204 stories from Westport Country Playhouse
by AnnaBeth CrittendenMarketing InternAcclaimed director John Tillinger (WCP's Sylvia, Relatively Speaking, Children, How the Other Half Loves, Bedroom Fa…
by Hope Ventricelli and AnnaBeth CrittendenMarketing Associate and Marketing InternThe title of our next play What the Butler Saw is derived from a popular and scandalous pastime i…
by AnnaBeth CrittendenMarketing InternIn our previous show, The Invisible Hand, playwright Ayad Ahktar explored the relationship between money, power, and belief. Throughout this thrill…
By AnnaBeth CrittendenMarketing InternIn the coming months, the Playhouse will be celebrating the legacy of musical legends Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe through two ambitious & …
By Hope VentricelliMarketing FellowSince the Playhouse's founding, hundreds of young theater professionals have further developed their skills alongside industry experts. This season, w…
Rehearsals for this season's fourth production, What the Butler Saw, began on Friday, July 29th. As is tradition for the Playhouse, the day began with a meet-and-greet with the staff, as wel…
By AnnaBeth CrittendenMarketing InternOn Friday, June 24, the staff of the Playhouse filed into the Sheffer rehearsal studio to meet the cast and production team of our third show, The Invis…
By Kathy BennewitzWestport Town CuratorAfter seeing Art/Red in Rep, we hope that you will take a look at some of the local art around Westport & our area. These are just a few of the loc…
By Playhouse StaffDuring Art/Red in rep, the Playhouse lobby featured collections from WCP staff, supporters & friends.Art is more than paintings or sculpture. The act of curating a pers…
By Marilyn HardingFriend of the PlayhouseAs I was growing up the Westport Country Playhouse was an otherworldly place. And how lucky was I?The one time cow barn, re-purposed in the 1930's as…
By Don RebarAssociate Director of MarketingBefore his arrival in Westport, Buyer & Cellar star Michael Urie (TV's "Ugly Betty" & "The Good Wife") will host this year's Drama Desk Awa…
By Charlie NorkIndividual Giving ManagerA special thanks to our Art/Red in repcorporate production sponsors, Bank of America.If you've been to the Playhouse to see Art or Red (or both!) this…
By Pat Blaufuss, Public Relations Manager &Bruce Miller, Company ManagerRecently, nominees for the 70th annual Tony Awards for excellence on Broadway were announced and several familiar …
By Pat BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerWestport Country Playhouse has partnered with Westport Animal Shelter Advocates (WASA) and the Pet Animal Welfare Society of CT (PAWS) around the Famil…
By Peter ChenotDirector of Marketing And the 2016 Season has begun! ... well, for us anyway. Today marked the first rehearsal of the first production in our 2016 Season. Exciteme…
By Elizabeth Marks JuvilierDirector of Community Engagement & Special EventsLook around, what do you see? During the Playhouse's presentation of Art/Red in rep, we invite you to explore …
By Anne KeefeAssociate ArtistIt's always fascinating to try something new, even when the concept is really old.Sitting in the first read thru of ART and RED yesterday and imagining being abl…
By Charlie Nork, Individual Giving Manager& Samantha Goober, Artistic & Management AssociateThe month of February was a busy one for the Playhouse's New Works Initiative, which was c…
Read Across America at Coleytown Elementary SchoolBy Don RebarAssociate Director of MarketingOn Wednesday, March 2, the Playhouse joined with nearly 45 million Americans to celebrate Read Ac…
By Annie KeefeAssociate ArtistThe cast of 'The Cocktail Hour,' 1990 at Westport Country Playhouse.I was so moved when I saw the picture Pat Blaufuss unearthed from the archives showing the c…
By Don RebarCommunity Engagement & Digital Content ManagerElvis Poultry, the king of 'bawk & roll', has been roosting at cool places around town leading up to Sunday's performances o…
By Charlie NorkIndividual Giving ManagerThe Playhouse's "offseason" (a relative term!) means it's time for Family Festivities. Our winter children's theater initiative runs until April, and …
Over our 85-year history, 43 new plays and musicals have made their premiere at the Playhouse, most recently last season's A.R. Gurney comedy, "Love and Money," co-produced with New York's S…
By Annie KeefeAssociate ArtistI like playwright Jeffrey Hatcher. I like the interesting topics he chooses to write about. He likes a good thriller as much as I do. He's looked at art thef…
Photos by David VitaDirector of Social Justice/Director of MembershipThe Unitarian Church in WestportHundreds gathered at the Playhouse on Sunday, January 16th for the 10th annual Dr. Martin…
