Hi friend!

We're excited to begin rehearsals next week for The Adventures of King Wenceslas and His Page Edith! Here are our tour dates - hopefully you can join us. All shows are by donation except Next Stage, which is $12 for adults and $5 for kids. Feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested!

 

Tour Dates for King Wenceslas

Date	Time	Location
Friday, December 19	7:00 p.m.	Next Stage 15 Kimball Hill, Putney
Saturday, December 20	7:00 p.m.	Plainfield Town Hall 18 High St, Plainfield
Sunday, December 21	2:00 p.m.	Wardsboro Town Hall 71 Main St, Wardsboro
Friday, December 26	7:00 p.m.	Hooker-Dunham Theater 139 Main St, Brattleboro
Saturday, December 27	7:00 p.m.	New England Youth Theatre 100 Flat St, Brattleboro
Sunday, December 28	2:00 p.m.	Main Street Arts 35 Main St, Saxtons River
Sunday, December 28	8:00 p.m.	Midnight's 2 High St, Brattleboro

 

 

We performed the first iteration of King Wenceslas in 2023, and it was such a hit that we decided to make it a yearly tradition. Some people do The Nutcracker, some people do A Christmas Carol, we do King Wenceslas. Every year, writer and director Rosa Palmeri has written new scenes and changed things around, but the structure remains the same:

Follow King Wenceslas and his Page, Edith, across the deep and crisp and even snow of Medieval Europe in their comedic search for meaning and goodness. This play delves deep between the stanzas of everyone’s favorite Christmas carol, delighting audiences with quick-paced physical comedy, stage magic, and puppets, all performed by four actors.

This year's production will star Shannon Ward, Doran Hamm, Matt Tibbs, and returning in the role of Edith after a year off, Saskia Bailey de Bruijn. Rosa Palmeri writes and directs the show, and it is produced and designed by Sandy Klein. Check out the article about us in the Brattleboro Reformer!

Photos from last year's production

The cast of last year's show: (from left) Cassidy Majer, Matt Tibbs, Shannon Ward, and Doran Hamm

Shannon Ward and Doran Hamm

Puppets!

Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! We'd love to see you there.

New Clothes at Monadnock International Film Festival

In the beginning of October, New Clothes screened at its second film festival, the Monadnock International Film Festival in Keene, NH. We were so happy to get to share our film with our neighbors over in Keene, and we had a great turnout! We're still looking into touring our film around Vermont over the next year, so let us know if you'd like us to come and screen it in your town - booking@vermontsuitcasecompany.com

Thanks for your support!

Our audiences are why we do this, and we're so grateful to you for supporting us and the work we do. If you are in the giving mood this season, please consider donating to our organization so we can keep making as many of our shows donation-based as possible while still paying our artists and performers. See you soon!

 

Love,

the Vermont Suitcase Company