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Meet-and-Greet the Cast and Crew for "Peter and John"
A Benefit To Support Film Production of "Peter and John” Friday, April 25, 6:00pm to 8:00pm Location: Tickets: $100 donation to support film production of "Peter and John” ($80 tax-deductible). Join members of the cast and crew for Jay Craven’s new film, "Peter and John” — for a special Daffodil Weekend fundraising gala at the fabulous Harborview Room of the Nantucket Dreamland Theater. Enjoy drinks and hors d’ oeuvres looking out on Nantucket Harbor. And vie for a chance at the unusual getaways that will be auctioned off at the event — for a week at a 16th Century former abbey in French wine country (complete with a private piano recital of 19th century music performed on a classic 1867 Pleyel piano). Info at: http://www.charme-traditions.com/fr/chambres-d-hotes/org/15256/abbaye-de-varennes Or spend a week in Vermont — or travel to northern Tuscan hill country for a week in a cozy stone cottage in the village of Vibbianella (info at http://tuscanstonehouse.com). Proceeds and donations from this event will support the production of Jay Craven’s film, "Peter and John,” that tells the story of two brothers whose relationship strains when the younger one receives word of a strange inheritance. "Peter and John’s” cast includes 2014 Golden Globe winner Jacqueline Bisset (BBC’s “Dancing on the Edge,” Francois Truffaut’s “Day for Night”), Emmy winner and Tony nominee Gordon Clapp (“Flags of Our Fathers,” “NYPD Blue,” “Glengarry Glen Ross”), Christian Coulson (“Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets,” “The Hours,” Emmy-winning BBC series, “The Last King”) Shane Patrick Kearns (“Law and Order,” “Blue Collar Boys”), and Spanish actress Alicia Sanz in her U.S. feature film debut. Supporting cast includes Gary Farmer (“Smoke Signals,” “Dead Man”), Bill Raymond (“Lincoln,” “Michael Clayton”), Susan Kelechi Watson (“Louie,” “Blackout”), Jenny Smyth, and John Rothman (“Sophie’s Choice,” “Devil Wears Prada”). Also Nantucket actors Susan McGinnis (“Sex and the City,” “Carlito’s Way”) and Vince Veilleux (TWNs “Six Degrees of Separation”). And Northeast Kingdom Vermont-bred actors Tessa Klein (“War Horse”) and Abbey Volmer.
4/25/2014
King Lear
Thursday, May 1 at 7:00pm Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (James Bond: Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy. An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into chaos.
5/1/2014 To 5/8/2014
A Few Good Men
May 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7:30pm, Sunday, May 11, 2:00pm This witty, fast-paced Broadway hit turned blockbuster film focuses on the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defense team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honor on trial. St. Johnsbury Players is partnered with Catamount Arts and sponsored by Union Bank, Passumpsic Savings Bank, and Community National Bank. For more information, please contact Director Laura Wayne at 802-751-1175 or Producer Erika Scherer at 802-274-1833.
5/2/2014 To 5/11/2014
Mozart and More
Friday 2 May 2014 at 7:30 pm Saturday 3 May 2014 at 7:30 pm Sunday 4 May 2014 at 3:00 pm The program will feature two works by W.A Mozart: Vespers Solemnes de Confessore and Regina Coeli. The singers will also perform several short contemporary works, including the spiritual Hold On! (arr. Simpson) and Exultate Justi by Randol Alan Bass. St. Johnsbury Academy's select choir, The Hilltones, will join NCC in some pieces and perform some selections of their own. The choruses, orchestra and soloists will be under the direction of Alan Rowe.
5/2/2014 To 5/4/2014
Boeing Boeing
Friday, May 2 through Saturday, May 10 A 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Revival, Boeing Boeing follows Bernard, a swinging American bachelor who couldn't be happier: a flat in Paris and three gorgeous stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing about each other. But Bernard’s perfect life gets bumpy when his friend Robert comes to stay and a new and speedier Boeing jet throws off all of his careful planning. Soon all three stewardesses are in town simultaneously, timid Robert is forgetting which lies to tell to whom, and catastrophe looms. Plays May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 at the Haskell Opera House in Derby Line, VT.
5/2/2014 To 5/10/2014
Swing Xing: Three Generations of Swing Guitar
Saturday, May 3, 7:30pm Bucky Pizzareli, Frank Vignola,& Vinny Ranioloare among the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli has been thrilling audiences with his signature swinging style for close to seven decades. Throughout that time, Bucky has played with a veritable Who’s Who of bandleaders and performers including musical giants like Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Stephane Grappelli, Tony Bennett, Zoot Sims, and Les Paul among others. Besides becoming a fixture on the big band circuit and in the studio, Pizzarelli also took a stint in The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. The 87 year old swing-era icon has fathered equally swinging musicians, including well-known guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli. Vignola's stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world's top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Wynton Marsalis, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his "Five Most Admired Guitarists List" for the Wall Street Journal. Vinny Raniolo at the age of 28 has already proved himself to be among the elite having performed and recorded with Bucky Pizzareli, Tommy Emmanuel and David Grisman just to name a few. Together with Vignola, they have preformed at prestigious concert halls and festivals in the world including the Sydney Opera house, Lincoln Center, Liverpool Philharmonic, Quebec Music Festival and Italy's Teatro Olimpico. Their jaw dropping technique and incredible showmanship explains why the New York Times deemed them, Sponsored by Bliss Tavern Music
5/3/2014
VT All State Music Festival - Jazz Ensemble
Friday, May 9, 7:30pm An 18-piece jazz ensemble comprised of selected high school musicians performs under the direction of Robert Baca. The concert will include a performance by this year's high school jazz scholarship recipient.
5/9/2014
Sheesham, Lotus & Son
Friday, May 16, 7:00pm Among the most popular Old-Time Roots artists in North America, Sheesham, Lotus & Son have created a unique sonic and visual language recalling the early days of sound recording and the last days of the medicine show. Mixing oddities of their own devising such as the Sepia-phonic monophone, and the Contrabass Harmoniphoneum with fiddle, banjo, harmonica and sousaphone they sizzle with cornball energy that's both vividly antique and musically masterful. They will be joined by old-time duo Mayfly (fiddler and banjoist Katie Trautz and multi-instrumentalist Julia Wayne). Sheesham, Lotus & Son with be appearing with Mayfly at the Cabot Town Hall (Willey Building), 3084 Main Street, on Friday, May 16 at 7:00 PM, presented by Cabot Arts, in association with the Cabot Community Association and Catamount Arts of St. Johnsbury. Advance reservations are recommended.
5/16/2014
Marriage of Figaro
Buy Now! Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 16 through 25 Director: Naomi Flanders Principal Cast: Brian Lynam (Figaro), Victoria Drew (Susanna), Stephen Falbel (Count Almaviva), Ellen Blachly (The Countess), Lillian Broderick (Cherubino), Marek Pyka (Doctor Bartolo), Carol Spradling (Marcellina), Jessica Clayton (Barbarina), Jesse Della Pepa (Basilio), and Jose Schmidt (Antonio), with Eliza Thomas, accompanist. Curtain: 7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays, 2pm Sunday matinees. Ticket Prices: Adults: $22, Seniors: $20, Students: $18, Children 12 and under: $10. Aristocrats and affairs, peasants and passion – in Plainfield, Vermont no less! Echo Valley Community Arts is pleased to present Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at the newly renovated Plainfield Opera House. Directed by Naomi Flanders, this gorgeous comedic opera displays Mozart's musical genius in expressing humor laced with human longing and intrigue. Presented in Italian with sub-titles, Figaro is directed by Naomi Flanders and features local professional musicians from Washington, Chittenden and Rutland Counties.
5/16/2014 To 5/25/2014
Steve Forbert
Saturday, May 17, 7:30pm As a young man from Mississippi, Steve Forbert traveled to New York City and played guitar for spare change in Grand Central Station. He vaulted to international prominence with a folk-rock hit, “Romeo’s Tune,” during a time when rootsy rock was fading out and the Ramones, Talking Heads and other New Wave and punk acts were moving in to the public consciousness. Still, critics raved about Steve’s poetic lyrics and engaging melodies, and the crowds at CBGB’s club in New York accepted him alongside those acts. “I’ve never been interested in changing what I do to fit emerging trends,” Forbert observes. “Looking back on it, I was helping to keep a particular American songwriting tradition alive at a time when it wasn’t in the spotlight.” He has had a career of well-crafted, unforgettable albums including, Any Old Time, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004. In 2012, 35 years after his first album, Steve has released an exciting new one, Over With You. Its ten fresh but mature songs pinpoint a wide range of emotions that color personal relationships. “This is an album that has taken a lifetime to make,” explains Forbert. “You don’t just pull these songs out of thin air — you have to live them.” Sponsored by Bliss Tavern Music
5/17/2014
Annual Spring Celebration Tractor Raffle
Tickets: $100 each and includes free admission to the Bob Amos CD Release Concert Cub Cadet Yanmar SC2400FTL 24hp 4 wheel drive sub-compact tractor with loader. Winner is responsible for all associated fees which include, but may not be limited to all Federal, State and Local taxes (including income tax liability), license, title, registration and or similar fees associated with receiving the prize. Must be 18 years or older to win. Winner must claim prize within ten (10) days of the drawing. Proceeds to benefit Catamount Arts.
6/7/2014
Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing
Saturday, June 7, 7:00pm Join us on Saturday, June 7 for a special CD Release Concert featuring Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing! One of the Northeast Kingdom's best-known bluegrass groups, Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing, will debut its latest CD at 7 pm Saturday, June 7, at the North Congregational Church on Main Street in St. Johnsbury. The concert, which will include live versions of all of the songs on the new CD as well as some of the group's already classic favorites, will also include the second annual drawing for a Yanmar tractor courtesy of All-Around Power in St. Johnsbury. Residents who buy one of the only 250 tickets for the raffle will receive free admission to the concert. Residents may also buy tickets for the concert without purchasing a raffle ticket.
6/7/2014
Red Baraat
Saturday, June 7, 8:00pm Tickets: $27 Adults, $21 Members Red Baraat is a pioneering eight-piece band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound — a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra rhythms with elements of jazz, go-go, brass funk, and hip-hop. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve. And is being returned to them in cities all over the world, as word spreads of the band’s incredibly powerful live performances. Bring your dancing shoes!
6/7/2014
A Small Family Business
Thursday, June 12 at 7:00pm A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn (Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval). A Small Family Business returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play. Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law’s business he’s approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information. Jack’s integrity fades away as he discovers his extended family to be thieves and adulterers, looting the business from their suburban homes. Rampant self-interest takes over and comic hysteria builds to a macabre climax.
6/12/2014 To 6/19/2014
Found Footage Festival
Thursday, June 19, 7:30pm Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Members The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that showcases footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters across the country. Curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher take audiences on a guided tour of their latest and greatest VHS finds, providing live commentary and where-are-they-now updates on the people in these videotaped obscurities. From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.The Found Footage Festival was founded in New York in 2004 and has gone on to sell out hundreds of shows across the U.S. and Canada, including the HBO Comedy Festival in Las Vegas and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. The festival has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, National Public Radio and has been named a critic’s pick in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and The Chicago Tribune. The FFF can also be seen twice a week in a popular web series on The Onion’s A.V. Club, in the hit documentary“Winnebago Man,” and in their book, “VHS: Absurd, Odd and Ridiculous Relics from the Videotape Era.”
6/19/2014
Miss Littleton Area Scholarship Pageant
Saturday, June 21, 7:00pm
Littleton High School Auditorium Tickets: $12.00 The Miss Littleton Area Scholarship Program is one of 28 chapters of the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program, governed by the Miss America Organization. On a national, state and local level, they are the largest giver of scholarship awards to young women, with over $136,000 awarded to date since January. On June 21st, another lucky girl will be chosen to compete in the Miss New Hampshire Pageant in April 2015. The winner of the Miss New Hampshire title will go on to compete for Miss America in Atlantic City. Though not a "beauty pageant", scoring is based upon a private interview with the Judges, an "On Stage Question", Talent Competition, Lifestyle & Fitness Competition and Evening Gown Competition. Miss Littleton Area is awarded a $500 scholarship, with the First Runner-Up receiving $150 and the Second Runners-Up receiving $100. In it's second year, the evening will also produce a Miss Littleton Area's Outstanding Teen, who will also go on to compete for the state title in February 2015.
6/21/2014
Jimmy Tingle
Saturday, June 21 at 8:00pm Tickets:$18 Front and Center, $14 Adult General Admission, $11 Member General Admission Jimmy Tingle is regarded as one of the top social and political humorists in America. He has worked as a stand up comic, producer, writer, actor, filmmaker and commentator in several mediums from the early 1980’s to the present day. Tingle was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts where the social, political and economic diversity of that city laid the groundwork for his development as a performer and satirist. His new film “Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream” directed by Vincent Straggas won Best Documentary at the Independent Film Quarterly Film and New Media Festival in Los Angeles in 2011 and is currently airing on over 60 PBS affiliates around the US. He worked for two seasons with “60 Minutes II” on CBS as the humorist / commentator in the Andy Rooney spot, a contributor and satirist for MSNBC and appeared on “The Tonight Show,” CNN, “Larry King’s Weekend,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The American Comedy Awards,” as well as his own HBO comedy special. He has also been a guest on NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross and was the US correspondent on The Strategic Humor Initiative with Sir David Frost and The BBC.Tingle has the rare distinction of winning the prestigious “Best of Boston” award as both a performer in 2001 in the “stand up comedy” category and as a producer in 2007 for Jimmy Tingle’s OFF BROADWAY Theater.
6/21/2014
Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark KIDS
Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Location: Vermont Children's Theater Tickets: All seats $5.00 While exploring one afternoon, siblings Jack and Annie discover a tree house full of books. Jack looks through a book about dinosaurs and wishes he could see a real one. Suddenly the wind begins to blow and the tree house starts to spin wildly. When it finally stops, Jack and Annie open their eyes to find they have been transported back to the time of the dinosaurs. Join Jack and Annie on their adventure back in time to experience an amazing group of dinosaurs face to face.
6/26/2014 To 6/28/2014
West Side Story
Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. Location: Vermont Children's Theater Tickets: Matinees - Based on the conception of: Jerome Robbins Story summary: The world's greatest love story takes to the streets in this landmark original Broadway musical that is one of the theatre's finest accomplishments. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City, as two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the "American" Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time.
7/17/2014 To 7/26/2014
Medea
Thursday, September 4, 7:00pm Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.
9/4/2014 To 9/11/2014
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