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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Oldcastle Theatre Company artistic director Nathan Stith likes to say that one of the greatest lessons coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic is how incredibly important human connection truly is. Stith and was given the opportunity to showcase this imperative to the rest of the world in Oldcastle’s season opening production, “Visiting Mr. Green,” by Jeff Baron, which Stith also directed. In the play, an 86-year-old widower, Mr. Green (Richard Howe), is nearly run down by a car driven by young corporate execut...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   After more than a year in the shadows, local professional theaters are now moving into the light — some of them, literally outdoors. Below is a roundup of the opening shows for southwest Vermont’s three stage companies, all during the coming week. ‘Laughing Wild’ Dorset Theatre Festival kicks off its 44th season with a revival of Christopher Durang’s comedy “Laughing Wild,” to be staged outdoors at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Directed by the Festival’s resident artist, Jade King C...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — A comedy-drama about two strangers brought together by circumstance, a one-woman play about the wife of William Shakespeare and an adaptation of a Henry James classic will be coming to the stage during Oldcastle Theatre Company’s 49th season this summer. “It’s been a challenging year for everyone and we are so excited bring live entertainment back to Southern Vermont,” said Nathan Stith, the artistic director of Oldcastle, the professional theater company in residence at the Bennington Performing Arts ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Oldcastle Theatre Company, which like many other performing arts groups across the country was forced to cancel its season last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will produce a three-show summer season, the organization announced. "We're just super excited," artistic director Nathan Stith said in a phone interview on Monday. The first performance is slated for July 9, according to the announcement, which said the company is "finalizing details" with Actors’ Equity Association, the union that represents stage ...