2013

Season

Abduction from the Seralgio


by


Wolfgang Amadais Mozart




The Abduction from the Seraglio was an instant success when it premiered in Vienna on July 16, 1782. "My opera was given yesterday with big applause for the third time," Mozart wrote in a letter to his father on July 27th. "In spite of the terrible summer heat, the theatre was packed." Mozart added, "It really feels good to hear this kind of applause."

















Merchant of Venice

by

William Shakespeare




Money defines and pollutes every relationship. Is that the message of the Merchant of Venice? "There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, for I did dream of moneybags tonight."
Shylock is the very soul of the money-drunk society he serves and despises, but the tragedy is not Shylock’s but Venice’s.

Heartbreak House



by

George Bernard Shaw





GBS was in a bitter mood in 1919 when he sprang back from the English public outrage at his objection to the waste and muddled politics of World War I with this brilliant allegory of disintegrating British and Continental society having lost its way and was facing the catastrophe of a war that reflected its own lost values. He didn't let his personal disillusionment detract from his dissection of his topic with some of his most fascinating, conflicted characters. The too seldom produced HEARTBREAK HOUSE is one of his masterpieces. Written during the heat of World War I, Heartbreak House is Shaw at his most thought-provoking , amusing and touching. Bursting with wit and a deep compassion for the foibles of mere mortals, Heartbreak House is an exhilarating comic masterpiece.






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Present Laughter


by


Noel Coward


Present Laughter” whisks us back to a more innocent past, when the trials of fame could still be negotiated with grace and style. In the glittery aerie in which Garry Essendine abides, after all, even the stalkers of the stars are well-bred, well-spoken and well-dressed. And there are no paparazzi in sight.











Juno and the Paycock

by

Sean O'Casey

One of the most highly regarded and often performed plays in Ireland and one of the great plays of the twentieth century It was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924.






The Birthday Party

Harold Pinter




What makes The Birthday Party so unsettling? It combines the structure of a thriller with the guilt of Kafka's The Trial and a deeply felt rebellion against what Pinter, in a much-quoted letter to Peter Wood, called "the shit-stained strictures of centuries of tradition".




Don Juan in Hell







by



George Bernard Shaw





In a dream act of Man and Superman, nowadays often performed separately as Don Juan in Hell, Juan, the Devil, the Commander, and Doña Ana debate the advantages of Hell (art, beauty, love, pleasure) and Heaven (rational discourse and promulgation of the Life Force). The Devil, of course, defends those hedonistic amenities, whereas Juan, a true Shavian, wants none of them and heads for a thinker's Heaven.








Festival Theatre Seating Plan


Unadilla Theatre Seating Plan






Performances in BLUE are at the Festival Theatre Performances in RED are at the Unadilla Theatre

Both theatres are located a few yards from each other.

		June
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				27 Ida (o) Merchant (o)	28 Ida Merchant	29 Ida Merchant
30
		July
	1	2	3	4 Ida Merchant	5 Ida Merchant	6 Ida Merchant
7	8	9	10	11 Ida Merchant	12 Ida Merchant	13 Ida (c) Merchant (c)
14	15	16	17	18 Juno (o) Heartbreak (o)	19 Juno Heartbreak	20 Juno Heartbreak
21	22	23	24	25 Juno Heartbreak	26 Juno Heartbreak	27 Juno Heartbreak
28	29	30	31
		August
				1 Juno Heartbreak	2 Juno Heartbreak	3 Juno (c) Heartbreak (c)
4	5	6	7 Abduction (o)	8 Birthday(o) Present (o)	9 Abduction	10 Birthday Present
11	12	13	14 Birthday Present	15 Abduction	16 Birthday Present	17 Abduction
18	19	20	21 Birthday Don Juan (o)	22 Abduction Present	23 Birthday Don Juan	24 Abduction Present
25	26	27	28 Abduction Present	29 Birthday Don Juan	30 Abduction (c) Present (c)	31 Birthday (c) Don Juan (c)

Parents with small children are asked to use discretion before bringing them to adult plays. Please call the box office if you are in doubt. Babes-in-arms cannot be admitted.

Curtain Time 7:30 Sharp
Theatre Tickets : Adults $20, Children 12 and under $10

Reservations and Information: 802-456-8968 or at : unadilla@pshift.com

501 Blachly Road
Marshfield Vermont 05658

From Montpelier take Rt 2 East to East Montpelier and thence to North Montpelier. One mile North of North Montpelier turn right on Max L. Gray Road and follow it for 5 miles to the theatre. From St Johnsbury: Go to Marshfield Villege on Rt 2 West. In Marshfield Village turn right on Creamery St (sign East Calais) Go up hill bearing left onto the Calais Road. At third 4 corners turn right on East Hill Road. Follow to Blachly Road and the theatre.