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Play Featured In Chandler Pride Theater Festival Explores Identity, Family and Loss

Jeff Tolbert lounges among the cast of Aunt Jack, which will be performed at the Chandler in Randolph on Saturday, July 28.
courtesy of Jeff Tolbert
Jeff Tolbert lounges among the cast of Aunt Jack, which will be performed at the Chandler in Randolph on Saturday, July 28.

Every year since 2011, the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph has hosted a Pride Theater Festivalto highlight LGBTQ playwrights and productions. This year, the festival is staging three plays including Aunt Jack, a play about family and intergenerational tension in the LGBTQ community. The play's author S.P. Monahan, and Jeff Tolbert who plays the eponymous Aunt Jack, sat down with Vermont Edition to discuss the play, LGBTQ theater and acting outside one's identity.

Broadcast live on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Kim Henry was the Vermont Edition intern summer 2018.
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