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.
Things to Do: A fashion show, trolley rides and a good laugh
The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport is open for the season.
Photo by Mical Hutson, courtesy of Portland Stage
‘Bad Dates’
Digitally on demand through May 16 via Portland Stage, $25. portlandstage.org
“Bad Dates” is a 90-minute one-woman show written by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Jade King Carroll and starring Annie Henk. The in-person performances have ended but you can still stream it from home and enjoy a whole bunch of laughs interspersed with some poignancy. You’ll hear in vivid detail about a woman’s return to the world of dating and the self-discovery and self-acceptance that happens during the hilarious and harrowing process.
Are you ready for ‘Bad Dates’? Portland Stage hopes so
The funny and relevant show opens Friday to limited live audiences.
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Director Jade King Carroll (standing) talks with actress Annie Henk and stage manager Myles Hatch during a rehearsal for “Bad Dates” at Portland Stage
Photo by Mical Hutson, courtesy of Portland Stage
For the first time in a year, theater director Jade King Carroll has been able to share physical space with an actor in preparation of a performance before an actual audience – and what a joy it has been for her to be able to talk face to face, to turn to a designer or stage manager to discuss details large and small, and simply get up from a chair and walk around the rehearsal room at Portland Stage.