GALLERY THE TEMPEST Video Images Watch the entire show. THE TEMPEST Add a Title Wm. Shakespeare Staging Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Archlight demanded more than conjuring a storm in a teacup. I set out to explore the play’s grand themes—revenge and forgiveness—within the most intimate setting imaginable: the human mind. Wm. Shakespeare Arclight Theatre THE TEMPEST THE TEMPEST Staging Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Archlight demanded more than conjuring a storm in a teacup. I set out to explore the play’s grand themes—revenge and forgiveness—within the most intimate setting imaginable: the human mind. Wm. Shakespeare Arclight Theatre THE TEMPEST THE TEMPEST Staging Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Archlight demanded more than conjuring a storm in a teacup. I set out to explore the play’s grand themes—revenge and forgiveness—within the most intimate setting imaginable: the human mind.

GALLERY OLIVER TWIST Video Images Jason discusses OLIVER TWIST with the Vermont Stage Company's Artistic Director, Mark Nash. Using Charles Dickens' original words, a handful of tunes composed by local musician David Symons, and a chameleon ensemble of actors featuring some of Vermont's finest performers, Neil Bartlett's powerful new version of Oliver Twist brings the dark underbelly of nineteenth-century London back to bold theatrical life. The unforgettable characters - Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sikes, and the Artful Dodger - inhabit a world filled with images of danger and fear, innocence and hope; a world seen through the eyes of an astonished child. OLIVER TWIST Add a Title Neil Bartlett Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society." The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..." An adaptation that really embraces 19th-century theatrical storytelling: theater as spectacle, theater as melodrama. ..one of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date” Neil Bartlett OLIVER TWIST OLIVER TWIST An adaptation that really embraces 19th-century theatrical storytelling: theater as spectacle, theater as melodrama. The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..." Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society." Times Argus One of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date” Times Argus Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society." Times Argus Neil Bartlett OLIVER TWIST OLIVER TWIST An adaptation that really embraces 19th-century theatrical storytelling: theater as spectacle, theater as melodrama. The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..." One of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date” Times Argus

GALLERY I GOOGLE MYSELF Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE I GOOGLE MYSELF Add a Title Jason Schaffer an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." i google myself is queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit." Three men. Same name. Who will be the first hit? "I GOOGLE MYSELF is an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." -OffOffOnline Jason Schaffer I GOOGLE MYSELF I GOOGLE MYSELF Three men. Same name. Who will be the first hit? "I GOOGLE MYSELF is an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." -OffOffOnline Queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit." -Village Voice The play had an impact. On the way out, one audience member said to another, 'I’m going to go home and turn off my computer.'" -Jason Zinoman, NY Times In the new play “I Google Myself ,” this ordinary act fuels a bizarre encounter which takes on ever creepier proportions in a show both hilarious and gothic." -Ellen Wernecke, New Theatre Corps The play had an impact. On the way out, one audience member said to another, 'I’m going to go home and turn off my computer.'" -Jason Zinoman, NY Times Jason Schaffer I GOOGLE MYSELF I GOOGLE MYSELF Three men. Same name. Who will be the first hit? "I GOOGLE MYSELF is an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." -OffOffOnline Queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit." -Village Voice In the new play “I Google Myself ,” this ordinary act fuels a bizarre encounter which takes on ever creepier proportions in a show both hilarious and gothic." -Ellen Wernecke, New Theatre Corps

GALLERY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Add a Title Jason Jacobs In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange Jason Jacobs Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange Jason Jacobs Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange

GALLERY BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Add a Title Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe Keythe Farley Brian Flemming Laurence O'Keefe BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Keythe Farley Brian Flemming Laurence O'Keefe BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL

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Venue / category All projects Vermont Stage Company Original work Independent theatre Theatre Askew Post Theatre Company AFTER THE CHAIRS David Koteles View More ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Jason Jacobs View More AS YOU LIKE IT Wm. Shakespeare View More BALD DIVA! David Koteles and Jason Jacobs View More BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe View More BIG LOVE Charles L. Mee View More CABA RET Kander / Ebb / Masteroff View More HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask View More I GOOGLE MYSELF Jason Schaffer View More I, CLAUDIUS LIVE View More LAVENDER SONGS Jeremy Lawrence View More MACHINAL Sophie Treadwell View More MARAT / SADE Peter Weiss View More MISS BLANCHE TELLS IT ALL Jason Jacobs: and Matthew C Pritchard View More MY FIRST LADY David Koteles View More OLIVER TWIST Neil Bartlett View More OPUS Michael Hollinger View More POST-MOD ERN LIVING Richard Sheinmel View More T A Y P E Jason Jacobs View More THE TEMPEST Wm. Shakespeare View More

Venue / category Theatre Askew All projects Vermont Stage Company Original work Independent theatre Post Theatre Company AFTER THE CHAIRS David Koteles View More ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Jason Jacobs View More AS YOU LIKE IT Wm. Shakespeare View More BALD DIVA! David Koteles and Jason Jacobs View More BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe View More BIG LOVE Charles L. Mee View More CABA RET Kander / Ebb / Masteroff View More HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask View More I GOOGLE MYSELF Jason Schaffer View More I, CLAUDIUS LIVE View More LAVENDER SONGS Jeremy Lawrence View More MACHINAL Sophie Treadwell View More MARAT / SADE Peter Weiss View More MISS BLANCHE TELLS IT ALL Jason Jacobs: and Matthew C Pritchard View More MY FIRST LADY David Koteles View More OLIVER TWIST Neil Bartlett View More OPUS Michael Hollinger View More POST-MOD ERN LIVING Richard Sheinmel View More T A Y P E Jason Jacobs View More THE TEMPEST Wm. Shakespeare View More

GALLERY THE BOYCOTT Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE THE BOYCOTT Add a Title Kathryn Blume Inspired by the ancient anti-war comedy Lysistrata, actor-activist Kathryn Blume plays Kathryn Blume, a woman trying to fight global warming and save the world — by writing a screenplay about the First Lady of the United States launching a national sex strike to fight global warming and save the world. Aided by her impassioned daughter, a high tech Secret Service agent, and a plucky Brazilian tree frog she meets on the Astral Plane, Lyssa bumps and lurches her way into an unexpected, wildly comic, and ultimately successful campaign. Jacobs believes the choice of first-person perspective gives the audience an immediate point of entry. It's "that very human, individual response" missing from statistics-heavy news stories." Kathryn Blume Arclight Theatre THE BOY COTT THE BOYCOTT Inspired by the ancient anti-war comedy Lysistrata, actor-activist Kathryn Blume plays Kathryn Blume, a woman trying to fight global warming and save the world — by writing a screenplay about the First Lady of the United States launching a national sex strike to fight global warming and save the world. Aided by her impassioned daughter, a high tech Secret Service agent, and a plucky Brazilian tree frog she meets on the Astral Plane, Lyssa bumps and lurches her way into an unexpected, wildly comic, and ultimately successful campaign. Jacobs believes the choice of first-person perspective gives the audience an immediate point of entry. It's "that very human, individual response" missing from statistics-heavy news stories." Seven Days Kathryn Blume Arclight Theatre THE BOY COTT THE BOYCOTT Inspired by the ancient anti-war comedy Lysistrata, actor-activist Kathryn Blume plays Kathryn Blume, a woman trying to fight global warming and save the world — by writing a screenplay about the First Lady of the United States launching a national sex strike to fight global warming and save the world. Aided by her impassioned daughter, a high tech Secret Service agent, and a plucky Brazilian tree frog she meets on the Astral Plane, Lyssa bumps and lurches her way into an unexpected, wildly comic, and ultimately successful campaign. Jacobs believes the choice of first-person perspective gives the audience an immediate point of entry. It's "that very human, individual response" missing from statistics-heavy news stories." Seven Days

GALLERY AS YOU LIKE IT Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE AS YOU LIKE IT Add a Title Wm. Shakespeare It's a journey into the forest. It's a forest of discovery, a forest of liberation." From the opening invocation of “all the world is a stage” to the final prologue, which seals the compact of cast and audience, the production illuminates the reality of theatrical space, the transformative power of the actor, and role of the viewer’s imagination to create the theatrical event. Starting as the victim of oppression, Shakespeare's Rosalind embraces theatrical strategies to face her challenges: through improvisation and performance, she discovers her strength and power. Leaving a troubled everyday world to venture into the unknown, Rosalind becomes actor, director, stage manager, and spectator. The production celebrates the power of the actor at her/his most joyous best, and suggests that real liberation is not about disguise, but how we bring ourselves – body, hear, and soul, to play our part in the world. Personal transformation is a focus of director Jason Jacobs’ interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy…The 16-character cast is played in this production by just seven actors, some of whom play cross-gender roles.” Wm. Shakespeare AS YOU LIKE IT AS YOU LIKE IT From the opening invocation of “all the world is a stage” to the final prologue, which seals the compact of cast and audience, the production illuminates the reality of theatrical space, the transformative power of the actor, and role of the viewer’s imagination to create the theatrical event. Starting as the victim of oppression, Shakespeare's Rosalind embraces theatrical strategies to face her challenges: through improvisation and performance, she discovers her strength and power. Leaving a troubled everyday world to venture into the unknown, Rosalind becomes actor, director, stage manager, and spectator. The production celebrates the power of the actor at her/his most joyous best, and suggests that real liberation is not about disguise, but how we bring ourselves – body, hear, and soul, to play our part in the world. It's a journey into the forest. It's a forest of discovery, a forest of liberation." Personal transformation is a focus of director Jason Jacobs’ interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy…The 16-character cast is played in this production by just seven actors, some of whom play cross-gender roles.” Seven Days It's a journey into the forest. It's a forest of discovery, a forest of liberation." Wm. Shakespeare AS YOU LIKE IT AS YOU LIKE IT From the opening invocation of “all the world is a stage” to the final prologue, which seals the compact of cast and audience, the production illuminates the reality of theatrical space, the transformative power of the actor, and role of the viewer’s imagination to create the theatrical event. Starting as the victim of oppression, Shakespeare's Rosalind embraces theatrical strategies to face her challenges: through improvisation and performance, she discovers her strength and power. Leaving a troubled everyday world to venture into the unknown, Rosalind becomes actor, director, stage manager, and spectator. The production celebrates the power of the actor at her/his most joyous best, and suggests that real liberation is not about disguise, but how we bring ourselves – body, hear, and soul, to play our part in the world. Personal transformation is a focus of director Jason Jacobs’ interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy…The 16-character cast is played in this production by just seven actors, some of whom play cross-gender roles.” Seven Days