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AS YOU LIKE IT to be Presented as Part of Capital Classics Theatre Company's 30th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2021
“All the world’s a stage” and on it, Capital Classics Theatre Company will celebrate its 30th anniversary season this summer with a return to live theatre. The centerpiece of the troupe's beloved Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival will be an outdoor staging of As You Like It, one of the Bard’s most popular romantic comedies.
Goodspeed Musicals Announces Spring & Summer Virtual Education Programs
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
This month marks the launch the spring session of Goodspeed Musicals’ robust performing arts education and training programs for students 7 years of age and older - all from the comfort and safety of home.
Tamilla Woodard Appointed Chair Of Acting At Yale School Of Drama
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Tamilla Woodard has been appointed Chair of the Acting Department at Yale School of Drama and Resident Director at Yale Repertory Theatre. She will be working part-time this spring to prepare for the upcoming academic year; her five-year term begins officially on July 1, 2021. 
[title of show] Will Be Performed at Theatre Fairfield Beginning Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2021
Theatre Fairfield will present [title of show], beginning tomorrow, April 14 and running through Sunday, April 18.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Announces Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. as the 2021 Stowe Prize Winner
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2021
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center will honor Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. as the 2021 Stowe Prize winner. Glaude receives the award for Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, a book that uses the life of James Baldwin to create dialogue about racial inequality in the United States.
The Ballard Institute Presents PUPPETRY, GAME DESIGN, AND DIGITAL PERFORMANCE Puppet Forum, April 22
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2021
For its fourth online installment of the 2021 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host “Puppetry, Game Design, and Digital Performance” with Eddie Kim of EK Theater and UConn Digital Media and Design faculty Samantha Olschan and Kenneth Thompson, on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. ET.
WCSU Dept. Of Theatre Arts Presents Spring Virtual Production Series
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2021
The Department of Theatre Arts at Western Connecticut State University is proud to present its Spring Virtual Production Series. The series comprises four unique productions that will be broadcast twice over two weekends spanning Thursday, Apr. 29, through Sunday, May 9. A ticket to each performance date will allow the purchaser to access the show over the course of 24 hours that day.
20 Writers and New Works Announced For 2021 Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2021
This year's Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals is going virtual! In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 20 established and emerging composers, lyricists and librettists representing 11 new musicals will gather in a unique virtual space April 18 – May 1, 2021.
Student Blog: Student Spotlight: Underclassmen Edition
by Student Blogger: Erika Spondike - April 08, 2021
You've heard enough about my experience with COVID-era Broadway School. I wanted to ask my peers how they were holding up (and catch up with their current favorite things).
WTG Presents LAST GAS by John Cariani
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2021
Windham Theatre Guild presents Last Gas by John Cariani coming up on Friday and Saturday, April 9th and 10th.  
Westport Country Playhouse Presents TELLING MLIMA'S TALE Documentary
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2021
Westport Country Playhouse's “From Concept to Curtain” virtual documentary series will present “Telling Mlima's Tale,” premiering on Thursday, April 15, at 7 p.m., on the Playhouse's website (westportplayhouse.org) and Youtube channel (WestportPlayhouse), free-of-charge.
Yale School of Drama Announces Design Department Reorganization and Leadership Succession
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2021
Yale School of Drama will align all 5 Design disciplines– Costume, Lighting, Projection, Set, and Sound– in 1 department instead of 2, to promote the most robust common core offerings for all Design students & to build upon the School of Drama’s historic practice of training designers who are flexible & fluent collaborators with their colleagues.
TheaterWorks Hartford Presents Adam Rapp's THE SOUND INSIDE with Maggie Bofill and Ephraim Birney
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2021
Directed by TheaterWorks Hartford’s Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Pedro Bermudez, The Sound Inside is a filmed [live] to stream production born out of a unique collaboration between Ruggiero, a theater maker, and Hartford filmmaker Bermudez.
The Warner Presents the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival Virtual Edition
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2021
The Warner Theatre will present the final installation of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival - SAUL by Colleen O'Doherty of Nebraska - from the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning Friday, April 9 at 7:00 pm.
University Of Saint Joseph Presents Civil Rights Film Series
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2021
The film series is virtual, consisting of the film and post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and additional panelists. The film series runs on Thursdays, April 8, April 15 and April 22 at 7 p.m.
THE SOUND INSIDE Begins Streaming April 11 At TheaterWorks Hartford
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2021
​​​​​​​TheaterWorks Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut announced today that THE SOUND INSIDE by Adam Rapp, co-directed by Rob Ruggier and Pedro Bermúdez, will stream on demand April 11 through April 30, 2021.
Madison Lyric Stage Returns With All-Outdoor 2021 Season
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2021
Madison Lyric Stage, a professional theater company serving the Connecticut shoreline, announced that its 2021 mainstage season will be presented entirely outdoors.
Bushnell Announces New Dates For Upcoming Broadway Series
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2021
The Bushnell has announced new dates for its upcoming Broadway at the Bushnell series, which kicks off in October with Escape to Margaritaville.
A.R.T. Spring Celebration To Be Held Online June 5
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2021
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University will throw a party to mark “the end of the winter of our discontent” and look onwards towards the upcoming season of shows with its first ever virtual Spring Celebration to be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021, 7:30 - 8:30PM ET. 
Castle Craig Players Present THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2021
Think 'Bridgerton' meets 'Downton Abbey' and you get Oscar Wilde's hilarious farce 'The Importance of Being Earnest', which the Castle Craig Players will stream FREE to your home on Friday, April 23 at 8pm!
Playhouse Theatre Academy Announces Summer 2021 Programs
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2021
Playhouse Theatre Academy is offering a variety of programs this summer for kids and teens, held at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford, CT. Programs include Kids on Stage, Musical Theatre Preparatory Program, and Teen Intensive. Registration is now open for all summer programming. Need-based scholarships are available.
Warner Theatre Announces 2021 Summer Arts Program
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2021
The ever-popular Warner Theatre Summer Arts Program will return for 2021! They have announced that they are offering five one-week sessions for ages 7-15, beginning July 12! Each session will meet Monday-Friday from 9 am-3 pm at the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education, conveniently located in downtown Torrington. 
Register Now For Playhouse Theatre Academy's Virtual Jumpstart Playwriting Class For Adults With Arlene Hutton
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2021
Are you interested in broadening your storytelling skills? The Virtual Jumpstart Playwriting Class for Adults, taught by Arlene Hutton, is for playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and anyone interested in exploring the creative process. Join in on April 8th and 15th from 7-9pm on Zoom.
A.R.T. Announces Events For Company One's HYPE MAN: A BREAK BEAT PLAY
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2021
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University and Company One Theatre announce free events associated with the reimagined digital version of Company One's critically acclaimed, Elliot Norton Award-winning production of Hype Man: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin.
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry Presents 'Working on Race and Ethnicity in Puppetry' Forum
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2021
For its third installment of the 2021 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host “Working on Race and Ethnicity in Puppetry” with curator Dr. Jungmin Song and Ballard Institute Director John Bell on April 8 at 7 p.m. ET.

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