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| | The Opera Company of Middlebury Young Artist Program Presents:
The U.S. Premiere of Xavier Montsalvatge's
BABEL 46
Friday, June 12, 2026 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 2pm
Pre-Show Gathering at Jean's Place
One hour before each performance, join us in Jean's Place for a preshow talk and a drink at the cash bar. Free admission with your ticket.
- Friday, June 12 at 6:30pm: Gather around the keyboard as YAP Artistic and Music Director Alejandro Roca offers an informal musical guide to the opera.
- Sunday, June 14 at 1pm: Stage Director Pat Diamond discusses the creative process and the character work behind this U.S. premiere.
Join our talented group of Spring 2026 Young Artists in the Doug & Debby Anderson Studio in THT's new wing for Babel 46. Composed in the 1960s and premiered in 1994, Babel 46 unfolds in a refugee camp in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. As displaced inmates await repatriation, each clings to an elaborate story designed to conceal a painful or dangerous truth. They sing in their own languages - Italian, French, Spanish, English, Portuguese, and Hebrew - forming a modern Tower of Babel where fractured identities collide. Raw, immediate, and deeply human, this gripping “neo-verismo” drama reflects the composer’s admiration for Giacomo Puccini, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Benjamin Britten, blending lyrical intensity with stark theatrical realism. With English supertitles, accompanied by piano and conducted by Alejandro Roca.
CONTENT ADVISORY: This production contains depictions of violence and suicide, and may not be suitable for younger audiences.
ARTISTIC TEAM:
Sarah Cullins, OCM Director of Education & Outreach
Alejandro Roca, YAP Artistic Director
Pat Diamond, YAP Guest Stage Director
Meet the cast and learn more about our Young Artist Program here.
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| | Supporting Recovery, Strengthening Community
June 18 from 6-8 PM in the historic Rothrock Main Stage Theater.
The Turning Point Center of Addison County (TPCAC) invites community members to a free event celebrating the power of recovery.
The evening will be moderated by Jane Lindholm of Vermont Public and feature a panel of community members representing people in active recovery, recovery professionals, family members, law enforcement, healthcare, and public policy.
This gathering will also include a short film highlighting the stories of addiction, recovery, and resilience happening right here in Addison County, followed by Q&A session to foster open dialogue and deepen community understanding. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about current substance use and treatment trends, the challenges our neighbors are facing, and the collaborative, peer-led solutions emerging across the County and State.
Together, we hope to raise awareness, inspire participation, and strengthen the network of support that helps individuals and families thrive and live productive and fulfilling lives. We look forward to welcoming those who believe in building a healthier, more connected Addison County!
This is a free event with pre-registration encouraged. | Reserve Tickets |
| | THT and Opera Company of Middlebury Present:
The MET: Live in HD:
Eugene Onegin
Saturday, June 20 at 1:00pm* in the Anderson Studio
Pre-show talk at 12:15pm
by Nathaniel Lew in the Anderson Studio. Choral conductor and musicologist Nathaniel G. Lew is OCM Chorus Master, Artistic Director of the Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble, and Professor Emeritus of Music at Saint Michael's College. (Free with ticket purchase)
Estimated Run Time:
4 hrs 15 mins, with two intermissions
*Please note, this is an encore screening and will not be shown live.
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph). Timur Zangiev has his debut conducting at the Met. | Reserve Tickets |
| | Jazz Middlebury and Town Hall Theater Present:
House of Jazz Series
Miles Donahue Quartet: Jazz from Movies & TV
Saturday, June 20 at 7:30pm on the historic Rothrock Mainstage
Relax at candlelit cabaret tables or settle into traditional theater seating as the quartet works through a century of jazz on film. The bar will be open throughout the night.
Jazz has scored films since the beginning of sound. "Take Five" ran under Infiniti commercials. "Caravan" drove the climax of Whiplash. "Cantaloupe Island", "Blue in Green", "Hallelujah" from Shrek, "Don't Worry About a Thing" from Sing, the list goes deep.
For one night on the Rothrock stage, the Miles Donahue Quartet plays the music that made it into the movies blending timeless repertoire with virtuosic improvisation.
A renowned performer and recording artist, Miles Donahue has collaborated with jazz legends including Woody Herman and recorded more than 20 albums. Praised by Jazz Magazine as “a jazz treasure,” Donahue has appeared at major international festivals and venues throughout the world and currently serves as Affiliate Artist at Middlebury College.
Joining him are three exceptional players. Steve Hunt on piano has worked with Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham. Larry Finn on drums was the drummer for the national tour of Rent and is a longtime collaborator with Paula Cole. Ervin Dhimo on bass is an accomplished Albanian jazz musician and educator at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
The show runs in our cabaret configuration: tables for four mixed with riser seating.
THT's bar will be open throughout the evening, offering cocktails, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. | Reserve Tickets |
| | 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. | Reserve Tickets |
| | Vermont Book Shop Presents:
James M. Tabor:
Lightning Beneath the Sea:
The Race to Wire the World and the Dawn of the Information Age.
Wednesday, July 1 at 6:30 PM in the Anderson Studio.
Cocktail Hour: 5:30-6:30 PM
Book Talk: 6:30-7:30 PM
The talk will be followed by Q&A. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Readers of adventure and exploration books—as well as the generally curious—will revel in Waitsfield resident and New York Times Bestselling author James Tabor's new book, Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Race to Wire the World and the Dawn of the Information Age. As in previous works, Tabor writes of an epic adventure that had long-lasting consequences for both individuals and history.
Tabor will discuss a visionary 19th Century businessman's extremely eventful—and ultimately successful—effort to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable, an accomplishment that led directly to our modern communications infrastructure.
James M. Tabor is the author of six books, including the award-winning Forever on the Mountain and best-selling Blind Descent. A creator of the History Channel's Journey to the Center of the World, he has written for Time, Smithsonian, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and others. He lives in Waitsfield, Vermont.
This event is presented in partnership with Town Hall Theater. | Reserve Tickets |
| | Town Hall Theater presents:
5 Fridays Concert Series
Block Party: 5 Above + Redd & The Paper Flowers
An America 250 Celebration
Friday, July 3 from 3pm to 8pm outdoors on the Tilly Stage at the Maloney Plaza
Two acts, five hours of music, and a bike parade.
The 5 Fridays Concert Series brings free outdoor music to Maloney Plaza on the first Friday of each month from June through October, made possible by a generous grant.
This block party is funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant and built around two distinct sets that span chamber music to Appalachian folk-grass.
At 3pm, 5 Above opens the afternoon. The woodwind ensemble from Vermont's Own 40th Army Band performs a chamber music program titled "Heroes: A Musical Journey of Courage."
At 5:30pm, Redd & The Paper Flowers take the stage. The Knoxville, Tennessee folk-grass group brings upright bass, cello, mandolin, guitar, and strong vocal harmonies to a tradition rooted in Appalachian music.
A festive bike parade rounds out the day.
Food trucks, Good Times Co. charcuterie, and bar offerings will be available for purchase.
Bring a chair or a blanket. A limited number of folding chairs will be available.
Rain plan: the event moves indoors to the Anderson Studio. | Reserve Tickets |
| | Point CounterPoint Benefit Foundation Concert with Diana Fanning
Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 PM on the historic Rothrock Main Stage
Pianist Diana Fanning returns to Town Hall Theater with members of the Point CounterPoint faculty for an evening of chamber music to benefit the Point CounterPoint Foundation.
The program features Falla's Suite Populaire Espagnole, Lutosławski's String Quartet, and Ravel's Piano Trio, performed by Fanning alongside current PCP faculty Ari Streisfeld and Holly Workman (violin), Samuel Kelder (viola), Jennifer Carpenter and Julia Henderson (cello), Johnna Wu (violin), and David Shimoni (piano).
About the Point CounterPoint Foundation
Point CounterPoint is a chamber music summer camp for young musicians on Lake Dunmore. For more than sixty years, it has combined serious musical study with traditional summer camp life. Diana Fanning and her husband, Emory, owned and ran the camp for a decade. Proceeds from this concert support the Point CounterPoint Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization established in 2024 to support the long-term future of Point CounterPoint. To learn more, visit: https://pointcp.com/point-counterpoint-foundation.
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| | Town Hall Theater presents:
5 Fridays Concert Series
Atom & the Orbits
Friday, August 7 from 5:30 to 7pm outdoors on the Tilly Stage at the Maloney Plaza
A Vermont band built for dancing brings groove-heavy Americana and rock to the plaza.
The 5 Fridays Concert Series brings free outdoor music to Maloney Plaza on the first Friday of each month from June through October, made possible by a generous grant.
Atom & the Orbits is led by Vermont musician Noah Hahn. After a decade of playing in two-step bands from Vermont to Louisiana, Hahn assembled the band as what he calls a "rocket ship" for a bigger sound. The result fuses groove-driven Americana, rock, and roots rhythms into something built for movement.
Expect a summer show more interested in getting people up than sitting them down.
Good Times Co. charcuterie and bar offerings will be available for purchase.
Bring a chair or a blanket. A limited number of folding chairs will be available.
Rain plan: the concert moves indoors to the Anderson Studio. | Reserve Tickets |
| | Town Hall Theater presents:
5 Fridays Concert Series
Block Party: Billy Wylder, DJ Serena Kim, & More Surprises
Friday, September 4 from 3 to 8pm outdoors on the Tilly Stage at the Maloney Plaza
Five hours of music with a Burlington art-rock headliner, a beloved local DJ, and more surprises still in store.
The 5 Fridays Concert Series brings free outdoor music to Maloney Plaza on the first Friday of each month from June through October, made possible by a generous grant.
Billy Wylder is a Burlington, Vermont art-rock band led by singer-songwriter Avi Salloway. The band's sound pulls from American folk and rock, African rhythms, art-rock textures, violins, synths, and groove-heavy percussion. The influences trace back to Salloway's years touring with Tuareg guitarist Bombino and to stages including Coachella, Newport Folk Festival, and Carnegie Hall.
Salloway also created the All Rivers project, a cross-cultural musical collaboration that recently sold out at the Flynn Center in Burlington.
DJ Serena Kim is a Middlebury favorite. Co-owner of the Swift House Inn, she's been one of the most in-demand DJs in town, with sets at Town Hall Theater, Crooked Ladle, and the Henry Sheldon Museum. Before settling here, she was one of the first female club DJs in New York City in the 1990s, sharing stages with Mark Ronson, Q-Tip, and Kool Herc.
More acts and surprises are still in the works. Check back closer to the date for updates.
Food trucks, Good Times Co. charcuterie, and bar offerings will be available for purchase.
Bring a chair or a blanket. A limited number of folding chairs will be available.
Rain plan: the event moves indoors to the historic Rothrock Main Stage. | Reserve Tickets |
| | Town Hall Theater presents:
5 Fridays Concert Series
Aysanabee
Friday, October 2 from 5:30 to 7pm outdoors on the Tilly Stage at the Maloney Plaza
A four-time Juno Award winner closes the series with haunting indie-folk and one of contemporary music's most distinctive voices.
The 5 Fridays Concert Series brings free outdoor music to Maloney Plaza on the first Friday of each month from June through October, made possible by a generous grant.
Aysanabee is an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter from Canada whose music sits at the intersection of alternative, indie-folk, and rock. In 2024, he became the first Indigenous artist to win Juno Awards for Alternative Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. In 2026, he won two more, for Alternative Album of the Year and Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year, for Edge of the Earth.
Songs like "Nomads," "Somebody Else," "We Were Here," and "Edge of the Earth" have brought him an international audience. His live shows move from full-band energy to quiet, close-in moments. His recent EP Timelines features stripped-back acoustic versions of songs from his catalog.
Good Times Co. charcuterie and bar offerings will be available for purchase.
Bring a chair or a blanket. A limited number of folding chairs will be available.
Rain plan: the concert moves indoors to the Anderson Studio. | Reserve Tickets |
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