The Silver Circus

by Adam Koffman | Jun 8, 2026

How do you do something as big as a circus when you’re only one person? In The Silver Circus, Andrew explores the concept of perseverance as he is faced with the daunting task of presenting a full circus show all by himself. The show touches on many important themes,...

Summer Reading Program Kickoff 2026: Unearth a Story

by Adam Koffman | May 28, 2026

It’s here! Join us for a dinosaur-sized Summer Reading Program Kickoff event centered around the 2026 theme, “Unearth a Story”. Come sign up for Summer Reading, pick up your reading log, and celebrate all day long! Learn with DinoMan and his enormous inflatable...

The Play That Goes Wrong

by Adam Koffman | May 20, 2026

Arlington Common Community Theater, by arrangement with Concord Theatrics on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, is pleased to present The Play That Goes Wrong, a comedic play by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer. The story is centered around an amateur...

Deceived – Dorset Theatre Festival

by Christina Dryden | May 7, 2026

Before “gaslighting” was a term, it was a weapon. In fog-bound 1901 London, a young bride begins to notice unsettling changes in her home: dimming lights, footsteps overhead, whispers in empty rooms. Her charming husband insists it’s all in her imagination. But as the...

Deceived – Dorset Theatre Festival

by Christina Dryden | May 7, 2026

Before “gaslighting” was a term, it was a weapon. In fog-bound 1901 London, a young bride begins to notice unsettling changes in her home: dimming lights, footsteps overhead, whispers in empty rooms. Her charming husband insists it’s all in her imagination. But as the...

Deceived – Dorset Theatre Festival

by Christina Dryden | May 2, 2026

Before “gaslighting” was a term, it was a weapon. In fog-bound 1901 London, a young bride begins to notice unsettling changes in her home: dimming lights, footsteps overhead, whispers in empty rooms. Her charming husband insists it’s all in her imagination. But as the...

Avi Salloway and Friends Concert

by Christina Dryden | Apr 11, 2026

On Earth Day Wednesday, April 22, dance the night away with Avi Salloway and Friends at The Paradigm (230 Natural Form Way) from 6:00-8:30. $15 cash donation at the door. Presented by Earth Matters Manchester. Earth Matters and various local non-profits have organized...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Primary Trust

by Christina Dryden | Mar 19, 2026

Profoundly affecting and surprisingly funny, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tender exploration of new beginnings, old friends, and the courage it takes to transform your life. Kenneth lives a carefully ordered life in a small town near Rochester, NY. For...

Thistlefoot Puppet Show with Author GennaRose Nethercott

by Christina Dryden | Mar 18, 2026

The Manchester Community Library is pleased to host author GennaRose Nethercott as she brings her breakout novel THISTLEFOOT to life—animated by hand-built shadow crankies and ornate puppetry. Recommended for ages 12+ About THISTLEFOOT: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE...

VT 250: LiveHistory, In Time

by Christina Dryden | Jan 13, 2026

Step through the doors of Manchester Community Library and travel back in time. Enjoy a LiveHistory event where audience members will follow their own chosen path to complete missions, tasks, and clues, and speak with the characters. Actors portraying Jonas Fay,...

GMALL Presents – What the Constitution Means to Me

by Christina Dryden | Dec 10, 2025

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to partner with The Dorset Players to present this performance of “What the Constitution Means to Me”. Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 10, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Jeff Linebeck, the organist/choir director at both The Rupert United...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 10, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Jeff Linebeck, the organist/choir director at both The Rupert United...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 10, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Lorri Bond, who currently teaches piano at her private studio in...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 10, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Gene Marie Callahan, the organist and choir director at the Old...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 10, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Joanne Beck, a musician in private social work practice in...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 1, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Judy Cyr, the music director and pianist/organist at the Peru...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Dec 1, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Judy Cyr, the music director and pianist/organist at the Peru...

Music to Fill the Air! The Lincoln Family Home at Christmas

by Christina Dryden | Nov 25, 2025

The holiday season comes alive with music as talented artists play the Lincolns’ Aeolian organ and Steinway piano, while you tour the home—a great way to get into the spirit of the holidays! Come see Rob Ellis, a lifelong pianist and performer, play the...

A Gilded Age Murder Mystery Dinner Party at The Wilburton

by Christina Dryden | Sep 30, 2025

Inspired by a turn of the century society scandal that rocked Manchester Vermont and Chicago , The Wilburton’s latest history-inspired murder mystery, THE RUNAWAY DEBUTANTE, offers an elegant, immersive evening of music, mayhem – and murder! The year is 1904, and Mr....

Classic Stones, a LIVE tribute to the Rolling Stones

by Christina Dryden | Jul 25, 2025

Playing all of the hits that make up the soundtrack of many people’s live, Classic Stones Live delivers a complete Rolling Stones...

A Tribute to the Rolling Stones LIVE

by Christina Dryden | Jul 23, 2025

Join us for an evening of music with Classic Stones Live, a live tribute to the Rolling Stones on August 13th at the Southern Vermont Art Center. Playing all of the hits that make up the soundtrack of many people’s lives. Classic Stones Live delivers a complete...

SOUNDS GOOD: Saints & Liars with Ida Mae Specker

by Christina Dryden | Jul 17, 2025

Friday, August 29 5:00–8:30 p.m. General Admission is FREE and open to the public Arkell Pavilion lawn, outdoors Saints & Liars–Vermont-based Americana band who has been blending their own variants of honky tonk, folk, bluegrass, and rock ‘n roll since 2012....

SOUNDS GOOD: The Eagles Stage Band

by Christina Dryden | Jul 17, 2025

Friday, August 22 5:00–8:30 p.m. General Admission is FREE and open to the public Arkell Pavilion lawn, outdoors The Eagles Stage Band is an ensemble of the Eagles Community Band. Stage Band Members are talented musicians who volunteer their time to play at area...

MMF: Music Inspired by Song and Birdsong

by Christina Dryden | Jul 4, 2025

Thursday, July 31, 2025 7:30–9:30 p.m. General Admission—starting at $30.60 for adults, $15.30 for students Arkell Pavilion Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers’ sextet of poems from 2013 forms the basis of composer Perry Goldstein’s song cycle, “Birding by...

MMF: The Kreutzer Sonata

by Christina Dryden | Jul 4, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025 7:30–9:30 p.m. General Admission—starting at $30.60 for adults, $15.30 for students Arkell Pavilion Beethoven’s complex ninth sonata reverberates to the present day. Originally written for his friend, George Bridgetower, the two fell out and...

Murder Mystery Dinner Party at The Wilburton: The Million Dollar Movie

by Christina Dryden | Apr 14, 2025

Dress in your top hat and tails, diamonds and furs, and step back in time for a murder mystery dinner party at The Wilburton on Sat May 10 at 630. The Million Dollar Movie is an immersive experience inspired by local history from the glamorous era when The Wilburton...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Satellites

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...

Dorset Theatre Festival – Other Desert Cities

by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025

The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...