BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Theatre Company (VTC), a community theater based in the Brattleboro area, is seeking proposals from directors for its 2026–27 season.
The company is focused on creating accessible and inclusive community theater experiences for actors of all abilities and identities, and seeks directors with values-aligned projects for its upcoming season. The season will include a one-weekend production of four One Act Plays, a winter production in downtown Brattleboro, a 24-hour play-making event, and a summer Shakespeare in the Park production on Brattleboro’s Living Memorial Park stage.
Directors of all levels of experience and energy and enthusiasm for theater are being asked for proposals. There are a variety of opportunities for directors to explore their artistic voice and process.
VTC’s One Act Plays production brings together four directors in a facilitated peer-mentor process to explore a new directing challenge or to approach directing for the first time in a supportive environment.
Short plays are selected by directors in August, are cast in September, and are rehearsed from mid-October to mid-November. Past scripts have included plays such as a classical drama by J.M. Synge; an Agatha Christie murder mystery adapted by a local author; Bar Dykes, a historical moment in time captured by a gay rights advocate; and Emotional Baggage, a play without any dialogue.
The 24-hour play-making event is a fully collaborative process in which six directors are paired with six experienced playwrights. Actors arrive for auditions 24-hours before the show goes up, and writers create six 10- to 15-minute scripts. Directors work with cast from morning until dinner time, and the work is performed that evening.
The company encourages more experienced directors to submit any type of play script ideas for the winter production. Due to weather concerns, the winter production takes place in a location in downtown Brattleboro, and is often planned with up to seven performances.
Shakespeare in the Park must feature a Shakespeare play not recently produced by VTC: Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth.
Directors will be supported by a volunteer producer and the volunteer artistic director of the company. The VTC community is run on passion and the joy of making plays in and for community — the company strictly adheres to a policy of open auditions to allow for new community participation. Every member of the team, onstage and off, is a volunteer from the community. There are small stipends available for directors, choreographers, and designers to help defray the costs of participating.
Directors must submit proposals by Tuesday, June 30, by filling out the form at vermonttheatrecompany.org. For questions or to volunteer, contact the current artistic director, Jess Iris, at [email protected].
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