Vermont Suitcase Company Brings Silent-Film Comedy My Lady of Whims to Next Stage Arts

PUTNEY, VT — Next Stage Arts presents Vermont Suitcase Company in My Lady of Whims, a fast-paced theatrical adaptation of the 1925 silent film, on Friday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill in Putney. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Filled with action, intrigue, romance, and comedy, My Lady of Whims follows a frantic race against time as a councilman’s daughter disappears just before a crucial fundraising gala. With scandal threatening to derail a political campaign, a hired gun and an ambitious maid set out on a rescue mission that becomes increasingly tangled with bohemians, bankers, and the fate of a historic hotel headquarters.


Vermont Suitcase Company Brings “New Clothes” to Next Stage Arts

PUTNEY — Vermont Suitcase Company will screen its feature film debut, New Clothes, at Next Stage Arts in Putney on Friday, June 19, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, New Clothes reimagines the classic fable through the lens of the Vermont touring theater troupe’s fast-paced, inventive style. The film follows two struggling swindlers who scheme their way into a royal palace, hoping to trick the Emperor and his court out of the very clothes on their backs.