Trailblazing 2026
June 19-20
On June 19 and 20 the company will share a series of benefit readings and showings that are the culmination of our work together this summer. The readings/showings are presented as a benefit for the company, and while there is a suggested donation price of $20 for the whole series, your presence is more important than your money, so please join us if you would like to and contribute if you feel so moved.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, June 19
Student Plays I
Friday, June 19 @ 7:30pm
Staged readings of new works written, directed, and performed by Middlebury students of the Dogteam Theatre Project
Featuring plays by: Hazel Hendler ’27, Alex Garcia ’26, Mariah Gunnison ‘29
Student Design Presentations (throughout Friday-Saturday)
Featuring design work by: Hannah Alberti ’26, Evan Berger ’26, Morgan Chacon ’28, Alex Garcia ’26, Ramyn Zhang ’28.5
Saturday, June 20
Disquiet
by Ivan Vyrypaev (Poland)
Translated by Noah Birksted-Breen
Directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit
Saturday, June 20 @ 2pm
In the Manhattan penthouse of reclusive, Nobel-nominated writer Ula Richte, a carefully staged interview with a Polish journalist is meant to cement her legacy. With her agent and lawyer steering every word, the evening begins under tight control—until the script falls apart. What follows is an unguarded reckoning with the dark side of success, the cost of denying one’s roots, and the fierce, exhilarating courage it takes to tell the truth.
Featuring: Kristen Connolly ‘02*, Alex Draper ‘88*, Joel Cote*, Patrice Cahill ’25.5, Dominick Hutchins ‘28, Ryan Ulen ‘26, Ramyn Zhang ’28.5, Alex Garcia ‘26 and Zoe Park ’27.
Student Plays II
Saturday, June 20 @ 4:30pm
Staged readings of new works written, directed, and performed by Midd students of the Dogteam Theatre Project
Featuring: student plays TBD
The OAKWOOD project
Written & directed by Lucas Kavner ’06.5
Saturday, June 20 @ 7:30pm
Oakwood is a North Hollywood apartment complex that houses young aspiring performers and their guardians during brief, hopeful stays in Los Angeles. Around the kids linger the half-permanent residents of a transient industry: an aging acting coach, a struggling actress who never left, college kids drawn by the cheap rent and dorm-like atmosphere. In Oakwood, nearly everyone is passing through, and nearly everyone is under pressure—to succeed, to belong, and to make the sacrifices mean something.
Featuring: Joel Cote*, Stephen O’Reilly*, Alex Draper ‘88*, Hannah Alberti ‘26, Morgan Chacon ‘28, Bel Crosby ’26.5, Henry Garcia ’26.5, Mariah Gunnison ‘29, Zoe Park ‘27, Jamie Schwartz ‘27, Cole Newman ‘26, and Ryan Ulen ’26.
*Members of Actors Equity Association and/or Screen Actors Guild