Vermont
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Vermont Poutinefest
This weekend Burlington welcomed its first-ever Poutinefest. This celebration of gravy, curds, and fries and Franco-American culture has been going strong in Merrimack, New Hampshire for years. Portland, Maine joined the roster a few years ago, and now it’s finally Vermont’s turn! Our inaugural festival featured nine poutine vendors, maple creemees, hundreds of attendees, and…
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The Revolutionists
It’s a privilege to be working on a play like Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists right now. This fast-paced comedy tells the story of four women trying to survive the French Revolution, and the unique forms of courage with which each of them faces the uncertainty and violence surrounding them. Gunderson’s work often focuses on powerful female…
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Celebrating Piecework & Judevine
Please join me on Thursday, May 15 in Montpelier! We’ll be celebrating the release of two Vermont books with theatrical roots: my new book Piecework and the new, revised edition of David Budbill’s Judevine. Written in the 1970s, Judevine is a collection of poems that narrate the life of a northern Vermont town and its…
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Samedi à la frontière! | On the Border this Weekend!
Meet me at the Haskell Free Library and Opera House this weekend! I’ll be doing a special borderland book launch event to celebrate Piecework and the cross-border ties that brought the book into being. This special afternoon event will include performances, music, conversation, and celebration in English and French. J’espère vous voir! Rejoignez-moi à la…
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Know Where You Stand
It’s a tricky time to be a person with their feet in two cultures. If you’re someone who crosses borders frequently, you understand that borders are places of friction, where identity shifts or slips, where we are made vulnerable. This is what is beautiful about borderlands — and also what makes them sites of conflict.…
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‘Sam & Jim in Hell’ World Premiere
During the pandemic, I had the good fortune to participate in a number of on-line readings of plays in progress. Remember those days of on-line-only theater? I am not nostalgic — except perhaps for the fact that, at the time, lots of people were making new work. And there is something especially exciting about a…
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A Reiteration in Progress
This summer I’ve been privileged to collaborate with my friend Leah Souffrant on a new performance project, combining our forces to create what we’re calling the LeAB Iteration LAB. During two generative, self-directed residencies in July on Leah’s turf in Brooklyn (thank you, BAX!) and in August close to my home in Burlington, VT, we’ve…
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Le Vermont parle encore français
Merci David Savoie of Radio-Canada for his thoughtful piece on French in Vermont that appeared recently on Désautels le dimanche. I’m proud to be among the Vermonters he spoke to for his piece. I specifically asked David not to use the headline “Les derniers francophones du Vermont” for his piece — in 2021 Radio-Canada did…
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“Women in Jeopardy!” Coming Soon
Wendy McLeod’s Women in Jeopardy! is a zany comedy about friendship, love, and paranoia — but it’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you — and I’m thrilled to join the hilarious cast of Vermont Stage‘s production. This is the perfect summer play, and we’re presenting it in the perfect summer spot: Isham…
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Pause-Déjeuner
Among the many kind and supportive folks came out for the recent world premiere of my solo show, Les filles du QUOI?, were members of the Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region (AFLCR). The Alliance provides an important resource and gathering place for French-speakers and francophiles in our region, where French-Canadian cultural organizations have…
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