Jason Robards Portrait Unveiled at Westport Country Playhouse

Westport Country Playhouse hosted an unveiling of a portrait of the late actor Jason Robards, for whom the theater is named, on Tuesday, July 9. The portrait depicts Robards in the role of Cornelius Melody in "A Touch of the Poet" by Eugene O'Neill. Donated to The Playhouse by Robards's children, Jake and Shannon, it is displayed in The Playhouse lobby. The portrait artist is Clyde Smith of Silvermine Arts Center. Click below to watch a video clip (taken by Chad Kinsman) from the unveiling!

Pictured: Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist; Bob Devlin, honorary trustee; Kate Devlin, board of trustees member; Jake Robards, and wife Rachel Robards.

The 575-seat Jason Robards Theater was constructed as part of The Playhouse's major renovation in 2005 through the generosity of The Devlin Foundation, Elisabeth and Stanley Morten, JoAnne Woodward and Paul Newman, and Mrs. Jason Robards.

Westport Country Playhouse's 2013 Season will continue with "Loot," a wickedly funny send-up of larcenous, lascivious behavior among the English middle classes by the master of British farce Joe Orton, directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, July 16 - August 3. The second world premiere in as many seasons, "Oblivion," is a touching and funny-and very modern-tale of parents, children, and the gulf that sometimes exists between them, written by Carly Mensch, a writer for Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" and "Weeds," and directed by Mark Brokaw, August 20 - September 8. The play was commissioned by Playwrights Horizons and developed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company. "Room Service" is a madcap American farce about a producer and his ragtag bunch of actors who try to raise money for a Broadway show as they scramble to evade their hotel bill, written by John Murray and Allen Boretz, directed by Mark Lamos, October 8 - 27.

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