Upcoming Performances

Performances are at O.N.E. Community Center, 20 Allen St, Burlington unless otherwise noted.

Fri, Dec 6 @ 6:30pm
Sat, Dec 7 @ 2pm & 6:30pm

Troupe: Guys and Dolls

Ages 9 and up

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 @ 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 3 @ 7pm
Sat, Jan 4 @ 2pm & 7pm
Sun, Jan 5 @ 4pm

Hadestown: Teen Edition

Join the VMT teens for this production of the hit Broadway musical.

Vermont's Anaïs Mitchell’s haunting, jazz-inflected folk opera follows Orpheus’ mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the favor of his one true love, Eurydice.

HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Corp. www.concordtheatricals.com

Tue, Feb 11 @ 5pm

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

K-2nd Grade Musical

In this Beatrix Potter story two friends work hard to run a successful store where lots of colorful customers come to buy things!

Thu, Feb 13 @ 5pm

The Wind in the Willows

1st-3rd Grade Musical

Mole and Rat try to keep Toad out of trouble in this mystical and humorous classic.

Tue, Feb 18 & Wed, Feb 19 @ 6:30pm

Harriet the Spy

4th-6th Grade Musical

A fun, staged version of the popular book!

Thu, Mar 13 @ 5pm

Princess Cinderella Leads the Palace Guards

4th-8th Grade Non-Musical Comedy

Cinderella discovers the Palace Guards need shaping up, with the help of her friends and, yes, stepsisters, to defend the palace against a neighboring force intent on overthrow!

Fri, Feb 21 & Sat, Feb 22

Romeo & Juliet: the 60s Musical

7th-9th Grade Musical

Shakespeare’s classic story of star-crossed lovers told with a groovy 60s beat.

Fri-Sun, Mar 7-9

Heathers: the Musical

10th-12th Grade Musical

Fri, Mar 14 & Sat, Mar 15

Peter Pan

Adult Musical (Ages 18+)

VMT musical adaptation of the classic J. M. Barrie tale!

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 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!

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"...the play was magical, and it filled my cup to see our kids SHINE!"