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Our 2025 Top 10

Alisa's House of Salsa  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Elicker Administration  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  Kwadwo Adae  |  New Haven Board of Alders  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Unidad Latina en Acción Lucy Gellman, Abiba Biao, Jarelis Calderon, Nelani Mejias & Shaunda Holloway | December 31st, 2025

"Broke-Ology" Captures The Ties That Bind

Arts & Culture  |  Bregamos Community Theater  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | November 13th, 2025

Eric Clinton as Malcolm King, Terrence Riggins as Patriarch William King, and Tenisi Davis as Ennis King. Lucy Gellman Photos.

For A New Haven Playwright, Rite & Ritual At Last Take Center Stage

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Incarceration  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | May 22nd, 2025

Curtis Brown Photography.

This Is America, In "The Niceties"

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Bregamos Community Theater  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community Lucy Gellman | November 8th, 2024

Kendal Driffin and Susan Kulp in The Niceties. The show runs through CCT at Bregamos Community Theater, 491 Blatchley Ave., through Nov. 24.

Baldwin Blurs Past & Present At The Beinecke

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Beinecke Library  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Year of Baldwin  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Magda Lena Griffel | August 6th, 2024

"Black Book" Returns Collective Consciousness To Its Roots

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Bregamos Community Theater  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | May 8th, 2024

Singleton (in baseball cap) and Ashford at a rehearsal Monday. Lucy Gellman Photos.

At CCT, "Fairview" Digs Deep

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven Lucy Gellman | November 1st, 2023

Jamie Guite as Beverly Frasier. Fairview runs at CCT through Nov. 19. Lucy Gellman Photos.

In "Unbecoming Tragedy," An Artist's Life Journey

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Bregamos Community Theater  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | September 25th, 2023

Riggins at Bregamos Community Theater. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Collective Consciousness Theatre Bounces Back

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Culture & Community  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program Lucy Gellman | March 17th, 2023

Jenny Nelson and Dexter Singleton. Barbecue runs at Collective Consciousness Theatre, 319 Peck St., from March 23 through April 8. Shows run Thursdays through Saturdays only.

Collective Consciousness Takes It To The Ballot Box

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Create The Vote  |  Dance  |  Music  |  Painting  |  Photography  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | March 22nd, 2021

Arts Orgs Vow To Show Up, Do Better

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Yale Rep Theatre Lucy Gellman | June 2nd, 2020

With "Skeleton Crew," Collective Consciousness Walks The Line

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | March 4th, 2020

Collective Consciousness Takes On Police Brutality

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | October 22nd, 2019

Collective Consciousness Gets In The Ring

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Fair Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | March 28th, 2019

Rasheeda Speaks. Who Will Listen?

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Erector Square  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | January 16th, 2019

Redemption, Religion, And The A Train

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  New Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | October 23rd, 2018

The Revolution Will Not Be Historicized

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Dominique Morisseau  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  New Haven  |  Politics  |  Sunset Baby  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | February 21st, 2018

Terrence Riggins as Kenyatta Shakur and Tamika Pettway as Nina in Sunset Baby. The show runs Feb. 22, 23 and 25, March 1-3 and 8-11 at Collective Consciousness Theatre. Lucy Gellman Photos.

At CCT, A Tale Of Two Brothers

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  New Haven  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | November 6th, 2017

Riggins, as Lincoln, and Davis as Booth. The play runs weekends through Nov. 19. Mike Franzman for I Love New Haven Photos.

Putting the 'Act' in Activism

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Dexter Singleton  |  New Haven  |  Theater Hank Hoffman | November 2nd, 2017

Singleton and his wife, Erin. Chris Randall Photo.

Collective Consciousness Gets "Fresh"

Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Freshworks New Play Festival  |  New Haven  |  Plays  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | September 20th, 2017

A still from last year's season at CCT. Courtesy CCT.