Summer Series at Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse
Presented by Company Be,
MCP’s theatrical wing devoted to smaller, intimate plays.
Boston Marriage
by David Mamet
Directed by Diana Bigelow. Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming “women of fashion” who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. Claire, meanwhile, is infatuated with a respectable young lady and wants to enlist the jealous Anna’s help for an assignation. As the two women exchange barbs and take turns taunting Anna’s hapless Scottish parlor maid, Claire’s young inamorata suddenly appears, setting off a crisis that puts both the valuable emerald and the women’s futures at risk.
Shows at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse in Middlebury.
8:00pm, May 18 & 19
2:00pm, May 20
Ticket information to be posted soon.
Proof
by David Auburn
Directed by Alex Nicosia. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire, and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit? Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play.
Shows at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse in Middlebury.
8:00pm, June 7, 8 & 9
2:00pm, June 10
Ticket information to be posted soon.
Church & State
by Jason Odell Williams
Directed by Leigh Guptill. Three days before his bid for reelection, in the wake of a school shooting in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, a Republican U.S. senator makes an off-the-cuff comment to a blogger that gets leaked on “the Twitter,” calling into question the senator's stance on guns and God. As his devoutly Christian wife and liberal Jewish campaign manager try to contain the damage, this look at how religion influences politics and how politics has become a religion is simultaneously funny, heartbreaking and uplifting.
All shows at 8:00pm at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse in Middlebury.
Ticket information to be posted soon.
Thank you to all who attended
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
A Comedy by
Steve Martin
Directed by Eileen Corcoran
Steve Martin’s long-running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy of historical fiction finds Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meeting in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. These two celebrities of science and art are surrounded by a cast of supporting characters from the turn of the century (and beyond). (Rated PG for mild profanity & mature themes)
The Cast
(in order of appearance)
Freddy - Michael Purdue
Gaston - Glen Eastman
Germaine - Tara Affolter
Albert Einstein - Sam Lyons
Suzanne - Erica Furgiuele
Sagot, Picasso's Art Dealer - Marguerite Purdue
Pablo Picasso - Daniel Leonard
Charles Dabernow Schmendiman - Andrew Trombley
The Countess - Chenoah Small
A Visitor - James Peacock
Female Admirer - Charlotte Smith
Picasso at the Lapin Agile is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Thank you to all who attended
HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD
And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up
Book by
Delia Ephron, John Forster, and Judith Kahan
Music and Lyrics by
John Forster
Based on the book by
Delia Ephron
This musical romp through the joys and sorrows of being a child is hilarious. Children give twenty-three lessons in such subjects as how to beg for a dog, how to torture your sister, how to act after being sent to your room, and how to laugh hysterically. It’s a musical revue for children that will also be enjoyed by adults, featuring a charming and witty score.
Director and Musical Director: Kerianne Severy
Producer: Sophie Lefkoe
, with mentors Dora Greven & Kevin Commins
Choreographers: Ellie Kiel & Kerianne Severy
Mime: Marshall Eddy
Stage Managers: Hannah Logan & Talin Teague, with mentors Kristen Ginsburg & Mary Longey
Cast List:
Asa Baker-Rouse
Toby Baker-Rouse
Luke Bleich
Clara Chant
Morgan Ford
Mary Gibson
Owen Gibson
Juliette Hunsdorfer
Thea Jackson
Chance Koenig
Ella Kozak
Kate Kozak
Sophie Mason
Zachary Nevins
Callie Rees
Ava Schneider
Caroline Teague
Sam Wootten
How to Eat Like a Child is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Thank you to all who attended
The Crucible
A Play by
Arthur Miller
Directed by Christopher Ross
See the cast list and other details about the show HERE.
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Arthur Miller’s exciting drama about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable. Adapted for a contemporary setting, this production of The Crucible attempts to wrestle with, among other things, the notion that “it can’t happen here.”
Director: Christopher Ross
Producer: Kristen Ginsburg
Stage Manager: Kate Tilton
Choreography: Kendra Gratton
Soundscapes: Derick Rhodes
The Crucible is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
Image: Open Knowledge Commons at Harvard Medical School
