For Love or Money
Ben & Jerry’s doesn’t make “The Full Vermonty” anymore; the maple-and-praline ice cream flavor inspired by the hit British film The Full Monty was zipped up years ago. But its moniker could stand in for the Barre Players’ new PG-13 production: a musical stage version of the 1997 movie. Don’t expect Yorkshire accents, though — the play switches the action from Sheffield to Buffalo, New York. There, a paunchy posse of down-and-out steelworkers comes up with a money-making scheme after seeing a male stripper bring down the house at a local ladies’ night. After some soul-searching, the dudes doff their duds in a police-themed revue dubbed “Hot Metal.” The moral? Like a pint of B&J, it’s what’s on the inside that counts.

‘The Full Monty’, Friday through Sunday, March 28-30, Barre Opera House, see calendar listings for various times. $20-25. Info, 
476-8188. www.barreplayers.com

Two’s Company
If you’d been partnered with one person for 30 years, three could seem like a crowd, but award-winning modern dance team Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer are used to sharing the stage. The catch? Their multiple sidekicks are made of light. Projected video footage magically populates the stage with the duo’s dancing doppelgängers in a trilogy of works co-commissioned by the Flynn. In “Seductive Reasoning,” the husband-and-wife couple dance with each other, then turn to tango with their spouse’s (unreal) mirror image. “Under the Skin” plays with identity by using bodies and costumes as projection screens, and “Memory Bank” explores intimacy over time. Original live music by composer-saxophonist Ken Field, composer-singer-cellist Robert Een and Grammy-winning percussionist Glen Velez emphasizes the out-of-body experience.

Bridgman/Packer Dance, Friday, March 28, Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $26-36. Info, 863-5966. www.bridgmanpacker.org

Ramp Champs
Schussing slopes can get expensive, and there’s a Green Mountain State stereotype that only privileged peeps regularly participate in downhill snow sports. Not so at Hardack, a nonprofit, community-centered hill in St. Albans. Despite its small size, the grassroots operation makes its own snow, and offers skiing, skating and sledding in season for Franklin County residents. At this weekend’s Spring Throwdown, however, it’s all about the ’boards. Competitors of all ages hurtle off ramps, earning points for style, and the biggest air snags prizes from Burton and Rome Snowboards. Contest organizer Jesse Bates sums up Hardack’s group vibe: “Start with nothing, and take it to a high level.” He’s done his part this season — East Coast Snowboarding magazine recently profiled the mountain’s free weekly sessions.

Spring Throwdown, Saturday, March 29, Hardack, 179 Congress Street, St. Albans, registration at noon, contest 2 p.m. $5. Info, 233-0766. www.myspace.com/hardack08 www.hardack.org www.eastcoastsnowboarding.com

Healing Feeling
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em — that’s Suzanne Falter-Barns’ take on New Age authority figures. An author of two self-help tomes who used to teach creativity workshops all over the world, she should know: “I just decided it was time to stop being so earnest.” Garbed in white and wielding a guitar as her over-the-top alter-ego Dr. Serenity Hawkfire, the solo performance artist serves up an interactive-theater parody of a New Age seminar — something like Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding on wheatgrass. Between original folk tunes such as “The Ballad of the Codependent Guru,” expect to do the “Wa Wa dance,” adjust your “financial chi,” and bust a gut.

‘Dr. Serenity Hawkfire’s Beyond Being Workshop’, Friday, March 28, Radio Bean, Burlington, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-9346. www.serenityhawkfire.com