Announcing the Connecticut Repertory Theatre 2023-2024 Season

STORRS, CT – Connecticut Repertory Theatre announces our 2023-2024 season, featuring four dynamic productions celebrating love, laughter and the resilience of the human spirit.

A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW
By Tatty Hennessy
Directed by Brendon Fox
October 5 – 15, 2023
The Nafe Katter Theatre
After her father's unexpected death, 15-year-old Rory discovers that he was planning a trip for the two of them to the North Pole. So she picks up her passport, his ashes, and her mother’s credit card, and sets out to make good on his plans. An epic Arctic adventure about adolescence, grief, love, and about being an explorer in a melting world. Featuring Equity guest artist Téa Guarino.

WAR OF THE WORLDS 2023
By Jaron Hollander
Directed by Jaron Hollander
November 30 – December 10, 2023
The Nafe Katter Theatre
It’s 2023, and the Martians have landed in Connecticut. Why are they here, what do they want, and just how much mayhem will our 24-hour news coverage of their arrival incite? HG Wells’ sci-fi masterpiece The War of The Worlds meets Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters in this hilarious science-fiction-meets-commedia dell’arte mash-up. With puppets! A world premiere.

A DOCTOR’S DILEMMA
Adapted and directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw
March 21 – 30, 2024
The Nafe Katter Theatre
A doctor who has discovered a lifesaving cure must make an impossible decision: with only one
lifesaving dose remaining and two people in need, whom should he save? A scalpel-sharp satirical examination of the medical establishment, love and the value of art.

THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
April 18 – 28, 2024
The Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
Cheer on 6 eclectic mid-pubescent bee contestants as they vie for the coveted county championship and struggle to avoid the soul-crushing ‘ding’ of the elimination bell. Winning isn’t everything and losing does not necessarily make you a loser. A hilarious and endearing Tony Award-winning musical.

Flex Passes are on sale now and available online 24/7 at crt.uconn.edu, via email at crtboxoffice@uconn.edu, or by phone at 860.486.2113. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy all that CRT has to offer this season, including four fabulous productions, post-show talkbacks, opening night celebrations, opportunities to meet the artists, and other special events throughout the year.