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MCP Announces Casting for
The Spitfire Grill

The following local actors have been cast in MCP’s The Spitfire Grill, a heartfelt musical by James Valcq and Fred Alley to be presented October 2025 at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

Jessica Allen
Alina Donaldson
Tom McElhaney
Suzanna Miller
Eileen Sears
Finn Yarbrough

The role of Joe Sutter (Male, 20s-30s) is still to be cast. Actors interested in auditioning for this role should contact: jfenner@auraquest.com

Singing voice range: Tenor
Character: Local sheriff and Percy's parole officer. Earnest and kind, he becomes attracted to Percy and represents hope for the future.
Key Traits: Honest, caring, optimistic, patient

For details, see the show page.

MCP Scholarships

We are pleased to announce that, once again in 2025, we have awarded a number of $1,000 scholarships to students who have graduated from high school within the last two years and who plan to attend college.

This year’s winners are:

MaryBeth Cosgrove

Vergennes Union High School, 2025

Russell Sage College

Anticipated Major: Theater

Ella Kozak

Middlebury Union High School, 2025

University of Toronto

Anticipated Major: Life Sciences

Benjamin Torres

Middlebury Union High School, 2024

Skidmore College

Anticipated Major: Theater

For a list of prior recipients, see the Scholarships page.

AND COMING UP IN AUGUST

MCP’s Company Be Summer Production

Don’t miss an unforgettable, laugh-out-loud evening of three sharp one-act plays by the legendary George Bernard Shaw: The Interlude at the Playhouse, How He Lied to Her Husband, and Augustus Does His Bit.

When: August 21–24, 2025

Where: ART Black Box Theater at the Hannaford Career Center next to Middlebury Union High School

Director Cheryl Faraone has assembled a cast of seven local actors, including:

Tomas Browne
Kevin Commins
Matthew Cox
Leigh Guptill
Diana Hill
Tanya Lehman
Annie Moore-Cox

Stage manager, Peter Kristoph

Producer, Dora Greven

Our Most Recent Production

Morning’s at Seven, a Comedy by Paul Osborn.

The Middlebury Community Players’ production of Paul Osborn’s warm and heartfelt comedy Morning’s at Seven at Town Hall Theater took place at Middlebury’ Town Hall Theater February 20—23, 2025. This Tony Award-winning classic focuses on the four aging Gibbs sisters and their husbands living a stone’s throw away from each other in a small midwestern town in 1928 and the reactions within the family when 40-year-old Homer announces he’s finally going to marry his girlfriend of the last 12 years and move out. Long-simmering resentments, rivalries, betrayals, misunderstandings, and familial bickering ensue. A charming, heartfelt comedy by Paul Osborn

More details on the show page!