The newest theatre on the Shoreline, located on the site of the Stony Creek Theatre in Branford, has a full slate of entertainment options waiting for you to enjoy. With an ambitious goal of raising 4.2 million dollars, the Legacy Theatre is striving to create a state-of-the-art intimate neighborhood arts center for the community.
Until renovations are completed, it is holding productions down the street at the Stony Creek Museum, 84 Thimble Island Road, in Branford. You just missed a weekend of a staged reading of Joe Landry’s intriguing tale about Orson Welles “The Wicked Stage” performed by Jeremy Funke, Heather Hayes, Tim Reilly, Mariah Sage and Michael Sayers.
Director, actor and playwright Orson Welles was a frequent visitor to the Branford theatre in the 1930’s and this tale, inspired by real events, concerns his real encounter with William Castle, a foreign female movie star, an invitation from Adolph Hitler and a giant publicity stunt. The acting and the accents were excellent.
The tradition of the theatre to present entertainment for children will continue May 17 and 18, Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. with a rousing visit from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Whistle while you attend this charming fairy tale.
Also scheduled is the happy musical “Merrily We Roll Along” with book by George Purth and music courtesy of Stephen Sondheim the weekend of June 6, 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. Harkening back to memories of the original Stony Creek Theatre production in 1936, this offering will sparkle with the wit of the original George S Kaufman and Moss hart pay. The menu of entertainment will continue all summer with July 11, 12 an13 at 7 p.m presentation of the patriotic “Stars, Stripes and Quarries,” stories and songs celebrating Stony Creek as part of the great American landscape.
The final offering of the summer will be August 22, 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. with ”Past, Present, Future: An Overview of the Stony Creek Theatre’s Songs, Stories and Dance from 1866to the Present.” Revisit a myriad of pay snippets from the long 100 year history of the Stony Creek Theatre, plus a preview of scenes from Legacy Theatre’s future season. The evening will conclude with a tour of the latest phase of renovations to date.
Don’t forget the Saturday afternoon discussions at the Willoughby Wallace Library where Legacy manager Jeremy Funke and friends introduce you to “Behind the Curtain” of plays. On April 27 from 2-4 p.m., the topic will be Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” and on May 25 Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” Free and open to the public, the donation of a canned good for the Branford Food Pantry would be most appreciated.
Artistic director Keely Baisden Knudsen proudly invites the community to participate in Legacy Theatre’s exciting list of offerings: pays and new works, musicals and cabarets, children’s and family theatre, summer camp, visiting Broadway performances and workshops, Saturday morning children’s series of fairy tales, mime shows and puppetry, classes for all ages and opportunities for accelerated students to apprentice in professional productions. You are also encouraged to donate to Legacy Theatre’s building campaign. For more information, contact Keely at 203-208-5504 or online at www.LegacyTheatreCT.org or write to her at 128 Thimble Island Road, Branford, CT 06405.
Come encourage the newest theatre on the block in Branford to be the gift to the community it aspires to be.
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