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By ALEX HANSON

Like any art form, theater can carry a lot of ideological freight. Mercifully, sometimes it just entertains and amuses.And sometimes, it entertains so thoroughly that you forget everything but the present spectacle. That’s what Northern Stage’s...

By ALEX HANSON

Having spent untold hours in selectboard and city council meeting rooms around the Upper Valley, I’ve often joked that it would be more fun to write about the meetings held in them as if they were theater, rather than just the mostly humdrum work of...

By CAOIMHE MARKEY

Oscar Wilde wrote in his play “A Woman of No Importance” that “after a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” Replace “dinner” with “dessert,” and you’ve nailed down the sentiment of Shaker Bridge Theatre’s newest showpiece,...

By CAOIMHE MARKEY

Ah, yes, “A Christmas Carol,” a quintessential wintertime tale that reminds us what the holidays are truly about: sending ghosts to guilt trip your mean relatives into coming to dinner.This season, Northern Stage debuts a fresh take on Charles...

By ALEX HANSON

The lights come up on a man alone in a small apartment. Dressed in a T-shirt and tracksuit pants, he’s young and on edge, checking the television and messing with his laptop and a balky router. Given the state of the world, he could be anywhere,...

HANOVER Coach: Doug Kennedy (16) League: NHIAA Division I Last Year: 8-9 Returnees: Seniors — Sophie Wise (M), Emma Campfield (M), Maeve Lee (F), Bella Hunt (F), Syd McLaughlin (F), Mia Bagnato (F), Elena Mierke (D), Kiran Park (D); Juniors — Nora...

HANOVER Coach: Rob Grabill (18) Last year: 15-5 League: NHIAA Division I Returnees: Seniors — Ryder Hayes (M), Zach Tracy (M), Carter Guerin (M), Will Guerin (M), Sean Smith (M), Wyatt Seelig (G), Sam Calderwood (D/F), Ben Woods (M), Joseph Rudd (D),...

HANOVER Coach: Sam Cavallaro (9) Last year: 6-4, lost in quarterfinals to Bow.League: NHIAA Division II Returners: Seniors — Caleb Buskey (TE/LB), Nels Jones (OL/DL), Roger Lucas (QB/DB), Jeffrey Vidou (RB/OLB), Teddy Sumner (WR/DB), Mateo Trimble...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVERCoaches: Eric Picconi (10) and Dorcas DenHartog (10)Last year: Girls were state champions, placed first in the N.H. Meet of Champions, seventh in the New England Championship and won the CVC Championship. Boys were third at the state meet,...

HANOVER Coach: Mallory Hillman (1).Last year: 9-6-1, lost in quarterfinals to John Stark.League: NHIAA Division II.Returners: Seniors — Savannah Walczak (F/capt.), Jolie Reznek (D). Juniors — Eva Bell (M/capt.), Sophia Costa (M), Lauren Evans (M),...

By BILL WILKINSON

HARTFORD Coach: Michael Barata (1) Last year: Fourth at VPA state tournament.Returners: Senior — Connor Rice; Juniors — Thomas Gross, Jack Grigsby; Sophomore — Coleman Waters. Newcomers: Junior — Logan White; Freshmen — Benjamin Potter, Triv-Ann...

HANOVER Coach: Joshua Flanders (1) Last year: seventh out of eight teams at state tournament League: NHIAA Division I.Home course: Montcalm Golf Club.Returners: Seniors — Adam Goodney, Andrew Cahoon, Trevor Lichtenstein, Jake Toulmin; Sophomores —...

HANOVER Coach: Hunter Gosselin (1) Last year: 6-9, lost in first round to ConVal.League: NHIAA Division II.Returners: Seniors — Rosa Bradley (OPP), Annika Lackstrom (MB), Ada Callaway (MB). Juniors — Laura Schaner (S), Dylan Simpkins (OH).Newcomers:...

By CAOIMHE MARKEY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Before I attended Friday’s performance of “Sense and Sensibility,” the closing show of Northern Stage’s 25th anniversary season, I refreshed my memory of the story by watching Ang Lee’s faithful 1995 film adaptation, starring...

By ERIC SUTPHIN

It’s 2008 and a tough but caring parole officer named Evan (played by Greg Alvarez Reid) meets with two recent parolees. Chris (Christopher B. Portley) is a mild mannered young Black man who once aspired to study education in college. Jason (Robert...

By LUKAS DUNFORD

Renowned essayist John D’Agata’s new piece is set to move the world. Its 15 pages portray the life and death of a Las Vegas boy who died by suicide. All it needs is a glance at the names and dates.Pushing against the weight of the world, fact-checking...

By LUKAS DUNFORD

Set in a professor’s office at an elite Northeast university, The Niceties displays racial and generational conflicts through a brave student and her pressure-hardened history professor. This play is not for the faint of pacemaker. Directed by Grant...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

From the Thetford girls winning a state championship to the Hanover boys advancing to New Englands, 2021 was a welcome return to normalcy for high school cross country in the Upper Valley. This fall should bring just as much excitement, with new...

HANOVER Coach: Rob Grabill (17) Last year: 15-2-1 League: NHIAA Division 1 Returnees: Seniors — Ty Nolon (G), Becket McCurdy (D/M), Jack Gardner (F), Jack McGrath (M), Owen Smith (D), Juniors — Carter Guerin (M), Will Guerin (M), Ryder Hayes (M),...

HANOVER Coach: Doug Kennedy (15) Last year: 5-10-2 League: NHIAA Division I Returnees: Seniors — Casey Havrda (F), Mia Madden (M), Riley McGuire (F), Emilia Torresani (F). Juniors — Maeve Lee (M), Sydney McLaughlin (F), Emma Campfield (M), Kiran Park...

HANOVER Coach: Sam Cavallaro (8) Last year: 6-4 League: NHIAA Division II Returnees: Seniors — Cam Bonner (TE/DL), Patrick Elder (OL/DL), Montana Hanchett (OL/DL), Matt Brock (RB/LB), Thomas Mosdal (OL/DL). Juniors — Roger Lucas (QB/DB), Jeffrey Vidou...