Feature: CELEBRATE! Monthlong, Statewide Celebration of Women in Theater in Connecticut

Get ready to do some serious celebrating of women in theater here in Connecticut. The Chapter's first Celebrate! events have been set and registration starts Monday, Jan. 20. 

We'll kick off celebrating Women's History Month with our first CT Theater Women Awards program. Women from various disciplines in theater around Connecticut will be honored with awards honoring their achievements at a festive celebration Monday, March 3 at A.C.T. A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut in Ridgefield. Special guests, music and a VIP Reception round out the evening. The awards program begins at 7 pm. Doors open at 6:45.

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ct-theater-women-awards-tickets-1200396330739?aff=oddtdtcreator

Then the CT Women Playwrights Festival will present four one-act plays in three different locations in the state. The plays selected are:

Mischief at the Mermaid Tavern by Zeb Appel
Hollywood and Thine by Kimberly Hill
30 Days by Betsy Maguire
U-Got Credit by Kate McLeod

Jacqueline Hubbard and Carol Ziske direct. The play readings will be followed by talk-back sessions where the audience can ask questions and give feedback. Readings of all four plays will be presented at all three locations.

The dates and locations for the festival presentations are

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Centerbrook Meeting House, Centerbrook, CT
7pm

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-playwrights-festival-tickets-1203785959209?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Playhouse on Park, West Hartford
7pm

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Thursday, March 27, 2025 GW Tavern, Washington Depot, CT
Noon lunch/ 1 pm play presentation
Please note, attending this presentation at GW Tavern includes committing to purchasing lunch off of the restaurant's menu and no festival seats will be available without purchasing lunch at noon. Seating is very limited.

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Celebrate! is sponsored by the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women and is produced by Lauren Yarger (GracewellProductions.com) with Maureen Hamill and Carol Ziske.

Other events also are taking place around Connecticut this March in conjunction with Women's History Month:


The Seat Beside Her 2
March  7 and 8 at 7:30 pm
March 9 at 2:30 pm
Canton Town Hall

A series of plays written by Chapter Member Betsy Maguire (featuring Chapter Member Virginia Wolf). For info click here.

Reading of Eleanor
Saturday, March 22
Gracewell Productions' Table Reading presentation of the play, Eleanor by Mark St. Germain, directed by Maureen Hamill.  To attend the 2 pm reading, presented as part of the spotlight Series at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, contact GracewellProductions@gmail.com to request a seat. Seats are limited, by invitation only and are not available at the door.

Tragedy to Triumph: Herstories of Hope
Saturday, March 29
noon to 3 pm
Palace Theater, Waterbury

Curated by Palace Director of Special Projects & Curated Programs Sheree Marcucci, the event will be moderated by author and actress Randye Kaye, and will include Alyssa Altman Connolly, Tracee Beazer Barrett, Joyce Follo Jeffrey, and Lauren Yarger. In turn inspiring and edifying, these Herstories will remind us of the extraordinary resilience of women. The day will end on an upbeat note as guests enjoy a comedic and thought-provoking one-person work, Giving Birth by playwright Yarger, presented by actor Betsy Bucher Maguire. For information and tickets, click here.Enter Your Article Text Here!

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