Announcing our 2025 season
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
by James Lecesne
One actor portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant fourteen-year-old boy who goes missing. A luminous force of nature whose magic is only truly felt once he is gone, Leonard becomes an unexpected inspiration as the town’s citizens question how they live, who they love, and what they leave behind.
“Shines with humanity…an affecting and entertaining testament to the beauty of a world in which difference is celebrated rather than denigrated” – Los Angeles Times
“A NYT Critics Pick” “Leaves you beaming with joy…a superlative solo show”
Wharton Between the Sheets
by Anne Undeland
Wharton Between the Sheets takes us to Paris in 1908 and brings together Edith Wharton, her dear friend Henry James, her lover Morton Fullerton and her Irish lady’s maid in an eyebrow-raising retelling of Wharton’s actual mid-life romance. A literary and historical banquet of language, sex, mores and manners, Between the Sheets sparkles with wit while it examines class differences and the complexity of human relationship. More than anything, the play makes us fall in love — with Edith Wharton, with the people in her life, and best of all, with her own glorious writing.
Parent on Board
A sketch comedy revue
A brand-new sketch comedy revue coming to Middlebury in October 2025 centered entirely on the theme of parenting. A talented team of actor/writer/improvisers will develop original scenes and songs based on the wildly challenging yet wondrously wonderful world of parenting and being parented. The show will be created and directed by Andrew Ritter who is a former director, teacher, and performer of sketch comedy and improvisation at The Second City in Chicago.
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Gary Smith
Adapted by Gary Smith, and directed by Smith and Company Artistic Director Melissa Lourie, this adaptation stays true to the novella, and deftly integrates Dickens’ witty, pointed, and socially conscious narrative with the heartwarming and familiar journey Ebenezer Scrooge makes from profiteer to philanthropist. Guided by his ghosts and all the story's unforgettable characters, Scrooge makes a courageous and uplifting transformation that in turn transforms the world around him - a journey from darkness to light.
This organization is supported in part by the Vermont arts council, the national endowment for the arts, and the vermont community foundation.
The Cherry orchard is supported in part by the Walter Cerf Community Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
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All Middlebury Acting Company's productions are wheelchair accessible.
Our presentations at Town Hall Theater have main level accessible and companion seating available upon request. Please request when ordering tickets. All events include personal curbside assistance on request.
An elevator is available to access all THT performance and gathering spaces, with the exception of the third level balcony. A lift is offered for performers to access the stage.
Accessible restrooms are located in the lower Jackson Gallery and in the Byers’ dance studio.
Hearing Assistance: THT is equipped with an FM hearing system for patron convenience.
Our presentations at Town Hall Theater have main level accessible and companion seating available upon request. Please request when ordering tickets. All events include personal curbside assistance on request.
An elevator is available to access all THT performance and gathering spaces, with the exception of the third level balcony. A lift is offered for performers to access the stage.
Accessible restrooms are located in the lower Jackson Gallery and in the Byers’ dance studio.
Hearing Assistance: THT is equipped with an FM hearing system for patron convenience.