Across Roads Center for the Arts

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Across Roads Center for the Arts Across Roads Center of the Arts is dedicated to the facilitation, presentation, collaboration, and education of arts in the Waterbury Vermont region.

In 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene flooded downtown Waterbury, there was a concerted community renewal effort to establish a multi-disciplinary arts center through the Economic Development sector of the FEMA Long Term Community Recovery process. Although this was a longstanding desire of the community prior to the flood, it was recognized as a key component to aid in the economic recovery of Waterbury. Out of this effort Across Roads Center for the Arts was created. In 2012, Across Roads merged with *Waterbury Activities and Cultural Center (WACC) to carry on the momentum and creative strength that the group had brought to the community, with a focus of a physical arts center resource for the region.Waterbury’s unique geographical placement allows for Across Roads to serve as a regional arts hub. We envision Across Roads as a creative space where community members of all ages and backgrounds can explore the arts and create their own paths toward discovering art within themselves and their community. CONNECTING — offering collaboration opportunities for a diversity of perspective to come together economically and culturally in artistic, industrial and community innovation. STIMULATING — leveraging cultural assets generates income for a region, while forming a community environment that inspires creative thinking in everyone and encourages people to explore diverse skills. ESTABLISHING — securing and conveying our community’s vibrant sense of place as a key to our sustainable economic vitality. The self-sustaining vision includes programming and facilities that provide both community enrichment as well as revenue streams to support the Across Roads Center for the Arts operating budget. Across Roads is committed to:

-Presenting diverse, multi-disciplinary creative work in the region
-Designing education and programming to stimulate the creation of new work and celebrate existing creative work
-Connecting artists, arts organizations, and creative entrepreneurial ventures
-Strengthening the artist community and local economy

Join us on Sunday, Oct 18, 4-6pm.
10/08/2026

Join us on Sunday, Oct 18, 4-6pm.

Book Launch with the band Violet Crimes @ GHCCenter, Tuesday, October 6! Be a punk and show up! It's going to be fun!
09/29/2026

Book Launch with the band Violet Crimes @ GHCCenter, Tuesday, October 6! Be a punk and show up! It's going to be fun!

IMPROV COMEDY NIGHT @ GHCCenter, Oct. 24 featuring two of Burlington's veteran improv teams, Hot Priest and ALiCE.If you...
09/29/2026

IMPROV COMEDY NIGHT @ GHCCenter, Oct. 24 featuring two of Burlington's veteran improv teams, Hot Priest and ALiCE.

If you enjoy, Dropout, SNL, and Ben Schwartz and Friends, you'll love the Improv Night at the Grange Hall Cultural Center with Hot Priest and Alice!

First a workshop at 4-6pm, than the show at 7:30, ending in an Improv JAM that anyone can join!
Take the class and try out what you learn in real time at the JAM (plus get in free to the show if you take the class.
$10 for (just) the show,
$25 for the class (and the show)

Get tickets and more about the class and show here:

  IMPROV NIGHT @ GHCCenter!

GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT to "Control Top", by Carole Vasta FolleyOctober 1 & 2 @ 7:30 each nightAt Grange H...
09/25/2026

GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT to
"Control Top", by Carole Vasta Folley
October 1 & 2 @ 7:30 each night
At Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury Center.
$20
Online tickets: https://sevendaystickets.com/e/control-top-3
Or at the door subject to availability.

Get Your Tickets for CONTROL TOP @ GHCCenter!TWO NIGHTS ONLY!CONTROL TOPby Carole Vasta-Folley@ Grange Hall Cultural Cen...
09/12/2026

Get Your Tickets for CONTROL TOP @ GHCCenter!
TWO NIGHTS ONLY!
CONTROL TOP
by Carole Vasta-Folley
@ Grange Hall Cultural Center
317 Howard Ave, Waterbury Center, VT
Oct 1 & 2 @ 7:30 each night
Tickets @ https://sevendaystickets.com/e/control-top-3

Don't miss Vermont Playwright Carole Vasta Folley's newest play CONTROL TOP at the Grange Hall Cultural Center, Thursday and Friday, OCTOBER 1 & 2 at 7:30 p.m.

This funny & poignant play was created with support from the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Community Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts to explore what lies beneath the very fabric of our lives.

Audiences call CONTROL TOP: "Powerful"/ "Absolutely fabulous!" / "Clever" & "Funny, funny, funny!" Stay afterwards for a Q&A with the playwright and cast.

Proceeds benefit the Grange Hall Cultural Center and the national rollout of CONTROL TOP. control-top.com
https://sevendaystickets.com/e/control-top-3

The Grange Hall Cultural Center hosts CONTROL TOP by Vermont playwright Carole Vasta Folley! A play that faces the funny (and not-so-funny) of women’s clothing to reveal what lies beneath the very fabric of our lives. Like a heart-to-heart with a best friend. Audiences describe CONTROL TOP as

Call for scripts!CALL TO PLAYWRIGHTS: Grange Hall Cultural Center and New Stage Players seek submissions of short comedi...
08/06/2026

Call for scripts!
CALL TO PLAYWRIGHTS: Grange Hall Cultural Center and New Stage Players seek submissions of short comedic stage plays for production in 2027 NSP Comedy Festival with a deadline of Sept 15, 2026. Festival production is March 12-21, 2027. All comedic play types will be considered.

New Stage Players and Grange Hall Cultural Center present:
2027 New Stage Comedy Play Festival
When: March 12-14 & 19-21, 2027
Where: GHCCenter, 317 Howard Avenue, Waterbury Center, VT
Play submission DEADLINE: 9/15/26 @ 11:59pm.
Auditions for 2027 New Stage Comedy Play Festival: December 4 & 5, 2026

Seeking submissions of short comedic stage plays for production in 2027 NSP Comedy Festival with a deadline of Sept. 15, 2026. Plays will be selected, directors will be assigned, and casts will be set for festival production May 10-17, 2026. All comedic play types will be considered. Please do not send plays that do not fit a comedic genre.

Criteria for selection is as follows:
 Plays MUST be comedic, please. All comedic genres will be considered.
 8-12 pages-- Please note: Only 10 - 12 minute run times will be considered.
 Simple production values preferred.
 No more than 5 characters.
 Playwright agrees to grant NSP/GHCC full license to produce their play for the New Stage Festival production.
 Each submission must come with its own complete set of submission information to be considered (see below).
 Please do not submit if your play doesn’t fulfill the criteria.

All submissions must include the following:
1) The entire play: DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY-- 8-1/2” x 11” page format with size 12 font or larger, standard margins on page, simple title page, title and page numbers on each page;
2) Playwright’s name, email address, USPS mail address & phone contacts;
3) Brief synopsis of play (4 sentence max);
4) List of characters with brief description for each;
5) Any special technical requirements listed for production;
6) Actual run time of show (please time it before submitting);
7) All production history, including workshop/development process for or publication of this play, if any;
8) Short playwright bio (75 word max) and resume (education, awards, fellowships, etc). Please note:. Plays are chosen on the merit of the writing, not the pedigree of the author.
9) Anything else the playwright deems important for us to know.

Please email submissions to [email protected] with “2027 NSP Comedy Festival Submission” in the subject line. All submissions must be received by 9/15/26 @ 11:59pm. Please note: We reserve the right to close submissions at any time so submit early.
Thanks so much!

New Stage Players reads David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize winning "Good People" at Grange Hall Cultural Center Sunda...
06/07/2026

New Stage Players reads David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize winning "Good People" at Grange Hall Cultural Center Sunday, June 14 @ 4pm. Get there early to be cast (3:30pm) . Reading starts at 4pm. All welcome. Free and open to the public.

This humorous and moving story explores themes of class disparity, the impact of choices, and the struggle for dignity in the face of adversity through revealing the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and the judgments that come with social status.
Why does opportunity knock for some, while others can't catch a break? And where's the line between kindness and selfishness? Those questions loom large in this thought-provoking play about two teenage sweethearts who reconnect after 30 years. Their common humble roots, and now radically different lives, spark a fascinating, funny, and honest exploration of the ways in which class, race, luck, integrity, and the choices that we make can shape our lives.

Come out this Sunday @ 4pm for New Stage Players Play reading series! It's free!
04/07/2026

Come out this Sunday @ 4pm for New Stage Players Play reading series! It's free!

15 year old Christopher has an extraordinary brain.  He is exceptional at mathematics, but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life.  He has never ventured alone beyond the end of the road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers.  Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher s...

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Waterbury Center, VT
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