Theatre Fairfield Announces New Season

FAIRFIELD, CT - Theatre Fairfield’s schedule for the upcoming season has been announced.

The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse, October 20-24, 2021, Wien Black Box Theatre

Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in this wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month. "The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting from expert farceurs."- The New York Times https://www.concordtheatricals...

Project X, devised by Theatre Fairfield, December 2, 4, 5, 2021, Wien Black Box Theatre

This is an original piece that investigates race and privilege at Fairfield University, but also reflects America's 21st century struggle with race and social justice. Project X is intended to provoke empathy, while promoting frank and respectful dialogue. Project X is the 2021 entry in TF's biennial Theatre in the Raw: The Lucille Lortel Festival of New Works, funded by a generous donation from Ms. Lortel. https://www.theatre-fairfield....

Independent Project, our annual student-produced piece. January 21-23, 2022, Wien Black Box Theatre

What play will they do? That's up to our students. Previous Indy Projects have included Woman & Scarecrow, Rabbit Hole, Proof, Constellations, Doubt: A Parable, A Kid Like Jake, The Shape of Things, Gruesome Playground Injuries, How I Learned to Drive, and Speech & Debate. Generously sponsored by the Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation. https://www.theatre-fairfield....

Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen, April 6-10, 2022, Wien Black Box Theatre

This isn't your grandmother's Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. Literature's greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what else turns us into great fools...than the high-stakes game of love? “A laugh-out-loud adaptation.... This P&P has comedy at its heart, but regarding the treatment of women, it shows us enough unsettling similarities between the 18th century and now to make us pause thoughtfully between laughs.” – TheaterMania.com. https://www.dramatists.com/cgi...