Community Theatre At Its Best

Celebrate Our 98th Season!

Carolers Wanted for Tractor Parade!

Manchester Tractor Parade 2024 photo courtesy of the Manchester Business Association

Join us for the Manchester Tractor Parade to help us promote Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jr. while joining in on the community fun!

We have a tractor and a flatbed trailer, now all we need is a chorus of beautiful voices! Do you love to sing holiday carols? That’s all it takes to join us! No audition, just show up and sing. We’ll sing a couple tunes from Rudolph, and then add in a few more classics. Easy peasy. If people want to dress in holiday attire or holiday costumes…GREAT!!!

The Manchester Tractor Parade is Saturday, December 6 @5:30pm

www.manchestervermont.com/manchester-merriment/

Please email Megan Demarest if interested in being involved in the Holiday Parade! megan.demarest@gmail.com.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jr.

“You know Dasher, and Dancer, and Prancer, and Vixen…but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?” The Dorset Players is proud to present the enduring holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jr., performed entirely by our local youth ensemble. The beloved story soars off the screen and onto the stage in this Broadway Junior, 60-minute musical adaptation of the well-known television special. The show is directed by Michelle Cox, with musical direction by Rob Ellis and choreography by Renée Wymer.

Performance dates: December 5, 6 & 12 at 7pm and December 7, 13 & 14 at 2pm

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Play Planning Meeting

It is time to plan the next season and while we are at it, let’s plan two!

A meeting will be held on December 9 at 6pm at the Dorset Playhouse for submissions by directors for the the coming seasons.

Executive Producers, Paul Michael Brinker & Elisabeth Hazelton will accept submissions for the next two seasons and hear directors’ ideas of what they would like to bring to the Dorset Playhouse stage. We are looking for musicals, comedies, dramas, kids shows, special events, staged readings and whatever else you can think of throwing our theatrical way. Please bring a script of what you would like to submit so our committee can get to work on planning without delay. If you cannot make the meeting, please contact Paul Michael in the Business Office (802-867-5570 or info@dorsetplayers.org) to make your submissions.

Christmas Carols at Equinox Terrace

The Dorset Players will be performing Christmas Carols at the Equinox Terrace on Sunday, December 21 at 2:30pm, bringing festive cheer to residents and guests. Equinox Terrace has been a steadfast supporter of community theater at The Dorset Playhouse, and we are truly thankful for their support.

This special event marks the beginning of a Players' annual tradition, aimed at sharing music and joy with the community during the holiday season. If you would like to sing with us, please reach out to Lorri Bond at 802-772-5155.

Stay Tuned for January Events

We have two Show auditions coming up plus a play writing class

in addition to our regular progams. Scroll down for more information.

"Whodunit?" Audition Announced

Dorset Players, Inc. is pleased to announce that auditions will be held for their production of Clue: On Stage.

It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit?

Director, Patricia Greene-Pawelczyk, invites you to join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game

the play will be directed by .

Auditions will be held Saturday, January 3 from 10am-12pm and Tuesday, January 6 from 6.30-9pm at the Dorset Playhouse, located at 104 Cheney Road in Dorset.

The show is looking to cast 6 Females, 5 Males, and 7 Gender Neutral roles.

In order to audition,you must be 18 years or older and available ALL weekends from January 17 though April 10 (opening night.) Additional character information and reading sides can be obtained by calling the Dorset Players business office between 10am and 5pm weekdays at 802-867-5570.

The show is being produced by Josh Bond and Brian Miksis, with evening performances on April 10-11 and 17-18, and matinees on April 12 and 19.

Click here for cast descriptions.

Auditions for Spring Musical

The Dorset Players are getting ready their spring musical, Something Rotten by Karey  Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick.

Auditions will be held on Wednesday January 7, 2026, and Thursday January 8, 2026, from 6-9pm at the Dorset Playhouse.  

Auditioners should prepare a 1-to-2-minute monologue from a musical or comedy and a song of your choice. There will be a CD player available. Auditions will be scheduled every 10 minutes beginning at 6pm.

Bring dance and tap shoes if you have them for a dance audition immediately following.

Please arrive 10 minutes early to complete an audition form.

To schedule an audition or for further information, contact Director, John Lugar at 310-801-6805 or jlprod@msn.com. 

Callbacks will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2026, from 1-5. 

The show will be directed by John Lugar with choreography by Renee Wymer. Performance dates are May 15-17 and May 22-24, 2026.  

Click here for cast descriptions

Coming up in our 98th Season

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