Historic Theatre Tour

Unique Opportunity: Tour the Legendary White Barn Theatre
 
The Westport Historical Society is sponsoring a tour of the White Barn Theatre, on Saturday, May 12 from  2-4 pm. This theatre is one of Westport's hidden treasures, a glorious performance space that will take you back 60 years. Founded in 1947, in a former horse barn, by legendary impressario Lucille Lortel, the White Barn Theatre was known for its controversial productions and for giving many celebrated actors their start, including Peter Falk and Geoffrey Holder. Eva La Gallienne, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were regular guests for plays by Athol Fugard, Bertolt Brecht and Tennessee Williams. This event is part of the Westport Historical Society's "Destination Westport" tour series. The White Barn Theatre property is presently owned by Connecticut Friends School.

Leading the Tour will be Mark Graham, former general manager of the White Barn Theatre, and Peter Ling, a professional stage designer, who will detail the theatre's lively past as well as future plans. This unique tour experience will give you a flavor of what it was like when this theatre was in operation, with many historically accurate details on display and brought to life. In addition to the tour, there will be a staged reading, as well as refreshments in the garden where the Lortel’s private residence still stands.

Tickets are $10 (a donation to the Westport Historical Society). Advance registration is required and may be reserved by calling the Westport Historical Society at 203 222-1424. For more information, visit: www.westporthistory.org. Tour participants will meet at the White Barn Theatre on the Connecticut Friends School campus at 440 Newtown Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851.
Directions from the internet and GPS devices can be confusing! Call 203 762 9860 for accurate directions, or visit:
http://www.ctfriendsschool.org/directions.php (then scroll down for directions to the WHITE BARN CAMPUS)

For more information about Connecticut Friends School, an independent school for ages 15 months – Grade 8, please visit www.CTFriendsSchool.org, call 203 762 9860, and email info@CTFriendsSchool.org. Connecticut Friends School is the only Quaker elementary and middle school in Connecticut, and combines outstanding academics, arts and outdoor leadership programs with the Quaker values of simplicity, peaceful problem-solving, and mutual respect. At CFS, we want our students to be successful – happy, well adjusted, passionate, inquisitive, capable, intelligent, able to think and question, and able to excel in our society and world. CFS students engage in serious work in a joyous atmosphere, and hail from Wilton, Westport, New Canaan, Norwalk, Darien, Stamford, Ridgefield, Redding and other local communities in Fairfield and Westchester counties. The main campus is at 317 New Canaan Road/Route 106 in the Silvermine area of Wilton. Limited spaces remain in some grades for September 2012; please call to arrange a tour of the school.