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Sover Scene: Dynamic theater troupe takes hold of epic ideas

Spectacle, experimental, physical, traditional. These are the various theatrical forms that actor and mask designer Kali Quinn, co-founder of GUTWorks Theater, recently used to describe the company’s highly acclaimed stage production, “This is the Place of Parting,” which will be performed throughout Windham County starting Aug. 29 at the Bellows Falls Opera House.

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‘Butterfly’ retains its sting

LEBANON, N.H. — Who else could tear your heart out and leave you asking for more? Giacomo Puccini, perhaps more than any other opera composer, tears at the heart strings — sensually and beautifully.

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A summer tour of “The Winter’s Tale”

Rutland Youth Theatre is taking its Shakespeare in the Park show on the road for five performances in the next four days through August 11, 2008.

The cast of 11, ranging in age from 13 to 18, will perform William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” tonight at Tinmouth School, followed by performances in Middlebury, Belmont and two in Rutland.

The cast is primarily made up of experienced actors, many of whom have performed together with the Youth Theatre for the past four or five years.

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One woman show is a tour de force

WESTON — At a decaying New York City high school, Miss Sun, an aspiring actress, is brought in to teach theater to perhaps the worst class of 10th graders in the entire school system.

She attempts to get them to put on a play, and for the six weeks allotted to the project, she cajoles, fights, runs from and loves her difficult charges.

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Summer Shakespeare: Poultney Summer Theatre to present ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’

The Poultney Summer Theatre Company will present its production of William Shakespeare’s comedy “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” eight times between tonight and Aug. 3.

Under the direction of Gary Meitrott, the founder of the summer theater group, a cast of 12 people have been rehearsing since June.

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Sover Scene: Midsummer plight of parents

From Friday through Sunday, the New England Youth Theatre in Brattleboro fills the stage with slightly wackier merriment in a rendition of “Aladdin and his Magic Lamp” that has young actors employing the delightfully lighthearted clown-and-mime methods of local thespian legends Gould & Stearns. Intended for audiences older than 4, the show includes kids impersonating tornadoes, crystal balls and sultans amidst an atmosphere of melodramatic mystery and inventive comedy.

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Middlebury theater ready for action

MIDDLEBURY — The walls smelled of fresh paint and workers installed carpeting in the lobby Tuesday as the Town Hall Theater prepared for its grand reopening.

Ten years have passed since Town Hall Theater Inc. organized, and roughly half a century since the theater was converted from a venue for movies and live performances into retail space before falling into disrepair.

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Did you see ‘Aida’ at the Paramount?

A Tony Award-winning musical is set to take the stage at Rutland’s Paramount Theatre — just as its director, 18-year-old Jacob Patorti, is getting ready for college.

Elton John and Tim Rice’s musical version of the Verdi opera “Aida” opens at the Paramount tonight and will run through the weekend.

The production is presented by Inn One Theatrics and will serve as its director’s “farewell to high school.”

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Click Clack Moo just plain fun

WESTON – Theater for children often leaves the parents bored, but that is not always the case.

“Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type,” presented by the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company June 18-July 6 at the Weston Rod and Gun Club, is not only thoroughly entertaining for young children, there are enough double entendres and wisecracks to keep the adults happy. Sunday’s performance by the WPTC Young Company was well-cast, well-sung, fast-paced and just plain fun. There were even a few touching moments.

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Rocky Horror Seduces in winning performance

It isn’t everyday a provocative and interactive show comes to town, but for three nights, “The Rocky Horror Show” rocked the West Rutland Town Hall.

Presented by Inn One Theatrics and directed by Jacob Patorti, the show went above and beyond its expectations. Cast members were not only prepared to perform, they had become their characters entirely to make you “shiver with antici…pation!”

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