of the University of Evansville (Ind.), returns to NEYT to guide the Senior Company through this rich and thoughtful work.
Performances are April 10-13 (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m.; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.) and April 18-19 (Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m.).
Due to its adult content and language, this play is recommended for ages 13 and up.