Much Ado About Nothing

Posted on April 24, 2025August 8, 2025 by Annie

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Vince Tycer

Apr 24-May 4, 2025
Nafe Katter Theatre

Shakespeare returns to the CRT stage with the sassy rom-com Much Ado About Nothing. Don Pedro, Claudio, and Benedick have arrived in Messina after a decisive victory on the battlefield. Claudio falls for their host’s daughter, Hero, while Benedict falls into a battle of wits with Hero’s cousin, Beatrice. Beatrice and Benedict want nothing of love, but their friends have another idea. Replete with hijinks, intrigue, mistaken identity, and a conniving ne’er-do-well, this delightful comedy is the most fun you can have onstage without swords.

Vince Tycer

Director

Vince Tycer is an Assistant Professor in Residence within the UConn Drama Department for the Performance/Acting Area. He previously served as the Director of Two Year Studies at Drama Studio London and as a Visiting Lecturer at Westfield State University. He has earned an MFA in Directing from UC-Irvine, MBA from Cal State – Dominguez Hills, a BA in Dramatic Writing from Cal State – Los Angeles and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Acting from Drama Studio London.

He has worked in the UK, Europe and in the US. As a director he staged the first full production of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus at the Rose Theatre Bankside since the time of Marlowe and Shakespeare. He has directed a number of Shakespeare’s plays including Titus Andronicus at the Camden Fringe Festival in London. Vince has performed internationally at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, Bournemouth Pavilion, Romanian National Theatre Festival and the Wroclaw Puppet Theatre in Poland. In the US, he has worked in theatre and film. Recent acting roles include Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost for Saratoga Shakespeare Company and David Burke in the feature film Chappaquiddick.

Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja

Equity Guest Artist

Actors’ Equity Association member Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja is a professional actor, director, and fight choreographer who has worked with the Bread and Puppet Theatre, Theatre Royal Plymouth, CBS Television, Long Wharf Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Repertory Company, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, and the Montana Repertory Theatre. Selected Regional Credits: Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Saratoga Shakespeare Company); Gray in The Broken Machine and Nicodemus/Lady Enid in The Mystery of Irma Vep (Silverthorne Theater); Claudius in Hamlet (ArtFarm); Clown #1 in The 39 Steps (New Century Theatre); Hamel in Out of Sterno (Gloucester Stage Company); Sicinius in Coriolanus (Actors Shakespeare Project); He is Chair of the Department of Film Media Theater at Mount Holyoke College and the Founding Director of The Players Project in residence at the UMass Amherst, Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.

Design & Production Team:

Scenic Designer:  Christina Garner
Lighting Designer:  Cody Tellis Rutledge
Costume Designer:  Frederick Windross
Sound Designer:  Jake Neighbors
Properties Manager: Aly Schwartz
Original Music Composition and Rearrangements: Travis Lavigne

Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino
Stage Managers: Aurora Courcy and Caelyn Dorsey
Assistant Stage Manager: Anna Tenner

A collage of design inspiration for Connecticut Rep's production. In white text "Much Ado about Nothing Design Inspiration" above the portraits of the design team.

The Cast:

Hero: Sandy Borrero Hernandez
Beatrice: Kat Corrigan
Margaret: Mariangelie Vélez
Ursula: Grace Darling
Leonato: Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja , Equity Guest Artist
Don Pedro: Bryan Anderson
Count Claudio: Evan Wolfgang
Benedick: Will Naraghi
Don John: Ben Lewin
Borachio: Christopher Cazarin
Conrade: Danny Kelly
Balthasar: Dayo Garritano
Antonio: Siommara Guadalupe-Hill
Dogberry: Katherine Berryhill
Verges: Tyler Ely
Sexton: Donte Warren
Friar Francis, 2nd Watch: Julia Smith
Messenger: Lia Crosby
First Watch: Jiahui Guo
Seacoal: Evelyn Whitley

Show Photography:

©Mattais Lundblad

Collection of images from the CRT production of Much Ado About Nothing. The vibrancy of the scenic and lighting elements, and the costuming are highlighted.

Promo of the CRT Production:

CRT holds production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
– Pierce Colfer, The Daily Campus

Pocatello

Posted on March 27, 2025August 8, 2025 by Annie

By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Paul Mullins
Mar 27-Apr 6
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre

Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in a city being paved over with strip malls and franchises. As pressures mount, he strives to keep his hometown feeling like home, one soup and salad special at a time. A heartbreaking comedy about love and connection in a shifting world.

“[Pocatello is] about family and the longing for a human connection in a town that is both specific and also serves as a stand-in for modern America.” -Samuel D. Hunter, Playwright

Paul Mullins

director

Paul Mullins is a theatre director based in New York City. He is an associate artist at both Santa Cruz Shakespeare and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where he has acted and directed for thirty years. For SCS he has directed King Lear, Twelfth Night,The Agitators, Pride and Prejudice, Love’s Labor’s Lost, The 39 Steps, Hamlet and Henry V. He has also directed plays for The Old Globe, Chautauqua Theater Company, Jewel Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC., Dorset Theatre Festival, Portland Stage Company, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, American Stage, The Yale School of Drama, NYU Grad Acting and The Juilliard School.

Design & Production Team:

Scenic Designer: Zach Farmer
Costume Designer: Emma Sowards
Lighting Designer: Cody Tellis Rutledge
Sound Designer: Abigail Golec
Props Manager: Miranda Fyfe
Dramaturg: Nora Hodzic

Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino
Stage Manager: Sam Hosler
Asst. Stage Manager: Max Moore

A collage of design inspiration for Connecticut Rep's production of Pocatello (Spring 2025) interior photos of typical Italian restaurant chains, small towns, waiters, line cooks, and food. Portraits of the design team under the text "Pocatello Design Inspiration."

The Cast:

Eddie: Chris Martin
Doris: Carol Halstead, Equity Guest Artist
Cole: Dale Rose, Equity Guest Artist
Max: Djanne Martinez
Isabelle: Eliza Anderson
Troy: Daniel Pawlyk
Tammy: Halli Gibson
Nick: Zach Russell
Kelly: Akur Oryem
Becky: Aly Liew

Show Photography:

©Mattais Lundblad

A collage of production photos from Connecticut Rep's production of Pocatello (Spring 2025.)A young woman with her feet on the chair reads a book; the staff sing Happy Birthday to an unimpressed elderly patron; two women struggle to order; a waiter helps a gentleman off the floor after a fall; a waitress sits to eat a leftover salad; two brothers have a heated moment.

Reviews:

“This is one of life’s hard lessons especially when you believe you can change the results by throwing in the cards life deals you, get a new hand, and change the outcome. that reads like a folk tale.” – Bonny Goldberg, The Connecticut Critics Circle

“Some truly unexpected moments of pent-up rage, expressions of affection and other emotional moments that are beautifully written.” – Christopher Arnott, Hartford Currant

The Old Man and The Old Moon

Posted on November 16, 2024August 20, 2025 by Annie

A banner of a night sky with darker shades of blue and purple filled with stars. A gold crescent moon and three gold stars attached to strings above the image of a ship in blue water ocean waves. "THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON" and "Book, Music, & Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co" in white text.

Book, Music, & Lyrics by PigPen Theater Co
Directed by Matt Sorensen
Music Direction by Dmitriy Glivinskiy

Nov 16-23, 2024
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre

“This is a story of time and tides and quests, the sort of fable on which mythologies and religions are founded … [PigPen] asks us to appreciate the finer arts of wild storytelling, while speaking to the childish mind in all of us.” ~ The New York Times

Matt Sorensen

director

Matt Sorensen is a puppeteer, theater artist, educator, filmmaker, and museum exhibition curator and designer based in Connecticut and New York. He is a Visiting Professor in Dramatic Arts with the Puppet Arts Program at the University of Connecticut. His company, Puppet Bucket Productions, has designed and built puppets for theater and film around the world.

Matt creates theatre that blends puppetry and live actors, using visual diversity to encourage an active mind and an open heart. Matt is an advocate of compassion, and presents the human condition with an eye fixed on human rights. Matt’s objective is to provide spectacle to delight all ages, while guiding audiences through difficult topics with a whimsical, gentle heroism.

“Puppetry touches our hearts in a unique way, transcending the barriers that exist within live human storytelling. My work uses puppets to explore the idea of “otherness” within society and intends to erode the pillars of prejudice and hate.”

Design & Production Team:

Scenic Designer: Miranda Fyfe
Costume Designer: Jordan Au
Lighting Designer: Hannah Corbett
Sound Designer and Engineer: Jake Neighbors
Puppet Design: Mel Carter, Harley Walker
Technical Director: Hannah Trobaugh

Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino
Stage Manager: Aurora Courcy
Assistant Stage Managers: Ashlyn Liedke, Remi August, K-Lee Brousseau

A collage of smiling headshots on a black background of the creative team of Connecticut Rep's production of The Old Man and The Old Moon (Fall 2024). "THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON" and "CREATIVE TEAM" in white text.

The Cast:

The Old Man – Sadie Aiken
The Old Woman/The Young Woman – Ian Rothauser
Matheson – Mark Sadowski
Llewellyn – Siommara Guadalupe-Hill
Mabelu – Jerry Harney
Callahan – Gianna Nichols
Cookie – Brandon Collado
Captain – Mel Carter
Perry, Butcher – Alyson Liew
Clerk – Donte Warren
Mickey – Allison Free
Solomon, Rebel One – Vincenzo Faruolo
Bartley, Rebel Two – Sol Ramirez
Bartender, Fish Monger – Ella Niewood
Fine Lady – Aidan McNamara
Boatswain One – Amy Liou
Boatswain Two – Lily Rose Mindenhall
Ben – Garrett LaBranche
Ghost Singer – Harley Walker

Understudies: Christoher Cazarin, Grace Darling, Tyler Ely, Djanne Martinez, Will Naraghi

A collage of design inspiration for Connecticut Rep's production of The Old Man and The Old Moon (Fall 2024), including hanging lanters, hot air balloons, ships, water, and 20th century sailor uniforms. "THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON" and "INSPIRATION" in white text.

Show Photography:

©Mattais Lundblad

A collage of production photos from Connecticut Rep's production of The Old Man and The Old Moon (Fall 2024). An actor wrangles a dog puppet; two actors stand shadowed in a ring of light; an actor stands holding a hat to their chest; two actors in sailor and pirate costumes embrace; two actors smile in a shopping cart; two other actors hold puppets and smile at one another.

Review:

“… an adventurous comedy that reads like a folk tale.”
– Bonnibel Lilith Rampertab, The Daily Campus

The Moors

Posted on October 10, 2024August 7, 2025 by Annie

By Jen Silverman
Directed by Kristen Palmer

Oct 10-20, 2024
Nafe Katter Theatre

Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.

Kristen Palmer

director

Kristen Palmer is a playwright and director and has taught theater and writing for over 25 years. Her plays have been produced in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, and elsewhere and are published by Broadway Play Publishing, Original Works, and Stage Partners. She is an alumna of the Women’s Project Lab, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and has been a William Inge Playwright in Residence, a Dakin Fellow at the Sewanee Playwright’s Conference, a Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, and a Dramatist Guild Fellow. She is a New Georges associate artist and spent her 20s making theater as a company member of Printer’s Devil Theatre in Seattle. Directing highlights include Creature by Heidi Schreck, She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, and This Random World by Stephen Dietz. She holds an MA from NYU and an MFA from Hunter College where she studied with Tina Howe and won both the Zarkower and Goldberg Prizes. She has created theater and directed projects with youth in schools, prisons and community programs around the country and served as Artistic Director of Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, Middletown, CT from 2013-2018. She is currently Head of Theater at the Greater Hartford Academy of Arts Half-Day Program.

Design & Production Team:

Scene Designer: Zach Farmer
Costume Designer: Adriana Gonzalez-Hernandez
Sound Designer: Dennis Dowding
Lighting Designer: Noah Ciccimarro
Props Manager: Gino Costabile
Music Coordinator: Travis Lavigne

Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino
Stage Manager: Caelyn Dorsey
Assistant Stage Managers: Emily Hopkins, Janai Negroni

A collage of inspiration imagery on a black background from design presentations for Connecticut Rep's production of The Moors (Fall 2024) featuring Scenic Design by Zach Farmer, Lighting Design by Noah Ciccimarro, Costume Design by Adri Gonzalez Hernandez, and Sound Design by Denis Dowding. Pictures pull from the 19th century with Victorian Gothic influences and capture the cold, unforgiving life on the English Moors. "THE MOORS DESIGN INSPIRATION" in white text. A QR Code is located at the bottom of the collage next to the sound design section.

The Cast:

Agatha – Kat Corrigan
Huldey – Lily O’Neil
Emilie – Morgan Hrymack
Marjory – Katherine Berryhill
Moor-Hen – Cipa Frost
Mastiff – Evan Wolfgang

Understudies – Eliza Anderson, Lia Crosby. Daniel Pawlyk Julia Smith, Evelyn Whitley

Show Photography:

©Mattais Lundblad

A collage of production photos from Connecticut Rep's production of The Moors (Fall 2024) featuring the cast and designs from the creative team. Huldey the maid pours tea for the guests; Huldey straddles Agatha in a murderous scene; Agatha in a slick bun and red gothic attire looks out; Emilie the governess sits reading; the characters sit in the parlor; the backdrop illuminates in a golden orange haze revealing the shadow of a deer looking upwards; The Mastiff and A Moor-hen sit together.

Reviews of the CRT Production:

“One minute you will be laughing and on the edge of your seat, and then the next, stunned and on the verge of tears.”
– Benjamin Lassy, for The Daily Campus

“Get ready for one howling good night of live theater”
– Howard Steven Frydman, for The Howard

The 23rd Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Posted on April 18, 2024August 20, 2025 by Annie

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
April 18-28, 2024

Directed by Freddie Ashley
Music Direction by Dmitriy Glivinskiy
Choreography by Brandon Kelly

Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor. Featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this bee is one unforgettable experience.

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box.

Freddy Ashley

director

Freddie Ashley is Artistic Director of Actor’s Express in Atlanta. He has directed over 45 AE productions, including Prayer for the French Republic, Urinetown, Desire Under the Elms and The Crucible, as well as World Premieres of Serial Black Face, Broadsword, Albatross and Fair Use. He has also directed at Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Dad’s Garage, Aurora Theatre, Theatre Gael and Jewish Theatre of the South.

Prior to joining AE, Freddie was Literary Manager of the Alliance Theatre (recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award), where he served as dramaturg for around 30 productions. He has developed new plays around the country with the Playwrights’ Center, Kennedy Center, New Group, Page 73 and Jewish Theatre of the South, working on new work projects with playwrights including Joshua Harmon, Michael Lew, Kenneth Lin, Lindsey Ferrentino, Marco Ramirez, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, Jen Silverman and John Patrick Shanley.

Freddie served as President of the National New Play Network Board of Directors from 2020 until 2022 and has taught or served as a guest artist with Kennesaw State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Georgia State University, Hendrix College, Austin Peay State University, Oglethorpe University and the University of Georgia.

He is a recipient of the Elliott Hayes Award for Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers of the Americas, as well as the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Medallion of Excellence. He is a four-time Suzi Bass Award winner for acting and directing.

He holds an MFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Design & Production Team:

Cody Rutledge, Scenic Design
Kayo Tokuue, Lighting Design
Adriana Gonzalez, Costume Design
Dennis Dowding and Jake Neighbors, Co-Sound Design

Alison Savino, Production Stage Manager
Aurora Courcy, Stage Manager

Cast:

Leaf Coneybear – Aidan James McNamara
Schwarzy – Cipa Frost
Olive – Ella Niewood
Barfee – Julian Setiadi
Chip – Dayo Garritano
Marcy – Jordan Au
Panch – Alex Winnick
Rona – Annie Tolis
Mitch – Brandon Collado
Dan Dad – Charles Rusciano
Carl Dad, Olive’s Dad, Coneybear’s Dad – Evan Wolfgang
Olive’s Mom – Katherine Berryhill
Jesus – Alyson Liew
Leaf’s Mom – Gianna Nichols
Leaf’s Siblings – Sarah Cripsey, Emma Schreiber

Show Photography:

©Mattais Lundblad

A collage of images of the spellers of Connecticut Rep's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Spring 2024). We see Chip Tolentino in a boy scout uniform with snacks, Olive Ostrovsky in a colorful cardigan solemnly staring out in the audience, Marcy Park wearing a multi-colored athletic top, William Barfée in a striped blue polo, Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre in red overalls with an orange sweater, and Leaf Coneybear in a pink shirt with a puppet on his hand. In the center features a photo of the entire stage with the whole cast with the letters of the word "SPELLING" hanging at varying heights.

Reviews:

“It is impossible not to laugh.”
– Emily Lewson, UConn Daily Campus

“I highly encourage you to head to Storrs to enjoy this delightful show.”
– Nancy Sasso Janis, Patch

A Doctor’s Dilemma

Posted on March 21, 2024August 8, 2025 by Annie

A black and gold wallpaper banner with the image of a man in a suit and mustache holding a weighing scale with a person on each side. The banner reads, "A Doctor's Dilemma" in white text, "ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY TLALOC RIVAS" in gold text, "BASED ON THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW" in gold and white text, "MAR 21-30" in white text.

Adapted and Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Based on The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw
The Nafe Katter Theatre

March 21-30, 2024

A doctor who has discovered a lifesaving cure must make an impossible decision. With only one lifesaving dose remaining and two people in need, whom should he save? A scalpel-sharp satirical examination of the medical establishment, love and the value of art.

Tlaloc Rivas

director (he/el)

Tlaloc Rivas is a playwright, director, and educator based in Central Connecticut (unyielded lands of the Mohegan, Nipmuc, and Pequot nations).

He is currently Lecturer in Acting at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Associate Professor in Residence in Theatre Studies at the University of Connecticut, and on the faculty at the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.

Tlaloc was the inaugural Presidential Postdoctoral Presidential Fellow for Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama and currently serves on the boards for The New Harmony Project and the Latiné New Musical Theatre Lab.

Tlaloc is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the Dramatists Guild, and co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons. He is the recipient of the Sir John Gielgud Fellowship in Classical Directing, the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors, and a Usual Suspect for New York Theater Workshop.

Design & Production Team:

Zach Farmer – Scenic Design
Hannah Corbett – Lighting Design
Adrianne Williams – Costume Design
Jake Neighbors – Sound Design

Alison Savino – Production Stage Manager
Ryan Hagin – Stage Manager

The Cast:

Redpenny – Mark Sadowski
Emmy – Lily O’Neil
Ridgeon – Carlos Fruzzetti
Lady Patricia – Morgan Hrymack
Cutler Walpole – Siommara Guadalupe-Hill
B.B. – Donte Warren
Blenkinsop – Weimy Montero Candelario
Jennifer – Kaitlyn Oliva
Louis – Ian Rothauser
Minnie and Mrs. Danbury, a secretary– Czarissa Moreno
Raymond, a journalist – Garrett LaBranche

Show Photography:

A collage of images featuring actors from Connecticut Rep's production of A Doctor's Dilemma (Spring 2024). Three actors stand together with a phonograph in the background, an actor stares off a balcony upstage, an actor stands wearing a three piece suit and a top hat, and two more actors lock arms, one wearing a tan suit and the other a burgundy dress with a wide brimmed hat.

Review:

Christopher Arnott | Hartford Currant

War of the Worlds 2023: A Servant of Two Networks

Posted on November 30, 2023August 20, 2025 by Annie

Conceived and Directed by Jaron Aviv Hollander
The Nafe Katter Theatre
November 30 – December 10, 2023

Breaking News! Aliens have landed in Hartford, Connecticut! Why are they here, what do they want, and just how much mayhem will the resulting 24-hour news coverage incite? HG Wells’ sci-fi masterpiece The War of The Worlds meets Carlo Goldoni’s commedia dell’arte classic The Servant of Two Masters in this hilarious exploration of fear, fascination, and the power of talking heads. A wild, improv-driven adventure. With puppets!

War of the Worlds 2023 incorporates some scripted sections, but most of the dialog is improvised on the spot. Even the scripted sections may be re-interpreted and adapted. So, while much of the play will be the same night to night, some of it will be wildly different. And each performance will ultimately be a unique experience crafted by the performers and audience together in the room. Join us for this wild and very silly ride.

Sponsored by UConn’s Human Rights Institute, celebrating over 21 years of examining the most pressing human rights questions and preparing the next generation of human rights leaders.

Jaron Hollander

director

Jaron Hollander likes to find the funny. He brings to this production a wealth of experience spanning his 30-year career in circus and physical theater, including running a circus school and production company, directing more than 30 devised shows, and working at Cirque du Soleil. He is very excited to bring together all of his disciplines in to one show: theatre, clown, puppets and acrobatics.

Design & Production Team:

Puppet Designer: Jaron Hollander
Scenic Designer: Austin Kuhn
Lighting Designer: Kayo Tokuue
Costume Designer: Adrianne Williams
Sound Designer & Original Music: Jake Neighbors

Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino

The Company:

ACTORS:
Alex Winnick
Weimy Montero Candelario
Charles Rusciano
Kaitlyn Oliva
Annie Tolis
Carlos Fruzetti

PUPPETTEERS:
Jerry Harney
Melissa Carter
Thomas Tuke

Show Photography:

A collage of images from Connecticut Rep's production of "War of the Worlds 2023" comprised of actors and puppets. Two puppets speak behind a table wearing commedia style masks, four puppeteers show off purple alien creatures, one actor lifts another actor into a split in mid-air, two actors stand in colorful, puffy suits with foam wigs.

Reviews:

“…surprising, saucy, slapstick social satire.”
Christopher Arnott, The Hartford Courant

“War of the Worlds 2023… is a must-see for absurdists”
James Fitzpatrick, The Daily Campus

A Hundred Words for Snow

Posted on October 5, 2023August 20, 2025 by Annie

By Tatty Hennessy
Directed by Brendon Fox

The Nafe Katter Theatre
October 5 – 15, 2023

After her father’s unexpected death, 15-year-old Rory discovers that he was planning a trip for the two of them to the North Pole. So she picks up his ashes, her passport, and her mother’s credit card, and sets out to make good on his plans. Layered, complex and as beautiful as the snowfall, Hennessy’s play is an epic Arctic adventure about adolescence, grief, love, and about being an explorer in a melting world. Winner of the Heretic Voices Award, the Vault Origins Award and nominated for 4 Off West End Awards, A Hundred Words for Snow is directed by Brendon Fox and features guest artist Téa Guarino in her CRT debut.

“’hilarious and movingly poetic” ★★★★★ (London City Nights)
“warm, witty and wonderful” ★★★★★ (The Stage)

Brendan Fox

director

Brendan is a director, teacher, adapter and producer who has worked nationally and internationally at a number of prominent regional theaters, universities and training programs, including Prague Shakespeare Company, The Julliard School, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Long Wharf Theater, Portland Center Stage, and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

Directing credits include: LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, American Stage; LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, Prague Shakespeare Company, Colorado Shakespeare Festival; BASKERVILLE, Long Wharf Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse / Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; RELATIVELY SPEAKING, Dog Days Theatre; THE PITMEN PAINTERS, American Stage; ALABAMA STORY, Peninsula Players; PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, PlayMakers Repertory Company; ANGELS IN AMERICA (Parts One and Two), PlayMakers Repertory Company; FALLEN ANGELS, Theatre at Monmouth; SHIPWRECKED!, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with Dana Delany, Old Globe Theatre; OPUS, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland Center Stage, Peninsula Players, L.A. Theatre Works; THE LEARNED LADIES, Texas Shakespeare Festival; REBORNING, Urbanite Theatre Company, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Houston Shakespeare Festival; the L.A. premiere of THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS, Pasadena Playhouse; LOBBY HERO, FSU / Asolo Rep; LOVE’S LABORS LOST, Academy of Classical Acting; PRIVATE LIVES and THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE (LATW National Tours); AS YOU LIKE IT, Weston Theatre Company.

He holds a BS in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and an MFA in Directing from UCLA.

Téa Guarino

Equity Guest Artist

Téa Guarino is a Jersey Girl! She just recently graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts and is a proud alumna. Storytelling and adventure are near to her heart, so she is overwhelmed with gratitude to be making her professional theatre debut with this wonderful play. Thank you to Rutgers University and the amazing faculty, HCKR, Matthew Lesher and most importantly, Mom and Dad.

Design & Production Team:

Scenic Designer: Christina J. Garner
Lighting Designer: Hannah Corbett
Costume Designer: Sarita Fellows
Sound Designer: Dennis Dowding

Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino
Equity Casting: McCorkle Casting

Show Photography:

A collage of images of Guest Artist Téa Guarino from Connecticut Rep's A Hundred Words for Snow (Fall 2023) in an orange top and jeans holding her hands out, reading a book in a brown chair, and considering an urn.

Reviews:

“Téa Guarino… chisels her way through this icy expanse with grace and aplomb. The character of Rory seems frighteningly young to be having the adventures she has, except the play is largely a metaphor for coming-of-age transformations and revelations.”
-Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant

“Hannah Corbett’s Lighting and Dennis Dowding’s Sound Design provide nuance and subtlety to the play.”
“A Hundred Words for Snow, a striking production with a bravo performance by Tea Guarino.”
-Stuart Brown, Stu on Broadway

“Guarino is delightful. she has an indelible charm that is captivating and sweet.”
-Tim Leininiger, One Man’s Opinion