UPCOMING SEASON & AUDITIONS

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Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will hold auditions for “The Subject Was Roses” by Pulitzer winning playwright Frank Gilroy on March 11 th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Auditions will be held at the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre on 35 Marble Street. Audition material will be provided and actors don’t need to prepare a monologue.

The play takes place in 1946. WWII has ended, and US Army Corporal Timmy Cleary has just returned to live at the Bronx apartment of his parents, John and Nettie Cleary, after fighting in the infantry since age eighteen. He’s ready to begin
a new life. His parents, however, are still trapped in the bygone days of early and unresolved marital strife and begin emotionally deteriorating through several drama packed encounters. Now mature, the young Tim Cleary finally understands the family dynamics that has played all throughout his boyhood.

The production is being directed by Andrew Hamling and will be presented at the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre on June 16th-18 th and June 23-25 th. For more information, visit vtactrep.org.

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will hold auditions for “The Subject Was Roses” by Pulitzer winning playwright Frank Gilroy on Saturday, February 26th and March 11 th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Auditions will be held at the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre on 35 Marble Street. Audition material will be provided and actors don’t need to prepare a monologue.

The play takes place in 1946. WWII has ended, and US Army Corporal Timmy Cleary has just returned to live at the Bronx apartment of his parents, John and Nettie Cleary, after fighting in the infantry since age eighteen. He’s ready to begin
a new life. His parents, however, are still trapped in the bygone days of early and unresolved marital strife and begin emotionally deteriorating through several drama packed encounters. Now mature, the young Tim Cleary finally understands the family dynamics that has played all throughout his boyhood.

The production is being directed by Andrew Hamling and will be presented at the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre on June 16th-18 th and June 23-25 th. For more information, visit vtactrep.org.

ART call for Round 2 of Auditions
Needed singers, guitarists, actors for the Premiere Production of

   “Going Up the Country”

   Performances April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023

The play has been adapted from Yvonne Daley’s book of the same name. Yvonne was a Vermont journalist who died this past April, and who wrote about the hippie invasion of the 1960’s and 70’s into the lives of native Vermonters and how each group transformed the other.

The play and music have been written by Eric Peterson and John Foley.

Cast of six.

Two young women ages 18-30

Two young men ages 18-30

One older man 40-55

One older woman 40-55

Please come prepared to sing a folk song from the sixties or seventies. You can perform with guitar or a cappella.

Sides will be given at auditions to read for the parts.

Auditions and performances will be at West Rutland Town Hall.

Audition dates… Friday, January 6th 6-9pm & Saturday January 7th 10-1pm

Please come in the side door to the first floor conference room.

ART call for Auditions
Needed singers, guitarists, actors for the Premiere Production of

   “Going Up the Country”

   Performances April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023

The play has been adapted from Yvonne Daley’s book of the same name. Yvonne was a Vermont journalist who died this past April, and who wrote about the hippie invasion of the 1960’s and 70’s into the lives of native Vermonters and how each group transformed the other.

The play and music have been written by Eric Peterson and John Foley.

Cast of six.

Two young women ages 18-30

Two young men ages 18-30

One older man 40-55

One older woman 40-55

Please come prepared to sing a folk song from the sixties or seventies. You can perform with guitar or a cappella.

Sides will be given at auditions to read for the parts.

Auditions and performances will be at West Rutland Town Hall.

Audition dates…Thursday December 8 , 6-9pm

                            Friday December 9, 6-9 pm

                            Saturday December 10, 10-1

Please come in the side door to the first floor conference room.

TWO SHOWS LEFT! @ 7PM TONIGHT SAT. 11/5 AND TOMORROW SUN. 11/6 @ 3PM 

 Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will open its 18th season with the world premiere of “The End of the World As We Knew It” by international, Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith and directed by Alex Nicosia. The first show of the season will be presented at the Company’s new home in the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre, 35 Marble Street on October 28,29,30 and November 4,5, 6.  Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. and Sunday performances are at 3 p.m.

You will think. You will cry. You will laugh. You will enjoy! 

And. . .Bring a donation for the Rutland Community Cupboard to receive $5 off your ticket! 

Paramountvt.org or pay Cash/Check at the door! 

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!! OPENING NIGHT IS TOMORROW @ 7PM paramountvt.org or cash/check when you buy a ticket in person!   Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will open its 18th season with the world premiere of “The End of the World As We Knew It” by international, Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith and directed by Alex Nicosia. The first show of the season will be presented at the Company’s new home in the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre, 35 Marble Street on October 28,29,30 and November 4,5, 6.  Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. and Sunday performances are at 3 p.m.

The two-act play is a Drama/Comedy (Dramedy) about a Vermont woman facing a personal crisis and taking a break from her marriage of twenty years. Haley heads up to Maine to connect with an old friend and colleague, Meredith and to start her writing life again. Her husband, Charlie, has already been questioning the realities of life. Haley’s leaving him finds him sharing his great distress with his friend Gabe, who can lend a sympathetic ear only up to a point. Gabe and Charlie go in search of Haley and some answers. But the answers are not quite what they expect.

Featured in the cast are Nancy Callesen, Sandra Gartner, Kevin Commins and Vidur Katyal. Kim Moyer serves as Assistant Director and Stage Manager. The West Rutland Town Hall is handicapped accessible with an elevator. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased by cash or check at the door or through paramounvt.org Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. Masks are highly suggested with proof of vaccination.

We hope you can join us! 

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:  Jeanne Beckwith’s plays have been performed all around this country and as far away as Dublin and Istanbul. She has had plays performed from San Diego to Boston including Chicago’sOtherworld Theatre’s “Paragon Festival,” The New Jersey Rep’s “Brut Festival,” and by “Turned to Flesh Productions” in New York City. She has been regularly performed by the Alpha New York Actors Theatre. Her play, “William Hazlitt and the Natural Correction” was part of the inaugural Stranger Play Festival in Burlington this past fall. The Actors Repertory
Theatre of Vermont will be producing her full length play, The End of the World As We Know It in 2022. Her play, A War Story at the Rialto, is published by Playscripts, Inc. She has had short
plays included in several collections and is a member of the Dramatist Guild. For more on her work go to:  jeannebeckwith.com

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will open its 18th season with the world premiere of “The End of the World As We Knew It” by international, Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith and directed by Alex Nicosia. The first show of the season will be presented at the Company’s new home in the West Rutland Town Hall Theatre, 35 Marble Street on October 28,29,30 and November 4,5, 6.  Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. and Sunday performances are at 3 p.m.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:  Jeanne Beckwith’s plays have been performed all around this country and as far away as Dublin and Istanbul. She has had plays performed from San Diego to Boston including Chicago’sOtherworld Theatre’s “Paragon Festival,” The New Jersey Rep’s “Brut Festival,” and by “Turned to Flesh Productions” in New York City. She has been regularly performed by the Alpha New York Actors Theatre. Her play, “William Hazlitt and the Natural Correction” was part of the inaugural Stranger Play Festival in Burlington this past fall. The Actors Repertory
Theatre of Vermont will be producing her full length play, The End of the World As We Know It in 2022. Her play, A War Story at the Rialto, is published by Playscripts, Inc. She has had short
plays included in several collections and is a member of the Dramatist Guild. For more on her work go to:  jeannebeckwith.com

The Actors' Repertory Theatre of Vermont is hosting general auditions for three roles (1F, 2M) ages 30-40s for a World Premier production of Jeanne Beckwith's play: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT. Rehearsals begin August 22nd in Rutland at the UU Church at the 117 West Street. The show goes up 8 weeks later on October 14-16 and October 21-23 at 7:30pm and 3pm on Sundays. Auditions are from 2-4pm JULY 17th and JULY 24th at the UU Church by appointment only. Please email me directly for the script and rehearsal schedule. SIDES Provided at auditions. Please bring proof of vaccination and boosting. 

ABOUT THE PLAY: Facing a personal crisis and taking a break from her marriage of twenty years, Haley has gone to Maine, connected with an old friend and started writing again. Her husband Charlie has already been questioning the realities of life, and Haley’s leaving finds him sharing his misery with Gabe, a man who can lend a sympathetic ear only up to a point. Gabe and Charlie go in search of Haley and some answers, but the answers are not quite what they expect. 

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:  Jeanne Beckwith’s plays have been performed all around this country and as far away as Dublin and Istanbul. She has had plays performed from San Diego to Boston including Chicago’sOtherworld Theatre’s “Paragon Festival,” The New Jersey Rep’s “Brut Festival,” and by “Turned to Flesh Productions” in New York City. She has been regularly performed by the Alpha New York Actors Theatre. Her play, “William Hazlitt and the Natural Correction” was part of the inaugural Stranger Play Festival in Burlington this past fall. The Actors Repertory
Theatre of Vermont will be producing her full length play, The End of the World As We Know It in 2022. Her play, A War Story at the Rialto, is published by Playscripts, Inc. She has had short
plays included in several collections and is a member of the Dramatist Guild. For more on her work go to:  jeannebeckwith.com