Square One Theatre 2017 Subscriber Awards Announced

Stratford's Square One Theatre Company concluded its twenty-seventh anniversary season recently with the annual presentation of its 2017 Subscriber Awards. The recipients were selected by the theatre's nearly 1,000 subscribers who voted for performers in various acting categories from the company's three-play 2016-17 season. This was the second year for the theatre's new space onstage at Stratford Academy.

Square One's critically and popularly acclaimed production of Christian O'Reilly's, Chapatti presented last March won two awards including 'Outstanding Production,' directed by Tom Holehan (Stratford), and Al Kulcsar (Fairfield) was also cited as 'Outstanding Actor' for playing a lonely Irishman resisting the opportunity to fall in love. Kulcsar is a fan-favorite at Square One and is the top winner thus far with this most recent award being his eighth. He also won last season for his role in The Outgoing Tide and previously for The Shop at Sly Corner, Freud's Last Session and Southern Comforts among others.

Other familiar and favorite actors also repeated wins in the 'Outstanding Featured Actor and Actress' categories with Pat Leo (Monroe) and Peggy Nelson (Hamden) cited for their roles as the President and First Lady in Square One's fall production of the political drama, Now or Later by Christopher Shinn. Named 'Outstanding Actress' was Alice McMahon (Ridgefield), a popular choice for her starring role in Mark St. Germain's Becoming Dr. Ruth. The one-woman play about America's foremost sex therapist and her little-known back-story closed Square One's season last month. McMahon has won previously for her roles in Southern Comforts and Not Waving at the theatre.

Square One's 28th anniversary season will open with Steven Levenson's workplace comedy, Core Values, on November 2. Discount three-play subscriptions are currently on sale. For further information and a copy of the theatre's new season brochure, call the Square One Administrative Office at 203.375.8778 or visit: www.squareonetheatre.com.