BCT Presents 'The Haunting of Hill House'

10:29AM / Wednesday, October 27, 2021Print Story | Email Story

BENNINGTON, VT. — Bennington Community Theater presents "The Haunting of Hill House" by F. Andrew Leslie.

The play is directed to Robert Ebert.

According to a press release:

Hoping to cause a sensation in the field of parapsychology, Dr. John Montague rents Hill House, a secluded manor with a reputation for being haunted. He carefully selects two participants for his study—Eleanor Vance, a thirty-two-year-old woman who was reported to have had experiences with a poltergeist as a child, and Theodora, a woman marked in one of his lab's studies as having psychic abilities. A third participant, Luke Sanderson, also joins the group. Luke stands to inherit Hill House after his aunt dies, and Luke's aunt sends him to watch over the house and deter amateur ghost hunters.

From the director:

I am excited to be a part of Bennington Community Theater's first stage production since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our play, "The Haunting of Hill House" was written by F. Andrew Leslie; it is based on the novel of the same name, written by Shirley Jackson when she was living in North Bennington. It is said that from her house she could see both the Jennings Mansion on the Bennington College campus and the Park McCullough house and that both these homes were her inspiration for Hill House. Although she would not consider it a ‘ghost story' there is still plenty to fear in "The Haunting" and it is fitting that our opening weekend coincides with the festivities of Halloween. I am also proud and honored to be able to dedicate our production to our dear departed friend Sally Sugarman. A noted educator, Sally, along with her husband, local playwright Bob Sugarman, was an energetic devotee and advocate of live theater and she fully recognized the value of community theater. She is missed.

Showings:

7:30 pm Oct. 29 & 30 and Nov. 5 & 6
2:00 pm Oct. 31 & Nov. 7

Tickets General Admission $10 / Premium Reserved Seating $15. Get tickets at bpacvt.org/tickets or call the box office at 802.447.0564

COVID: Proof of COVID vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours of attendance is needed to attend. A mask is required to be worn when in the theater.

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Fall Trout Stocking in Select Lakes and Streams In Vermont

Staff Reports02:37PM / Sunday, October 11, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department continues its new fall trout stocking program this year.

This will mark the third consecutive year that trophy-sized brook trout and rainbow trout averaging 13-14 inches will be stocked into four ponds and one stream in southern Vermont in the fall.

"We're stocking more than 2,000 one-and-a-half-year-old trout between Knapp Ponds #1 and #2 in Cavendish, Lakes Paran and Shaftsbury in Bennington, and East Creek in Rutland," said Lael Will, a fisheries biologist with the department. "This is a great opportunity for anglers to spend time fishing for some really nice stocked trout surrounded by Vermont's amazing fall foliage. And, they can continue right through the winter, catching trout in waters where late season trout fishing was not an option before."

Fish from Bennington, Roxbury and Salisbury fish culture stations will be stocked starting in mid-October to allow for some harvest before the season switches to catch and release only in November.

"Last year anglers shared with us that they loved the fall and winter opportunity created by this late season stocking," said Will. "We're excited to continue these stockings and hopefully hear from more people taking advantage of these new trout fishing opportunities."

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