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DORSET â Dorset Theatre Festivalâs 44th season opens July 9 with a revival of Christopher Durangâs comedy âLaughing Wildâ outdoors at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Directed by the Festivalâs resident artist, Jade King Carroll, the play will star Dan Butler (âFrasierâ), who starred in the Festivalâs 2019 hit âSlow Food,â and five-time Festival performer and 2020 Drama Desk Award-winner Mary Bacon (âCoal Country,â Dorsetâs âMrs. Christieâ).
âLaughing Wildâ is a hilarious blast-from-the-1980s comedy by Christopher Durang, whom the New Yorker called âone of the funniest men in the world.â The play, in three parts, stars a man and a woman struggling to cope with life in modern America. Over the course of two monologues and a chance meeting inside of a dream, the characters take on everything from the supermarket to nu
DORSET Dorset Theatre Festival’s 44th season will feature new commissions by Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson in its inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, as well as performances of Christopher
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2021 Season of Live Performances and Audio Plays
The outdoor season will begin with the hilarious blast-from-the-1980s comedy Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang.by BWW News Desk
Dorset Theatre Festival has announced its 44th Season, including the inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, featuring new commissions by playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson, and live main stage performances at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT of Christopher Durang s Laughing Wild (July 9 - July 31); Queen of the Night, a world premiere by travis tate (August 10 - September 4); and a workshop of Scarecrow by Heidi Armbruster, as part of the Festival s annual Pipeline Series of new work.
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DORSET â The Dorset Theatre Festival has announced the submission deadline for the eighth-annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition, and details for the public presentation of the winning plays.
Dorset Theatre Festival is inviting students to submit their plays for the festival. Regardless of whether or not a student or classroom participated in the online workshops, all middle and high school students in Vermont are eligible and encouraged to submit their work.
A panel of professional playwrights and theater artists from across the country will read the submissions and select winning pieces. Selected playwrights will be recognized in a live presentation and professional actors will read excerpts from their work.
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DORSET â Dorset Theatre Festival is inviting students to submit their plays for their 8th annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Festival. Regardless of whether or not a student or classroom participated in the online workshops, all middle and high school students in Vermont are eligible and encouraged to submit their work.
A panel of professional playwrights and theatre artists from across the country will read the submissions and select winning pieces. Selected playwrights will be recognized in a live presentation and professional actors will read excerpts from their work. This yearâs deadline for submissions is Friday, May 28, and the ceremony will be held virtually on Friday, June 11 at 4 p.m.