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Updated 4/24/2024

ODDFELLOWS PLAYHOUSE YOUTH THEATER

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    CT

Institution/Business Type: School of the Arts

Oddfellows Playhouse is a nonprofit youth theater and performing arts organization, founded in 1975, that serves central CT young people, ages 1 -20, and the larger community, through year-round classes, performances, events, neighborhood-based troupes, and community-building and -bridging activities. We believe that access to high-quality arts experiences is a fundamental right. Throughout its history, Oddfellows has remained committed to artistic excellence and social change. The Playhouse’s mission has three parts: 1) an artistic dimension to provide high-quality theater by and for young people; 2) an educational dimension to promote the growth of young people--in skills, knowledge, and self-confidence--through the performing arts; and 3) a social action dimension to offer opportunities especially to underserved and at-risk youngsters to promote the development of a genuinely multiracial, multicultural society. Individual Playhouse programs must address at least one of these broad goals; Playhouse activities as a whole must address all three.

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Dic Wheeler (He/Him)
Job Title: Executive Artistic Director
Phone: 860-347-6143
Fax: 860-343-1592
Address:
Oddfellows Playhouse
128 WASHINGTON STREET
Middletown, CT 06457-2820

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

School of the Arts

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

1975

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

School of the Arts

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

1975

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Literary Arts - Spoken Word

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Community Arts
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Theater Technical Production
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Film Showings
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 27

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Families
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • People with Disabilities

Languages Available:

  • Spanish
  • English
  • German

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • American Youth Circus Organization
  • New Haven Arts Council
  • Shoreline Arts Alliance
  • Connecticut Drama Association
  • Connecticut After-School Network

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • American Youth Circus Organization
  • New Haven Arts Council
  • Shoreline Arts Alliance
  • Connecticut Drama Association
  • Connecticut After-School Network

Awards

Awards:

  • New York Life National Summer Learning Award, 2018

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Designated Arts Community:

  • Connecticut Service Region Member - Shoreline Arts Alliance Service Region