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Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Applications for the Sandglass Theater’s Summer Intensive Training Program are open now through May 1st. Intensive Dates are: July 6 - 20, 2025.

Applicants for the 2025 Summer Intensive training will select a focus track of Building, Performance or Directing. Participants will spend mornings as a whole ensemble developing common vocabulary through warm-ups, breath training and puppet animation/manipulation class. After lunch participants split into their tracks in puppet construction, puppetry performance or directing for puppet theater. In addition to daily classes, students will spend their evenings working on collaborative compositions in small ensembles, which will be presented at the end of the training.

Classes are scheduled five and a half days per week. Parallel lessons of morning training and focused afternoon tracks provide a strong foundation for participants to apply to their own work. Participants will have evening access to work spaces.

The objective of this training program is to:

*Inspire artists to understand and experience the strong potential of puppetry as a form of ensemble-based
theater

*Learn foundational techniques of giving life to inanimate objects in solo and collaborative processes

*Enjoy being in a creative process with a group of peers to develop compositions that are specific to the
medium of puppetry

Sandglass teaches a method of puppet performance that has been developed over 30 years of workshops around the world. Morning training will be led by Eric Bass (Co-Founder), Shoshana Bass (Artistic Director), and Amanda Maddock (Sandglass Associate Artist). Applicants must select a first choice and second choice for the afternoon track. We will do our best to accommodate your first choice.

We are offering at least one US-based BIPOC scholarship which will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. Applicants who are interested in being considered for this scholarship will be able to indicate so in their application. The scholarship covers tuition, housing and evening weekday meals; the student is responsible for their travel, personal meals and all other expenses.

Applications can be accessed at sandglasstheater.org

Founded in 1998, the Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) is a project of the Maine Film Center. The 10 days of the festival showcase nearly 100 films, representing the best of American independent and international cinema, and spotlight some of Maine and New England’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers.

Founded in 1998, the Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) is a project of the Maine Film Center. The 10 days of the festival showcase nearly 100 films, representing the best of American independent and international cinema, and spotlight some of Maine and New England’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers.

Founded in 1998, the Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) is a project of the Maine Film Center. The 10 days of the festival showcase nearly 100 films, representing the best of American independent and international cinema, and spotlight some of Maine and New England’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers.