Don’t forget Members Coffee with Paul Michael Brinker on Wednesday, March 4
at 9 am. Coffee, homemade muffins and what’s happening at the Dorset Playhouse.
21st Annual One-Act Festival
Presented by the Dorset Players along with Kitchens of Vermont
This celebration of the short form play will be at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. Dorset, February 27 & 28, 2026 at 7:30PM and March 1, 2026 at 2PM. Show Sponsor is Kevin O’Toole- Attorney at Law.
Many facets of life will be explored through six short plays that fit into the theme of Community:
- Meet Me in the Endive by Susan Middaugh — Directed by Carolyn Stellatella
- The Love Language of Lions by Karina Jutzi — Directed by Janet Groom
- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson — Directed by Kevin O’Toole
- How We Win by Mark Dalton — Directed by Mark Dalton & Diane Liccardi
- The Laundromat by Marsha Norman — Directed by Cheryl Gushee
- The Bargain by Kathryn Funkhouser — Directed by Debbie Warnock
Laughs, gasps and devilish surprises abound in our annual weekend of quick storytelling. Opening Night Cash Bar by Haystack Catering opens at 6:30PM.
Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine Comes to Dorset
The Dorset Players and Lisa J. Hadlock welcome the Grand Kyiv Ballet of the Ukraine to the Dorset Playhouse stage for a fundraiser performance of Swan Lake.
This one-night only special event is on March 6, 2026 at 104 Cheney Rd. Dorset. Doors open at 6:30PM with the performance at 7:30PM. Pre-show, Intermission and Reception Cash Bar provided by Haystack Catering with after-show reception food provided by the Barrows House.
Silent/Online Auction currently running till March 6th at 10PM at 32Auctions Website. All final proceeds of the event and auction go to the Grand Kyiv Ballet to support the rebuilding of their facilities and support the children who are training in the art of Ballet in Kyiv.
Tickets are $55.
The Dorset Players wish to thank all the sponsors who very generously gave to our auction to support the Grand Kyiv Ballet including 3 Pears Gallery, Jewely Aguilar, American Fly Fishing Museum, Attention to Details/Douglas Levine, Bromley Resorts, Dorset Union Store, Epoch Gallery & Michael Wolski, Mark Gardner Logging & Excavating, Grand Kyiv Ballet, Gremlin Fine Arts, HgvtPro Cultivation Consulting, Hildene, Inns of Dorset/Barrows House, J K Adams, Samuel Liss & GNAT’s Green Mountain Challenge, Magic Mountain, Manchester Hot Glass, Manchester Wood Craft, Mountain View Ranch, Simon Pearce, William Sherman Jr., Verdiggity Holistic Craft Cannibis, The Wilburton. The Dorset Players wish to further thank Lisa & Darren Hadlock and the Weathervane Motel for providing lodging accommodations for the Grand Kyiv Ballet Company.
St. Patrick’s Drag Show
Get ready for a St. Patrick’s Day spectacle like no other, folks! We’re thrilled to invite you to the St. Patrick’s Day inspire Drag Show on March 14th at the Dorset Playhouse, where boozy delights and snacks will be flowing like the River Liffey.
Don’t miss our 50/50 Pot O’ Gold Raffle and mystery raffles that will make your wallet tremble with excitement. The night will feature dazzling performances inspired by Dirty Dancing, Weird Al, and other fabulous acts.
Wear your best green getup, channel your inner diva, or come just as you are – but let’s be real, dressing to impress is highly recommended. Cash Bar & Snacks provided by Haystack Catering. Please remember to tip your performers; bring those dollar bills!
The Gin Game
A Staged Reading By D.L. Coburn
Directed by Josh Bond, Produced by Paul Michael Brinker, Presenting Sponsor: Kitchens of Vermont.
This winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama uses a card game as a metaphor for life. Weller Martin is playing solitaire on the porch of a seedy nursing home. Enter Fonsia Dorsey, a prim, self-righteous lady. They discover they both dislike the home and enjoy gin rummy, so they begin to play and to reveal intimate details of their lives. Fonsia wins every time, and their secrets become weapons used against one another. Weller longs for a victory to counter a lifetime of defeats, but it doesn’t happen. He leaves the stage a broken man, and Fonsia realizes her self-righteous rigidity has led to an embittered, lonely, old age.
Staged reading dates & times are March 13, 2026 at 7:30PM and March 15, 2026 at 2PM.
Announcing the Cast of Clue
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Thank you to BroadwayWorld.com and Voters!
| Favorite Local Theatre | Dorset Players |
| Best Theater for Young Audiences Production | Elf the Musical |
| Best Director of a Musical | Tom Ferguson & Paul Michael Brinker – Company |
| Best Choreography | Susi Thomas – Company |
| Best Ensemble | Company |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Dana Haley as Amy – Company |
Circle of Readers
The Circle of Readers will meet Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 6:30PM. We will be reading
The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan.
This is considered a “memory play”, being told through Daniel, a grandson following his grandmother’s
battle with memory decline. His grandmother owns a small art gallery in Greenwich Village, and the
landlord wants to evict the gallery and put in a restaurant. How her family — daughter Ellen,
son-in-law Howard, and grandson — deal with her decline makes for a play with love, humor, and shows
how a family works together to support a loved one facing a battle with one’s own mind.
Please let us know if you plan to come to the Circle of Readers on March 10, 2026 at the Dorset Playhouse.
Thank you!
Lynne Marcus (516-297-2410) & Cheryl Gushee (802-379-1031)
Our 98th Season Awaits!
Please call 802-867-5570 or email info@dorsetplayers.org
for more information.
