Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery

Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery The little theater in the heart of Brattleboro, VT. Organizations may also utilize all or part of the space for meetings, benefits, workshops, and conferences.

The Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery’s purpose is to provide an open venue for the visual and performing arts. All use of the theater is on a simple share-of-the-cost basis. The manager of the theater is a volunteer position and there are no paid staff, so rentals hopefully will cover most expenses. The theater could not continue existing were it not for individual and group volunteers. Whether i

t's handling the box office or getting up on a ladder to fix a lamp, dragging the "marquee" out to the street, or helping with costumes for a production, talented (and sometimes "strong" helps too!) people make the whole thing work. The Vermont Theater Company organized building a modular (i.e. removable) stage-extension that greatly enhances the flexibility of the playing space. It can be stored when not in use. Occasionally a group coming in needs some additional help: someone to run the lights for their show or someone to do sound. We’ll pass on names of people who would be pleased to do that work if they’re available. The gallery space is also available to all artists: actors, theater companies, musicians, photographers, dancers, painters and sculptors, video artists, filmmakers, and performance artists. You hang your show and are free to re-focus the lighting. There’s a nice synergy between people who come to the theater for something else and are standing in the lobby area looking at what’s up in the gallery. The hope is that performers and artists of all types will find the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery to be an ideal space for theatrical and musical exploration. A crucial long-range goal is to make the theater handicapped accessible. The ideas that first drove the creation of the Hooker-Dunham as a "Theater and Gallery" are essentially the same today as they were when it first took shape. Here's how some of its founders described it years ago:

http://www.gallerywalk.org/HookerDunham.html

It's a great week for comedy! Tonight: Comedy Open MicTomorrow Night: Aaron Foster at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gall...
04/08/2026

It's a great week for comedy!

Tonight: Comedy Open Mic

Tomorrow Night: Aaron Foster at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery

Soft opening tonight! 5:00-7:00PM
04/03/2026

Soft opening tonight! 5:00-7:00PM

If you miss Brattleboro’s Festival of Miniatures that garnered lots of well-deserved attention, The Museum of Things Tiny & Found (MTTF), one feature of the holiday event, is now nestled permanently in the lobby of the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery.

Read this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/859/859Museum_of_Tiny

Tonight! Try out your comedy skills!
03/25/2026

Tonight! Try out your comedy skills!

This Friday! Elm City Comedy returns!
01/05/2026

This Friday! Elm City Comedy returns!

LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE ECC’s previous show at The Hooker-Dunham in 2024 can be viewed in full at the Elm City Comedy page. —Founded in 2022, Elm City Comedy is a New Hampshire based collective dedicated to supporting and promoting comedy performers in the Monadnock region

See you Monday night!We Wiggle Dolls Puppet Slam7:00 Doors, 7:30 Performance$12-$20 Sliding ScaleAges 14+
09/19/2025

See you Monday night!

We Wiggle Dolls Puppet Slam
7:00 Doors, 7:30 Performance
$12-$20 Sliding Scale
Ages 14+

An adult-oriented puppet slam is coming to the Hooker-Dunham on Monday, September 22nd!
Doors at 7:00, Show at 7:30
Tickets sliding scale $12-$20
Ages 14+

"This Autumn, We Wiggle Dolls is presenting our third touring adult-oriented puppet variety all the way across the East Coast and along the Gulf Shore. As with the previous tours, our company will be made up of newly Deputized Doll Wigglers (its a lot of paperwork trust me) and Playdoh & Basl! ( & ) Most dates will also feature local puppet artists as before, but now we will also be featuring MUSICAL GUESTS TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW!! Don’t miss the next evolution of the touring format, and do not miss these indredible and eclectic selection of puppet artists and musicians!!"

An adult-oriented puppet slam is coming to the Hooker-Dunham on Monday, September 22nd!Doors at 7:00, Show at 7:30Ticket...
09/12/2025

An adult-oriented puppet slam is coming to the Hooker-Dunham on Monday, September 22nd!
Doors at 7:00, Show at 7:30
Tickets sliding scale $12-$20
Ages 14+

"This Autumn, We Wiggle Dolls is presenting our third touring adult-oriented puppet variety all the way across the East Coast and along the Gulf Shore. As with the previous tours, our company will be made up of newly Deputized Doll Wigglers (its a lot of paperwork trust me) and Playdoh & Basl! ( & ) Most dates will also feature local puppet artists as before, but now we will also be featuring MUSICAL GUESTS TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW!! Don’t miss the next evolution of the touring format, and do not miss these indredible and eclectic selection of puppet artists and musicians!!"

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139 Main Street
Brattleboro, VT
05301

Telephone

+18022813232

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