Wethersfield, CT|Neighbor News|
Time Travel with The Annual Revolutionary War Encampment
Join Webb Deane Stevens Museum for a day of FREE family fun on May 25.
Nancy Sasso Janis was a kindergarten and first grade teacher in Naugatuck for 37 years. She grew up in Stratford and has lived in Naugatuck since the early eighties.
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 has appeared as Harriet Beecher Stowe and herself on the old-time radio program "Nutmeg Junction" on WAPJ in Torrington and other stations.
Recent credits include the role of Marty in The Golden Year's Theatre Company's 2023 production of "Grease" and a featured member of the ensemble for Newbury Musical Theatre Company's production of "Fiddler on the Roof." She recently played Blue Fairy in the Seven Angels Children's Theatre production of "Pinocchio" under the direction of Scott Kealey.
Nancy is the author of a musical for children entitled 'Lessons in Mother Goose' that she hopes to produce in the future.
She is the membership chair of the Connecticut Critics Circle, an organization that reviews Equity productions. Nancy has been working as a feature writer and theater reviewer for Waterbury's Republican-American newspaper for two years. Her weekly column "In the Wings" appears in the Thursday Weekend section of the paper.
Nancy continues to contribute theater news to local Patch sites. Follow her new Facebook page Nancy Sasso Janis: Theatre Reviewer and on Twitter @nancysjanis417.
Join Webb Deane Stevens Museum for a day of FREE family fun on May 25.
Join us for the Grand Opening of Castillo & Sons Cuisine LLC, event space & catering.
The topics discussed will be determined by YOU - our community.
Scholarship committee member Paul Singley wrote this but was unable to read it at the Awards Night because he was coaching a game.
Bring your kids and make this a fun family day!
Season will run mid-June through July for ages 4-18
Check your pets Rabies Vaccine and take advantage of this clinic if they are due.
Connecticut folk singer Frank Critelli opens.
Congratulations to All of the Keep the Arts Blooming Raffle Prize Winners.
Performers: Come showcase your talent and be part of this hauntingly captivating musical.
Now touring with a band and performing his show — A Man With Standards, O’Hurley dazzles audiences with storytelling, songs and humor.
CD Signing Event for DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Original Cast Album on May 22 at the Drama Book Shop
"THE IDEA OF YOU" FLIPS THE SCRIPT ON SOCIETY'S LOVE RULES, PASSIONATE DEBATE ABOUT LOVE, LUST, AND LABELS
He was a graduate of Wilby High School and worked numerous jobs until becoming disabled. He enjoyed fishing, cooking, and working on cars.
MARY JANE Starring Academy Award and Tony Award Nominee Rachel McAdams Must Close June 30
Full Cast Announced for The World’s Cassette Library Presented as part of The Stage Door Foundation’s Broadway Workroom Series
He graduated from Woodland Regional High School and planned to pursue a career in Public Safety as a Police Officer.
She worked for many years in the deli department at Finast Supermarket in Naugatuck and then went on to be a bookkeeper.
For the 16th year, Quinnipiac University asked students to “Be kind! Leave your food behind!”
THE 21st SEVEN ANGELS HALO AWARDS ARE COMING TO WATERBURY’S PALACE THEATER ON MAY 28, 29 and 30