Briggs Opera House A Community Arts Center

05/29/2026

BODY OF WORK by Rigel Harris at Briggs Opera House June 5 & 6.

Get your tickets at
http://www.bodyofworktheplay.com

Body of Work follows a young cancer researcher, living in New York City. In addition to pursuing a PhD in experimental medicine and oncology, Eloise is also working as a high-end es**rt. At its core, Body of Work is a play about labor, bodies, and the myths we build around morality.

Rigel Harris' new show 'Body of Work' explores the moral complexities of scientific inquiry and s*x work through the life of a doctoral candidate.

05/27/2026

UP NEXT: BODY OF WORK by Rigel Harris at Briggs Opera House June 5 & 6.

Get your tickets at
http://www.bodyofworktheplay.com

Body of Work follows a young cancer researcher, living in New York City. In addition to pursuing a PhD in experimental medicine and oncology, Eloise is also working as a high-end es**rt. At its core, Body of Work is a play about labor, bodies, and the myths we build around morality.

05/16/2026

Don’t miss this great performance and play!

05/10/2026

First look at THE WAVERLY GALLERY by Kenneth Lonergan. Now thru May 24 at Shaker Bridge Theatre

“At its heart the play is about connection, identity, and the enduring support of family.”
- James Kent, Mountain Times

“The Waverly Gallery” will tug at the audience’s heartstrings as they watch a beloved matriarch slip into the terrifying world of dementia and witness her children try to find a place of love, light, and acceptance during one of their mother’s most trying chapters.”
- Emma Stanton Vermont Standard

“Deftly presents senility as an exaggerated state of the natural human condition… Deeply theatrical and often deeply funny.”
– The New York Times

Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years. The management wants to replace her less-than-thriving gallery with a coffee shop. Always irascible but now increasingly erratic, Gladys is a cause of concern to her daughter, her son-in-law, and her grandson, from whose point of view this poignant memory play is told. A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family.

THE WAVERLY GALLERY
by Kenneth Lonergan
Directed by Bill C***s

Featuring:
Claude Choukrane, Celeste Ciulla, Ernest Daniel Fleischer, Isaac Hickox-Young and Marina Re

Now thru May 24, 2026

Tickets at shakerbridgetheatre.org

Photos by Caitlin Gomes Photography

05/03/2026

04/16/2026

UP NEXT: THE WAVERLY GALLERY by Kenneth Lonergan, Directed by Bill C***s

Featuring:
Claude Choukrane, Celeste Ciulla, Ernest Daniel Fleischer, Isaac Hickox-Young and Marina Re

May 7 - 24, 2026

“Deftly presents senility as an exaggerated state of the natural human condition… Deeply theatrical and often deeply funny.”
– The New York Times

Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years. The management wants to replace her less-than-thriving gallery with a coffee shop. Always irascible but now increasingly erratic, Gladys is a cause of concern to her daughter, her son-in-law, and her grandson, from whose point of view this poignant memory play is told. A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family, The Waverly Gallery was a success in its premiere at New York’s Promenade Theatre, winning an Obie for legendary Eileen Heckart in the role of Gladys. Nineteen years later, the play premiered on Broadway, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play and a Tony Award for 86-year-old leading actress Elaine May.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, May 7
“Pay What You Will”

Saturday, May 9
First Saturday Party!
Stay after to meet the cast and enjoy some treats.

Saturday, May 16
Additional Matinee at 2:30pm.

Sunday, May 17
Post Show Talkback with the actors.

Tickets available at
shakerbridgetheatre.org

04/03/2026

SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck
Now playing at Briggs Opera House thru April 12

Tickets At shakerbridgetheatre.org

03/19/2026

Up Next: Shaker Bridge Theatre presents SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Kent Burnham. Featuring: Brooke Friday, Xavier Markey-Smith, Ben Pereira, Tim Rush, Leah Schwartz. March 26 - April 12

Four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, s*x is used as a weapon, and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting comedy.

Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, most Broadway-produced female playwright, and director of last season's workshop presentation of Samantha Inside Out.

“Big laughs... an authentic rush of pleasure.”
– The New York Times

“Theresa Rebeck hits plenty of bull’s-eyes, so sit back and enjoy the ride.”
– New York Post

Tickets at shakerbridgetheatre.org

02/18/2026

White River Indie Festival 2026

Presenting sponsors Leslie Center for the Humanities & Vermont Humanities

JAM - Junction Arts & Media is excited to announce the full lineup for WRIF 2026, returning to White River Junction March 1-8 for our 21st year. This year's festival brings more locally-grown indie arts and new global cinema than ever. Check out the full lineup of films, live music, comedy, dance, puppetry, workshops, outdoor light show, and parties – a celebration of creativity for all ages!

Brows the full schedule and purchase tickets at https://uvjam.org/white-river-indie-festival-2026/tickets-schedule/

02/13/2026