Theatre

IMProvising Their Way to the Top

IMP has returned from two sold out shows at the Chicago Improv Festival and is showcasing their show this weekend back on the Vineyard. The troupe...

12:00 pm, April 25, 2013
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Charter School Play Opens This Weekend

This weekend a group of villains, heroes, lovers and a crooked lawyer are taking over the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. No, this is not the opening...

1:09 pm, April 4, 2013
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IMP Troupe is Bound for Windy City

Ivy Ashe

During last Thursday’s IMP rehearsal, there was some hesitation about Hansel. The game was called “Happily Ever After . . . Or Not,” and the improv...

12:14 pm, March 28, 2013
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All Hail IMP Troupe

IMP is headed to Chicago. The Island improv troupe has just been named an official selection of the 2013 Chicago Improv Festival. The festival is one...

12:36 pm, March 7, 2013
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Betrayed is Back

Prepare to be Betrayed, this time in Edgartown. The one-woman show starring Louise DuArt which premiered to a standing-room-only crowd earlier this...

12:27 pm, March 7, 2013
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Black Summer Theatre's History Retold

Olive Tomlinson (as told to Linsey Lee)

Editor’s Note: Olive Tomlinson spoke with Linsey Lee, oral history curator for the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, about her recollections of Liz White’s...

5:11 pm, February 28, 2013
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Vineyard Playwright Brings 'Mom' Musical to New York Stage

Elizabeth Bennett

"My Mom is trying to ruin my life!” The phrase has been uttered, screamed and moaned countless times through the ages. And now it’s being sung from...

12:15 pm, February 25, 2013
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NYC Stage for Local Author

Kate Feiffer is headed off-Broadway. Ms. Feiffer’s book My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life was adapted for stage and first appeared at the Vineyard...

1:50 pm, February 21, 2013
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Vineyard Author Hits Off-Broadway

Kate Feiffer lights up New York. Ms. Feiffer’s book My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life was adapted for stage and first appeared at the Vineyard...

2:11 pm, February 19, 2013
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Secret Garden Musical Springs Forth On High School Stage

Ivy Ashe

In February Islanders’ thoughts often turn to spring when the snowy, gray haze of winter comes to an end. Green grass will sprout, tiny buds will...

6:06 pm, February 14, 2013
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Shakespeare for the Masses

This weekend the group that cannot be tamed — Shakespeare for the Masses — will be not only be peforming The Taming of the Shrew, they will tame that...