Starring
MICHAEL BARA as Carlino
ACADIA COLAN as Gloria
KIETH D. GALLAGHER as Roat
ERIC GILDE as Sam
SARA HAIDER as Susan Hendrix
MANU KUMASI as Mike

Scenic Design by CHRISTOPHER and JUSTIN SWADER
Costume Design by FABIAN FIDEL AGUILAR
Lighting Design by PAUL WHITAKER
Sound Design by FITZ PATTON
Fight Direction UNCLEDAVES FIGHT-HOUSE
Casting Direction JUDY BOWMAN, CSA
Associate Costume Designers MOLLY MORGAN and BARBARA A. BELL
Production Stage Manager LORI ANN ZEPP

A new adaptation of the Broadway play that inspired the 1967 Academy Award-nominated film starring Audrey Hepburn.

Inside the quaint 1944 Greenwich Village basement apartment of Susan and Sam Hendrix, murder, secret identities, and a switchblade set the stage for this white-knuckle thriller that will leave you sleeping with the lights on. While Susan’s husband is away on business, a woman is murdered and a mystery begins to unravel, leaving Susan tangled up with a ruthless con man. The climax builds, light becomes dark, and a battle of wits ensues, all leading to this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion.

“ the scariest stage denouement this reviewer has ever seen — rather, experienced. This was truly exciting — and rewarding — theater.”

— Jim Lowe, Rutland Herald

NEWSROOM

THEATRE REVIEW: Dorset returns to venerable playhouse with classic ‘Dark’ - Telly Halkias, Brattleboro Reformer

THEATRE REVIEW: “Wait Until Dark” At The Dorset Theatre Festival - Berkshire On Stage

Theater Review: 'Wait Until Dark,' Dorset Playhouse - Seven Days

Scenic Design by CHRISTOPHER and JUSTIN SWADER
Costume Design by FABIAN FIDEL AGUILAR
Lighting Design by PAUL WHITAKER
Sound Design by FITZ PATTON
Production Stage Manager ROB CHIKAR

From the author of the Festival’s 2019 hit World Premiere Mrs. Christie. A look at loss and survival. Resilience and renewal. And Hallmark movies.

Will the bulls chase her off the property, or will she garden herself into oblivion? A New York City actress lands herself on her family’s dairy farm to grieve herself back to life. But can she ever make enough meatloaf to feel a sense of purpose again now that her most important person is no longer on the planet? One woman’s look back at the last 33 days of her father’s life in a rip-roaring and touching journey of roller coasters, kittens, and cows. SO MANY COWS!  

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Theater Review: In ‘Scarecrow,” one life ends, another is renewed - Jim Lowe, Times Argus

Dorset Theatre Festival Will Present Farmland Comedy SCARECROW This Month - Grace Cutler, BroadwayWorld

Heidi Armbruster’s ‘Scarecrow’: Coming to terms with a lifetime in 33 days on a farm - Jim Lowe, Rutland Herald

Dorset continues 45th season with brilliant ‘Scarecrow’; Heidi Armbruster’s one-woman show bringing down the Dorset Playhouse - Telly Halkias, Manchester Journal

Back Together Again is a theatrical concert featuring the music of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Friends since their college days, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway soared to the top of the Billboard charts as one of the most cherished and mellifluous duos in music history, recording some of the most adored duets of all time like, "Where Is The Love" and "The Closer I Get To You." Now, Broadway performers, and husband-and-wife, Christina Acosta Robinson and Ken Robinson bring the love together again for a concert of the pair’s iconic hits.

“The joy and heart in the music itself can heal and inspire, while also celebrating the history and impact of these important artists.”

— Dina Janis, Artistic Director

Starring

MEG HENNESSY as Cathleen
DAVID MASON as Jack
KATHY McCAFFERTY as Bridget

Scenic Design by CHRISTOPHER and JUSTIN SWADER
Costume Design by FABIAN FIDEL AGUILAR
Lighting Design by MARY ELLEN STUBBINS
Sound Design by FITZ PATTON
Casting Director JUDY BOWMAN, CSA
Production Stage Manager AVERY TRUNKO

Set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, failure, denial, and passion roil as two Irish servants and an American chauffeur pass the day in the kitchen of the Tyrone family’s residence in 1912. As tensions rise and the past rears its head, a search for love and belonging becomes the search for “home.”

“I am thrilled to be directing this magnificent play by an extraordinary Irish-American writer, Ronán Noone. THIRST is beautiful, funny, heartbreaking. Unmissable,”

— Theresa Rebeck, Director

PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE:
Although this play started out life as The Second Girl, it is not that anymore. This play now called Thirst has been redrafted and reworked into a new and separate work of art.

The Second Girl was originally produced by the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston. Peter DuBois, Artistic Director / Michael Maso, Managing Director. The Second Girl was developed by The Orchard Project, American Conservatory Theatre, CATF, Vineyard Playhouse, and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

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DTF’S WORLD PREMIERE OF “THIRST” SATISFIES YOUR LOVE OF THEATER - Patrick White, Nippertown

Dorset Theatre Festival opens world premiere play directed by Theresa Rebeck - VTDigger

Dorset closes season with sublime ‘Thirst’ - Telly Halkias, Brattleboro Reformer

THEATER REVIEW: ‘Thirst’ plays at Dorset Theatre Festival through September 3 - J. Peter Bergman, The Berkshire Edge