Staff/Faculty

This fast-paced adventure follows Alice (age 7 ½) as she goes through the looking glass and meets the strange & eccentric inhabitants of Wonderland. All current NDMU students, NDMU alumnae/alumni, and NDMU faculty/staff are encouraged and welcome to audition! Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script in groups of up to four actors. For backstage/tech roles, please be ready to speak to your prior theatrical experiences and/or main areas of interest. Some roles may be doubled. Dancers & those with a movement background are encouraged to audition. Movement is NOT required for all roles.

To be cast, you must be available for tech week and performances: REHEARSALS: 2-3x/week, January 30-March 18 | TECH WEEK: March 18-March 23 | PERFORMANCES: March 24-26

This fast-paced adventure follows Alice (age 7 ½) as she goes through the looking glass and meets the strange & eccentric inhabitants of Wonderland. All current NDMU students, NDMU alumnae/alumni, and NDMU faculty/staff are encouraged and welcome to audition! Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script in groups of up to four actors. For backstage/tech roles, please be ready to speak to your prior theatrical experiences and/or main areas of interest. Some roles may be doubled. Dancers & those with a movement background are encouraged to audition. Movement is NOT required for all roles.

To be cast, you must be available for tech week and performances: REHEARSALS: 2-3x/week, January 30-March 18 | TECH WEEK: March 18-March 23 | PERFORMANCES: March 24-26

This fast-paced adventure follows Alice (age 7 ½) as she goes through the looking glass and meets the strange & eccentric inhabitants of Wonderland. All current NDMU students, NDMU alumnae/alumni, and NDMU faculty/staff are encouraged and welcome to audition! Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script in groups of up to four actors. For backstage/tech roles, please be ready to speak to your prior theatrical experiences and/or main areas of interest. Some roles may be doubled. Dancers & those with a movement background are encouraged to audition. Movement is NOT required for all roles.

To be cast, you must be available for tech week and performances: REHEARSALS: 2-3x/week, January 30-March 18 | TECH WEEK: March 18-March 23 | PERFORMANCES: March 24-26

Fifty-two years ago, Bread & Puppet Theater performed Our Domestic Resurrection Circus for the first time at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT. Since then, this capacious and provocative title has served as the basis of annual spectacles that generations of audiences have come to rely on for satire and celebration in the face of intolerable circumstances. This year, B&P will take up the tradition again, albeit with a timely subtitle: The Apocalypse Defiance Circus. 

This will be the group's only performance in Baltimore during their fall tour. The band will begin playing in LeClerc Theatre at 7:40 pm, while the show gets underway at 8 pm. Attendance is open to the general public and all members of the NDMU community.

ABOUT BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER

The Bread and Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theater brand of performance art filled with music, dance and slapstick. Believing that theater is a basic necessity like bread, the company frequently brings its work to the streets for those who may not otherwise go to the theater. Its shows are political and spectacular, with puppets often on stilts, wearing huge masks with expressive faces, singing, dancing and playing music. 

Bread and Puppet is recognized throughout the world and has won distinction at international theater festivals in Italy, Poland, Colombia, and Yugoslavia, beginning with their break-out performances at the 1968 Nancy Festival in France. Notable awards include the Erasmus Prize of Amsterdam, 4 Obies, the Puppeteers of America's President Award, and the Vermont Governor's Award. Bread and Puppet is constantly active, performing at its farm in Glover, VT, and in local churches, schools and parades. It regularly tours Europe, Canada, and the United States and has recently visited El Salvador, Haiti, Russia, and Korea.

Founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, the theater has been based in the North East Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s and is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in the country.

Through this evening of hands-on, interactive workshops, participants will learn more about lobbying for causes tied to poverty reduction, how to pass a bill at the state level, ways to debunk myths surrounding the unhoused population, how to apply or help others apply for SNAP benefits and more. The evening will culminate in a casserole making event from 10 pm to 12 am. Participants will share a meal together, as well as make casseroles to donate to Our Sister’s Place and Our Daily Bread. There also will be information about how to engage beyond this event in more sustainable, focused ways through coursework, internships, and volunteering with host organizations.

The Office of Alumnae and Alumni Relations is spreading the Christmas spirit at NDMU with a Holiday Breakfast! Faculty, staff and their families are invited to join our alumni and their families for holiday treats, a breakfast buffet, and Christmas activities, including a special choir concert, letter writing to Santa, and more. Attendees are encouraged to dress up in holiday wear and spend time with old friends and new ones as we celebrate one of the greatest times of the year. Don't miss your chance to get pictures with Santa starting at 11am!

Pets on Wheels shares the love of friendly therapy pets to help improve life, connecting their pets with people to make a profound positive difference every day.

We will first gather as a community for the Tree Trim, decorating a tree with creative, handmade or purchased ornaments. Afterwards we will sit down together to enjoy our Annual Christmas Dinner, where students receive small tokens of appreciation and are treated to a special dinner served by faculty and staff volunteers. There will be traditional singing of favorite Christmas carols. The evening will conclude with a carol outside to celebrate the lighting of Caroline Hall’s Merrick Tower.

Questions? Email the Office of Student Engagement & Community Programs: StudentEngagement@ndm.edu.

A representative from the Difference Card will be present to answer questions from staff and faculty members.

3 Ways to Help!

• Donate blood. If eligible schedule an appointment to donate today.
• Volunteer your time. Sign up to help the day of with our NDMU blood drive here.
• Spread the word. Share information with friends and family.

For any questions or concerns regarding the Blood Drive, please contact studentengagement@ndm.edu.