DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL PRESENTS
PIPELINE STAGED READING
SCARECROW
(working title)
Loss and survival. Resilience and renewal. And Hallmark movies!
Written and performed by HEIDI ARMBRUSTER
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Pipeline Workshop
The Pipeline Series provides writers with fully supported workshops culminating in public staged readings. This interactive program invites our audience to become vital participants in the development of new work and provides a first look at new plays in consideration for future productions at the Festival and beyond.
This year we are turning our annual series of one-night-only readings into an artist residency. Acclaimed actress, playwright, and co-founder of the Women Artists Writing Group, Heidi Armbruster, will spend four weeks in Vermont developing a new piece that will be presented in a series of matinee performances at the Southern Vermont Arts Center.
We are honored to be a part of SVAC’s mission of creating an inviting environment for our community to meet, enjoy, and participate in the arts.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Written and performed by Heidi Armbruster
Directed by Dina Janis
Will the bulls chase her off the property or will she garden herself into oblivion? SCARECROW is one woman’s look back at the last 33 days of her father’s life. 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? A look at loss and survival. Resilience and renewal. And Hallmark movies. A rip roaringly hilarious and unbelievably touching journey of roller coasters, kittens, and cows. SO MANY COWS!
SCARECROW is produced by Dorset Theatre Festival. CLICK HERE to learn about the Festival’s 2021 Sponsors.
*Contains adult language and content
*90 minutes with no intermission
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Written and performed by - Heidi Armbruster
Heidi Armbruster, is a New York City-based theatre artist dedicated to creating new work and discovering new approaches to classical literature and theatre. Heidi is a founding member and co-curator of Dorset Theatre Festival’s Women Artists Writing, a group dedicated to cultivating the emergence of diverse theatrical voices. Heidi’s play Mrs. Christie received its world premiere at Dorset Theatre Festival in the summer of 2019. Her other plays, including Dairyland, Murder Girl, Every Good Girl Deserves Fun (and other misremembered things), Where the I Divides, and Purgatory, have been produced and developed at prestigious theatres across the country including SPACE on Ryder Farm, Primary Stages, Kansas City Rep, Red Bull Theater’s Short Play Festival, and many others. As an actress, Heidi has extensive New York and regional theatre credits, including Time Stands Still on Broadway and Lincoln Center’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced. Heidi was awarded a Drama League Nomination for her work in the Keen Company’s revival of Tea and Sympathy and has many TV and film credits including The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, 30 Rock, SVU, House of Cards and her role as Michelle on Darren Star’s TV Land hit Younger.
Dina Janis - DIRECTOR
Dina Janis has served as the Artistic Director of the Dorset Theatre Festival for the past eleven years, where she recently was co-creator and director of Gorgeous Nothings, with Mary Bacon and Purva Bedi. Dina oversees Dorset's New Play Development Programs including the Festival’s Women Artists Writing Group, Pipeline Series of New Plays, and the new Commissioning and Fellowship Program. Dina's Main Stage productions at Dorset include the acclaimed production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, The Whipping Man by Mathew Lopez and Out of the City by Leslie Ayvazian. As part of the Pipeline Series Dina has directed A Stage of Twilight by Sarah Schwab starring Karen Allen, and A Life in the Theatre by David Mamet starring Treat Williams
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
6 performances only!
Pipeline performance will be matinee performances at 3:00 PM EDT
All performances will take place outside at our open-air performance space at SVAC
Sunglasses, sunscreen, and layers are recommended for matinee performances.
We are braving a whole new world this season - CLICK HERE to learn more about the 2021 Outdoor Stage.
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