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 2025
Winter/Spring Season

 

WORKSHOP SERIES

Introducing a New Workshop Series Taught By Eric Bass: Viewpoints

Viewpoints is a way to understand that acting is not only about emotion, but also about an understanding of how to use the space of the stage and the timing of speech and movement. Viewpoints offers the actor a wider range of choices, from bolder to subtler. It wakes up the instincts so these choices are instantaneous. If you have taken time to make a choice, you have missed your moment. Anne Bogart, the developer of Viewpoints, has said, Theater is about moving Time and Space. Viewpoints is a way to do this. Come explore. It’s fun and thrilling!

Ages 14-19

Sundays 1-3pm

January 5th, 12th, 19th, and February 2nd

 

 

Clown Town Presents Clowns in a Clown Castle
Directed by Dory Hamm
Opens Feb 14, one weekend, rehearsals starting week of Jan 6
No auditions, everyone gets a role!

The servants of the Royal House of Wiffenpoof have just heard about this incredible thing called getting paid, and they won't stop until they have that sweet coin! Join us at Castle Wiffenpoof for good old medieval clown tomfoolery, banquets, hunts, chamber pots, and a classic peasant rebellion. Regardless of your predetermined social status, laughter is guaranteed!

Our favorite clowns are back and they are going Medieval! An NEYT Classic, Clown Town brings the art of clowning to young actors ages 9-13. A profound yet comical learning experience that ends with a weekend of performances!

 

Towns Schools Theatre
Rehearsals February 24th, Opens March 28th
One of NEYT’s most treasured programs, Town Schools Theatre (TST) is an after-school program open to 4th through 8th graders from participating schools in the greater Brattleboro area. Thanks to the help of participating schools and the Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation, The Clowes Fund, and the Two West Foundation, this program is entirely tuition-free! This program culminates in a fully costumed performance of an original play at the students’ school, as well as three performances on NEYT’s mainstage.

 

NEYT’s Senior Company Presents An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen, directed by James Gelter
Opens April 3rd, One weekend, rehearsals starting week of Feb 24
Casting Workshop: January 25th and 26th 1-2:30pm
For actors ages 13-19, An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen explores what happens when an individual's scientific discovery conflicts with a collective's economic interests. When Dr. Stockmann discovers a significant health risk to the people of their beloved town, they become determined to spur their fellow citizens to take immediate action. But the unexpected resistance Stockmann meets from the townsfolk, including close friends and family, throws both the town's future and the doctor's community standing into peril.

 

NEYT’s Junior Company Presents JRR Tolkein’s The Hobbit
Adapted by Patricia Gray, directed by Shannon Ward
Opens May 30, two weekends, rehearsals starting week of April 7th
No auditions, everyone gets a role!
Mandatory cast meeting from 3:45-6:45 on Friday, March 21st
For actors ages 9-13, J.R.R Tolkein's The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, and a party of dwarves on a quest to reclaim their gold from the dragon Smaug. Along the way they encounter trolls, goblins, elves, and other fantastical characters. This production will feature original music and puppetry.

Leap, and the net will appear.
— John Burroughs
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