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Westport Country Playhouse offers virtual mystery mashup
Feb. 12, 2021
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Mark Shanahan and Anne Keefe, co-curators of Westport Country Playhouse’s Script in Hand Playreading series.Cynthia Astmann / Contributed photo
The Westport Country Playhouse is offering a mystery mashup with their latest Script in Hand production, “A Sherlock Carol.”
Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens are blended together in Mark Shanahan’s play to craft the virtual playreading on Feb. 22. The performance will be available online Feb. 23-28.
“It’s stunning to recall that it was almost a year to the day that we gathered to share the last Script in Hand performance at the Playhouse,” said Script in Hand co-curator Anne Keefe. “That evening in the curtain speech, I introduced Mark Shanahan, a much-loved Script in Hand regular, who was to become my co-curator for the series going forward. The pandemic put the brakes on that, but now it gives me great pleasure to introduc
CT organizations celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with lectures and performances
Andrea Valluzzo
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The New Haven Museum will offer storytelling and special dance performances as part of the Yale Peabody Museum’s 25th Annual “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice. New Haven Museum / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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A conversation with Layla F. Saad author of “Me and White Supremacy,” will be held on Jan. 17.Westport Country Playhouse / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace.” Martin Luther King Jr.