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Night time view of the main entrance to Palmer Auditorium.
Updated 1/31/2025

Connecticut College - onStage Series

  • Connecticut

    CT

Institution/Business Type: Cultural Series Organization

Connecticut College launched its first performing arts series in 1917 and has been a presenter every since.  The current interation, onStage at Connecticut College, presents the best in dance, music and theater. The majority of the performances we present are either classical/traditional or contemporary/progressive. Our audiences are drawn from Southeastern Connecticut and the college community. In addition to the performances the artists we present offer residency activities for the college and/or greater New London community.

Find Me

Robert Richter
Job Title: Director of Arts Programming
Phone: 860-439-5069
Fax: 860-439-2695
Address:
270 Mohegan Avenue
Campus Box 5216
New London, CT 06320
Website

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Cultural Series Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

Connecticut College

Year Founded:

1911

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Cultural Series Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

Connecticut College

Year Founded:

1911

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Theater - General
  • Music - Chamber
  • Dance - Modern / Contemporary
  • Theater - Solo / One-Person Show
  • Music - Jazz
  • Music - Orchestral

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
Seasons Active: spring, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 6

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Media Gallery

Female circus performer demonstrates a lift of a male performer in workshop.
The South African Soweto Gospel Choir standing on stage during a concert with bright colored backdrops.
Ghanaian dancer leaping in the air with one knee raised as he leads dance class with a group of students behind him.
Ghanaian musician seated outside playing his guitar with a percussionist on either side with students in the foreground.
African American musician standing at a piano while he teaches a class for students in the foreground.
There are two pianos center stage, one pianists a tall white woman with blond hair stands on the left of the pianos and the another pianist an black African man stands to the right of the pianos. The is group of students seated in an arch upstage.
The teacher of the master class stands with her back to the camera with her arms outstretched. In front of her are students standing at ballet bars with their arms out stretched and their left legs raised.
The stage is black and three male figures are illuminated along with approximately a dozen television monitors displaying the same headshot of a black man.

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • New England Presenters
  • Association of Performing Arts Presenters
  • Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition Partner
  • New England Arts Presenters

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • New England Presenters
  • Association of Performing Arts Presenters
  • Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition Partner
  • New England Arts Presenters

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient
  • New England Presenters (NEP) Member

Designated Arts Community:

  • Connecticut Service Region Member - Cultural Coalition – Southeastern CT Service Region