Community Theatre, Thetford, Vermont.
Mark your calendars to join the VTones (VTones.org) and special guests for an afternoon of musical entertainment on Sunday February 15 at 2pm at the Parish Players in Thetford, VT. In addition to their usual a cappella repertoire, the VTones will share an eclectic mix of their favorite solos, duets, and trios, accompanied by piano and guitar. As at any VTones concert, variety is the name of the game, with the program including musical genres from classical to jazz, Broadway to rock and roll.
The Flick, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is coming to Parish Players this June!
"A thoughtful drama with well-crafted characters that focuses on three employees of a Massachusetts art-house movie theater, rendering lives rarely seen on the stage."
- Pulitzer Prize Board
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Auditions are Monday February 16th and
will be held in a 2 hour block, with performers scheduled in 5 minute time slots. Callbacks will be held on February 17 for approximately 2 hours with the likelihood performers will not be asked to stay for longer than a half-hour.
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Location: Northern Stage Admin & Production Building (74 Gates St, White River Junction,
Parish Players’ Dramatic Improv Group
Come join us! The Parish Players are commencing monthly dramatic improv and theater games sessions. Attendance is free, and folks are welcome to attend whenever they want. Anyone interested should email Steve LeBlanc (sleblancpers@yahoo.com) to be added to the group’s email list, to receive information about upcoming sessions.
Dramatic improv is a recognized form that emphasizes grounded, honest, and vulnerable improvised acting. The goal is emotional weight and character portraiture, with any laughs serving as tension breakers rather than the main goal. We will also engage with genre-based improv, Playback Theatre, purely physical improv, various acting exercises, and comedic improv (though that is not the focus of this group). Each session will include a short “theater games” warm up.
We look forward to having fun with you at the Eclipse Grange!
We The People Theatre is coming to the Grange!
We’re excited to welcome We The People Theatre, founded by longtime Parish Player member and former board member Perry Allison, to our space this spring. Their upcoming production of The Spitfire Grill—a heartfelt musical about hope, community, and second chances—will be beautifully at home in the Grange’s intimate setting.
We are an incorporated, not-for-profit, membership theater group based at the Eclipse Grange Theater on Thetford Hill, Vermont, staffed and run entirely by volunteers.
We've been at this continuously since 1966, when a small troupe formed by Ed and Gillian Tyler and David and Linda Strohmier staged Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner at the Thetford Hill Congregational Church -- and the Parish Players was born. In the nearly 60 years since then, we’ve performed close to 200 productions, from classic plays to musical comedy, contemporary drama, and original plays by members of the Upper Valley community.
The Parish Players is an organization dedicated to presenting high-quality dramatic productions created by people who play for the love of the work. We are committed to offering an intimate theater venue that is accessible, affordable, and welcoming to both audiences and artists; challenging participants to stretch their abilities and expanding their understanding of theater and the world it describes; presenting new and challenging works, including those created by local artists; inspiring, encouraging, and supporting the arts and cultures of our communities; and raising expectations of community theater.
