VERMONT STAGE COMPANY
VERMONT STAGE COMPANY
..one of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date”
The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..."
Promotional Video
Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society."
Jacobs conducts the talented ensemble cast with taut precision, which makes Hollinger’s smart script sing.”
...feels amazingly authentic and is one of Vermont Stage's most even and consistent productions in recent memory.
A behind-the-scenes look at a string quartet: every scene, the stakes get higher. "
A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement."
Burlington Free Press
Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters."
Personal transformation is a focus of director Jason Jacobs’ interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy…The 16-character cast is played in this production by just seven actors, some of whom play cross-gender roles.”
It's a journey into the forest. It's a forest of discovery, a forest of liberation."
AS YOU LIKE IT
From the opening invocation of “all the world is a stage” to the final prologue, which seals the compact of cast and audience, the production illuminates the reality of theatrical space, the transformative power of the actor, and role of the viewer’s imagination to create the theatrical event. Starting as the victim of oppression, Shakespeare's Rosalind embraces theatrical strategies to face her challenges: through improvisation and performance, she discovers her strength and power. Leaving a troubled everyday world to venture into the unknown, Rosalind becomes actor, director, stage manager, and spectator. The production celebrates the power of the actor at her/his most joyous best, and suggests that real liberation is not about disguise, but how we bring ourselves – body, hear, and soul, to play our part in the world.
Wm. Shakespeare
..one of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date”
The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..."
Promotional Video
Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society."
Jacobs conducts the talented ensemble cast with taut precision, which makes Hollinger’s smart script sing.”
...feels amazingly authentic and is one of Vermont Stage's most even and consistent productions in recent memory.
A behind-the-scenes look at a string quartet: every scene, the stakes get higher. "
A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement."
Burlington Free Press
Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters."
Personal transformation is a focus of director Jason Jacobs’ interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy…The 16-character cast is played in this production by just seven actors, some of whom play cross-gender roles.”
It's a journey into the forest. It's a forest of discovery, a forest of liberation."
AS YOU LIKE IT
From the opening invocation of “all the world is a stage” to the final prologue, which seals the compact of cast and audience, the production illuminates the reality of theatrical space, the transformative power of the actor, and role of the viewer’s imagination to create the theatrical event. Starting as the victim of oppression, Shakespeare's Rosalind embraces theatrical strategies to face her challenges: through improvisation and performance, she discovers her strength and power. Leaving a troubled everyday world to venture into the unknown, Rosalind becomes actor, director, stage manager, and spectator. The production celebrates the power of the actor at her/his most joyous best, and suggests that real liberation is not about disguise, but how we bring ourselves – body, hear, and soul, to play our part in the world.