MCP Scholarships Due April 15
The Middlebury Community Players annually award two $1,000 scholarships to students who have graduated from high school within the last two years and who plan to attend college. In order to be eligible for either of these scholarships in 2020, you must have graduated in either 2018 or 2019 or will graduate in 2020, plus you must have worked with the Middlebury Community Players in some regard over the course of middle school and/or high school (either being in or working on a show, or helping out at an MCP-sponsored event, such as our costume sale).
Given the closure of schools, we still want to be sure students have an opportunity to apply for an MCP Scholarship, and we have created a Google Form to make it as easy as possible to apply!
Click HERE for the MCP Scholarship Application Form 2020 in Google.
Below are two versions of the standard application form:
MCP Scholarship Application Form 2020 in DOC
MCP Scholarship Application Form 2020 in PDF
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@middleburycommunityplayers.org. Thank you.
TUCK EVERLASTING postponed
Dear Friends,
We are saddened to announce we have made the difficult decision to cancel (or perhaps just postpone) our spring production of Tuck Everlasting The Musical. Keeping our actors, crew and patrons safe is our utmost priority in this ongoing public health threat to our community. Containing the spread of COVID-19 is critical and we need to take every precaution.
We understand that this cancellation is very disappointing - for all of us. The MCP board would like to thank the cast and crew for all the exceptional work that they have already put into this beautiful production.
Feel free to contact us at info@middleburycommunityplayers.org if you have any questions.
We will make further announcements if we are able to reschedule this production. In the meantime, thanks to all of you for your support of the arts as we weather this challenging time. The arts bring light to dark times and hope to many. Here’s to many more shows together as we move forward!
Tuck Everlasting The Musical
Book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle
Music by Chris Miller
Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
See the full cast HERE.
Tuck Everlasting is a musical based on the 1975 American children’s novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Adapted for the stage by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, it features a soaring score from Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen.
Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck Family does she get more than she could have imagined. When Winnie learns of the magic behind the Tucks’ unending youth, she must fight to protect their secret from those who would do anything for a chance at eternal life. As her adventure unfolds, Winnie faces an extraordinary choice: Return to her life or continue on with the Tucks on their infinite journey.
Director: Kristen Ginsburg
Music Director: Jennifer Allred
Choreographer: Kendra Gratton
Stage Manager: Dora Greven
Co-Producers: Kate Tilton & Mary Longey
Tuck Everlasting is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
Thank you for attending
our other 2019-20 shows!
The Ladies of the Camellias
Director: Kevin Commins
Stage Manager: Tom Noble
Producer: Maria Lourdes Stockman
CAST:
Sarah Bernhardt: Carol Reed
Eleonora Duse: Bettina Matthias
Girl: Tanya Kurtz Lehman
Benoit: Gary Gillen
Alexandre Dumas, Fils: Richard Reed
M. Worms: Lonny Edwards
M. Ando: James Peacock
Ivan: Christopher Ross
Coquelin: James Cass
Performances were at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
For show info and a list of the cast and production team, click HERE.
A full synopsis, character breakdown and historical background information from the playwright can be found HERE.
HONK! JR.
MCP Foundations presented the classic story of the Ugly Duckling in the new musical HONK! JR., a heartwarming tale of being different and the lessons we can all learn.
Performances were at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
For show info and a list of the cast and production team, click HERE.
MCP Foundations is the “educational wing” of the Players, created to introduce young people and their families to theater as part of the Players’ ongoing mission of supporting and promoting theater in Addison County.
HONK! JR. was presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) [REVISED]
The Cast:
Tucker Atwood
Emma Page
Fergus Ryan
Director: Dr. Gary Gillen
Stage Manager: Chris Frappier
Producer: Kevin Commins
Performances were at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse
1197 Exchange St., Middlebury
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is one of the world’s most frequently produced plays and has been translated into several dozen languages. Featured are all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, meant to be performed in 97 minutes, by three actors. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s classic farce, two of its original writer/performers thoroughly revised the show to create The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [REVISED] and bring it up to date for 21st-century audiences, incorporating some of the funniest material from the numerous amateur and professional productions that have been performed throughout the world.
