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Updated 6/17/2024

Modern Times Theater, LLC

  • V

    VT

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Modern Times Theater pursues a radically divergent model of art making, creating venues in unlikely locations, and revitalizing the historic, run-down, and defunct. Working in populist theater forms, they seek to reinvent and reimagine classic American entertainment. To this end, they have been adapting and updating Punch and Judy puppet shows, creating new works of puppetry, creating variety acts, and writing original novelty songs for over a decade.

Co-founders Rose Friedman and Justin Lander are a husband and wife duo, producers for Vermont Vaudeville and alumni of the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Find Me

Justin Lander (He/him)
Job Title: Performer/co-founder
Phone: (802) 472-8987
Address:
423 Mountain View Rd
East Hardwick, VT 05836

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Corporation

Year Founded:

2008

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Corporation

Year Founded:

2008

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - Puppet

Additional Disciplines:

  • Theater - Variety / Vaudeville

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 100

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Recipients of grant from The Jim Henson Foundation for the creation of "The Baffo Box Show", 2022
  • Recipient of a 2022 Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council.
  • Recipients of the Vermont Community Foundation's Northeast Kingdom Fund Grant, 2014
  • Recipients of the Vermont Arts Council's Artist Development Grant, 2016

Awards

Awards:

  • Recipients of grant from The Jim Henson Foundation for the creation of "The Baffo Box Show", 2022
  • Recipient of a 2022 Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council.
  • Recipients of the Vermont Community Foundation's Northeast Kingdom Fund Grant, 2014
  • Recipients of the Vermont Arts Council's Artist Development Grant, 2016

Education

Education:

  • "Eccentric Performing" workshop at the Celebration Barn (affiliate artist, 2014)

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Music
  • Theater

Certifications and Training:

  • MA in Education
  • Vermont license in Early Childhood

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Music
  • Theater

Certifications and Training:

  • MA in Education
  • Vermont license in Early Childhood

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Electricity
  • Minimum ceiling height of 8 feet

Fee Range:

$650 - $1,000

State of Residence:

Vermont

Minimum Number of Performers:

2

Maximum Number of Performers:

2