Community Theatre At Its Best

Celebrating Our 98th Season!

Dorset Players' Upcoming Performances

21st Annual One-Act Festival

Presented by the Dorset Players along with Kitchens of Vermont

This celebration of the short form play will be at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. Dorset, February 27 & 28, 2026 at 7:30PM and March 1, 2026 at 2PM. Show Sponsor is Kevin O’Toole- Attorney at Law. Tickets available at on our website or call 802-867-5777.

Many facets of life will be explored through six short plays that fit into the theme of Community:

Meet Me in the Endive by Susan Middaugh

Directed by Carolyn Stellatella

The Love Language of Lions by Karina Jutzi

Directed by Janet Groom

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Directed by Kevin O'Toole

How We Win by Mark Dalton

Directed by Mark Dalton & Diane Liccardi

The Laundromat by Marsha Norman

Directed by Cheryl Gushee

The Bargain by Kathryn Funkhouser

Directed by Debbie Warnock



Laughs, gasps and devilish surprises abound in our annual weekend of quick storytelling. Get your tickets now! Opening Night Cash Bar by Haystack Catering opens at 6:30PM.

Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine Comes to Dorset

The Dorset Players and Lisa J. Hadlock welcome the Grand Kyiv Ballet of the Ukraine to the Dorset Playhouse stage for a fundraiser performance of Swan Lake.

This one-night only special event is on March 6, 2026 at 104 Cheney Rd. Dorset. Doors open at 6:30PM with the performance at 7:30PM. Pre-show, Intermission and Reception Cash Bar provided by Haystack Catering with after-show reception food provided by the Barrows House. Silent/Online Auction currently running till March 6^th at 10PM at 32Auctions Website. All final proceeds of the event and auction go to the Grand Kyiv Ballet to support the rebuilding of their facilities and support the children who are training in the art of Ballet in Kyiv. Tickets are $55 and available on our website or call 802-867-5777.

The Dorset Players wish to thank all the sponsors who very generously gave to our auction to support the Grand Kyiv Ballet. Thank you to 3 Pears Gallery, Jewely Aguilar, American Fly Fishing Museum, Attention to Details/Douglas Levine, Bromley Resorts, Dorset Union Store, Epoch Gallery & Michael Wolski, Mark Gardner Logging & Excavating, Grand Kyiv Ballet, Gremlin Fine Arts, HgvtPro Cultivation Consulting, Hildene, Inns of Dorset/Barrows House, J K Adams, Samuel Liss & GNAT’s Green Mountain Challenge, Magic Mountain, Manchester Hot Glass, Manchester Wood Craft, Mountain View Ranch, Simon Pearce, William Sherman Jr., Verdiggity Holistic Craft Cannibis, The Wilburton. The Dorset Players wish to further thank Lisa & Darren Hadlock and the Weathervane Motel for providing lodging accommodations for the Grand Kyiv Ballet Company.

Cash Bar & Snacks provided by Haystack Catering. Please remember to tip your performers; bring those dollar bills!

Other Happenings

Coffee with Paul

Join Paul Michael Brinker on Wednesday, March 4 at 9am for coffee, homemade muffins and what's happening at the Dorset Playhouse.

Circle of Readers

The Circle of Readers will meet the Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 6:30. We will be reading The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan.

This is considered a “memory play”, being told through Daniel, a grandson following his grandmother’s battle with memory decline. His grandmother owns a small art gallery in Greenwich Village, and the landlord wants to evict the gallery and put in a restaurant. How her family, daughter Ellen, son-in-law Howard and grandson deal with her decline makes for a play with love, humor and shows how a family works together to support a loved one facing a battle with one’s own mind.

Please let us know if you plan to come to the Circle of Readers, March 10, 2026 at the Dorset Playhouse.

Thank you! 

Lynne Marcus (516-297-2410) & Cheryl Gushee (802-379-1031)