
The Stranger Play Festival
The Stranger Play Festival, featuring four short plays about strangeness and strangers will continue its debut in Vermont at the Grange Hall Cultural Center Friday, September 27 & Saturday, September 28 @ 7:30pm and Sunday, September 29 @ 2pm.
Addressing the under representation of women that are produced in the theater industry, The Stranger Play Festival’s goal is to highlight the stories of women by women, using the idea of ‘stranger’ as a point of inspiration and unifying American and Canadian artists. Statistics still reflect a huge disparity of female voices in the theater industry despite research identifies that the majority of post-secondary theater students and audiences are women.
“We wanted our festival to address current gender issues as well as provide an opportunity to introduce female characters and perspectives”, said local Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith. “We hope the impact will be well-received and far-reaching.”The playwrights hail from different North American locales; Jeanne Beckwith from Vermont, Elizabeth Flanagan from San Francisco, Hortense Gerardo from Boston, and Alex Karolyi from Toronto.
Directed by Vermont theater makers: Monica Callan, Tess Holbrook, Kim Ward, Sarah Venooker, and featuring actors Louis Bronson, Susan Bauchner, Bob Carmody, Robert Graham Jr., Linda Iannuzzi, Clarke Jordon, Sarah Venooker, and Dvora Zipkin.
The Grange Hall Cultural Center
317 Howard Avenue, Waterbury Center, VT
$20 general admission
Sept 27 & 28 @ 7:30pm
Sept 29 @ 2pm.
Talk back with playwrights and directors on Saturday, 9/28 following performance.
Addressing this under representation is a goal of The Stranger Play Festival, to highlight the stories of women by women, using the idea of ‘stranger’ as a point of inspiration and unifying American and Canadian artists. Statistics still reflect a huge disparity of female voices in the theater industry despite research identifying a majority of post-secondary theater students and audiences are women. “We wanted our festival to address current gender issues as well as provide an opportunity to introduce female characters and perspectives”, said local Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith. “We hope the impact will be well-received and far-reaching.”
The Grange Hall Cultural Center hosts the second weekend of this two-weekend festival. The first weekend is held at The Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington, VT, Sept. 19-22.