Upcoming Shows
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Feb 20 – Mar 1, 2026
A musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s beloved film of the same name, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is the brainchild of the talented team...
Rhinoceros
Apr 17 – Apr 26, 2026
A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are...
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
May 1 – May 10, 2026
One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant...
Review: ASSASSINS at Brookfield Theatre
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - February 15, 2026
What did our critic think of ASSASSINS at Brookfield Theatre?...
Review: WHAT THE DICKENS at TheatreWorks New Milford
by Jared Reynolds - December 14, 2025
If I had a nickel for every time that I’ve reviewed the same show, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but I’m surprised that it took so long in my reviewing history to happen. It shouldn’t be a surprise, however, that in both cases, they are to review Christmas productions. For the fir...
Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at Connecticut Theatre Company
by Jared Reynolds - December 12, 2025
Cozy, cute, and full of Christmas cheer. That’s what you get with Miracle on 34th Street. That was abound and aplenty at the Connecticut Theatre Company’s production of the motion picture classic! CTC’s production of Miracle on 34th Street kept the joy of the season at the heart of this produc...
Review: WRECK THE HALLS at Sherman Players
by Jared Reynolds - December 06, 2025
Holiday traditions are sweet, but sometimes the stress of the holidays outweighs the joys. That's where Wreck the Halls comes in: It points out the pain of the holidays and is committed to making you laugh. And this raucous production of Wreck the Halls had the audience rolling!...
Past Shows
Machinal
Nov 21 – Nov 23, 2025
She is a cog in a machine she did not build. In Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal, one woman’s life is shaped and ultimately shattered by the mechanized...
The Comedy of Errors
Oct 31 – Nov 9, 2025
William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is the story of two identical twins named Antipholus who are separated following a shipwreck 25 years earlier. Antipholus of Syracuse...
American Psycho the Musical
Oct 10 – Oct 19, 2025
Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis, this musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with...
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
May 2 – May 11, 2025
About the ShowA progressive white couple's proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fiance home to meet them....
Curse of the Starving Class
Apr 4 – Apr 13, 2025
About the ShowSam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic look into the world of the dysfunctional Tate family, as they struggle amongst themselves...
Sunday in the Park With George
Feb 21 – Mar 2, 2025
About the ShowInspired by the painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, this musical merges past and present into beautiful, poignant truths...
The Mound Builders
Nov 22 – Nov 24, 2024
About the ShowAt an archeological dig in the Midwest, a party of university scientists are unearthing vestiges of a lost indigenous civilization. They are joined...
Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
Nov 1 – Nov 10, 2024
Following the success of our Fall 2023 production of Angels in America, Part One, part two of Tony Kushner's epic tale of homosexuality, politics, and religion...
Legally Blonde the Musical
Oct 11 – Oct 20, 2024
A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods from sorority girl to Harvard law student,...
The Crucible
Apr 19 – Apr 28, 2024
In the Puritan community of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young girls are found dancing in the woods, and immediately fall ill. When no...
The Donkey Show: A Midsummer Night's Disco
Apr 5 – Apr 14, 2024
Join us for an unforgettable night at The Enchanted Rose! The Studio Theatre has been converted to a 1970’s night club, ready to welcome you...
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Next to Normal
Feb 23 – Mar 3, 2024
Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU. Runs February 23 - March 3, 2024.About the ShowA family determined...
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Dec 1 – Dec 3, 2023
Somewhere in the backwoods of Russia, the three Prozorov sisters, Olga, Masha and Irina, live in the large, beautiful house their father has left them....
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
Nov 3 – Nov 12, 2023
In the first part of Tony Kushner's epic, set in 1980's New York City, a gay man is abandoned by his lover when he contracts...
Something Rotten! A Very New Musical
Oct 13 – Oct 22, 2023
A hilarious mashup a fifteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway.
Marat/Sade
Apr 21 – Apr 30, 2023
The infamous Marquis de Sade has been imprisoned in the asylum of Charenton for endangering public morals. As a form of therapy, the hospital’s patients...
FAIRVIEW
Mar 31 – Apr 16, 2023
At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this...
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro
Feb 24 – Mar 5, 2023
This ensemble musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an Everyman, Joseph Taylor, Jr., from cradle through a mid-life discovery of who he...
Season's Greetings
Dec 2 – Dec 4, 2022
Half a dozen friends and relatives are celebrating Christmas with Neville and Belinda. Petty squabbles break out and some not so petty. The arrival of...
Bat Boy: The Musical
Nov 4 – Nov 6, 2022
Bat Boy: The MusicalMusic and Lyrics by Laurence O'KeefeStory and Book by Keythe Farley & Brian FlemmingLicensed under agreement with Weekly World NewsBased on a...
BIG LOVE
Oct 7 – Oct 16, 2022
Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy in this modern re-making of one of the...
Metamorphoses
May 6 – May 8, 2022
METAMORPHOSES Based on the Myths of Ovid Written and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman Directed by Sal Trapani Music directed and composed by Howard Kilik...
Ernest and the Pale Moon
Apr 1 – Apr 10, 2022
Ernest and the Pale Moonby Oliver LansleyDirector: Donna Baldwin-BradbyInspired by the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Alfred Hitchcock, Ernest and the Pale Moon is...
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Feb 26 – Mar 6, 2022
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler From an adaptation by Christopher Bond Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Orchestrations by...
MELANCHOLY PLAY: a chamber musical
Oct 29 – Nov 7, 2021
MELANCHOLY PLAY: a chamber musical Written by Sarah Ruhl and Todd Almond Directed and Music Directed by Justin P. Cowan Tilly is a bank teller,...
The Last Slice of Pi
May 15
The Department of Theatre at WCSU presents THE LAST SLICE OF , an evening of one act plays produced by student directors, designers, and technicians....
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Apr 30 – May 9, 2021
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dreamdirected and adapted by Pam McDanielStreaming Friday, April 30th and Sunday, May 9thOne of Shakespeare's most popular and acclaimed comedies,...
SWEAT
Apr 29 – May 8, 2021
SWEAT, written by Lynn Nottagedirected by Tim HowardStreaming Thursday, April 28th and Saturday, May 8thFilled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story...
Hedda Freeman, a Contemporary Adaptation of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler
May 2 – May 7, 2021
Hedda Freeman, a Contemporary Adaptation of Ibsen's Hedda Gablerdirected by Justin P. Cowan, adapted by Kamilah Bush and Justin P. CowanStreaming on Sunday, May 2nd...
The Covid Decameron
May 1 – May 6, 2021
The Covid Decamerondirected and curated by Sal TrapaniStreaming on Saturday, May 1st and Thursday, May 6thThe Decameron, written in 1348 during the Black Plague in...
Be More Funny, and Other Short Plays
Feb 28
CONNECTICUT SHOWSView Connecticut Ticket Central... Be More Funny, and Other Short Plays at Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSUDATES11/29/2020 - 12/3/2020THEATREVisual and Performing Arts...
Organizing in the Time of Covid-19 and Other Lessons
Feb 28
Organizing in the Time of Covid-19 And Other Lessons Members of Generation Z Have Learned, Are Learning, Will Learn Before Everything is Said and Done......
In the Open
Feb 27
Written by: Mona MansourDirected by: Kimille HowardAbout the Play:At an elite high school for high achievers, an incident happens, an escalation of violence, something that...
The Radium Girls: A Jaw-Dropping New Musical
Feb 27
Music and Book: Amanda DArchangelisLyrics and Book: Sami HorneffLyrics and Book: Lisa MongilloDirected by: Tim HowardMusic Directed by: Justin P. CowanAbout the Play:The Radium Girls:...
Dognap on Dekalb
Feb 26
Written by: Benjamin ColonDirected by: Sal TrapaniAbout the Play:Dognap on Dekalb is a contemporary play set in the Bronx. The story follows Esther, a single...
Just Our Luck, a Collection of Virtual, Student-Directed One-Act Plays
Dec 9
Join us for a night of virtual entertainment! Seven student directors have mounted seven unique One Act plays, written by a collection of dynamic women+...
The Radium Girls: A Jaw-Dropping New Musical
Nov 27 – Dec 6, 2020
Music and Book: Amanda DArchangelis Lyrics and Book: Sami Horneff Lyrics and Book: Lisa Mongillo Directed by: Tim Howard Music Directed by: Justin P. Cowan...
Organizing in the Time of Covid-19 & Other Lessons
Dec 1 – Dec 5, 2020
Organizing in the Time of Covid-19 And Other Lessons Members of Generation Z Have Learned, Are Learning, Will Learn Before Everything is Said and Done......
In the Open
Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2020
Written by: Mona Mansour Directed by: Kimille Howard About the Play: At an elite high school for high achievers, an incident happens, an escalation of...
Be More Funny, and Other Short Plays
Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2020
Written by: Eric Lane Directed by: Pam McDaniel About the Play: From comic to dramatic, this collection of award-winning short plays spans a wide range...
Dognap on Dekalb
Nov 28 – Dec 2, 2020
Written by: Benjamin Colon Directed by: Sal Trapani About the Play: Dognap on Dekalb is a contemporary play set in the Bronx. The story follows...
Hand to God
Feb 28 – Mar 8, 2020
Hand to God, Robert Askins' "darkly delightful" play directed by Sal Trapani, has been described as "an irreverent puppet comedy". The show, set in a...
The 1940's Radio Hour
Dec 4 – Dec 8, 2019
A different time is evoked in this marvelously theatrical show, a live broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astors Algonquin Room...
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