The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 19-25 include multiple shows that originated during or are about the 1980s. For more modern tastes, there is an afternoon of punk bands in New Haven, a night of post-hardcore in Hartford and country music star HARDY in Wallingford.
April 14, 2021
BY NANCY SASSO JANIS | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
TORRINGTON–The final installation of the virtual edition of the Warner Theatreâs ninth annual International Playwrights Festival premiered on YouTube over the weekend. Humans Lea Dmytryck and Beth Steinberg, along with stuffed dog Marla Steinberg and real dog Stella Luna Ray, star in âSaul,â a one-act play written by Colleen OâDoherty.
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Beth Steinberg is Bernie, left, and Lea Dmytryck is Nancy in the play âSaulâ at the Warner Theatre.
The playwright, who holds a master of fine arts in play and screenwriting from the University of Nebraska, shares that she wrote this piece for a friend who has been living with AIDS for many years.