Thursday, October 6, 7:00 pm
Encore - Thursday, October 13, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

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by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris
based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals

A rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night).

After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.

Emily Burns directs this spectacularly entertaining new version of Sheridan’s The Rivals. Featuring a cast including Caroline Quentin, Laurie Davidson, Natalie Simpson and Kelvin Fletcher.

This is an on-screen event.

Thursday, October 13, 7:00 pm

Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
Northern Vermont University-Johnson
S Pond Road
Johnson, VT

Reserved seats: Adults - $52, $38, $28. Students 18 and under - $15.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.

Save 20% when you buy by September 14. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with ID at the box office.

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Ever since its successful non-stop three-year run-on Broadway, Swiss based theater troupe MUMMENSCHANZ has pioneered a new form of visual theater that has since spawned multiple new genres reclaiming their legacy. MUMMENSCHANZ has been dazzling audiences worldwide for decades. By creating a playful yet compelling experience through the inventive use of shadow, light, and creative manipulation of objects, MUMMENSCHANZ offers timeless insight on the human condition. The result is a visually stunning spectacle that transcends cultural barriers and sparks the imagination.

Celebrating a momentous anniversary, the troupe revisits its history while writing the next chapter in its story of inimitable, non-verbal language. Featuring some of their most popular and successful productions, their 50th Anniversary Tour will take audiences on an imaginative and poetic journey through the infinite – yet familiar- world of imagination conjured by MUMMENSCHANZ.

“Mummenschanz succeeds brilliantly because of its originality, exceptional ingenuity, sense of surprise and deft satirical touches." — San Francisco Chronicle

"Witty madness...dazzling and delightful." — New York Times

For a Mummenschanz video preview click HERE.

From Tony Award-winners, The Acting Company

Thursday, October 27, 7:00 pm

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Reserved seats: Adults - $48, $38, $28, $15. Students 18 and under - $15.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.

Save 20% when you buy by September 27. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with ID at the box office.

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Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Leah C. Gardiner

William Shakespeare’s iconic and timeless Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories in literature. The gripping drama spun out of the ancient grudge between two families makes Romeo and Juliet as relevant to modern society as it was to audiences four centuries ago. The star-crossed lovers follow their passion to the ultimate tragic end. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare offers some of the most glorious poetry ever written, spoken by complex and memorable characters, establishing the standard for all love stories written since. With gorgeous costumes and music, enchanting parties, moonlit nights, dank graveyards, and blood-strewn streets, The Acting Company’s fresh production breathes new life into this enduring tale.

Founded by Margot Hartley and legendary theater director, John Houseman, actors who have worked at The Acting Company, over the years, include Kevin Kline, Patti Lupone, Frances Conroy, Kevin Conroy, Keith David, Megan Gallagher, Jack Kenny, David Ogden Stires, Jeffrey Wright and Rainn Wilson.

Romeo and Juliet director, Leah C. Gardiner, is an Obie Award-winner known for the “incisive clarity” (The New York Times) of her work with physicality and text. After expanding into directing for television and screenwriting over the past 18 months she looks forward to directing Romeo & Juliet for The Acting Company, while in development on several commercial musicals.

Other work includes the critically acclaimed revival of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls… (The Public Theater - Lortel Award; Outer Critics honoree; five Antonyo Award wins; Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award noms; Times Critics Pick), If Pretty Hurts… by Tori Sampson (Playwrights Horizons - NY Times Critics Pick), and the premiere of Kevin Artigue’s Steinberg nominated Sheepdog (South Coast Rep).

Leah Gardiner has directed two Pulitzer Prize finalists, and countless other new plays by writers including Tanya Barfield, debbie tucker green, Dan Deitz and Anna Deveare Smith. Other credits include: the national tour of Wit with Judith Light; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Houston Shakespeare Festival; Manhattan Theatre Club; Atlantic Theater Company; Soho Rep; NYSAF; Arena Stage; ACT; Berkeley Rep; Alliance; Baltimore Center Stage; Studio Theatre; CATF; Barrington Stage; Philadelphia Theatre Company.

As writer/director, credits include Cultures Collide, a play with music created exclusively for the U.S. Congress, produced by Sony Entertainment. As short film director: The Belle of New Orleans (Alliance Theatre) and WHY (Arena Stage/Flash Acts Festival). As a film producer: Mother of George starring Danai Gurira (Best Cinematography, Sundance). As an actor: playing herself in Ira Sachs’ Little Men opposite Greg Kinnear. Leah holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.F.A. in directing from the Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

“The major touring theater company of the United States.” – Mel Gussow, New York Times

Sunday, November 13, 7:00 pm

Location:
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT

Reserved seats: Adults - $52, $42, $32, $15. Students 18 and under - $15.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.

Save 20% when you buy by October 14. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with ID at the box office.

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The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is considered one of the greatest dance companies in the world, revered as a living national treasure since its founding in 1939. Few ballet companies rival ABT in size, scope, and outreach. The American Ballet Theatre Studio Company seeks to develop the next generation of ballet dancers, choreographers and audiences. The central mission of ABT Studio Company is to prepare its exceptionally promising dancers (ages 17-21) for careers in American Ballet Theatre’s main Company or other leading ballet companies worldwide. ABT Studio Company serves as the crucial vehicle for transitioning from student to professional performer. Nearly 80% of current American Ballet Theatre dancers are alumni of ABT Studio Company, including twelve Principal Dancers and seven Soloists.

ABT Studio Company dancers work closely with members of ABT’s Artistic Staff and guest faculty to learn ABT repertoire and other masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons. ABT Studio Company also supports the development of choreographic talent, engaging a wide variety of choreographers to create original pieces for the dancers each season. Performances feature a dynamic mixed program of classical excerpts and new works.

"The performers of ABT Studio Company are well trained. The emphasis was on clarity, composure, musicality. Shoulders showed no tension, arms created perfect arcs and lines, legs radiated firmly, necks were beautifully clear, heads were charmingly, beautifully carried. Rhythm was spruce, phrasing steady. And everyone creates a stage world of chivalry, etiquette, good humor." – New York Times

"Artistry, indeed, was evident...The audience was treated to a high level of dancing and top-notch choreography in an exciting repertoire of classics as well as current commissioned works that we normally don't see...thanks to collaborations of ABT with choreographers from all over the world." – Philippine Star

"The mood is buoyant, open, vibrant and cheeky - a feelgood fillip for all." – London Times

American Ballet Theater Studio Company

Thursday, December 1, 7:00 pm
Encore - Thursday, December 8, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

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By William Shakespeare, directed by Simon Godwin

Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s romcom of sun, sea and mistaken identity.

The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. But when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood for love.

A string of scandalous deceptions soon surround not only the young couple, but also the adamantly single Beatrice and Benedick.

Following the award-winning success of National Theatre Live’s Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night and Antony and Cleopatra, director Simon Godwin returns with this irresistible comedy, broadcast live from the National Theatre stage.

This is an on-screen event.

Thursday, January 26, 7:00 pm
Encore - Thursday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

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By Philip Pullman, adapted by Bryony Lavery, directed by Nicholas Hytner

Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing.

Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.

Eighteen years after his ground breaking production of His Dark Materials at the National Theatre, director Nicholas Hytner returns to Pullman’s parallel universe. Broadcast live from London’s Bridge Theatre.

This is an on-screen event.