http://www.valleyadvocate.com/section.cfm?uid=68 Copyright 2013 The Valley Advocate TheOtherRoom.com CFML RSS Generator Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 AM MST en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16792 W hen I first met Vincent Dowling in 1990, the year he founded the Miniature Theatre of Chester, he regaled me with tales of his early life as an itinerant actor, doing “fit-ups”—one-night stands on makeshift stages—in small towns all over his native Ireland. The thrill of... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16792 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16763 C ontemporary dance, often considered among the most rarefied of art forms, may not seem like something you’d find in a southern Vermont grange hall. Thanks to Vermont Performance Lab, however, rural southern Vermont has become an increasingly attractive place for dance artists. The Lab, proclaims... By James Heflin http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16763 Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16745 Dalton Trumbo’s antiwar novel Johnny Got His Gun took the reader on a harrowing, heartbreaking trip into the head of Joe Bonham, a World War I soldier who’s lost not only his limbs but his sight, hearing and speech—a lump of “living flesh.” A radio adaptation in 1940... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16745 Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16707 “I feel like this play is an incredible amalgamation and a sort of a full circle of Valley talent,” says Julie Waggoner, who is half the cast of a new six-character play. She stars with Jeannine Haas in Red State of Marriage , written specifically for them by local playwright Peter Shelburne,... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16707 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16595 F our male characters dominate this week’s Valley theater. Not too surprising, considering women’s chronic underrepresentation in dramatis personae from the Greeks to the present, but a bit so, since two of the productions are at all-women’s colleges. Three of the plays are time-tested... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16595 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16565 I n the end, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told was performed without incident—inside the Academy of Music, at least. Outside the building, another story was taking place. All three performances last month attracted demonstrators on both sides—literally—facing off across the walkway... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16565 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16543 The Pioneer Valley Performing Arts charter school’s Catalyst Dance Company celebrates 15 years of movement with Dancing in the Eye of the Storm . The evening includes works by Bill T. Jones, hip-hop choreographer James Morrow and Catalyst founder Jodi Falk. April 11-12, 7 p.m., $6-12, Academy... By James Heflin http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16543 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16540 The Rainbow Players don’t exactly reject terms like “tolerance,” “acceptance” and “inclusion,” they simply transcend them. This 13-year-old troupe of youth and adults with physical, developmental and learning disabilities uses improvisational theater to share... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16540 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16539 "Willliam Shakespeare—a man from a hick town with a high school education.” With that disarming characterization, Shakespeare & Company demystifies the often daunting Bard of Avon. Shakespeare and the Language That Shaped a World, a 45-minute presentation followed by an optional hands-on... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16539 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16528 T he Grey Goo Theory imagines the world ending, not in fire or ice, but in a global cancer of self-replicating nanotechnology that ultimately devours the biosphere. The idea has morphed into an omnibus term deploring the insidious penetration of digital technology into every aspect of our lives, consuming... By Chris Rohmann http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16528