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If you didn't know Bill Blachly was the founder and host of Unadilla Theatre in Marshfield, you might mistake him for a member of the...

The Craftsbury Chamber Players, since 1966, have not only been presenting expert performances of chamber music in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and elsewhere, the mostly urban-based instrumentalists have enjoyed the area’s

Cheryl Capezzuti will teach children how to make puppets with the CitiParks Roving Art Cart this summer.

During the first pandemic winter, Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro came up with a novel way to draw visitors: place outdoor sculptures on...

The highly regarded Bread and Puppet Theater is facing criticism for its treatment of the Israeli occupation.

I was dismayed by the recent article criticizing Bread and Puppet Theater for refusing to choose a side in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Bread and Puppet have taken a consistently pacifist position since the Vietnam War —  not surprising for a troupe whose founder spent his childhood surrounded by the ravages of war.  Americans are free to choose sides in someone elses conflict, although perhaps that choice has more integrity for those individuals who risk their lives providing humanit...

What an interesting piece on Peter Schumanns continued leadership of Bread & Puppets response to U.S. imperialism.  I found myself again inspired by how well-informed and clear-thinking he is at age 88, and I appreciated the discussion of how an artistic approach to current events will necessarily omit many of the facts while striving to capture the essence. What I did not appreciate was the author of the article doing backflips to avoid characterizing the subject under discussion, namely Russi...

In the 60 years since it began, Peter Schumanns Bread and Puppet Theater has had one consistent and very clear message: WAR STINKS! (my words, not Peters). Which war? All wars.

Is it really “news” that Peter Schumann of Bread & Puppet Theater has a perspective that is counter to the dominant narrative? For 60 years he has articulated his antiwar vision through the theater. We can all learn something from it.  Apparently, though, that ruffles the feathers of those who can’t see beyond the simple Disney-like “good vs evil” story line of the Ukraine war. As with many conflicts — Palestine, Yemen, Syria, etc. — the reality is much more complex than what we a...

I am not surprised that Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet Theater cannot bring themselves to blame the obscene genocidal Russian attempt to destroy Ukraine as a nation and a culture on Putin and Russia. Of course, their approach is like talking about World War II without mentioning Hitler, the Nazi party, or Germany. I spend most of my worries on the far right in America (50%+ of the GOP as of today) and the danger they represent to our democracy, while the far left of Peter Schumann is mo...