Join us for our autumn season!
Performances are at O.N.E. Community Center, 20 Allen St, Burlington unless otherwise noted.
Thu, Oct 24 @ 5pm
The Adventures of Buster Bear
Based on the classic stories comes a new VMT musical about Buster and all his friends in the Green Forest!
Tue, Oct 29 @ 6:30pm
Wed, Oct 30 @ 6:30pm
Pea Soup Mystery
A pea-soup poisoning turns into a bellyache of a mystery for kid detectives Spencer and Zoe to solve and bring the trouble-makers to justice!
Fri, Nov 1 @ 6:30pm
Sat, Nov 2 @ 2pm and 6.30pm
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Join us for this gripping adventure based on the classic Jules Verne novel with new music by Woody Keppel, Allan Nicholls, and Don Wright!
Tue, Nov 5 @ 5pm
The House at Pooh Corner
The second of A.A. Milne’s classic Winnie-the-Pooh books comes to life in this original new musical adaptation!
At Flynn Elementary School
Fri, Nov 8th @ 6:30pm
Sat, Nov 9th @ 4pm
Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Wed, Nov 20 @ 6:30pm
Thu, Nov 21 @ 6:30pm
Troupe: Cyrano de Bergerac
A brilliant poet and swordsman finds himself deeply in love with the beautiful, intellectual Roxane.
Fri, Dec 6 @ 6:30pm
Sat, Dec 7 @ 2pm & 6:30pm
Troupe: Guys and Dolls
Will luck be a lady when two professional gamblers try to win both a high stakes game and their fiancees' hearts?
Fri, Dec 13 @ 6:30pm
Sat, Dec 14 at 2pm & 6:30pm
7th-9th Grade Musical: Meet Me in St. Louis
This heartwarming musical follows the Smith family as they navigate the joys and challenges of growing up amidst the excitement and uncertainty of the approaching 1904 World's Fair.
Fri, Jan 3rd @ 7pm
Sat, Jan 4th @ 2pm & 7pm
Sun, Jan 5th @ 4pm
Hadestown: Teen Edition
Join the VMT teens for this production of the hit Broadway musical by local legend Anaïs Mitchell, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice!
HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Corp. www.concordtheatricals.com
Plan your visit to O.N.E. Community Center
All shows are general seating, open to the public, and free! We gratefully accept optional donations on the door to help fund programming.
Very Merry Theatre performs at O.N.E. Community Center, 20 Allen St, Burlington, VT unless we note otherwise.
Parking is limited on Allen Street. There is ample parking in the rear lot off the North Street entrance.
The theater is wheelchair accessible. Take the elevator left of the main entrance to the main stage area, second floor. Let a volunteer know how we may assist you with seating. An accessible restroom is opposite the elevator.
Patrons may wait in line inside the Community Center. The auditorium doors open 15 minutes before starting time.
We lock the main building entrance 30 minutes after the performance starts. If you arrive late and the doors are locked, text--do not call--the number posted on the door. Someone will be out to assist you.
License a VMT original show
Did you know you can license original VMT plays, adaptations, or musicals for your school or theatre?
Our extensive catalogue features scripts and scores with lyrics written by Don Wright in collaboration with composers Ashley O'Brien, Bill Mullins, Jim Wolvington, Mary Ann Samuels, Mark Ransom, Allan Nicholls, and Brett Hughes.
Licenses include digital scripts, scores, or soundtracks as appropriate.
Shows available for licensing
Youth
Alice in Wonderland
Alice Through the Looking Glass
A World of Complications
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Black Beauty
Circo Tempesta (The Tempest as a circus)
Did You Hear?
Frontier Express
The Great Circus Train Robbery
In Search of Mother Goose
The Lost Prince
The Old Curiosity Shop
Ozma of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
The Pea Soup Poisonings
Peter Pan
Peter Rabbit
Pinocchio
Robin Hood
The Secret Garden
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Superheroes
Through the Looking Glass
Walking into the Wild
The Witch, The Wheel and The Sleepy Princess
The Velveteen Rabbit
Young Adult
A Midsummer Night's Dream: The 40s Musical
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet: The Sixties Musical
Cinderella
The Count of Monte Cristo
Great Expectations
Jog On (based on scenes from The Winter's Tale)
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Oliver Twist
Treasure Island
The Wind in the Willows
Older Teens
Camelot
Cyrano de Bergerac
Frankenstein and Friends
King Lear, the Western
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
Email Don Wright don@verymerrytheatre.org to get started!