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OUR SUMMER COMEDY:
FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS
Five bridesmaids. One hideous dress. Zero desire to be at this wedding.
Join the Middlebury Community Players this August at the Vergennes Opera House for Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, the sharp-tongued comedy by Academy Award winner Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under). Directed by Kush Sharma.
While the reception rages on downstairs, five very different bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom and discover a surprising common bond in this wickedly funny, unexpectedly touching celebration of friendship and survival.
Featuring: Avery Cutroni, Jillian Torres, Molly Tatlock, Christina Dewar, Addison Pollard, and Ethan DeWitt.
Dates
August 20 and 21 at 7:30pm
August 22 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
August 23 at 2:00pm 📍
Location: The Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main Street, Vergennes, VT
Tickets
$10 for all performances.
Available at the door on performance days (cash, check, or Venmo).
Reserve online in advance or call (802) 349-1830.
Contains adult language and mature themes. Not suitable for children.
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.
MCP Scholarships
In 2026, we awarded three $1,000 scholarships to students who have graduated from high school within the last two years and who plan to attend college.
The 2026 winners are:
Lila Brightman
Mount Abraham Union High School, 2026
Tufts University
Anticipated Major: English
Avery Hohenschau
Middlebury Union High School, 2026
Vassar College
Anticipated Major: Film Production
Chance Koenig
Vergennes Union High School, 2026
Ithaca College
Anticipated Major: Occupational Therapy
For a list of prior recipients, see the Scholarships page.
OUR MOST RECENT PRODUCTION: NUNSENSE!
Audience reactions
“Saw Sunday’s matinee and enjoyed every minute. No need to be familiar with Catholicism, nuns, or the story being told. Many contemporary references and humorous connections to familiar songs, movies, and characters. Great, easy to hear and understand, lyrics. Fabulous show. Don’t miss it!”
“Make sure you do not miss Nunsense at the Town Hall Theater!! It’s wonderful in every way!!”
“We saw Nunsense on its opening night and were blown away by the talent, fun, musicality, and staging of this fun musical. There was so much talent on that stage. If you haven’t considered getting tickets for this great production, please reconsider. They should be sold out every night and will be if the word spreads about how much talent was in full evidence last night! Get your tickets right away. What a treat this was!”
Middlebury Community Players presented our Spring 2026 production, Nunsense, by Dan Goggin at Town Hall Theater April 24 through May 3, 2026. The production was directed by Peter Kristoph with music direction by Annette Franklin and choreography by Kendra Gratton, who also served as assistant director. Dora Greven stage managed, assisted by Meg Kennedy, and Kush Sharma produced, mentored by Mary Longey.
The cast included Avery Cutroni, Christina Dewar, Michelle Fico, Maggie Gates, and Jillian Torres.
Nunsense features five good-hearted, well-intentioned female characters who just happen to be nuns! When 52 sisters are accidentally poisoned by the convent’s cook, the remaining five nuns of the Little Sisters of Hoboken put on a musical revue to raise money for the funerals of four still-unburied sisters. Highlighting their “secret talents” from their pre-convent lives, they sing, dance, and entertain their way through a series of vaudeville-like numbers, often with great comic effect.
For more details and photos see the Nunsense show page.
Check out what The Addison Independent had to say about our production!
Curious what it takes to bring a convent full of comedy to life? Watch Assistant Director and Choreographer Kendra Gratton chat with Town Hall Theater’s Zach Shivers about the behind-the-scenes magic of Nunsense—from rehearsals to revelations.
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