Vermont Theatre Festival
Incorporated 1979
Unadilla Theatre
2010
Season
The Gondoliers
by
Arthur Sullivan and William S. Gilbert
The Gondoliers was the twelfth opera written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Opening on December 7, 1889 at the Savoy Theatre. Two just-married Venetian gondoliers are informed by the Grand Inquisitor that one of them has just become the King of "Barataria", but only their foster mother knows which one. As Barataria needs a king to put down unrest in the country, they travel there to reign jointly, leaving their wives behind in Venice. It turns out that the king was wed in infancy to the beautiful daughter of the Spanish Duke of Plaza Toro. Of course, the beautiful daughter is in love with a common servant! When the young Spaniard and the two Venetian wives all show up wanting to know which of them is queen, complications ensue. Suddenly the foster mother arrives. The true identity of the king is revealed. Happiness reigns at the final curtain.
King Lear
William Shakespeare
'King Lear' is perhaps Shakespeare's finest work. It represents the culmination of his career, a timeless conflict of good versus evil in an existential universe. Portraying King Lear will be Donald Rowe, a veteran of many theatre productions. He has acted in and directed over 150 plays spanning thirty plus years, two countries, and four states. He was Director of Theatre at Champlain College in Burlington from 1991 to 2003, directing 27 plays there. He also directed Threepenny Opera for the Vermont Mozart Festival, Hello, Dolly! for the Stowe Theatre Guild, and Picnic, The Night of the Iguana, Tom Jones, The Glass Menagerie, and An Inspector Calls for the Shelburne Players. His recent acting credits include the role of Salieri in Amadeus (two productions), Alan Turing in Breaking the Code, the title role in King Lear at Champlain College, and Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond and Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing for the Shelburne Players. Other roles include Capt. Creighton in The Novelist at the Flynn Space, Claudius in Hamlet at Circle Theatre Company in Colchester, Yvan in Art for the Stowe Theatre Guild, and Dysart in Equus at UVM. Of his performance as Salieri in Amadeus in San Miguel, Mexico, Los Angeles Times theatre critic Cecil Smith wrote: "I saw Ian McKellan play Salieri in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus on Broadway, Frank Finlay play the part in London, and, of course, F. Murray Abraham in the role in the film, but I have never seen it better played than by Donald Rowe....Rowe's was a bravura performance."
When We are Married
J.B. Priestly
Married life is about to get interesting. Set on a September evening around 1908, this timeless British comedy centers on three couples who gather to celebrate their joint silver wedding anniversaries. As the evening progresses one outrageous secret is revealed: the parson who married them wasn’t authorized to perform marriages, thus, they were never actually married and these uptight, distinguished couples have been "“iving in sin" for twenty-five years. When each couple samples a taste of single life once again, their relationships are vigorously and hilariously put to the test, and the elephant in the room can’t be ignored. Do they really want to be married to each other after all?
Mixed Nuts
Jim Hogue
Mixed Nuts is a screw-ball musical comedy with music from the 20s and 30s, and a cast of independence-minded eccentrics from the Vermont State Hospital who have prepared a vaudeville review directed by Dr. Elizabeth Darcy. The bizarre crew of entertainers is lead by a re-incarnated, unpredictable, and loveable Ethan Allen.
Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov
The Children of the Unadilla present this famous Russian classic. Chekhov’s comedy proves that boredom has never been so riveting. We have experimented with childrens Shakespeare many times with astonishing success. Why not Chekhov? We think you will be astonished once again.
Regular Theatre Tickets: Adults $20, Children 12 and under $10
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
Reservations and Information: 802-456-8968 or at : unadilla@pshift.com
501 Blachly Road
Marshfield Vermont 05658
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |||||||||
| July | 1 Gondoliers(o) | 2 Gondoliers | 3 Gondoliers | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Gondoliers | 10 Gondoliers | |||||||||
| 11Gondoliers | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Gondoliers | 16 Gondoliers | 17 Gondoliers (c) | |||||||||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 2 PM Uncle Vanya |
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25 2 PM Uncle Vanya |
26 | 27 Lear (o) | 28 | 29 Lear | 30 Lear |
31 Lear |
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| August | |||||||||||||||
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1 Lear |
2 | 3 | 4 Lear | 5 Lear | 6 | 7 Lear | |||||||||
| 8 Lear | 9 | 10 | 11 Lear (c) | 12 Married (o) | 13 Married | 14 Married | |||||||||
| 15 Married | 16 | 17 Married | 18 Married | 19 Married | 20 Married | 21 Married (c) | |||||||||
| 22 | 23 | 24 Nuts (o) | 25 Nuts | 26 Nuts | 27 Nuts | 28 Nuts | |||||||||
| 29 Nuts | 30 | 31 Nuts (c) | |||||||||||||
Directions From Montpelier: take Rt 2 East to East Montpelier, then Rt 14 North 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.
