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Watertower Theater performs one-act plays at the Brick Box at Paramount Theatre

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Chris Larson performs in the one-act play “Play Russia” at Chaffee Art Center.

Aug 7-8 at 7:30 p.m. — RUTLAND — Watertower Theater Company is back! This August the theater company will perform two Harold Pinter one-acts, “A Kind of Alaska” and “Victoria Station.” There will be only two performances, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 7 and 8 at the Brick Box Theater in Rutland. Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. both nights. General admission tickets are available at the door for $10.

Peter Bruno returns to Watertower as director while Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Chris Larson, Laura Steere, and Beth Wolven are actors in the Pinter pieces. Bruno has a wide-range of experience in both acting and directing, and is known in local theater circles for his direction of Stage 40, Mill River’s acclaimed theatrical program, with which he has been involved for over a decade. The four actors have extensive experience on various local stages. They have worked with numerous local troupes, many of them recently appearing in shows with Actor’s Repertory Theater.

Watertower Theater Company was founded in the summer of 2012 by Peter Bruno, Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Chris Larson, and Laura Steere. Under the direction of Peter Bruno, the three actors performed two one acts at the Chaffee Arts Center, Anton Chekov’s “The Bear” and “Play Russia” by David Johnston, fondly known as the Russian Plays.

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