Belmont Dramatic Presents Stoppard’s One-Acts in Four Performances

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Photo: A still from the Belmont Dramatic Club production of Tom Stoppard’s two one-act plays, “Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth.”

The Belmont Dramatic Club is staging Tom Stoppard’s two one-act plays, “Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth” as its fall production over the next week.

The production, directed by Francine Davis, includes the “15-minute Hamlet” plus two-minute encore.

The Christian Science Monitor calls Stoppard’s plays “a blend of comic nonsense and astringent political satire.”

The performances take place at Belmont Town Hall Auditorium, 455 Concord Ave.    

Performances will take place on Friday, Nov. 6, Saturday, Nov. 7, Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. On-line tickets: $20 at info@belmontdramaticclub.org or call (617-460-2504 and leave a message.) General admission tickets will be sold at the door starting one-hour prior to each performance; our Box Office can accept cash or checks, but cannot accept credit cards. 

For more information visit www.belmontdramaticclub.org.

Founded in 1903, the Belmont Dramatic Club is the second oldest continuously operating and performing community theatre group in the United States.

Belmont Dramatic Holding Auditions for Fall Production

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Actors all! Your stage is ready, so come play the part!

The Belmont Dramatic Club – second oldest continuously operating and performing community theatre group in the United States – is holding auditions for its fall 2015 production of Tom Stoppard’s “Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoots Macbeth” (includes the “15-minute Hamlet” plus two-minute encore) on Monday and Tuesday, July 27 and 28, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., in the Belmont Town Hall auditorium, 455 Concord Ave. please enter through door that opens onto parking lot).

  • Auditions will consist of readings from the script so please be familiar with it. Perusal copies are available at the refinance desk of the Belmont Public Library and at the Arlington Public Library.
  • Please be prepared to stay for the evening.
  • Bring a resume and, if you have one, a headshot.
  • Please bring to the audition a complete schedule of conflicts.
  • Enter through door that opens onto parking lot).

Callbacks if necessary will be on Thursday, July 30, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Belmont Town Hall.

Rehearsals will be Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., beginning in early September.

Performance dates are:

  • Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday Nov. 15, at 3 p.m.

Go to the BDC website: http://www.belmontdramaticclub.org for character descriptions and other play information. For questions, email the club at cheannwelch@gmail.com

This Weekend: Arts and Craft Fairs, A Comedy from the Dramatic Club, Small Business Saturday

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Residents will have a pair of craft and arts fairs to find the perfect holiday gift.

• The 13th Annual Crafts Fair at the Beech Street Center will take place on Saturday, Nov. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 40 vendors will be selling gifts, toys, cards, holiday ornaments, dolls, jewelry, scarves, sweaters, quilts, knitted goods, and other hand-crafted items, many of them one-of-a-kind. Sponsored by the Friends of the Belmont Council on Aging, the proceeds from table rentals and sale of donated goods go to support the Council on Aging’s programs, services, and scholarships. Cost is $1 – children under 12, free. Public invited.

• The Belmont VFW at 310 Trapelo Road – across from the Belmont Fire Department – is holding the Winter Light Arts Festival on Sunday, Nov. 30 from noon to 4 p.m. Put together by Joanna Brooks and Sharon Nahill of Oak Hill Pottery, there will be works by sculptors, potters, jewelers, fabric artists, painters, photographers and graphic artists.

• The Belmont Dramatic Club presents “Old Acquaintance,” a comedy in three acts by John Van Druten, today, Saturday and Sunday. Directed by Michael Trabucco, the play involves old friends and literary rivals who discover that love can lead to some surprising conclusions. Performances. in the historic auditorium of Belmont Town Hall, are Friday, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. and a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Nov. 30. Founded in 1903, the Belmont Dramatic Club is the second oldest continuously operating and performing community theatre group in the United States.

• Belmont is a great small business town. This Saturday, it’s time to give back. Since 2010, Small Business Saturday has been helping small businesses do more business a day after Black Friday. Don’t forget that twice as much of each dollar spent at a local shop or restaurant stays within the town in wages, taxes and money spent on goods.