Community Theatre At Its Best

Our 98th Season is Underway!

For One Weekend Only!

What the Constitution Means to Me opens our 98th Season for one week only. Shows are Friday, October 3 & Saturday October 4 @ 7:30pm & Sunday matinee, October 5 @ 2pm.

Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Cast members include Elisabeth Hazelton as Heidi, Finley Allen as Debater, David McAneny as Legionnaire/Mike

Directed by Dana Haley and Produced by Renee Wymer.

First Responders: Police, Fire and EMT get discounted ticket prices with ID.

Veterans get free ticket with ID.

Members:Buy One Get One Free tickets for members on Saturday's performance. Group discounts available.

Opening night: Pre-show cash bar and opening night reception cash bar hosted by Haystack Catering.
Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor is Church Mutual Insurance.

Show Sponsor is Naylor & Breen Builders.

The Minutes

by Tracy Letts

This scathing new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power has been cast with some of our favorite veteran actors and some new members.

From the author of August: Osage County, The Minutes exposes the ugliness behind some of our most closely held American narratives while asking each of us what we would do to keep from becoming history’s losers.

Performances will be October 17, 18, 19 & 24, 25, 26 at the Dorset Playhouse.

Cast includes Mike Cutler ( Mr. Peel), Josh Bond (Mayor Superba),

Joey Blane (Mrs. Johnson), Aidan Kennedy (Mr. Blake),

Christopher Restino (Mr. Breeding), Brian Driscoll (Mr. Hanratty)

Kasey Franzoni (Ms. Matz), Tom Martins (Mr. Assalone), Elizabeth Karet (Ms. Innes), Peter Franzoni (Mr. Oldfield) and Paul Michael Brinker (Mr. Carp)

Directed by Jonathan Pate. Produced by Mark McChesney & Derryl Lang.

First Weekend for First Responders: Police, Fire and EMT get discounted ticket prices the first weekend with ID.

Veterans get free ticket with ID.

Members:Buy One Get One Free tickets for members on the first Saturday. Group discounts available.

Opening night: Pre-show cash bar and opening night reception cash bar hosted by Haystack Catering.
Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor are Factory Point Place and Bromley Mountain Resorts.

Show Sponsors are H.N. Williams and Kevin O'Toole-Attorney at Law.

What Else Is Happening?

Vermont Reads 2025

The Light Pirate

The Dorset Players will be performing a Staged Reading on Friday, November 14th at 6:30 pm at the Dorset Playhouse and Saturday, November 15th at 2:00 pm at the Manchester Community Library.

Maureen Chaffee is looking for people to read excerpts from the novel as narrators. In addition, there are a few characters to be portrayed. These include two young women, one young man, a middle-aged man, and an older woman.

To share your interest in participating, please email info@dorsetplayers.org and/or please plan to attend an organizational meeting on at the Dorset Playhouse on Sept. 29th at 6:30 pm. Read more here...

Coffee with Paul

Join Paul Michael Brinker on Wednesday, October 1

at 9am for coffee, homemade muffins and what's happening at the Dorset Playhouse.

Improv will be on Thursday October 9 (not October 2) at 6:30 in the North Mezz at the Dorset Playhouse.

Led by Improv Master, Todd Hjelt, this class shows that working without a script is one of the most exhilarating form of comedy/team building there is. The fee for the 7 week session is $70.00 for Dorset Players members and $105.00 for non-members. Fee is payable at the first class. If you would like to pre-register, please contact our business office at 802-867-5570.

Circle of Readers

The Circle of Readers meets on the second Tuesday of the month at the Dorset Playhouse. The first meeting will be on Tuesday October 14 from 6:30-9:30. The first play is The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell. Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Copies of the play are available by emailing the Business Manager at info@dorsetplayers.org. For more information e-mail lynnemarcus141@gmail.com or clgushee@gmail.com.

Get your submissions ready!

Producers, Jane LoBrutto and Leslie Mazzucco will welcome potential

directors for our 21^st Annual One-Act Festival on October 28 at 6pm in the cafe at the Dorset Playhouse. The theme this year is Community. Please bring in your submissions that follow that theme or join us and we will point you in the right direction. See you in October!!