Nancy Sasso Janis has been a kindergarten and first grade teacher for 35 years. She grew up in Stratford and has lived in Naugatuck since the early eighties. She is the mother of three sons. Nicholas is 34, Adam is a 2014 graduate of Kaynor Tech and Christian is a 2016 graduate of the Waterbury Arts Magnet School (WAMS) attending Western CT State University.
Nancy has long been a patron of the arts. She can often be seen singing in various churches and occasionally on TV on the daily Celebration of the Eucharistic on WCCT-TV. She got a lead harmony vocals and creation credit on a CD recorded by singer/songwriter Robert Jones entitled 'Above Here.'
She also frequents local theaters for a wide variety of productions. Nancy secured her first acting credit when she appeared in the 2006 Maple Hill production of Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr. under the direction of Dave Gardino. She played the lead role of a brand new teacher renamed Pearl Morton and performed the final song Interjections. More recent credits include Martha in the Phoenix Stage Company production of The Last Supper: A Musical Enactment in March 2012 and Maria and Meg in Bad Auditions by Bad Actors in the PSC-produced reader's theatre at the Whittemore Library (May 2012.) She recently appeared as Harriet Beecher Stowe and herself on the old-time radio program 'Nutmeg Junction' on WAPJ in Torrington and other stations.
Nancy is the author of a musical for children entitled 'Lessons in Mother Goose' that she hopes to produce in the future.
Nancy continues to contribute theatre news to local Patch sites. She is a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle, an organization that reviews Equity productions. Follow her new Facebook page Nancy Sasso Janis: Theatre Reviewer and on Twitter @nancysjanis417
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The church is located at 81 Center Road in Woodbridge.
Visitation will be held on Sunday May 30, 2021 from 12-3 p.m. at the Naugatuck Valley Memorial/Fitzgerald-Zembruski Funeral Home
