Sweet musical gets a second chance

Kristen Ginsburg assembled a production team, cast the roles and started rehearsing the show in January 2020. Opening night was scheduled for the first week of May. Then the pandemic hit.

A picture by itself may be worth a thousand words, but on occasion, with proper context, it can represent a thousand stories.

Addison Residential needs the space so it can expand its business, and it has given Middlebury Community Players notice that it must move out by July 1.

The Middlebury Community Players will hold auditions at Town Hall Theater on Dec. 6 and 11 for their spring production of “Tuck Everlasting The Musical,” based on the 1975 American children’s novel “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt.

MCP will hold auditions for a February production of Patrick Barlows’s adaptation of “The 39 Steps” on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 20 and 21.

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Community Players have extended the application deadline for its yearly scholarship. The group will award two $1,000 scholarships to students who have graduated from high school within the last two years and who plan to attend … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Community Players will once again award two $1,000 scholarships to students who have graduated from high school within the last two years and who plan to attend college. In order to be eligible for either of these scholarships … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Community Players will hold auditions for adult actors and children/teens age 11 and up for the musical version of “Tuck Everlasting” on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and Thursday, Jan. 16, from 6:30-9 p.m., at Mary Hogan Elementary Scho … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Community Players will hold auditions for their February 2020 show, Lillian Groag’s “The Ladies of the Camellias,” on Monday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 4., at Town Hall Theater. Registration for the auditions begins at 6:30 p … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Being different takes courage, and in a world comfortable with conformity “different,” unfortunately, often means facing harsh bullies. Hans Christian Andersen illustrated this first in his classic 1843 fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling,” where a … (read more)