The Cutting Edge by Middlebury Acting Company Presents:

"Simple Sage"

By Vermont playwright Kate Youngdahl-Stauss

Sunday, February 15 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.

"Simple Sage" by Vermont playwright Kate Youngdahl-Stauss is based on the curious true story of a house in Granville Vermont built in the 18th Century that still stands today. In the 19th Century the house was occupied by the Lamb sisters, two of whom married John Deere. Then in the 1930’s several lesbian farmers came to Granville and rescued the house and land after the collapse of the lumber industry. Tales of Vermont women during these two eras facing the parallel themes of social restraint and the degradation of the natural landscape are woven together in the play revealing a potential message for our own time. The playwright, Kate Youngdahl-Stauss will be at the performance and will participate in the talk-back after the performance.

Directed By Rebecca Strum

CAST
Demarius Lamb -- Victoria Luksch
Lucenia Lamb -- Wendi Stein
Mellona Lamb -- Geeda Searfoorce
Rose -- Ana Guigui
Barbara --- Vanessa Dunleavy
Stage Directions ---Frankie Dunleavy

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.