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From Oz To Edgewood, The Power Of Middle School Theater

Arts & Culture  |  Barnard Environmental Science & Technology School  |  Culture & Community  |  Dwight/Edgewood Project  |  Education & Youth  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | July 4th, 2025

Top: Antwain “AJ” Johnson with Barnard's Chaz “Mr. C” Carmon and Music Director Sloan Williams. Lucy Gellman Photos. Bottom: Maya Louise Shed introduces the D/EP 2025 plays. Lucy Gellman Photos.

“Family Business” Charts Apizza Through The Generations

A Broken Umbrella Theatre Company  |  Arts & Culture  |  CitySeed  |  Culture & Community  |  Sanctuary Kitchen  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | June 18th, 2025

Susan Kulp, Shane Quinn and company in Family Business: (A)Pizza Play. Performances run at CitySeed’s 162 James St. headquarters Fridays through Sundays through June 28. Chris Randall 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.

Translating "Translations" With The Connecticut Irish Theater Troupe

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  North Haven  |  The Connecticut Irish Theater Troupe  |  Theater Dean Jair Andrade | April 17th, 2025

From left to right: Jason Santacroce and Packy Lillis; Mike DePacale, Sarah Finnegan, Paul Pender, and Seamus Lonergan; Sarah Finnegan, Paul Pender, and Katie Santacroce in Brian Friel’s Translations, directed by Karl Ryan and produced by the Connecticut Irish Theater Troupe. Photos © Karl Ryan.

"The Inspector" Asks All The Right Questions

Arts & Culture  |  Downtown  |  Theater  |  Yale Rep Theatre Julia Sears | March 24th, 2025

Chinna Palmer, Brandon E. Burton, and Elizabeth Stahlmann in a scene from Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector, newly adapted and directed by Yura Kordonsky. Yale Repertory Theatre, March 7-29, 2025. Photo © Joan Marcus.

In Yale Visit, Ryan Reynolds & Shawn Levy Center Collaboration

Arts & Culture  |  Movies  |  Theater  |  Yale Schwarzman Center Babz Rawls-Ivy | March 3rd, 2025

ECA Students Ride The Fourth Wave Into "The Feminist Theatre Project"

Arts & Culture  |  Audubon Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Educational Center for the Arts  |  Politics  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | February 28th, 2025

Skylar Dunn and Lucy Gardner in "The Feminist Theatre Project." Lucy Gellman Photos.

SCSU Student Mentorship Makes "El Coquí" Soar

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Comics  |  Culture & Community  |  Education  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Puerto Rico  |  Southern Connecticut State University  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | February 7th, 2025

Curtis Brown Photography, courtesy of Long Wharf Theatre.

The Shubert Hears “The Cry Within”

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  Music  |  Public Health  |  Shubert Theatre  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | January 27th, 2025

Lucy Gellman Photos.