THE FESTIVAL NEWSROOM
2024 Press
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Ireland reigns in Dorset with visceral ‘Beauty Queen’ - The Manchester Journal
‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’ stuns at Dorset Theatre Festival - Nippertown
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane,' Dorset Theatre Festival - Seven Days
REVIEW: ‘The Beauty Queen Of Leenane’ at The Dorset Theatre Festival - Berkshire on Stage
Native Gardens
Sidekicked
True Art
Is it ‘True Art’?: Dorset premieres Jessica Provenz’ mystery-comedy - Rutland Herald
Dorset Theatre Festival’s ‘True Art’ a welcome burst of comedic joy - Nippertown
Dorset’s ‘True Art’ proves deliciously funny—and thrilling - Times Argus
Dorset offers stunning world premiere of 'True Art' - Manchester Journal
REVIEW: “True Art” at the Dorset Theatre Festival - Berkshire on Stage
‘True Art’ is superbly acted and produced all the way through - The Berkshire Eagle
DTF’s Timely ‘True Art’ Is A True Masterpiece - Theater Mirror
2023 Press
Misery
'Misery' opens Dorset Theatre Festival's 46th season with a taut thriller -The Manchester Journal
“Misery” At The Dorset Theatre Festival -Berkshire on Stage
Theater Review: 'Misery,' Dorset Theatre Festival -Seven Days
In DTF’s ‘Misery,’ Writing Like Your Life Depends on It Takes On New Meaning -InSights
Theater Review: Dorset’s ‘Misery’ keeps you on the edge of your seat -Time Argus
Misery by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King. Directed by Jackson Gay -Berkshire Bright Focus
Still
Dorset Theatre Festival Announced Casting For The World Premiere Of “Still” -Berkshire on Stage
'Still', Dorset Theatre Festival -Seven Days
‘STILL’ plays at the Dorset Theatre Festival through August 5 -The Berkshire Edge
Happy memories go awry in Dorset’s ‘Still’ -Rutland Herald
“Still” At The Dorset Theatre Festival -Berkshire on Stage
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson- Apt. 2B
“Ms Holmes And Ms Watson – Apt. 2B” At The Dorset Theatre Festival -Berkshire on Stage
'Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B,' Dorset Theatre Festival -Seven Days
‘Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson — Apt. 2B’ at Dorset Playhouse -The Berkshire Edge
Sherlock Homes and Watson were never so silly -Times Argus
Dorset’s ‘Holmes & Watson’ a screamer -Brattleboro Reformer
The Thanksgiving Play
Dorset Theatre Festival Closes 46th Season With “The Thanksgiving Play” -Berkshire on Stage
'The Thanksgiving Play,' Dorset Theatre Festival -Seven Days
‘The Thanksgiving Play’ plays on the Dorset Theatre Festival stage through September 10 -The Berkshire Edge
Canceled: Dorset’s ‘Thanksgiving Play’ turns political correctness inside out -Times Argus
Dorset’s ‘Thanksgiving’ lampoons everyone -Brattleboro Reformer
2022 PRESS
WAIT UNTIL DARK
10 events to visit in Vermont this July: New England Magazine - By Paul Joseph
THEATRE REVIEW: DORSET’S “WAIT UNTIL DARK” SHINES A LIGHT - Patrick White, Nippertown
THEATRE REVIEW: “Wait Until Dark” At The Dorset Theatre Festival - Berkshire On Stage
Theater Review: 'Wait Until Dark,' Dorset Playhouse - Seven Days
Theatre Review: “Wait Until Dark”: Still Scary - Artful / Susan Apel
Theater Review: ‘Wait Until Dark’: Hold onto your seats! - Rutland Herald / Times Argus
Preview: ‘Dorset Theatre Festival Opens 45th Season With “Wait Until Dark” - Berkshire On Stage
2019 PRESS
Private Lives
PREVIEW: Noël Coward’s ‘Private Lives’: Much more than a comedy of manners - Rutland Herald
PREVIEW: 'Private Lives' to open at Dorset Theatre Festival - Manchester Journal
THEATRE REVIEW: Dorset Theatre Festival’s ‘Private Lives’ is a first-class production - THE BERKSHIRE EDGE
BWW Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Dorset Theatre Festival is Pretty Much Pitch Perfect - BroadwayWorld
REVIEW: `Private Lives' at Dorset is up for laughs - Bennington Banner
REVIEW: ‘Private Lives’ a Classy Production of Classic Summer Fare at DTF - Theatre Mirror
DIG
REVIEW: DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL THRILLS WITH THERESA REBECK’S WORLD PREMIERE “DIG” - Nippertown
REVIEW: Theater Review: Tragedy, hope and comedy thrive in a plant shop - Times Argus
REVIEW: Dig, by Theresa Rebek. Directed by the Author. Reviewed by J. Peter Bergman. - Berkshire Bright Focus
LISTEN: A Vermont Voices Q&A With Broadway Playwright Theresa Rebeck - Vermont Magazine
PREVIEW: Dorset Theatre Festival Presents World Premiere Of "Dig" By Theresa Rebeck - WAMC Roundtable
PREVIEW: 'Dig' opens at Dorset Theatre Festival: The world premiere of a play that's about courage, redemption and photosynthesis - The Bennington Banner
PREVIEW: Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Dig’: Dorset premiering taut tragedy-mystery-romance - The Rutland Herald
‘She Should Be Revered, and She Is Not’ - The New York Times
The Most Broadway-Produced Female Playwright Of Our Time Offers Her Wisdom - Forbes
MRS. CHRISTIE
REVIEW: “Dorset’s ‘Mrs. Christie’ a hit: World premiere channeling Agatha Christie a romp for fans” - The Bennington Banner
REVIEW: “BWW Review: MRS. CHRISTIE at Dorset Theatre Festival Brilliantly Tackles Old Things in New Ways” - BroadwayWorld
REVIEW: “Theater Review: Agatha Christie’s disappearance becomes comedy at Dorset” - Rutland Herald
REVIEW: “‘Mrs. Christie’ at the Dorset Theatre Festival” - Berkshire On Stage
REVIEW: “Mrs. Christie - World Premiere at Dorset Theater” - Vermont.com
PREVIEW: “Heidi Armbruster’s ‘Mrs. Christie’: How Did Agatha Christie really disappear?” - Times Argus
SLOW FOOD
REVIEW: Slow Food – A Delicious Comedy at Dorset Theatre - Vermont.com
REVIEW: Dorset's `Slow Food' whets appetite for laughter - Bennington Banner
REVIEW: Slow Food’: No food, no drinks, but plenty of laughs - Rutland Herald
REVIEW: Dorset Theatre Festival’s witty and wonderful ‘Slow Food’ keeps you laughing - The Berkshire Edge
“Frasier” Alums Reunite in Dorset Theatre Festival’s SLOW FOOD” - BroadwayWorld
“Two Frasier Alums Reunite at Dorset Theatre Festival in Slow Food” - Stratton Magazine
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Casts of SLOW FOOD and PRIVATE LIVES; Peri Gilpin, Dan Butler & More - BroadwayWorld
2018 PRESS
Pride and Prejudice
"'Pride and Prejudice' a hit at Dorset Theatre Festival" - Bennington Banner
"DTF's 'Pride and Prejudice' fills the stage with delicious portraits of classic romance novel characters" - The Berkshire Edge
"Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' gets physical" - Rutland Herald
"'Pride and Prejudice' at Dorset Theatre Festival" - Seven Days VT
"New take on 'Pride and Prejudice' is funny, moving" - Manchester Journal
PREVIEW: "‘Pride and Prejudice’: Jane Austen you’ve never seen before" - Rutland Herald
Skeleton Crew
LISTEN: "The Dorset Theatre Festival Presents 'Skeleton Crew' by Dominique Morisseau" - WAMC's The Roundtable
"BWW REVIEW: 'Skeleton Crew at Dorset Theatre Festival'" - Broadway World
"Dorset Theatre Festival offers up hearty `Skeleton Crew'" - Bennington Banner
"'Skeleton Crew,' at Dorset Theatre Festival" - Seven Days VT
"Humanity wins in Dorset’s ‘Skeleton Crew’" - Rutland Herald
"Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morisseau. Directed by Jade King Carroll. Reviewed by J. Peter Bergman." - Berkshire Bright Focus
"'Skeleton Crew': Survival isn't always of the fittest" - Rutland Herald
Cry It Out
"Dorset's 'Cry It Out' an early summer hit" - Manchester Journal
"'Cry It Out' a touching study of motherhood" - The Alt, Schenectady
LISTEN: Clea Alsip, Andrea Syglowski, Cat Adragna, and Will Rucker talk "Cry It Out" - Theatre Talk
"BWW Review: CRY IT OUT at Dorset Theatre Festival is NOT TO BE MISSED!" - Broadway World
"Dorset finds more than laughs in young motherhood" - Rutland Herald
"Dorset Theatre Festival 2018 Season Preview" - WAMC's The Roundtable
"'Cry It Out': Finding home and humor after childbirth" - Rutland Herald
"Dorset Theatre Festival Presents CRY IT OUT" - Broadway World
"Season to open with parenthood comedy" - The Berkshire Eagle
2018
"Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Full Casting for 2018 Season;
Jayne Atkinson to lead ANN and More" - Broadway World
"Vermont art organizations to receive $892,000 from NEA" - Vermont Biz
"Dorset Theatre Festival Announces CRY IT OUT;
I'M NOT RAPPAPORT Postponed To 2019" - Broadway World
"Judd Hirsch tops Dorset Theatre Fest's 2018 season" - Manchester Journal
"...41st season boasts Judd Hirsch, 'Pride and Prejudice' and much more" - Rutland Herald
"Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2018 Summer Season" - American Theatre
"Judd Hirsch Will Return to Tony-Winning Role in I'm Not Rappaport" - Playbill
"Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2018 Summer Season" - Press Release
2017 PRESS
American Buffalo
“Treat Williams in American Buffalo at Dorset Theatre Festival” – WAMC’s The Roundtable
“Theater Review: American Buffalo, Dorset Theatre Festival” – Seven Days VT
“Onstage This Week: Aug. 28 – Sept. 4” – American Theatre Magazine
“Review: American Buffalo at Dorset” – Berkshire On Stage
“Review: Mamet’s American Buffalo Rumbles Through Dorset” – Bennington Banner
“Review: Humor, Humanity Revealed in American Buffalo” – Rutland Herald
“Regional Revival of American Buffalo Comes to Dorset” – Berkshire Eagle
“American Buffalo” – Theatre Talk
The Legend of Georgia McBride
“Choreographer’s Confessional: Patrick McCollum’s First Time Working in Heels” – Dance Magazine
“Dorset Theatre Festival’s Women Artists Writing Group to Host 2nd Annual Retreat” – Broadway World
“Oliver Palmer Runs With the Big Dogs in David Mamet’s American Buffalo in Dorset” – Berkshire On Stage
“Treat Williams in Dorset Production of American Buffalo” – The Daily Gazette
“Chekhov for Today: David Mamet’s American Buffalo” – Rutland Herald
“For Stephen Adly Guirgis, the Long Road Back to a First Love: Acting” – The New York Times
“The Legend of Georgia McBride at Dorset Theatre Festival” – WAMC’s The Roundtable
“Just North of the Berkshires, a New Destination for Actors and Playwrights” – The Boston Globe
“The Legend of Georgia McBride” – More Theatre Talk
“Review: McBride is Heartwarming” – Rutland Herald
“Review: Dorset’s McBride Anything But a Drag” – Bennington Banner
“Review: The Legend of Georgia McBride at Dorset” – Berkshire On Stage
“Review: The Legend of Georgia McBride” – Berkshire Bright Focus
“A Comedy of Reinvention, Survival, and Doing Drag” – Berkshire On Stage
“McBride Opens at Dorset; Promises Dancing in the Aisles” – The Berkshire Eagle
“Think Elvis Impersonators are Wild?” – Rutland Herald
Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville
“Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Dorset Theatre Festival” – WAMC’s The Roundtable
“Review: Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” – Berkshire Bright Focus
“Review: Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Dorset” – Berkshire On Stage
“Review: Dorset’s Baskerville is Howl-Inducing” – Bennington Banner
“The Play’s the Thing” – GNAT
“Kinky Boots‘ Joey Taranto to Lead The Legend of Georgia McBride at Dorset Theatre Festival” – Broadway World
“Review: Baskerville is Fall-Down Funny” – Times Argus
“Baskerville” – Theatre Talk
“Baskerville to Hound Dorset Audiences” – Berkshire Eagle
“Holmes and the Hounds at the Dorset Theatre Festival” – Berkshire On Stage
“Baskerville: Introducing Ms. Sherlock Holmes” – Rutland Herald
Downstairs
“A Discreetly Fashionable Getaway in New England ” – The Wall Street Journal
“(Review) Downstairs” – Berkshire Bright Focus
“(Review) Daly Siblings Finally Together in Dorset’s Downstairs” – Bennington Banner
“Arts This Week: Downstairs” – WGBH Boston
“Stars Come Out to Honor Rebeck at Dorset Theatre Festival Gala” – The Manchester Journal
“Liz Wisan to Lead Female-Driven Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Dorset Theatre Festival” – Broadway World
“Review: Downstairs” – Berkshire On Stage
“(Review) Stagestruck: Brother/Sister Act” – The Valley Advocate
“(Review) Rebeck’s Tragic Puzzle Solved in Downstairs” – Times Argus
“Dorset Theatre Festival Launches Southern Vermont Tourism Initiative” – VTDigger
“A Related Matter” – The Boston Globe
“Artistic Associate Apprentices: Downstairs” – Theatre Talk
“Two Vermont Showplaces to Mark Dramatic Birthdays” – VT Digger
“Tyne Daly, Tim Daly, And John Procaccino In World Premiere Of Theresa Rebeck’s Downstairs At Dorset Theatre Festival” – WAMC’s The Roundtable
“Theresa Rebeck And Adrienne Campbell-Holt Discuss Premiere Of Downstairs At Dorset Theatre Festival” – WAMC’s The Roundtable
“What Play Finally Brought Tim and Tyne Daly Together Onstage?” – Playbill
“In New Play About Family, Tim and Tyne Daly Bring Sibling Star Power to Dorset Playhouse” – VPR
“Theresa Rebeck’s Downstairs” – The Rutland Herald
“Review: The Tarnation of Russell Colvin” – Berkshire On Stage
“Review: The Tarnation of Russell Colvin” – Berkshire Bright Focus
“Playwright Mona Mansour Kicks Off Dorset Theatre Festival’s 2017 New Play Reading Series” – Berkshire Onstage
“Oliver Wadsworth Brings One-Man Play to Dorset Theatre Festival” – Berkshire Eagle
“The Tarnation of Russell Colvin – Oliver Wadsworth” – Theatre Talk
“Tim and Tyne Daly Star Together for the First Time.” – WNYC: The Leonard Lopate Show
“Local Murder Mystery Comes to the Stage” – Berkshire On Stage
“Dorset Theatre Festival’s 40th Anniversary Preview” – WAMC’s The Roundtable
“Dorset Theatre Festival’s Summer Stars Celebration to Honor Playwright Theresa Rebeck” – Broadway World
“The Daly Show is Coming to Vermont as Tim and Tyne Appear Together Onstage” – ZealNYC
“This Month in Theatre History” – American Theatre Magazine
“Photo Coverage: Tim and Tyne Daly Prep for Downstairs at Dorset Theatre Festival” – Broadway World
“Go Inside the Rehearsal Room of Downstairs Starring Tim and Tyne Daly” – Playbill
“Tim and Tyne Daly: Together at Last” – Stratton Magazine
“Behind the Curtain” – Stratton Magazine
“Actor Treat Williams Returns to Theatre Roots on Vermont Stage” –WABC
“Tim Daly: Mr. Madam Secretary” – NPR’s Ask Me Another
“Dorset Theatre Festival 2017 Season” – More Theatre Talk
“Photo Coverage: Treat Williams and Company Prepare for Dorset Theatre Festival’s American Buffalo” – Broadway World
“Premiere, Stars Celebrate Dorset’s 40th” – Rutland Herald
“Tyne Daly and Tim Daly Will Star in World Premiere of Theresa Rebeck Play” – Playbill
“Stephen Adly Guirgis to Return to the Stage at Dorset Theatre Festival” – The New York Times
“42 Essential Arts Events You Won’t Want to Miss This Spring and Summer” – Boston Globe Magazine
“Daly Siblings to Make First Stage Appearance in Downstairs at Dorset Theatre Festival” – Broadway World
“Janis Honored for Work with DTF” – Bennington Bulletin
“40k Matching Grant Awarded to Dorset Theater” –Bennington Banner
“Dorset Theatre Festival Receives Matching Grant in Honor of 40th Anniversary Season” –Broadway World
“Will VT Theater Ever Make It To Broadway?” -Jim Lowe, The Times Argus