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Our Town

October 6 – 16, 2011

By Thornton Wilder
Nafe Katter Theatre

David Patrick Kelly Stars as the Stage Manager Set in New England at the beginning of the 20th century, it is the allegorical story of "our growing up and our marrying, our living and our dying." Still riveting, relevant, and resonate, the enduring success of this play has been in the magic and beauty of its sheer simplicity and its urgent life-affirming message. Our Town will feature Obie Award-winning actor David Patrick Kelly in the role of the Stage Manager. CRT audiences may remember him from his performance as Luther in the 1970s film classic The Warriors, or for his numerous appearances on Broadway or at Hartford Stage, TV and film. CRT also welcomes back alumna Mary Cadorette in the role of Mrs. Gibbs. Many CRT subscribers may remember her from her TV show with John Ritter, Three's a Crowd, her performance in 42nd Street on Broadway and her reign as Miss Connecticut 1975.

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Sneak Peek - Our Town
Behind the Scenes Video
David Patrick Kelly in OUR TOWN at CRT

October 2011
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
				6 Preview 7:30 pm	7 Opening Night 8 pm	8 8 pm
9	10	11	12 7:30 pm	13 7:30 pm	14 8 pm	15 2 pm & 8 pm
16 2 pm Closing

The Miser

October 27 – November 6, 2011

By Molière
Adapted by Miles Malleson
Studio Theatre

Molière's unique blend of neurosis and knockabout is never more hysterically evident than in his comic masterpiece, The Miser. Old Harpagon is a penny-pinching miser who loves his hidden fortune more than his own children. When he gets in his mind that there is a penny to be made by marrying off his son and his daughter, both son and daughter foil their father's plan by falling head over heels for suitors of their own. A timely and horrifyingly funny look at the dark side of thrift at home.

October - November 2011
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
				27 Preview 7:30 pm	28 Opening Night 8 pm	29 8 pm
30	31	1	2 7:30 pm	3 7:30 pm	4 8 pm	5 2 pm & 8 pm
6 2 pm Closing

I'm Connecticut

December 1 – 10, 2011

By Mike Reiss
World Premiere
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre

If you're from Connecticut - the joke is on you! Mike Reiss is a Peabody Award-winner, and four-time Emmy award-winning writer for The Simpsons. He's also a Connecticut native and this time he's turned his sharp, satirical comic genius on his home state - and yours. I'm Connecticut is a love story about a young man who grew up in Simsbury now living in New York City and searching for love. Amid the anxieties of dating he begins to ask himself what a Nutmegger really is? If you've ever wondered about the identity of The Land of Steady Habits, be prepared for a hysterical surprise.

Rave Reviews

"the piece is damn funny." — Variety

"DeWitt is delightful and Adler can get a huge laugh out of a raised eyebrow." — Hartford Courant

Press Release

CRT Sneak Peek - Mike Reiss' new comedy I'M CONNECTICUT

December 2011
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
				1 Preview 7:30 pm	2 Opening Night 8 pm	3 8 pm
4 2 pm	5	6	7 7:30 pm	8 7:30 pm	9 8 pm	10 2 pm & 8 pm

Odysseus D.O.A.

February 23 – March 4, 2012

By Stephen Svoboda
Regional Premiere
Nafe Katter Theatre

Experience the Odyssey re-imagined: a magical place where the blind see, the sick love and drag queens become goddesses. As the final stages of his disease bend his vivid imagination, Elliot becomes the legendary hero Odysseus determined to bring his crew-his fellow patients on the AIDS ward-home despite all the obstacles the gods throw in his way. This wise, heartfelt drama charts one man's heroic quest for Kleos - Glory, to live a life worthy of being remembered. Playwright Stephen Svoboda will direct his work in its regional premiere. Critic Martin Denton calls this a "majestic play… poetic, surreal and wonderfully humorous."

Odysseus D.O.A. Dramaturgy Website
CRT Sneak Peek - ODYSSEUS D.O.A.
CRT Behind The Scenes: "Odysseus DOA" Design

Featuring Daytime TV Star Kim Zimmer Kim Zimmer is best known for her years as Reva Shayne on Guiding Light where she earned four Outstanding Lead Actress Emmys. Kim started her career in Chicago, appearing in several shows at the Drury Lane and across the city, most notably The Big Knife, Accent of Youth with Ricardo Montalban and Godspell. Her career in daytime started in 1979 when she assumed the role of Nola Dancy on The Doctors for four years, then on to two stints on One Life to Live. Next up was Guiding Light, ending in 2009 with the show's cancellation. Other regional theatre highlights include Curtains, Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods, Blood Brothers, Gypsy, Dirty Blonde, Shirley Valentine and off-Broadway in Two Dogs and a Bone and Love, Loss And What I Wore. Film credits include Body Heat and The Big Bowling Ball. Other television credits include Designing Women, Seinfeld and many more. When not treading the boards, Kim stays busy trying to keep her three grown children "young," and maintaining a successful thirty year marriage to actor/director A.C. Weary. She also is the best-selling author of I'm Just Sayin! a memoir of her experiences and lessons learned throughout her 30 year career.

February - March 2012
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
				23 Preview 7:30 pm	24 Opening Night 8 pm	25 8 pm
26 2 pm	27	28 7:30 pm	29 7:30 pm	1 7:30 pm	2 8 pm	3 2 pm & 8 pm
4 2 pm Closing

The Winter's Tale

March 22 – April 1, 2012

By William Shakespeare
Studio Theatre

Jealousy, rage, intrigue, love, revenge and comic mishaps abound in one of Shakespeare's most intriguingly plotted plays. The king of Sicily suspects his best friend of having an illicit love affair with his wife, the queen. In a fit of jealous revenge, the king orders his wife to prison and sends his infant daughter far from home into exile in Bohemia. Covering a span of 16 years and culminating with one of the most stunning and surprising endings in all of Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale - with its unique blend of tragedy, farce, fairy tale, and romance – is ultimately the Bard's timeless affirmation of the power of forgiveness, love and redemption.

Sneak Peek Video

March - April 2012
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
				22 Preview 7:30 pm	23 Opening Night 8 pm	24 8 pm
25	26	27	28 7:30 pm	29 7:30 pm	30 8 pm	31 2 pm & 8 pm
1 2 pm Closing

Spring Awakening

April 12 – 15, 25 – 28, 2012

Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the Play by Frank Wedekind
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre

Spring Awakening was the first play penned by Frank Wedekind whose work generated considerable scandal and jail time for the writer. It is fitting that this cutting edge work of the 19th century should be re-imagined by rockers Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade" - Entertainment Weekly. Join this group of late 19th century German students as they navigate teenage self-discovery in a powerful celebration of youth, rebellion and leaving home.

Visit the Spring Awakening Dramaturgy
CRT Behind the Curtain - Spring Awakening Episode One
UCTV's Behind the Curtain Episode 2: CRT's Spring Awakening
UCTV's Behind the Curtain Episode 3: CRT's Spring Awakening
CRT Sneak Peek - SPRING AWAKENING

April 2012
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
				12 Preview 7:30 pm	13 Opening Night 8 pm	14 8 pm
15 2 pm	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25 7:30 pm	26 7:30 pm	27 8 pm	28 2 pm 8 pm Closing