MIDDLEBURY — Did you know that the Vermont Shakespeare Festival is doing free monologue telegrams during the pandemic? One day last month Melissa Lourie of Weybridge performed the Pelonius monologue from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in the backyard of the Laux family in Middlebury. Vermont Shakespeare Festival had to postpone its summer season of performances until 2021, but members wanted to offer the shared experience of live theater with an audience, with patrons and their picnics in beautiful outdoor summer s … (read more)