On the Boards September 21

Around Greater Danbury,
Opening at the Brookfield Theater for the Arts is Into the Woods  
At the Ridgefield Theater Barn is Spring Awakening
TheatreWorks New Milford is performing November  
The Sherman Playhouse presents Of Mice and Men
At the Town Players of Newtown is The Retreat from Moscow 

Across Western Connecticut:
Closing at the Goodspeed Opera House is Carousel  
Closing at the Warner Theatre is Next to Normal
This is closing weekend at the Bushnell for Mary Poppins  
At Hardford Stage is Hedda Gabler 
The King and I continues at the Thomaston Opera House 


Most curtain times are 8 PM but check the links for the details.
This is your StageGram. Break a Leg.

Theater auditions September 11

The Town Players in Newtown auditions THE HAUNTING by Hugh Janes (based upon the ghost stories of Charles Dickens) on Tuesday, September 11, from 7-9 PM at the Little theater.

Auditions for JOSEPH and the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Curtain Call will be Sept 11 from 7 to 10 PM
Adult  casting is open to all non-union actors and actresses ages 14 and up.
Children’s Choir -must be between the ages of 9 and 13.

Auditions for Cinderella – a British Style Pantomime, Adapted and Directed by Patricia  Michael will be at The Sherman Playhouse, Monday and Tuesday, September 17th and 18th, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm

The Pound Ridge Theater holds auditions for Doubt, A Parable Monday, September 17, and Tuesday,  September 18, 2012 at 7 PM

Stray Kats Theater Company, General auditions can be scheduled by calling for an appointment or by email. [at info at straykatstheatrecompany.org]. Members of Actors Equity are welcome!

Check the links for the details. This is your StageGram, Auditions. Break a Leg.

Internships The Westport Arts Center

The Westport Arts Center provides opportunities for undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students to undertake a 3-5 month long internship in the areas of: marketing, visual arts, education, and development. The internship program is designed as an educational experience in which interns work directly with a staff mentor on a specific project or projects and acquire professional expertise in areas that match their academic background, professional skills, and career goals.

Internship Areas:

Marketing, Communications, and Archiving Internship 
Westport Youth Film Festival Internship 
Visual Arts Internship 

Arts Education Internship

Application Deadlines: 

November 15: deadline for Spring Internship Session (January-May)
March 30: deadline for Summer Internship Session (June-August) 

Find all the DETAILS HERE 

Application Procedures:

Download, complete and mail in the internship application form.

Mail application, resume, and cover letter to:
WAC Internship Program 
Westport Arts Center
51 Riverside Avenue
Westport, CT 06880

You can help save the Charles Ives House

UPDATED September 10 

Charles Ives, the composer from Danbury, has had his birth place homestead preserved. But the home where he wrote the bulk of his music is in danger of being lost to the ages. According to the History of Redding (http://www.historyofredding.com/HRives.htm), Charles Ives and his wife came to West Redding One Hundred years ago, August of 1912.


Charles, the son of George Ives, a band leader of the Civil War, was a successful insurance company executive (Ives and Company) and part time composer. He was little known for music during his lifetime coming to prominence toward the end of his life. On the One hundredth anniversary of his birth, Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the American Symphony Orchestra at the Danbury Fairgrounds in a July fourth tribute of Ives' music. In 1997 the Unites States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp as part of their Legends of American Music series. (http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/charles-ives)



Charles Ives lived in New York, and bought the West Redding home as summer retreat. It functioned in that capacity for the Ives family until recently. But times change and the house and grounds are for sale. The Charles Ives Society is hopeful that the house can be purchased and preserved for future music lovers to appreciate. "Imagine the Ives home being used for making meaningful and everlasting moments of art and music... This wouldn't be just a small concert venue but also a communication tool and education venue for aspiring artists or people just curious about the arts. It will be an up close and personal space for both live arts and in the online streaming world."



You can help. There are a number of projects underway to raise the needed funds. An IndieGoGo project (a private initiative by Nikola Ragusa, and is unrelated to the Charles Ives Society) (http://www.indiegogo.com/savethecharlesiveshouse) has started and promotion from WQXR (http://www.wqxr.org/#!/blogs/wqxr-blog/2012/sep/02/charles-ives-fans-seek-buy-his-endangered-house/), The Wall Street Journal On-Line (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444358404577605391814856730.html) and an Official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheCharlesIvesHouse) are ongoing. It would be appreciated if you can assist. A donation of only $10 is helpful. But if you can't do that would you please help spread the word? Let's not loose this Danbury famous son's composition space to time.

On the Boards September 6

Around Greater Danbury,
Opening at the Ridgefield Theater Barn is Spring Awakening.
Opening by the Town Players of Newtown is The Retreat from Moscow  
Opening at Seven Angles Theatre is How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
Opening at the Carriage House Arts Center is The Great American Trailer Park Musical  
At the Westport Country Playhouse  is Harbor a world premier comedy.   

Across Western Connecticut:
Closing at Goodsped’s Norma Terris Theatre is The Bikinis
At Hardford Stage is Hedda Gabler   
Continuing at the Goodspeed Opera House is Carousel  


Most curtain times are 8 PM but check the links for the details.
This is your StageGram. Break a Leg.