Welcome to Season 18: Reinvention!
Each of the plays in our 2011-12 Reinvention Season are discussing topics that deal with the struggle to find your place in the world, to start over, to rediscover yourself, or to feel more alive.
Vermont Stage opens the season on October 5th with a new play by Anna Ziegler titled Photograph 51, which tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, a British Scientist who took the first clear photograph of the DNA molecule back in the 1950s, and whose data was used by Watson and Crick to support their discovery of the Double Helix, winning them a Nobel prize.
In December, Vermont Stage is bringing back its annual Winter Tales, hosted by former Artistic Director Mark Nash and joined by celebrated local folk singer Patti Casey and luthier Joe Cleary. This Vermont Stage tradition returns for its 7th year to share stories and songs celebrating all the good times that the Vermont holiday season has to offer.
In January, Producing Artistic Director Cristina Alicea has chosen to direct The Clean House by acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl as her Vermont Stage debut. The Clean House is a quirky comedy about a Brazilian Housekeeper, her search for the perfect joke, and the unexpected effect she has on the lives of the people around her.
In March, Vermont Stage will be presenting Willy Russell’s award-winning play, Shirley Valentine. Once an anti-establishment rebel, Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged housewife stuck in a suburban routine until she runs off on a whirlwind adventure that helps her rediscover her zest for life. Originally produced by Middlebury Actors Workshop, Vermont Stage will be re-envisioning it for its audiences and will star local favorite Karen Lefkoe.
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To close the season, in April Vermont Stage will be producing a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, adapted and directed by Jason Jacobs, who brought Vermont Stage hits Opus and Oliver Twist to life. This production will be stripped down to its essence and will feature a limited cast size, testing the virtuosity of the actors and uncovering a universe limited only by the scope of one's imagination.
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I hope you will join us on this season-long journey to Reinvention. Subscribe to the remaining 3 shows for as little as $62!