Theater

NEYT group practice for the production "Head Over Heels."

NEYT performs “Head Over Heels”

New England Youth Theatre (NEYT) invites audiences to “Head Over Heels,” a musical featuring songs by the Go-Gos. The play is based on “The Arcadia” by Sir Philip Sidney. Directed by Gavy Kessler, “Head Over Heels” is NEYT’s 2026 summer musical, a three-week intensive that brings together...

Courtesy photo “The Upside Down World Circus” performed by Bread & Puppet Theater group.

Bread & Puppet Theater comes to the Retreat Farm

BRATTLEBORO—Towering puppets, brass band, giant papier-mâché creatures, and political pageantry return to Brattleboro on Saturday, August 1, when the Bread & Puppet Theater company presents “The Upside Down World Circus” as part of Next Stage Arts’ Bandwagon summer series. The outdoor...

Award-winning musical now at Walker Farm through August 16

WESTON—Weston Theater Company continues its 90th anniversary season with Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, “Rent,” running now through Sunday, August 16 at Walker Farm, 705 Main Street.
Set in New York City’s East Village at the height of the AIDS crisis, “...

Nights of entertainment and fun in Bennington

The Bennington Theater announces upcoming events for July. On Friday, July 17, Melissa Chilinski, Brielle Petrie, Natalie Padilla, and Yann Falquet will offer an evening of folk music centered around storytelling. The bar opens at 6:30 pm, with the concert starting at 7:30. “Only in...

Jackie Spinnell The Deerfield Valley Players rehearse their upcoming production of “1776.”

Deerfield Valley Players perform the patriotic ‘‘1776’’

Musical production marks 250th birthday of US
WILMINGTON—The Deerfield Valley Players will present “1776,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, later this month at Memorial Hall.
The production was selected in...

Musical mashup at Wings

This weekend, the Wings Performing Arts Program will present “Opening Night,” a musical mashup of local history and steampunk foolery, with performances on Friday, July 3, at 6:30 pm; Saturday, July 4, at 6:30 pm; and Sunday, July 5, at 2 pm. Starring a talented cast of local students, “...

Actors Theatre presents

WEST CHESTERFIELD, NH - Actors Theatre Playhouse, at 21 Main Street, will present its annual “10-Minute Play Festival” for three weekends in June. The festival is a theatrical potpourri, featuring seven mini-plays. This year’s plays were selected from over 300 submissions nationwide. Comedy...

A month of shows at Bennington Theater

BENNINGTON - Bennington Theater, 331 Main Street, announces its June schedule of events. Brooklyn-based comedian Jonathan van Halem performs on the Bennington Theater stage on Saturday, June 6, at 7:30 pm. Halem’s viral comedy clips—like the Depths of Wikipedia set and Top Straightest Moments...

Cast members Miles Ledoux and Dyana Lee rehearse a scene from "Advocate for the Dead," one of three short plays presented as part of the annual Tom Ely Festival of One-Acts.

Rock River Players present Tom Ely Festival

The Rock River Players continue the spring tradition of offering a lineup of short plays to the public, officially renaming the production the Annual Tom Ely Festival of One-Acts, in memory of a beloved participant who embodied the spirit of community theater in the region. Performances will...

Circus show members perform in "Broken Open."

NECCA proudly welcomes circus show

New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), 10 Town Crier Drive, welcomes the circus show “Broken Open,” for two shows on Friday, May 8, at 5 and 8 pm. The high-flying theatrical circus show is a modern circus tale in which a community navigates the trials and tribulations of growing up, growing...