THE ROOMMATE
By Jen Silverman
December 11-13, 2025
Middlebury Community Players’ Company Be, in collaboration with the Bristol Recreation Department, presented the hit Broadway play The Roommate, by Jen Silverman.
This dark comedy explores the unexpected, life-changing friendship that develops when Sharon, who is recently divorced and lives in Iowa, invites Robyn, a total stranger relocating from New York City, to be her roommate. We quickly learn that Robyn, as seen by Sharon, is everything she wishes she could be, living in a land of “yes” and “why not,” when all Sharon has been taught is a world full of “no:” “Everyone always told me not to do things!” The Roommate, is both funny and deeply moving, as two very different middle-aged women navigate the complexities of identity, morality, and the dream of reinvention.
Directed by Kimberlee Moyer, the show ran December 11–13, 2025 at Bristol Holley Hall.
OUR OCTOBER 2025 PRODUCTION
THE SPITFIRE GRILL
A Heartwarming Musical About Redemption and Second Chances
October 16–19 & October 24–26, 2025
The Middlebury Community Players presented The Spitfire Grill, the acclaimed musical by James Valcq (music and book) and Fred Alley (book and lyrics).
The musical tells the story of Percy Talbott, a young woman seeking a fresh start after being released from prison. When she arrives in the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin, to work at Hannah Ferguson's Spitfire Grill, her presence sparks change that transforms the entire community. With its folk-inspired score and moving story of redemption, forgiveness, and the power of human kindness, The Spitfire Grill has captivated audiences across the country since its premiere in 2001.
Directed by Kristen Ginsburg, the show ran October 16–19 & October 24–26 at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.
OUR AUGUST 2025 PRODUCTION
Don’t Be Scared, It’s Only Shaw
August 21–24, 2025
MCP’s Company Be presented three highly amusing one-act plays by George Bernard Shaw, in which he aims his wit at blustering officials, pompous husbands, and restless wives.
Directed by Cheryl Faraone, Professor Emerita of Theatre at Middlebury College, the shows ran from Thursday, August 21 to Sunday, August 24, 2025 at the ART Black Box Theater at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury.
The Plays
The Interlude at the Playhouse
How He Lied to Her Husband
Augustus Does His Bit
OUR FEBRUARY 2025 PRODUCTION
Morning’s at Seven
By Paul Osborn
February 20–23, 2025
This Tony Award-winning, heartwarming classic by Paul Osborn focuses on the four aging Gibbs sisters and their husbands living “a stone’s throw” away from each other in a small midwestern town in 1928—and the reactions within the family when 40-year-old Homer announces he’s finally going to marry his girlfriend of the last 12 years and move out. Long-simmering resentments, rivalries, betrayals, misunderstandings, and familial bickering ensue.
Directed by Peter Kristoph, the shows ran February 20–23 at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.
