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The Red Umbrella Theatre Company makes its Scarsdale debut with an American classic in an immersive experience at historic Wayside Cottage. Learn more about the performance here!

Outside New York City, it is Connecticut that has almost an embarrassment of riches when it comes to theater. Forty years ago, a group of actors, writers and directors, including Keir Dullea and his late wife Susie Fuller, founded Theatre Artists Workshop as a place where they could experiment and cultivate new works, hone their skills, and work with their peers in a place that is safe from the glare of the public spotlight.

Greenwich theater lovers now have everything!

Playhouse on Park's 12th Main Stage Season will continue with Peter Rothstein's ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914. This production will be available to stream at home beginning December 16, 2020 through January 3, 2021. There will also be in person screenings at Cinestudio in Hartford, CT on December 18 and 19.

Playhouse on Park's 12th Main Stage Season opened with KENNEDY: BOBBY'S LAST CRUSADE by David Arrow. The play was produced and filmed at the Theatre at St. Clements in NYC for Playhouse on Park audiences. Playhouse on Park is thrilled to extend the play through October 11.

Playhouse on Parka??s 12th Main Stage Season will open with KENNEDY: BOBBYa??S LAST CRUSADE by David Arrow. The play was produced and filmed at the Theatre at St. Clements in NYC for Playhouse on Park audiences. The film of the play will be available to stream at home between September 16 - October 4 for $20.

Are you homeschooling your child for the 2020-21 school year? Playhouse Theatre Academy can custom design theatre programs, both online and in person at Playhouse on Park! A teaching artist can also visit your small group at home if this is more convenient for you.

Playhouse Theatre Academy is offering two weeks worth of Zoom-based theatre classes for kids and teens! These classes are FREE!* Attend as few or as many as you like! Playhouse Theatre Academy is dedicated to offering professional theatre programs for emerging artists of all ages and abilities. All students will learn from expert faculty who will share their exceptional abilities and love of theatre. Whether your goal is to be a professional actor or to explore your imagination and creativity in a new way, Playhouse Theatre Academy is a home for quality theatre instruction.

Registration is NOW open for summer 2020 youth programs. Playhouse Theatre Academy is a theatre school offering recreational classes and pre-professional training. Sign up before all slots are filled!  

Playhouse Theatre Academy is a theatre school offering recreational classes and pre-professional training. All programs, classes and workshops are held at the 224 EcoSpace, which is conveniently located for anyone in Greater Hartford area or beyond. Registration is now open for the next session of Creative Kids classes (ages 4-6).

Merrilee Mannerly: A Magnificent New Musical is now in performances at Playhouse on Park (244 Park Road, West Hartford, CT) through December 15. Following the Playhouse on Park production, Merrilee Mannerly: A Magnificent New Musical will play an open-ended run in New York City, opening in the spring of 2020.

MERRILEE MANNERLY - A MAGNIFICENT NEW MUSICAL will run at Playhouse on Park from December 6-15. Sensory Friendly Performances will be on Friday, December 6 at 9:30am and Saturday, December 7 at 10:00am. Following the Playhouse on Park production, MERRILEE MANNERLY - A MAGNIFICENT NEW MUSICAL will play an open-ended run in New York City, opening in the spring of 2020.

If you are a teacher for Pre-K through Grade 5, this is a wonderful opportunity to extend the classroom by bringing students to the theater during the day for a matinee performance of MERRILEE MANNERLY a?" A MAGNIFICENT NEW MUSICAL. School performances are being scheduled Tuesday a?" Friday at 10am and 12:30pm December 3 through 20. (Public performances are between December 6 a?" 15.) Space is filling up quickly; reserve your group today!

Playhouse Theatre Academy is dedicated to offering professional theatre programs for emerging artists of all ages and abilities. All students will learn from expert faculty who will share their exceptional abilities and love of theatre. Managed by Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc., Playhouse Theatre Academy is able to provide access to professional artists, productions and opportunities through our affiliation with Playhouse on Park. Whether your goal is to be a professional actor or to explore your imagination and creativity in a new way, the Playhouse Theatre Academy is a home for quality theatre instruction. Classes are available for young actors ages 4-6 and 7-12, and the next session begins as early as November 4th. Youth classes include a?oeCreative Kids,a?? a?oeAdvanced Young Actors: Perform a Play,a?? a?oeYoung Actors Comedy & Improvisation,a?? and a?oeYoung Actors: Theatre Technique.a?? Playhouse on Park also offers Teen Theatre Experience.

Playhouse Theatre Academy is dedicated to offering professional theatre programs for emerging artists of all ages and abilities.

Literature Alive is an opportunity to extend the classroom by bringing students into the theatre during the day for a matinee performance. Playhouse on Park offers programs for pre K-5, as well as grades 6-12. Student tickets are deeply reduced in price and teachers/chaperones attend free of charge!

The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are pleased to announce the opening of the Poorman Cabaret season with the modern comedy Sexy Laundry by Michele Rimi.

Broadway veteran, Susan Haefner, and featured actor in Playhouse on Park's The Scottsboro Boys, Ivory McKay, are slated to be the special guest teaching artists for the Musical Theatre Preparatory Program.

Grow as a professional and have fun doing it as an intern this summer at Playhouse on Park. We are currently taking applications for the 2019 Intern Company in multiple areas including Business Office, Marketing, Development, Literary, Education, Front of House, Stage Management, Costumes, and Production.

Playhouse on Park is proud to announce the phenomenal cast for Dale Wasserman's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, opening on October 31.