THE HEARTH tells the stories of women. We nurture and celebrate female and non-binary artists (playwrights, directors, actors, and designers) and develop plays that represent the complex and vast spectrum of womanhood.

Westport Country Playhouse will present the under-the-sea musical “Nugget and Fang,” based on the popular book by Tammi Sauer, as part of its Family Festivities Series on Sunday, January 21, at 1 and 4 p.m. Produced by ArtsPower, the one-hour production is appropriate for grades Pre-K through 3.  Tickets are $20.

Long Wharf Theatre (LWT), in collaboration with Yale Repertory Theatre, is hosting the New Haven Regional August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC). Schools throughout the New Haven area will compete to send two winners on an all-expense paid trip to the National Competition in NYC where they will perform on a Broadway stage, see a Broadway play and have a chance to win college scholarships.

Hartford Stage is one of twenty nonprofit arts organizations nationwide selected to participate in the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s Catalyzing Creative Aging Program. This new multi-phase project, created in collaboration with Lifetime Arts, will support participating organizations in developing innovative, skills-based arts education programming for older adults.

This 1960's French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent "layovers." He keeps "one up, one down, and one pending" until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and Bernard's apartment, at the same time.

Broken At Love is centered around idealistic Vivienne “Vivie” Taylor, who gets the rare chance to meet her celebrity crush - professional tennis player Holden Gregory and her life is turned upside down as a result. What starts as a crush turns into much more with friends, family, and competing love interests further complicating things along the way. 

Prior to the Off-Broadway premiere of Jerry Springer-The Opera, co-creatorRichard Thomas (Music, Book, Lyrics; Book & Additional Lyrics by Stewart Lee) and director John Rando discuss the process behind this gleefully profane musical that outrageously celebrates the ritual of public humiliation and redemption. Cast members perform highlights, illuminating the chaos and unrestrained id of our times. 

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Indecent by Paula Vogel. The play received its world premiere in the fall of 2015 in a co-production of Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse. Indecent had its New York premiere at the Vineyard Theatre in April 2016, and later opened on Broadway in April 2017 to critical acclaim, receiving three nominations for the 71st Annual Tony Awards in 2017 and winning two, including Best Direction of a Play.