The new play Chilmark will be a different experience for the audience, where parts of the play are communicated only in sign language.

The Vineyard Gazette printed copies of its Friday, August 21, 1885 edition, which will be used as a prop for the new Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse production opening on Tuesday, August 21.

Angela’s Mixtape, through August 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, is a time-tripping, genre-blending and often very funny autobiography of its playwright, Eisa Davis, in her childhood and youth.

On July 18, Hamlet opens at the Tisbury Amphitheater, with jovial swordplay and playhouse veteran Scott Barrow playing the titular role. The show runs through August 11.

Passionata, the new play by Gwyn McAllister, is a sparkling period comedy that dances nimbly on the edge of farce.

The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse schedule is a little like a virtual version of Five Corners in August. The schedule is robust.