CRT Production History 1990’s
The 1990s seasons blended musical classics with literary works, ensuring both entertainment and academic rigor. Productions included Cole, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well…, and Yours, Anne, reflecting CRT’s commitment to thoughtful, diverse programming. It continued to educate through practice, maintaining its mission of blending student learning with professional production.
In 1996, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) was established—officially institutionalizing CRT’s puppetry legacy and preserving Frank Ballard’s vast collection of over 1,500 puppets and educational artifacts. BIMP’s founding transformed CRT’s contributions from active puppet productions into a public museum and academic resource, marking a major institutional milestone.
In 1998, CRT won multiple Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Musical for Man of La Mancha and Outstanding Set Design for The Miser.
1990-1991
Main Stage Series
Lysistrata
The Lady from Maxim’s
The Threepenny Opera
The Marriage of Bette & Boo
The Memorandum
We Are Your Sisters
Nutmeg Summer Series
Kiss Me Kate
The 1940’s Radio Hour
Chapter Two
1991-1992
Main Stage Series
Christopher Columbus
Medea
School for Wives
Much Ado About Nothing
Burn This
Well Wishes
1992-1993
Main Stage Series
Twelfth Night
Quilters
A Christmas Carol
A Streetcar Named Desire
Studio Works Series
Out of the Ruins
My Children! My Africa!
Nutmeg Summer Series
The Fantasticks
Tintypes
Same Time, Next Year
1993-1994
Main Stage Series
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Fences
Our Town
Into the Woods
Studio Works Series
Puppetmaster of Lodz
The Art of Dining
Nutmeg Summer Series
A Chorus Line
Lend Me a Tenor
The Belle of Amherst
1994-1995
Main Stage Series
Three Sisters
Fiddler on the Roof
Open Window
Tartuffe
Studio Works Series
The Servant of Two Masters
Misalliance
Nutmeg Summer Series
Anything Goes
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Rumors
1995-1996
Main Stage Series
Children’s Hour
Three Musketeers
Grapes of Wrath
CT Yankee
Studio Works Series
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Stages
Nutmeg Summer Series
Cabaret
1996-1997
Main Stage Series
Dancing at Lughnasa
Merry Wives of Windsor
Hair
Bright Room Called Day
Studio Works Series
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Iphigenia
Nutmeg Summer Series
The Pirates of Penzance
Company
You Can’t Take It With You
1997-1998
Main Stage Series
King Lear
The Miser
She Loves Me
Six Degree of Separation
Studio Works Series
Simpatico
The Maids
Nutmeg Summer Series
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Big River
Man of La Mancha
1998-1999
Main Stage Series
A Girl’s Life
Ah! Wilderness
Arcadia
The Boys Next Door
Studio Works Series
A Sense of Place
Featherless Angels
Nutmeg Summer Series
Over Here
Carousel
Eastville
1999-2000
Main Stage Series
Hamlet
Lovers and Executioners
Jesus Christ Superstar
Angels in America: Perestrioka
Studio Works Series
Love’s Fire
The Bell
Nutmeg Summer Series
A Little Night Music
Once on this Island
Forever Plaid
CRT BOX OFFICE | 860-486-2113 | crtboxoffice@uconn.edu