NVCC Theater To Offer Trio Of Plays For Kids

WATERBURY — New Zenith Theatre, the Naugatuck Valley Community College theater company dedicated to performances for young audiences, will perform a trio of one-act plays over the weekend of October 12-14 that are geared for children age 10 and older.

“A Showcase of Shorts” will include Cyrano by the Belgian director and writer Jo Roets; Puck’s Dream, an adaptation from Shakespeare by New Zenith artistic director Ed Wierzbicki; and The Diary of Adam & Eve, a musical adapted from the Mark Twain short story by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock.

“A Showcase of Shorts” will be performed at 7:30 pm each night in the Mainstage theater at NVCC, located at 750 Chase Parkway. There will also be a matinee on Saturday, October 14, at 11 am.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and children. Proceeds will benefit New Zenith’s upcoming exchange program this fall to Stockholm, Sweden, where the actors will perform their roles, and participate in an educational and cultural exchange with students from the Fredericka Bremer School.

Immediately following each performance, the actors will conduct a “talk back” session so the audience may learn more about the plays, New Zenith and the theater company’s exchange program. New Zenith performers come from across the Litchfield County area and beyond.

For further information or to reserve tickets, contact Ed Wierzbicki at 203-575-8038.