SMALLER and WORSE Nonsense Show  Do you like weird art? Then I have good news for you! From the enfeebled minds that brought you the BIGGER AND BETTER Comedy show last year comes a new production. Yes! That's right! It's the SMALLER AND WORSE Nonsense show!! With all new songs, gags, and sketches to make […]

SMALLER and WORSE Nonsense Show  Do you like weird art? Then I have good news for you! From the enfeebled minds that brought you the BIGGER AND BETTER Comedy show last year comes a new production. Yes! That's right! It's the SMALLER AND WORSE Nonsense show!! With all new songs, gags, and sketches to make […]

SMALLER and WORSE Nonsense Show  Do you like weird art? Then I have good news for you! From the enfeebled minds that brought you the BIGGER AND BETTER Comedy show last year comes a new production. Yes! That's right! It's the SMALLER AND WORSE Nonsense show!! With all new songs, gags, and sketches to make […]

Moira Smiley and The Rhizome Quartet with special guests The World House Choir Moira is a Grammy-nominated singer, composer, and song-collector based in Vermont, USA. With a deep respect for the cultural roles of singing, Moira blends teaching, composing, improvising and performing to empower community, and our sense of wonder and belonging. Moira has published over 150 choral works that are […]

The Heir of Cumbia Latin Grammy–nominated musician Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto (Bolívar) in the very heart of the Montes de María region of the Colombian Caribbean. He carries in his soul a cumbiambero heart inherited from his grandfather Andrés Landero: a musician recognized as the king of cumbia nationally and internationally. Yeison blends the rich, folkloric […]

Reading, Q&A and Book Signing Event Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Hanif’s newest release, […]

Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger Darol and Bruce have been musical explorers together for years, sharing a creative universe that’s resulted in some epic collaborations, like the Grammy nominated Fiddlers Four (with Michael Doucet and Rushad Eggleston), crashing each other’s concerts and recordings, and just finding big joy in playing together. Freestyle fiddler, composer, producer […]

Mad River Theater Works (MRTW) and The Big Family Business present 'Trad Romp Wknd' featuring Evie Ladin and The Mammals A weekend long gathering around old-time music and dance. Join us for some or all of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday programming! Friday - Friday evening concerts by Evie Ladin, The Family Business (Rick Good, […]

Some people start life with a plan. Not Steve. He opens himself up to the universe in a way most of us will never be loose enough to achieve, and the universe responds with a wink, a seemingly bottomless well of inspiration, and the talent to truly connect with an audience. While 2021 could have […]

Mad River Theater Works presents WE WERE THERE: US Women in Vietnam WE WERE THERE showcases voices of women who served in Vietnam, to honor them and commemorate 50 years since the war’s end. A mosaic of interviews recorded in the 1980s, the stories invite the audience to hear about a turbulent time whose painful legacies continue. We […]

The World House Choir: Rebel With a Cause, Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray For Pauli Murray, gender, race and sexuality could not be separated. Her understanding of intersectionality and refusal to separate her identities fueled her legal work and activism. If intersectionality is understood as interconnected systems of discrimination or disadvantage, Pauli Murray’s life defined the […]

The World House Choir: Rebel With a Cause, Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray For Pauli Murray, gender, race and sexuality could not be separated. Her understanding of intersectionality and refusal to separate her identities fueled her legal work and activism. If intersectionality is understood as interconnected systems of discrimination or disadvantage, Pauli Murray’s life defined the […]

Mad River Theater Works presents It's Tuesday, Let's Dance Clogging Basics with Sharon Leahy w/ live Old-Time Music by Rick Good Who’s it for? Beginner to experienced dancers — come learn or practice the basics of clogging to the rhythm of live old-time music!What to wear? Any smooth sole shoes — leather bottoms or taps […]