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Lauren Yarger

Lauren Yarger

Lauren is a theater producer (Gracewell Productions), a playwright (member of The Dramatists Guild of America) and a theater critic -- The Connecticut Arts Connection (http://ctarts.blogspot.com) and Reflections in the Light (http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com). She formerly covered all of Connecticut theater for BroadwayWorld, Curtain Up and American Theater Web as well at the Journal Inquirer newspaper in Connecticut. She is a member of The Outer Critics Circle and Executive Producer of its annual awards dinner in New York.  She is a former voting member and Vice President of The Drama Desk. She is Co-Founder of the CT Chapter of The League of Professional Theatre Women.and a member of the Board of DIrectors in New York. 






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Previews: QUENTIN: A ROOSEVELT MUSICAL at Palace
Previews: QUENTIN: A ROOSEVELT MUSICAL at Palace
February 18, 2024

The by-invite-only audience will be the first to sample this new musical about the son of Teddy Roosevelt.

Previews: THE LAST NIGHT At the Palace Theater
Previews: THE LAST NIGHT At the Palace Theater
December 30, 2023

Last Night about 17th-century CT witchcraft panic gets reading at the Palace Theater, Waterbury as part of Gracewell Productions' Table Reading Series.

VIOLET AND ME: A MAMA-LOGUE to Play The Palace Theatre This Month
VIOLET AND ME: A MAMA-LOGUE to Play The Palace Theatre This Month
November 11, 2023

Gracewell Productions' third season of Table Readings at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT kicks off with Dorothy Lyman's new play, VIOLET AND ME.

Feature: WOMEN OF A CERTAIN STAGE at Westport Country Playhouse
Feature: WOMEN OF A CERTAIN STAGE at Westport Country Playhouse
August 30, 2023

One Acts, Music, Dorothy Lyman speaking about Hollywood's Glass Ceiling Celebrate the Accomplishments of Women Over 40 on Stage!

WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL at Ivoryton Playhouse
WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL at Ivoryton Playhouse
October 24, 2022

CT Chapter LPTW Presents Panel on 'Rebuilding Theater with Greater Relevance' and Presents Ivoryton Playhouse with 'Seal of Approval' for Promoting Theater Women at WOmen Playwrights Fest Oct. 29

THE LITTLE SISTERS OF LITTLETON Comes To Palace Theater, Waterbury
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF LITTLETON Comes To Palace Theater, Waterbury
October 11, 2021

Dorothy Lyman, Sachi Parker, Don Striano featured in THE LITTLE SISTERS OF LITTLETON, kicking off Gracewell Productions' Table Reading Series at the Palace Theater, Waterbury

THE MAGIC OF STAGED READINGS at Westport Country Playhouse
THE MAGIC OF STAGED READINGS at Westport Country Playhouse
October 7, 2021

Producers speak about staging readings in the age of Covid at CT Chapter's first in-person get-together of the season.

Connecticut Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women Host PERIOD PIECE Creators For Discussion
Connecticut Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women Host PERIOD PIECE Creators For Discussion
March 30, 2021

A discussion with Creator Susan Cinoman, Producers Tracey Knight Narang, Terry Nardozzi and Playwright Cheryl Davis in discussion about the upcoming Period Piece project.

League of Professional Theatre Women Celebrates Women's History Month At Hartford Stage & More
League of Professional Theatre Women Celebrates Women's History Month At Hartford Stage & More
March 11, 2021

Hartford Stage Women are Part of a New Slate of Theater Leaders in Connecticut and talk about making history.

IT'S VALENTINE'S: LET'S MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS at Online
IT'S VALENTINE'S: LET'S MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS at Online
February 9, 2021

Learn how improv skills can help you make connections with Bridget Brown of the CT Chapter of LPTW

THINKING INSIDE THE (ZOOM) BOX at Online
THINKING INSIDE THE (ZOOM) BOX at Online
November 4, 2020

Katherine Ray Discusses Her Recent Staging of Assassins at a Connecticut Drive-In Theater at a Networking Lunchtime Meeting of the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women Nov. 10.

DOROTHY LYMAN PLAY GETS READING at Online
DOROTHY LYMAN PLAY GETS READING at Online
October 20, 2020

Dorothy Lyman's new play, THE KEYS, will get a reading on Zoom

TOAST THE VOTE! SUSAN B. at Zoom
TOAST THE VOTE! SUSAN B. at Zoom
September 21, 2020

The third installment of Toast The Vote!, the series sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, will take place on Zoom Sept. 23 at 5 pm Eastern with an excerpt from Susan B. by Toby Armour, featuring Jenne Vath as Susan B. Anthony.

TOAST THE VOTE! Event Postponed to 8/20
TOAST THE VOTE! Event Postponed to 8/20
August 10, 2020

CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women Celebrates Votes for Women with Play Excerpts

TOAST THE VOTE! at Online
TOAST THE VOTE! at Online
July 15, 2020

Three excerpts from plays about women who forged the way for the 19th Amendment on the anniversary of its passage sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

INSIDE PLAYWRITING PANEL at Ivoryton Playhouse
INSIDE PLAYWRITING PANEL at Ivoryton Playhouse
February 6, 2020

Five playwrights give their perspectives on the process.

HOLIDAY LUNCH/PLAY READINGS at Westbrook Inn
HOLIDAY LUNCH/PLAY READINGS at Westbrook Inn
December 4, 2019

Three playwrights present excerpts from holiday plays at a networking lunch sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

NATIONAL CRITICS INSTITUTE at O'Neill Theater Center Honors Mark Charney
NATIONAL CRITICS INSTITUTE at O'Neill Theater Center Honors Mark Charney
July 16, 2019

O'Neill Center Honors Mark Charney as He Steps Down as NCI's Associate Director

Donna Walker-Kuhne Receives LPTW's First Rachel Crothers Leadership Award
Donna Walker-Kuhne Receives LPTW's First Rachel Crothers Leadership Award
July 4, 2019

Donna Walker-Kuhne Receives LPTW's First Rachel Crothers Leadership Award

BWW: Connecticut's Top Theater Picks for March 2018
BWW: Connecticut's Top Theater Picks for March 2018
March 6, 2018

Lots of comedy highlights top March picks for Connecticut theater.



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