By Chad KinsmanArtistic & Management CoordinatorOur 2015 Season is off to a great start! The work you see on stage wouldn't be possible without our great staff supporting it (quite liter…
by Pat BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerTyrone Power, a mega-movie star during the 1930s to the 1950s, came to the Playhouse in 1941 to do a production of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom. Pow…
by Pat BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerWestport Country Playhouse was closed during World War II " from 1942 through 1945. Blackouts; rationing; actors, staff, patrons in the armed for…
Gloria & Harry Brinton (grandparents of Peter Chenot, WCP's Marketing Director) as newlyweds. With Harry due to ship out, they were married on the same day as Gloria's college gradu…
Full Given Name: Rusty Ross. Was I given this name? Yes. At birth? Yes! Oh, you mean, is it printed on my birth certificate? Funny, I don't have that document in my pocket just now...Home…
by Kelly McInnisBox Office Manager"All the world's a lie, and all the men and women merely liars."- Dorante in David Ives' The LiarView image | gettyimages.comWho knew that 38-year…
by Chad KinsmanArtistic & Management CoordinatorIf you attended a special event during the 2010 Season, there's a good chance you met our development intern Charlie Nork. And if yo…
by Beth HuiskingGeneral ManagerPlayhouse artistic director Mark Lamos and a number of friends and supporters of the Playhouse say "Cheerio" from The Stafford Hotel in London! This week Mark …
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by Erin FoconeMarketing Associate/Group SalesFrom top left: Penny Metropulos, David Ives, Rebekah Brockman, Philippe Bowgen, Rusty Ross, and Jay Russell. Front row: Brian Reddy, Kate Ma…
Set Model by Kristen Robinson.By Peter ChenotDirector of MarketingThe campus was bustling this Tuesday with over fifty WCP staff members, actors, and designers, all converging on the re…
Oblivion Education & Community Engagement Initiative UnderwayBy Jen McCoolCommunity Engagement CoordinatorFor the fourth consecutive season, the Playhouse is excited to be rolling out an…
May 9, 2013By Aneesha KudtarkarDirecting Fellow In the last few weeks we finished technical rehearsals, previews, and opened A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room. It's been such an exciting j…
March 21, 2013 By Patricia BlaufussPublic Relations Manager Continued from last week...more history highlights, picking up with the second half of the alphabet. N Paul Newman's first…
March 14, 2013By Patricia BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerSo much rich history. So little blog space. Where to begin to write about a very special place that has a storied past o…
February 28, 2013By Kim FuranoArtistic & Management CoordinatorThey say a picture can be worth a thousand words. And when that picture happens be artwork designed for a production in the…
February 21, 2013By Jennifer McCoolCommunity Engagement CoordinatorWe here at the Playhouse often sing the praises of our restaurant partners, and for good reason! If you're looking for a de…
February 14, 2013 By Angela Marroy Boerger Have you ever wondered what it would like to be a pirate " sailing the high seas, searching for treasure and generally ignoring the rules…
January 31, 2013 by Donnetta Lavinia Grays A funny thing happens when you turn 35. It's one of many self-reflection years generally falling on the five and ten year increments of b…
January 22, 2013by Mark LamosArtistic DirectorLong after our 2013 Season of plays came together I began to realize a theme throughout. Though each play is vastly an…
January 8, 2013 We're thrilled to announce that Harbor, which had its World Premiere at the Playhouse in 2012, will have its New York premiere at Primary Stages, running from July throu…
December 12, 2012 by Mark LamosArtistic Director There's a question I'm asked over and over, year after year. It's a question that every artistic director on the planet is asked"by…
November 19, 2012 Every family has its own holiday traditions. Whether you're waking at 4 am to put a carefully-brined turkey in the oven, or ordering take out from in front of …
November 11, 2012 by Wade W.TeacherNew Leadership Charter SchoolSpringfield, MA A special thanks to the Playhouse for bringing not only amazing art, but amazingly *relevant* art to the…