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TOWN PLAYERS OF NEW CANAAN

Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park
New Canaan, 06840



Previews: BROADWAY BOUND PRESENTS A FALL FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS at Town Players Of New Canaan


by Sherry Shameer Cohen - October 27, 2025

There’s nothing more exciting for serious theater lovers than to see new original plays. After last summer’s successful Broadway Bound Summer Festival, the creative team of the Theatre Artists Workship will present the plays on Saturday, November 1 at 7:30 and Sunday, November 2 at 2:00. Here are th...

Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION at Town Players Of New Canaan


by Pia Haas - June 23, 2025

For many, the mention of The Shawshank Redemption instantly recalls the iconic 1994 film that brought Stephen King’s novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, to life. Etched into the American consciousness, it’s a slow-burn tale of cruelty, resilience, and—ultimately—hope. ...

Previews: ART at Carriage Barn Arts Center At Waveny Park


by Sherry Shameer Cohen - January 08, 2025

Three men's friendship is strained by an all-white canvas. @metrojournalist...

Past Shows

DROP DEAD (a comedy murder mystery)


Drop Dead! is a play about a bad stage production, similar to "The Play That Goes Wrong". Who done it? Who cares! Its all about ...

ORDINARY PEOPLE
ORDINARY PEOPLE
2/17 - 3/5/2023


BASIC DESCRIPTION: This play is based on the Oscar Winning Best Picture movie starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, and Timothy Hutton by first-time Director, ...

JOYFUL NOISE, by Tim Slover (like Amadeus about Handel’s Messiah)


A joyful play that "hits all the right notes"! Clever and funny as well as inspiring. If you love Handel's Messiah, this play is a ...

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Movie - with Shadow Cast


Lets do the Time Warp again!! This musical horror comedy film will come to life with a live shadow cast (that's actors acting in front ...

The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks
9/16 - 10/2/2022


The Fantasticks, music by Harvey Schmidt, with lyrics by Tom Jones is the word's longest running musical, which ran off-Broadway for 42 years! This funny ...

TPNC “The Best of the Best” One-Acts Festival


27 actors, 11 plays, 9 playwrights, nearly 2.5 hours of entertainment. Laugh, cry, be touched. Something for everyone. You have a full 24-hours to watch ...

TPNC OLD-TIME RADIO SHOW LIVE!


Recorded LIVE ONSTAGE at the Powerhouse Theater! An evening of old-time radio shows: Burns & Allen, Blondie, The Bickersons, and more. Comedy, Soap Operas, and ...

THE OUTGOING TIDE by Bruce Graham


We are the first theater in the area to perform a live, on-stage, fully produced play during these difficult times and stream that show to ...

On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond
7/24 - 8/9/2020


Norman Thayer is an 80-year-old curmudgeon who has heart palpitations, a fading memory, and an estranged relationship with his middle-aged daughter, Chelsea. When he and ...

Rocket Girl
Rocket Girl
2/21 - 3/8/2020


The year is 1957. The United States and the Soviet Union are locked in a battle to see which country will be the first to ...

Cinderella, A Panto
Cinderella, A Panto
12/12 - 12/15/2019


Wacky re-telling of the story of Cinderella through the classic British humor of a Panto. Not to be confused with white-faced mutes! Audience interaction. Loads ...

Ladies in Retirement
Ladies in Retirement
10/25 - 11/10/2019


A seemingly quiet Victorian country home on the marshes of the Thames estuary is actually the backdrop for murder and madness in this show that ...

ROMANTIC COMEDY
ROMANTIC COMEDY
5/3 - 5/18/2019


A darling of a play! Arrogant, self-centered and sharp tongued Jason Carmichael, successful co-author of Broadway romantic comedies, is facing two momentous events: he is ...

GASLIGHT (Angel Street)
GASLIGHT (Angel Street)
2/22 - 3/9/2019


One of the greatest psychological thrillers of all time... made popular from the movie starring Ingrid Bergman. It tells the story of Mr. Manningham, a ...

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Jody Davidson & Brett Schrier


This charming tale touches the heart – with lots of laughs along the way! It is hard enough for Mr. Popper, a simple painter, to ...

Play On by Rick Abbot
Play On by Rick Abbot
10/27 - 11/11/2017


This is the hilarious story of a community theater desperately trying to put on a play despite maddening interference from a haughty authoress who keeps ...

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
5/3 - 5/18/2013


The Town Players of New Canaan are bringing classic American drama, Of Mice and Men, to the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park. John Steinbeck's tale ...

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