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a very interesting woman who is gifting an enormous body of work to museums, universities and not-for-profits to use in their fundraising work,” the gallerist explains. “I’m working with her foundation to achieve this goal.” Feroleto notes that Blitt is currently
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locally written characters soon; he’s on a committee planning a Franklin County playwrights’ festival in the spring. SASPA will stage the winning text. Next fall, the group plans to produce another musical; Lawyer mentions Godspell and My Fair Lady as contenders. Rodriguez is also reaching out to the community by offering acting classes for adults and children. The former off-Broadway actor says he is happy to contribute to the St. Albans arts scene. “I love transporting people and taking them on a journey and showing them there’s more to the arts than pizza and videos,” he says. Hopefully, as the show’s title tune puts it, the theater will not find a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than St. Albans. m
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He has company on the road to St. Albans. His daughter, Judy, a junior biology major at the University of Vermont, recently stepped in to replace the performer originally cast as Guinevere. “The only thing Mom asked was, ‘Do you guys kiss on stage?’” Steve Contompasis jokes. “We don’t, so that makes it easier,” Judy Contompasis clarifies. Running lines in the car with Dad makes things easier for Judy, who took over the role with less than a month before showtime. Luckily, she likes the script, saying, “The show is really well written, and the songs are fun.” “If you look at it, you have [lyricist and playwright Alan Jay] Lerner and [composer Frederick] Loewe and [original director] Moss Hart, whose stagings really come to life,” adds Steve Contompasis. “Going into the sciences and medicine, I hadn’t read as many of the classics as I should have. I’ve had fun getting to know the Arthur character.” Audiences can get to know him this weekend. And if director Rodriguez has his way, they’ll get to know some
also working on an installation piece for the Anne Frank Center USA in Manhattan, and has completed a short film (“Caught in Paint”) in collaboration with the Parsons Dance company and photographer Lois Greenfield. In it, Blitt paints in large gestures on transparent surfaces while the dancers mirror her movements on the other side. The film “has been shown at Cannes and at over 100 film festivals around the world,” Feroleto says. “I’m hoping Rita’s generosity will inspire other artists to do the same.” A bright-red metal sculpture by Blitt already adorns the lawn at the Green + Blue Gallery — a name chosen simply because Vermont has so much, well, green and blue, Feroleto explains. Though she returned to Vermont four years ago, the gallery materialized just last month. So far, Feroleto is showing a variety of contemporary works by artists from around the world, a mix she expects to evolve over time. One thing’s certain: Feroleto is not lacking for ideas. m
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