Town Hall Theater

The Cutting Edge by Middlebury Acting Company Presents:

"Darwin in Malibu"

By Crispin Whittell

Sunday, June 28 at 4pm

In the Anderson Studio

Presented by Middlebury Acting Company, Town Hall Theater's professional resident theater company, delivering playful, intimate and conversation sparking productions since 2001.

Darwin sits on the deck of a Malibu beach house. With him is Sarah, who makes him banana and strawberry shakes. Up pops the bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, and Darwin's friend and champion Thomas Huxley, both also long dead and buried.

But the experience of life and death, love and loss, means that previously held certainties are now uncertainties. Once you know something - whether it is about DNA or what your boyfriend did last night - nothing is ever quite the same again.

Directed By Cheryl Faraone

CAST

Gary Smith
Kevin Commins
Matthew Cox
Michole Biancosino

THE CUTTING EDGE: AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY READING SERIES

In 2017 MACo inaugurated The Cutting Edge Staged Play Reading Series, curated and directed by Rebecca Strum. The Cutting Edge Series offers three contemporary, relevant, intelligent staged readings featuring top Vermont actors, followed by lively talk-backs each year, and has proven to be very popular with our audiences.

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Sun, Jun 28th, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Ticket Pricing

All Tickets: $15

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

ABOUT STAGED READINGS
This performance will be presented as a staged reading, where talented actors bring the script to life with minimal staging and props, focusing on the power of the text and performances. Unlike full productions, staged readings allow audiences to experience cutting-edge contemporary works while engaging directly with the raw emotional core of the play. Join us after the performance for an exciting talk-back session with the cast and director to discuss the themes and questions raised by this thought-provoking work.

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