Tuesday, April 5, 2011

This winter has been full of excitement!

Here is the past season in review:

April Fools Cabaret was not snowed out, though it was a close call with forecasters predicting a HUGE nor'easter was coming our way.  Not an inch of snow was left in Brattleboro by the time of the performance!
 Check out our pictures: NEYT Mentors' April Fools Cabaret



Before that, Theatre Adventure Program put on an original play, created by the cast - Imagine That: Our Stories Take Flight!  This event was sponsored by Cultural Intrigue.

Check out these pictures:  Imagine That: Our Stories Take Flight!





Hecuba played to RAVE reviews.  Eric Bass directed this classic Greek tragedy with our youngest group of performers, ages 9-13.  This show was sponsored by 1st Advantage Dental.
 Take a look at this beautiful slide show, created by our staff photographer Laura Bliss:  Hecuba slideshow




To kick off the new year, the NEYT Alumni Association produced and performed Shakespeare Unrehearsed: A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Ben Stockman directed this excellent experiment in Shakespeare and Acting to great success!  This event was a fundraiser for NEYT's Angels in the Wings scholarship program.

See images from this event:  Shakespeare Unrehearsed, 2011






During the holiday season we put up a stunning production of Fiddler on the Roof, sponsored by Brattleboro Savings & Loan, and Fleming Oil, inc.





As a jump into the season of giving, NEYT hosted a fundraiser for 3 local organizations that help displaced persons with basics of life, such a food and shelter.  The event was No Lasting Home: Stories of Displacement and Diaspora.  Over a dozen people from our community shared their stories of displacement and diaspora.  NEYT managed to raise $3000 to disburse between Keene's Community Kitchen, Greenfield Family Inn, and Youth Services, located in Brattleboro & Bellows Falls.  Videos of this educational event may be purchased in the NEYT office for $10.  This wonderful night of storytelling was funded in part by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation