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Forty years is a lot to celebrate. A smashing mash-up of throwback scenes from our greatest hits, song and dance, moments of reflection, sketch comedy! Performed by the All-Stars: Directed by David Sinaiko and featuring Josh Broder, Ramsey Brown, Cat Carr, Umit Celebi, Jeanne Darst, Rob Donaldson, Karen Leiner, Tracy Martin, Ben Schneider, and ….
“Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone,” (New York Times) Grammy-winning identical twins and Juilliard graduates Peter and Will Anderson, with guitarist Adam Moezinia, present the life and music of Broadway great, Richard Rodgers. An entertaining narrative accompanies a live performance of works by the composer of Blue Moon, My Favorite Things, and My Funny Valentine.
Experimental theater performed by a community of young New York creatives exploring the boundaries of art and intimacy. Featuring Guggenheim Genius award winner and breakout star of HBO’s Fantasmas, Martine Gutierrez.
Experimental theater performed by a community of young New York creatives exploring the boundaries of art and intimacy. Featuring Guggenheim Genius award winner and breakout star of HBO’s Fantasmas, Martine Gutierrez.
Phantom Theater kicks off its 40th anniversary season with witty, tender, and provocative experimental theater. Join a community of young New York creatives as they explore the boundaries of art and intimacy. This exciting new work features Guggenheim Fellow and the breakout star of HBO’s “Fantasmas,” Martine Gutierrez.
World class cellist Miranda Henne invigorates traditional repertoire with surprising collaborations and startling choices. A joyful musical event!
World class cellist Miranda Henne invigorates traditional repertoire with surprising collaborations and startling choices. A joyful musical event!
The art of improvisation shines when dancers Jessie Owens, Hanna Satterlee and Danielle Tekut team up with musicians Matt LaRocca, Jeremy Frederick, and Kyle Saulnier in an immersive place-based performance.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
Acclaimed director Joanne Greenberg returns to the Barn with an edgy but comic drama that explores the intersection of motherhood, female friendship and class.
A two-act masterwork, this heralded piece features Warren’s own Pamela Rickard in Beckett’s greatest female role. Absurdist theater with a dash of dark humor.
A two-act masterwork, this heralded piece features Warren’s own Pamela Rickard in Beckett’s greatest female role. Absurdist theater with a dash of dark humor.
A two-act masterwork, this heralded piece features Warren’s own Pamela Rickard in Beckett’s greatest female role. Absurdist theater with a dash of dark humor.
A two-act masterwork, this heralded piece features Warren’s own Pamela Rickard in Beckett’s greatest female role. Absurdist theater with a dash of dark humor.
A two-act masterwork, this heralded piece features Warren’s own Pamela Rickard in Beckett’s greatest female role. Absurdist theater with a dash of dark humor.
The celebrated NYC jazz saxophonists perform works by the composer of “Anything Goes” and “Night and Day.” The twins’ swinging sound is interspersed with lively stories from the history of America’s original art form. Featuring guitarist Adam Moezinia.
The celebrated NYC jazz saxophonists perform works by the composer of “Anything Goes” and “Night and Day.” The twins’ swinging sound is interspersed with lively stories from the history of America’s original art form. Featuring guitarist Adam Moezinia.
Contemporary circus artist Liza combines aerial acrobatics, contortion, comedy and illusion to tell a poignant, captivating tale of self reclamation.
Contemporary circus artist Liza combines aerial acrobatics, contortion, comedy and illusion to tell a poignant, captivating tale of self reclamation.
Contemporary circus artist Liza combines aerial acrobatics, contortion, comedy and illusion to tell a poignant, captivating tale of self reclamation.
Contemporary circus artist Liza combines aerial acrobatics, contortion, comedy and illusion to tell a poignant, captivating tale of self reclamation.
A rollicking comedy that chronicles the “daring exploits of Spanish John, Pirate” with an all-star cast from New York City, LA and San Francisco. Arghhhh, mateys! This one’s bound for glory!
A rollicking comedy that chronicles the “daring exploits of Spanish John, Pirate” with an all-star cast from New York City, LA and San Francisco. Arghhhh, mateys! This one’s bound for glory!
Provocative new work featuring seven esteemed Vermont dancers and original music; choreographed and composed by one of Vermont’s brightest rising stars, Millie Heckler, the Vermont Dance Alliance 2024 Artist-in-Residence.
Provocative new work featuring seven esteemed Vermont dancers and original music; choreographed and composed by one of Vermont’s brightest rising stars, Millie Heckler, the Vermont Dance Alliance 2024 Artist-in-Residence.
Featuring “The Space We Hold” as well as new works-in-progress by a diverse dance collective including classically trained, local artist Larissa Ursprung.
Local hero Ella Holter leads a rocking band rooted in the Valley and now living in LA. They lit up the Barn last summer and are ready to bring the party again.
No better time to run away to the circus than when Kevin O’Keefe is in town. This family favorite features a man, a circus in a suitcase, and amazing audience participation. Tickets are $15/adult and $5/children 8 and younger.
A storytelling event hosted by Bobby Stoddard It’s that morning in Venice when your childhood best friend suddenly floated by on a gondola, the summer you worked as a camp dishwasher and fell in love with the archery instructor, the five years you sweated buckets perfecting your swing and then never played again. It can […]
An evening length dance performance that weaves together personal and mythic stories. Directed by Hanna Satterlee and performed by Jessie Owens, Mireya Guerra, Nicole Dagesse and Marisa Hall. A tour of the human emotional experience through abstract movement.
Distant broadcasts, weaving bodies, curious light. Care, impermanence and infinitudes. Two new works of movement, object, and sound debut on the Phantom stage.
Distant broadcasts, weaving bodies, curious light. Care, impermanence and infinitudes. Two new works of movement, object, and sound debut on the Phantom stage.
Hailed by the New York Times as “virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone,” Peter and Will Anderson celebrate America’s greatest composer, Duke Ellington. With an entertaining narrative, the jazz trio reveals the enduring magic of hits including “It Don’t Mean a Thing If it Ain’t Got That Swing” and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.” A night […]
A Phantom presentation in coordination with the Stowe Jewish Film Festival, this award winning musical film features an eclectic array of Jerusalemites and their determined attempt to create harmony out of a discordant city – even if it’s just for one night. Discussion after the screening!
Warren’s own piano man and raconteur, Robin Lehman, returns to the Barn with an eclectic musical journey featuring classical, blues and jazz. A perennial favorite!
After barely surviving a bomb blast while covering war in the Mideast, photojournalist Sarah Goodwin finds herself caught in a tug of war between her career and a quiet domestic life in Brooklyn. Heralded Vermont director Joanne Greenberg’s production of a Broadway hit by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies is sure to be a barn burner!
Nationally renowned cellist Miranda Henne is back with her colleagues Greg Liszt (banjo) and Mariechristine Lopez (violin) to perform classical and original music with a touch of bluegrass. Works include Claude Debussy and J.S. Bach.
So many questions! Is there a boundary between romance and friendship? Where does your consciousness live in your body? When is it time to come home? A dynamic collective of some of Phantom’s favorite dancers and choreographers perform their own work, accompanied by special guests. Two shows on July 29 – 6p & 8p
Audre Budrys and Kestutis Nakas (with Maggie Gough) perform two original plays explore themes of entrapment and transformation: a has-been ventriloquist tries to break with his dominating dummy and a recently fired librarian reevaluates her old ways. Thought-provoking comedy.
Phantom favorite, Keryn Nightingale’s new creativity memoir features childhood artifacts in miniature sets, delivered to the audience in 800+ projected photographs. A cracked fairytale with a whiff of Edward Gorey.
In this 60-minute, one-woman immersive performance, Vermont playwright Denise Casey explores the games she’s played to fit in, leading to a larger collective moment, the summer of 2020. Part memoir, part meditation, part make-believe, all imagination and courage.
Curious events occurring in a house: In a wine glass. In a handshake. In a regurgitated necklace or a nose bleed. Everybody is watching, looking for cracks in the surface to find what lies beneath. You can play dead and pretend, but if they look long enough, they’ll see you breathing.
