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LNT is going INTO THE WOODS
July 08, 2026
LOST NATION THEATER’S 2026 SEASON BRINGS YOU “INTO THE WOODS”
SONDHEIM’S MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – WITH A TWIST.
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Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.” So says the Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim’s INTO THE WOODS. And she’s right! Lost Nation Theater presents the multi-Tony-Award Winning musical masterpiece for just two weekends only: Wednesdays-Sundays, July 22–August 2 at Montpelier City Hall Arts Center.
"Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” is an incredible gift––a wild, ingenious, awe-inspiring ride through the underbrush and briar patches of all our favorite fairy tales. It’s full of the head-over-heals exuberance of innocent childhood fantasy and offers brilliantly kaleidoscopic visions of ourselves that are endlessly entertaining. Hamlet urged his Players to ‘hold a mirror up to nature’, but Sondheim used one he found in the Fun House at the Circus!"
- Kim Bent (LNT Founding Artistic Director)
And don’t forget – not only is LNT air-conditioned, but the elevator in Montpelier City Hall is once again fully functional!
For Lost Nation Theater’s production, director Kianna Bromley reimagines this journey Into the Woods with just Ten actors showcasing the fun of theater, physical comedy, and -of course - soaring vocals!
We’re finding a new path in these woods while staying true to Sonheim’s - that Giant of musical theater - vision; and finding even more to inspire us in it as we explore the darker side of “Happy Ever After!”
“Total enchantment. A spell-bounding score, witty enough to make old stories fresh for adults, lovely enough to enchant youngsters." – The Daily News
“Non-Stop Pure Pleasure! A ravishing explosion of color and melody and magic and laughter." - Time Magazine
“Bewitching... dazzling... triumphant." – New York Post
Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine’s Into The Woods has favorite tales and characters from The Brothers Grimm colliding on stage in an epic adventure of wishes and choices; and they are never quite the same!
Sondiem's Into the Woods is a beautiful example of living an improvisational life - of starting with a plan and a story that you think you know, and having it mesh and change as things pop up and twist the path. I imagine Stephen Sondheim as he is writing this tremendous work, having new ideas just pop into his head and him going "yes, AND!", leading to a brilliant depiction of how real life doesn't follow the "happily ever after" template we sometimes expect or wish for. But instead, we can accept the terrible things that are out of our control and move forward; we can find the good and the love and keep going, charting new paths.”- Kianna Bromley (director)
Lost Nation Theater is assembling a crackerjack cast & creative ensemble from across Vermont to bring this very special and inventive Into The Woods to life.
Joining director/choreographer Kianna Bromley are noted musical director Stefanie Wiegand, designers Kim Bent (set), Tristan Blumenthal (props), Jessica Della Pepa Clayton (costumes), and Charlotte Seelig (lighting). (Clayton & Seelig last collaborated on last summer’s sensation The Drowsy Chaperone.)
"After decades of obsession, I am still struck by little surprises hidden throughout the score. And this cast brings it to life in a whole new way! This is Into The Woods for newbies and lifelong fans alike." - Stefanie Weigand (musical director)
LNT welcomes back actor-singers Jesse Hawkes and Emmet Stowell – just seen in our season-opening production: Our Town.
Joining LNT the first time are very busy musical theater artists from across Vermont: Connor Eaton, Brit Flynn, Connor Kendall, Mary Carol Maganzini, Zoë Mickle, Aleah Papes, and Lilah Thurston. It’s a joy to welcome them all! LNT Producing Artistic Director (onstage last in Next to Normal) Kathleen Keenan rounds out the versatile cast.
