THE CUTTING EDGE: AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY READING SERIES 2022

Provocative, relevant, intelligent New York Theatre in Middlebury. 
Several times each season,  we share the bold, clever work of some of the most dynamic young playwrights to hit the New York scene in the last 5 to 10 years. The plays we pick have enjoyed a successful run in a boundary-pushing Off-Broadway theater. Each play speaks to our contemporary moment.  
The Series is curated and directed by Becky Strum, who has a distinguished history of directing and teaching theater in the New York Metro area.  Each play will be rehearsed and performed by Vermont’s finest actors.
All play readings will be on Sundays at 4pm, with refreshments and discussion for those interested.  Admission is free, donations encouraged.

Heroes of the Fourth Turning – 2020 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
By Will Arbery
Friday, February 25, 7:30 pm, ArtsRiot in Burlington & Sunday, February 27, 4pm at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury.

Near midnight in Wyoming, four alumni of a conservative Catholic college return for a reunion to confront themselves and each other, clashing over theology, politics and personal responsibility.

"Astonishing and riveting. Heroes risks a rare stage subject: Christian conservatism. A red-state unicorn." – The New York Times

Dance Nation—2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
By Clare Barron
Friday, May 13 at 7:30 pm at ArtsRiot in Burlington & Sun. May 15, 4pm at A.R.T. theater in Midd.
 
A pre-teen dance troupe navigates ambition, friendship and desire as they claw their way to Nationals in Tampa Bay. Featuring a multigenerational cast of women playing our pre-teen heroines.
 
“Critic's pick! Insanely talented playwright Clare Barron… conjures the passionate ambivalence of early adolescence with such being-there sharpness and poignancy. A blazingly original play “ --The New York Times