Great Stages of Connecticut

The Playhouse opened in 1931 in a red barn in an old apple orchard in Fairfield County and has been going strong ever since, these days as a year-round venue creating its own productions.

Goodspeed opened as a professional musical theater in 1963 and has produced more than 250 musicals, exported 18 productions to Broadway including "Annie," "Man of La Mancha" and "Shenandoah," and produced 72 world premieres.

Hartford Stage is known for producing innovative revivals of classics and provocative new plays and musicals. Over the years, the stage has been home to 68 world and American premieres, including “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway,” winner of four 2014 Tony Awards.

From its very first season in 1914, the Shubert Theatre has been a performing arts center presenting plays, musicals, opera, dance, classical music recitals and concerts, vaudeville, jazz artists, big bands, burlesque, and a variety of solo performances. It has played host to over 600 pre-Broadway tryouts, including over 300 world premieres and 50 American premieres. Known as “The Birthplace of the Nation’s Greatest Hits,” the Shubert is also the place where many of the world’s best and most popular actors received their first professional acclaim. Although the Shubert is best known for theater, it has also played host to stars of the ballet, opera, classical, and popular music. 

Yale Rep, always closely associated with the Yale School of Drama, was founded in 1966 and remains dedicated to the production of new plays and bold interpretations of classics. It has produced over 100 premieres, including two Pulitzer Prize winners.

Founded in 1964 in honor of America’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright (and New London native), the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is a vibrant and multifaceted force in American theater.

Long Wharf Theatre is a Tony Award-winning incubator of new work, creating the future of theatre by offering resources, workshopping, and a receptive audience to emerging and established playwrights. From our organizational culture to our role in community partnerships, we live by our guiding ethos: “Theatre is for everyone.”