Wharton Between the Sheets
Content Warning
The production includes sexual situations. While not graphic in nature, these scenes address sexuality directly through frank dialogue and bedroom scenes. Recommended for mature audiences.
Presented by Middlebury Acting Company
By Anne Undeland | Directed by Melissa Lourie
May 8 - 18, 2025
Thursday-Saturday: 7:30pm
Sunday: 2:00pm
Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission
Special Events
Preview Night: Thursday, May 8 at 7:30pm — All tickets $20 with post-show feedback session
Talkback: Sunday, May 11 after the 2pm performance with Professor Brett Millier, Reginald L. Cook Professor of American Literature at Middlebury College
About the Play
Wharton Between the Sheets takes us to Paris in 1908 and brings together Edith Wharton, her dear friend Henry James, her lover Morton Fullerton and her Irish lady’s maid in an eyebrow-raising retelling of Wharton’s actual mid-life romance. A literary and historical banquet of language, sex, mores, and manners, Between the Sheets sparkles with wit while it examines class differences and the complexity of human relationships. More than anything, the play makes us fall in love—with Edith Wharton, with the people in her life, and best of all, with her own glorious writing.
The production features Chris Caswell (last seen in MACo's "Small Mouth Sounds") as Edith Wharton, Jacob A. Ware (whose TV credits include "Fallout," "Law & Order," and "Boardwalk Empire") as Morton Fullerton, John Nagle (MACo's "The Cherry Orchard" and Vermont Shakespeare Festival Co-Artistic Director) as Henry James, and Julia Jean (Atlantic Acting School alumna and Actors' Equity member) as Posy.
Middlebury Acting Company has been bringing world-class theater to Vermont since 2001 and has been a resident company at Town Hall Theater since our opening in 2008. Learn more about MACo.
Meet The Cast
Edith Wharton – Chris Caswell
CHRIS CASWELL was last seen with MACo as Judy in Small Mouth Sounds in 2023. She is the president of the board for Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington and makes regular appearances with Vermont Stage and Bald Mountain Theater. She is also sometimes a clown named Maris Parisol.
Morton Fullerton – Jacob A. Ware
JACOB A. WARE is making his MACo debut (courtesy of Actors' Equity), having worked with NJ Rep, Park Playhouse, New Georges, and Playwrights Horizons. Along with being a Sundance alumnus, TV credits include: Fallout, Law & Order, and Boardwalk Empire (SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble nominee).
Posy – Julia Jean
JULIA JEAN is a University of Vermont and Atlantic Acting School alumna. A member of Actors' Equity, her favorite acting roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elinor in Sense and Sensibility, and Ken Lay in Enron.
Henry James – John Nagle
JOHN NAGLE featured in MACo's The Cherry Orchard and Admissions. He is Co-Artistic Director of Vermont Shakespeare Festival and has appeared locally in Red (Full Circle Theatre); Tigers Be Still and Or, (Vermont Stage); Midsummer Night's Dreamand Richard III (Vermont Shakespeare).
Questions?
Please contact the Box Office at 802.382.9222 or email tickets@townhalltheater.org
Monday through Friday, noon – 5 pm.