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“Lord Of The Flies”: Powerful Drama Set For Staples Stage
Staples High School’s Black Box Theater is an intimate space. With a movable stage and seating, it’s been the setting for memorable shows like “Twelve Angry Men,” “The Laramie Project” and “The Diary...
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Christopher Lloyd: Back To The Future — And To Staples Players’ Past
Westporters love Staples Players. Since 1958, the high school drama troupe has produced hundreds of musicals, dramas, Shakespeare plays, even an original anti-war show that won national awards and...
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Roundup: Parks & Rec Programs, Cell Tower, Tom Haberstroh …
Online registration for Westport Parks & Recreation Department programs begins next Wednesday (September 6, 9 a.m.). Click here to see all offerings (not yet viewable, however). Click here to...
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Roundup: Cottage Cluster Housing, RTM Rules, Bill Mitchell …
On Monday (7 p.m., Zoom), the Planning & Zoning Commission will review text amendment application #835, for Cottage Cluster Developments. The amendment would create an opportunity for 100%...
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Roundup: Long Lots Meeting, Restaurant Week, I-95 Closures …
The Long Lots School Building Committee meets tomorrow (Thursday, October 5, 6 p.m.). In anticipation of a large crowd — and the expectation of a vote on which recommendation to submit to 1st...
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All Are Welcome At Staples Players’“Prom”
Sure, it’s mid-autumn. But Staples High School is putting on a prom. And the entire town is invited. ‘The Prom” is Staples Players’ fall musical. It’s a hilarious, clever, dance-filled show with great...
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Roundup: Israel, Agent Orange, Veterans Day …
A concerned Westporter, who asks to remain anonymous, writes: “During its October 7 terrorist invasion of Israel, Hamas and its allies kidnapped 240 hostages. Americans, Israelis and citizens of many...
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Roundup: Broadway In Westport, Compo Vandals, Pickleball …
After successfully producing “An Evening With Justin Paul, Kelli O’Hara and James Naughton” at the Westport Country Playhouse, what can Ben Frimmer do for an encore? Why not another great show? The...
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Roundup: Firefighters’ Coat Drive, “Wiz” Revival, Jackson Cregan’s Project …
The Westporter Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation thanks the community for their generous donation: nearly 1 ton of coats and other winter items. Last week, firefighters packed and...
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Roundup: Fatto A Mano, Sustainable Westport, Clay Singer …
Last January, “06880” introduced Fatto a Mano to the world. Since then, Pierluigi Mazzella’s bakery (whose name means “made by hand” in Italian) has risen faster than the sourdough bread, focaccia,...
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Roundup: Compo Playground Logo Contest, israeli Hostages, Lynda Bluestein …
As the Compo Beach playground renovation project kicks into high gear, young artists have a chance to help. And win a $100 Amazon gift card. Students in kindergarten through 5th grade who live in...
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Roundup: Justin Paul, Malachy McCourt, Jackson Pollock …
Staples is not the only high school to produce “James and the Giant Peach.” But it may be the only one whose cast spent a full afternoon with the composer, as they prepare for the opening curtain. Then...
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Staples Players Produce A Peach Of A Show
Staples Players directors David Roth and Kerry Long have had some challenging sets before. They’ve created a New York neighborhood for “West Side Side Story,” a dystopian world for “Urinetown,” and the...
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Roundup: Club 203, IRS, Madelyn Spira …
Club 203 doubles the fun at their next monthly get-together. On tap for Westport’s social club for adults with disabilities: speed friending and karaoke. Both events are set for April 24 (6:30 to 8...
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Roundup: Parking Limits, Women’s Rights, Minute Man Race …
Enforcement of downtown parking limits — suspended 4 years ago, during COVID — begins again May 1. The good news: They’re now 3 hours, up from the previous 1 and 2 hours. (One exception: Post Road East...
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Staples Players Set A “Trap”
You never know what you’ll get, at a Staples Players Black Box production. In years past the award-winning, near-professional high school drama troupe has ended the season with a thought-provoking...
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Now Starring …
The other day, Playbill ran a story about “Broadway Senior.” The program — a counterpart to Broadway Junior, which adapts and licenses shows for middle schools, in age-appropriate ways — offers...
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Roundup: WTF Harvest Fest, PAL Golf, EMS Band-Aid …
One of the hottest — and coolest — tickets in town is for Harvest Fest. The annual Wakeman Town Farm event — their biggest fundraiser of the year — is set for September 14 (6 p.m.). Held at the Farm...
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Roundup: Michael Rapaport; Elf; Ballots …
Michael Rapaport is well known across the country, as an actor, advocate and comedian. Westporters know him as our neighbor. On September 15, we won’t have to travel far to hear him speak. He won’t...
View Article“06880” Podcast: David Roth & Kerry Long
David Roth and Kerry Long are co-directors of Staples Players. That’s our local high school drama troupe. But if you’ve ever been to a Players show — and if you haven’t, why not?! — you know it is...
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