TAO IN THE NEWS


THEATER PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS TRANSFORMING NARRATIVES INTO ORIGINAL SCRIPTS

The Newtown Bee - January 30, 2024

Theater teacher and local resident Beth Young launched a ten-week Theater Program for Adults at C.H. Booth Library on January 22.
The class, according to program notes, will help students “to develop their storytelling abilities, transforming their narratives into captivating scripts.”

 
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SINGING AND DANCING ‘EVERY LITTLE THING,’ SUNDAY WITH INSIDEOUT

The Newtown Bee - June 7, 2019

Last Sunday, Theatre Arts & Opportunities Foundation’s InsideOut Youth Theater program, from Bridgeport, traveled to Brookfield to see Annie Jr, a performance by The Brookfield Theatre for the Arts Spotlight Program. They were enthralled and inspired.

 
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CHANNEL 12 NEWS INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH YOUNG

News 12 CT - July 12, 2018

 
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SUNDAY AT THE LITTLE THEATRE: CREATIVE YOUTH PRODUCTIONS-THEATRE ARTS & OPPORTUNITIES SPECIAL EVENT PLANNED

The Newtown Bee - April 25, 2018

Creative Youth Productions (CYP) and the Mentoring From The Inside Out program are joining forces in a production at The Little Theatre of Newtown on Sunday, April 29, at 2 pm.

 
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INMATES THRIVE IN THEATRE PROGRAM IN NEWTOWN

Newstimes - October 28, 2017

Five actors stand at the front of a white-painted room on a makeshift stage, its boundaries marked with duct tape on the floor. This is their first run-through of a 10-page play called “Night Court,” and the actors are already getting into character.

 
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GARNER PLAYERS: CONNECTING AS ACTORS AND PLAYWRIGHTS SHARING A PURPOSE

The Newtown Bee - June 3, 2017

When asked a few years ago by an inmate working in the library about the possibility of holding theater classes, Garner Correctional Institution Librarian Mark Aldrich latched onto the idea and ran with it.