Past Productions

2023-2024
Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson
Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson
And Then They Came for Me by James Still
19th Annual Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Breakfalls by Gina Stevensen
Tick, Tick… BOOM! by Jonathan Larson
The 12th Annual The Bake Off of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally

2022-2023
Women in Jeopardy! by Wendy MacLeod, produced outdoors at Isham Family Farm
The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall; based on the novel by
18th Annual Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Airness by Chelsea Marcantel
Venus in Fur by David Ives
The 11th Annual The Bake Off of True West by Sam Shepard

2021-2022
Popcorn Falls by James Hindman, produced outdoors at Isham Family Farm
Maytag Virgin by Audrey Cefaly, produced outdoors at "Blue Heron Pond" in Williston
With a Little Help from our Friends a fundraiser to benefit Vermont Stage, with the band Collin Cope and Friends at Nectar's
17th Annual Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath
Annapurna by Sharr White
The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
The 10th Annual The Bake Off of God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza; translated by Christopher Hampton

Vermont Stage began producing in earnest again with new summer outdoor programming called "picnic Plays," as well as a full indoor season and digital performances.

2020-2021
16th Annual Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash (digital production)
A Christmas Carol adapted by Jefferson Mays, Susan Lyons, and Michael Arden (digital production)
The American Dream Project produced by Middlebury Acting Company, in collaboration with Town Hall Theater and Vermont Stage (an online reading series)

Vermont Stage was on hiatus throughout this season during the CoVid-19 Global Pandemic.

2019-2020
The Last Wide Open by Audrey Cefaly; composed by Matthew M. Nielson
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard (Vermont Stage Youth Company)
Fall 2019 Showcase (Vermont Stage Youth Company)
15th Anniversary Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
relativity by Mark St. Germain
Marie and Rosetta by George Brant

The remainder of the season, The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall and
The Bake Off 2020, were cancelled due to the CoVid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.

2018-2019
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Simon Stephens; based on the novel by Mark Haddon
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
A Doll's House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath
The Roommate by Jen Silverman
The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez
The 8th Annual Bake Off: The Foreigner by Larry Shue

2017-2018
Fun Home, music by Jeanine Tesori, Book by Lisa Kron, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Doublewide* by Stephen Spotswood
Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason
Tigers Be Still by Kim Rosenstock
The 7th Annual Bake Off: Private Lives by Noel Coward

2016-2017
American Hero by Bess Wohl
All You Need is 'Dub' conceived by Cristina Alicea
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias
Blackberry Winter by Steve Yockey
The Call by Tanya Barfield
The 6th Annual Bake Off: Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon

2015-2016
Tribes by Nina Raine
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally
Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain
I and You by Lauren Gunderson
The 5th annual Bake Off: A Number by Caryl Churchill

2014-2015
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Or, by Liz Duffy Adams
Slowgirl by Greg Pierce
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
The 4th Annual Bake Off: The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2013-2014
Vermont Stage's 20th Anniversary Season
'Art' by Yasmina Reza; translated by Christopher Hampton
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
Venus in Fur by David Ives
The Quarry* by Greg Pierce; composed by Randal Pierce
The 3rd Annual Bake Off: Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2012-2013
Boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
4000 Miles by Amy Herzog
Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire
The 2nd Annual Bake Off: of The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography

2011-2012
Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
The 1st Annual Bake Off: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

Cristina Alicea is hired as Producing Artistic Director
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2010-2011
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist by Neil Bartlett
Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney

Mark Nash retires after 11 years as Producing Artistic Director
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2009-2010
Woody Guthrie's American Song by Peter Glazer, remounted at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury
The Complete History of Vermont Stage (abridged) by Mark Nash
Opus by Michael Hollinger
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Souvenir by Stephen Temperley
Shipwrecked! by Donald Margulies
My Ohio* by Dana Yeaton and Andy Mitton
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2008-2009
Well by Lisa Kron
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda by Sonja Linden
Looking Over the President's Shoulder by James Still
Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2007-2008
Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2006-2007
True West by Sam Shepard
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Woody Guthrie’s American Song by Peter Glazer
The Boycott* by Kathryn Blume
I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2005-2006
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Winter Tales conceived by Mark Nash
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris by Eric Blau, Mort Shuman, and Jacques Brel

Winter Tales is conceived by Mark Nash, a Vermont tradition is born.
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2004-2005
The Complete History of America (abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor
The Accidental Activist* by Kathryn Blume
The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
Vanya/ Vermont* by Kathryn Blume and Jason Jacobs
Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

2003-2004
Vermont Fiction Live 2
Proof by David Auburn
Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Burgess Clark
Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography.

Vermont Stage was the recipient of a New England Theatre Conference Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in the American Theatre for our acclaimed education program Vermont Young Playwrights.

2002-2003
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
Betrayal by Harold Pinter
O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music by Patrick Ball and Peter Glazer
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, adapted by Christopher Sergel
Images courtesy Lindsay Raymondjack Photography

2001-2002
Vermont Fiction Live
'Art' by Yasmina Reza; Translated by Christopher Hampton
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
The Big Random* by Dana Yeaton

2000-2001
Mark Nash is hired as Producing Artistic Director
Vermont Stage opens FlynnSpace with the world premiere of Midwives (winner of Bessie Award for Best Play*).
Vermont Stage begins to rent out FlynnSpace for its entire season, becoming the resident professional theatre at the Flynn Center.

1st season in FlynnSpace included:
Midwives* by Chris Bohjalian, adapted by Dana Yeaton
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Piano Stories by Ethan Bowen and Larry Hamberlin
Shakespeare’s R&J by Joe Calarco

1999-2000
Mad River Rising by Dana Yeaton tours statewide as part of Vermont Stage’s Barnstorming Tour.
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel at UVM's Royall Tyler Theatre.

Blake Robison retires from position as Artistic Director after six years.

1998-1999
Mad River Rising* by Dana Yeaton was produced by Vermont Stage at at University of Vermont's Royall Tyler Theatre. It went on to win a Bessie Award for Best Play** and a Moss Hart Award for Best Professional Production in New England.

We also produced The Tempest on the Flynn Center mainstage with Burlington’s Taiko Drummers, The Last Station and The Gift of the Magi (reprise) at UVM's Royall Tyler Theatre.

1997-1998
Vermont Stage produced A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Gift of the Magi at the Royall Tyler Theatre at University of Vermont and Amadeus on the Flynn Mainstage with the Vermont Mozart Festival.

1996-1997
Vermont Stage became a resident theatre company at University of Vermont and brought Shakespeare back to the Royall Tyler Theatre with Much Ado About Nothing (Bessie Winner - Best Play**), Othello, and Sleuth.

Mark Nash joins the company as an actor and teacher.

1995-1996
Dana Yeaton and Vermont Stage create the Vermont Stage Young Playwrights Project.

We also produced Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at UVM's Royall Tyler theatre.

1994
Vermont Stage’s Inaugural Production - Founding Artistic Director Blake Robison produces The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Performed at Champlain College's Hauke Auditorium.

* World Premiere production
** The Bessie Awards were presented every other year by Burlington City Arts in recognition of Excellence in Theatre and Film. Vermont Stage is the only theatre company in Vermont to have won three Bessie Awards for Best Play