Write On Festival of Short Plays - Sunday April 27 at 12:30pm! Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, 297 Boston Post Rd, Madison, CT. Join the Playwrights Circle, Your Local Shoreline Playwrights, for an afternoon of original one-act plays! Free of charge.

Join us for the Guilford Poets Guild Second Thursday event October 10th featuring Dan Goldberg and Julie Fitzpatrick in a reading at the Guilford Public Library! This event is free and will kick off with an Open Mic at 6:30 and then Dan and Julie will share their poetry. The poets’ bios are below.

Julie Fitzpatrick is a writer/actor/theater teacher who has acted Off-Broadway, regionally, and in TV/short film. She is a member of The Playwrights Circle, Guilford Poets Guild & Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC. Her poetry has been published by Chariot Press, Wingless Dreamer, Poets' Choice, and Allegory Ridge. She is the author of the one woman show “77 U-Turn” & the book “Church on the Screen: A Sunday Series of Pandemic Poetry,” both of which are available at Breakwater Books. More information on Julie’s work can be found at www.juliefitzpatrick.com. 

Daniel Goldberg has been writing poetry for over 60 years. He attends many Open Mics, and has written many Ekphrastic poems. Dan has recited on Poet's Day at Guilford High School for 12 years. He enjoys saying many of his poems from memory. Dan is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.

Saturday, March 22 at 11am, Legacy Theatre, 128 Thimble Islands Rd, Branford, CT

Let’s Get Together

The Wheel Life Theatre Troupe's original devised theatre piece is an exciting and unique theatrical experience- illuminating stories and characters created by the troupe, inspired by Judy Huemann and those who developed the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). Don't miss this insider viewpoint on what it is to be human, through humor and pathos, the power of the theater makes these based-on-real-life characters palpable! Julie Fitzpatrick, Fitz Pant, Dana Canevari, Josh Greenvall, Wynter Knudsen, Sara Messore, Brooke Johnson, Annie Kleutsch, Maureen Carr comprise the Wheel Life cast for this exciting show.

Buy tickets here: https://www.legacytheatrect.org/lets-get-together

Legacy Theatre's Audition & Presentation Workshops Led By Julie Fitzpatrick

Friday mornings 10:30-noon in Madison

Are you ready for your next audition? About to give an important speech? Join Legacy Theatre's Audition & Presentation workshop and take your performance to the next level. Our audition class will help you focus on authenticity, bringing characters and text to life.
Held at the Memorial Town Hall Upper Level. Bring a water bottle.

January 17- February 21

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⭐️ Legacy Theatre’s Acting for Adults Wednesday evenings 6:30-8pm in Branford led by performer and teacher Julie Fitzpatrick

Wednesday 1/15/2025, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM - Wednesday 2/26/2025, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Explore the wide world of acting, escape into other characters, build performance and presentation skills and play a little! Adult Acting will broaden your horizons with scene work and improv exercises designed to ignite your creativity and grow confidence in a new way. The class will explore the basics of acting technique focusing on communication, authenticity, physicality, humor, vulnerability, and passion. The class is open to high school students and above. Very little experience is necessary!

https://catalog.shorelineadulted.org/CourseCatalog/ScheduleView.asp?ScheduleId=12019

Join First Congregational Church of Guilford (122 Broad St, Guilford) and the bustling community there for a Pageant to remember! Let’s tell the timeless story of Christmas, centering on the nativity scene, angels, shepherds, magi, music and prophets with bells and buoyant joy!

Julie Fitzpatrick and Deb Ruotolo direct this vibrant theatrical event at 10am at First Church Guilford!

Join us December 15th at 10am!

Join the Wheel Life Theatre Troupe for their Autumn Fall Showcase on December 7th at Legacy Theatre 128 Thimble Islands Rd in Stony Creek, Branford CT!

Our class showcase will perform at 11:30am.

Wheel Life is comprised of actors and creatives who ambulate on wheelchairs and crutches and their friends. The showcase will highlight theater games and original writing composed by the group’s members. Join us for this free and fulfilling event!

Meet Julie Fitzpatrick

during Authors in The Shop

at Guilford Art Center

Guilford Art Center is excited to welcome local author Julie Fitzpatrick to its AUTHORS IN THE SHOP series hosted by Three Chairs Publishing. For four Saturdays in November, authors will be in The Shop signing books and talking with Holiday Expo shoppers from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 30

Learn about Julie’s writing process and chat about creativity with Julie through the lens of her book Church on the Screen: A Sunday Series of Pandemic Poetry. Julie’s solo show 77 U-Turn will also be available for sale.

AUTHORS IN THE SHOP is a great opportunity to spend some one-on-one time with local authors and to get a head start on your holiday shopping. (Signed books make awesome gifts!) Refreshments will be served!

Authors in The Shop at Guilford Art Center and Holiday Expo are free and open to the public. Guilford Art Center is located at 411 Church Street, Guilford, off I-95, exit 58. The Shop is open 7 days a week, Monday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org.

First Church transforms its sanctuary into a theater to present Ordinary Days, a musical by Adam Gwon.  The show tells the story of four New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love, and cabs. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, Ordinary Days is for anyone who's ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. 

Local talent:  Amy Earls, Julie Fitzpatrick*, Michael Lindsay, and Matt Landry-McWilliams, with musical direction by Bill Speed.

*Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity

Performances:  Friday Nov. 15th 7pm, Saturday Nov. 16th 2pm & 7pm, Sunday Nov. 17th 2pm

Location: First Church Guilford, 110 Broad St., Guilford

General admission, suggested donation $20

AUTHORS IN CONVERSATION
with Julie Fitzpatrick and Jen Payne

Sunday, October 13, 5:00 p.m.
Breakwater Books (81 Whitfield Street, Guilford)

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Authors in Conversation: Poets Julie Fitzpatrick and Jen Payne Consider Sleeping with Ghosts at Breakwater Books, October 13!

Guilford performer and poet Julie Fitzpatrick returns to Breakwater Books for an Authors in Conversation event on Sunday, October 13 at 5:00 pm featuring Branford poet Jen Payne’s new book Sleeping with Ghosts. Join them for a convivial exploration of the ghosts and stories from the book. In additional to reading poems from the book, the two — who recently collaborated on Fitzpatrick’s book Church on the Screen — will no doubt talk about the creative process and the experience of making books.

Sleeping with Ghosts, published by Three Chairs Publishing, is Payne’s fifth book. Known for her meditations and musings about our outside world, she takes readers inside this time…into the heart and mind of a poet, where memories wander, hearts break, and ghosts appear in dreams. Those ghosts — her lovers, soulmates, and muses — reveal themselves slowly, chapter by chapter, in this wistfully reflective, time-traveling memoir that Branford Poet Laureate Judith Liebmann, Ph.D. calls “Beautifully crafted and luminous…an intimate and unforgettable journey of love found and lost, the joys of creativity, and the power of memory.”

Registration is required for the Breakwater event, and books will be on sale the night of the event. Please register now at tinyurl.com/ytbujx4h, or visit EVENTS on the Breakwater Books website, breakwaterbooks.net. (Please note there is a $5.50 charge to register, but on the night of the event, you will get a $5 Breakwater Bucks store credit to use any time.)

On July 22nd, siblings Julie Fitzpatrick and David Fitzpatrick will share their writing as David debuts his novel, Wolf-Boy, a coming of age tale set in 1979 Cape Cod that traverses the complexities of sexuality, mental illness, identity, relationships, art, and recovery. Julie Fitzpatrick, a writer/actor/theater teacher will read excerpts of her play “77 U-Turn” and book “church on the Screen: A Sunday Series of Pandemic Poetry” and both will discuss the impact of David’s mental illness on their family. David and Julie have a 12 year age gap, with Julie being the youngest in the family. She was only 8 years old when David had his first psychotic break. Julie has a visceral reaction, which she later reflects on in her play “77 U-Turn”. Through the years, both David and Julie turned to writing to help process their traumas, turning this tragedy into honest and compelling art. Join them at Breakwater Books in Guilford on July 22nd at 6pm for books readings and signings.

Join us Friday June 28th 6:30-8pm at the Marketplace in Guilford for an open mic! Julie Fitzpatrick is guest emcee this month and signups are at https://www.greenstageguilford.org/. Singers, musicians, comedians, poets, storytellers - all welcome.

On Sunday May 26th Julie will read from her book Church on a Screen: A Sunday Series of Pandemic Poetry from 11:15 til about 12:15 in Fellowship Hall at First Congregational Church, Guilford (122 Broad St, Guilford). Julie will read poetry, sign books, and inspire discussion about how we marked our lives during pandemic times. Join us!

Join us at Guilford High School Performing Arts Center (605 New England Rd, Guilford) for the Baldwin Middle School Variety show! Singing, dancing, tumbling, skits and more await! Performance is free and concessions will be served! Directed by Julie Fitzpatrick, performed by the Baldwin Middle School fifth and sixth graders.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that explores the complications of marriage for two couples who wrestle through the night with what is most important to them. It is a harrowing and powerful play.

Admission is free and refreshments will be served.

Place: Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St, Guilford

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024

Time: 2:00 PM

Contact: Norman-- johnbrown1859@sbcglobal.net

Thursday, April 11 at 7pm
Friday, April 12 at 7pm
Saturday, April 13 at 2pm

Let’s Get Together (Wheel Life Theatre Troupe)

Legacy Theatre’s Wheel Life Theatre Troupe presents Let’s Get Together, an original piece of devised theatre, written and performed by the Wheel Life participants. A show about the evolution of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the brave people in the ‘80s and ‘90s who brought it to pass, this entertaining and thought-provoking production boldly looks at how we can all “get together” to improve each other's quality of life -- today and always.

Guilford Poets Guild is heading to Breakwater Books on Thursday April 4th at 5pm. Breakwater has a wonderful event planned for 5pm and at 6pm, where we’ll be hearing poetry by Guild members and other local poets.

** NO REGISTRATION NEEDED TO CREATE POETRY AND LISTEN, JUST SHOW UP TO BREAKWATER BOOKS at 81 Whitfield Street in Guilford! **
A two-in-one event: an opportunity to create your own erasure/redacted poetry at your leisure starting at 5:00. Listen to local poets share their work starting at 6:00, with chances to read your own newly-created redacted poetry. Conversation, reading, poetry writing & book signing.

We are excited to be presenting some readings from The Guilford Poets Guild and other local poets.

Laura Thoma, Pat Lore and Julie Fitzpatrick will be sharing their work in Chester’s Arts and Literary Weekend at 5pm on Sunday the 11th of February at the Chester Meeting House.

Evenings at Chester Meeting House (4 Liberty Street)

• Acoustic Jam Session, Friday, starting at 6 p.m. Musicians are invited to join in this jam session. Audience members are encouraged to lend a voice, clap their hands, and dance their hearts out!

• Connecticut Storytelling Center Presents Music & Storytelling, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. This 90-minute show filled with stories and music is a benefit for the Connecticut Storytelling Center. $10 per ticket, pre-purchase at connstorycenter.org/ or at the door the night of the performance.

• Breakwater Books Presents a Series of One-Act Plays, Sunday at 5 p.m. Several Connecticut authors present their works onstage via one-act plays hosted by Breakwater Books. Meet the authors and grab their books post-show!

Join Julie for an Improv afternoon - aimed at schoolchildren, but open to all ages, this will be an hour of theatrical games and sheer fun. More info is here!

Join the Moses Gunn Players for another lively play reading at Guilford Library.

Join us at Legacy Theatre 128 Thimble Islands Rd in Branford, CT for a sharing of this wonderful troupe’s original writing and movement pieces. Comprised of performers who ambulate on crutches, wheelchairs and other ambulatory devices and their friends, the Wheel Life Theatre Troupe has written a series of monologues and movement works which will be shared at this free event. Talk back to follow.

The Moses Gunn Play Company will present a reading of THE STRONGER by August Strindberg (1849-1912), Sweden’s foremost dramatist. His work is known for showing the power one character has over another. This short play is about the love triangle of a wife, husband, and his lover. It is performed as a soliloquy in which only one character speaks and the other responds with body language. In this reading, the actors will then switch roles, and perform the short play again.

The Readers:

JULIE FITZPATRICK and PRIMI TOWNSEND

PLACE: Guilford Free Library 67 Park Street Guilford

DATE: Saturday, November 18, 2023

TIME: 2:00 PM

Contact: Norman Marshal: JohnBrown1859@sbcglobal.net

“Write On” Festival of Short Plays on Sunday, October 15 at 12:30 PM

Presented at the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society - 297 Boston Post Road, Madison CT

“Let’s Play” by Toby Armour and the Audience

“Acting 101” by Kate Gill, directed by Joy Lenters

"Rum-Antics: A Distilled Operetta" by Emma Palzere-Rae, directed by Marta Ladd

“Zephyr’s Tale” written and directed by Allan Appel

“A Show of Hands” written and directed by Peter Sonenstein

“Apples, Peaches and Prose” written and directed by Laura Thoma

“Nice Neighborhood” written and directed by Zeb Appel

“One Plus One” written and directed by Diana Insolio

“Togas & Talking in the Time of Thespis: Modern Drama's First Known Actor” written and directed by Julie Fitzpatrick

Yours in Words, by Playwright Laura Thoma will be performed as part of the GreenStage Live Arts Festival 2023 at 7pm on September 17th. Set in New York City, Yours in Words, follows the journey of two women writers with vastly different life experiences amidst a burgeoning turning point for women and invention. Lily Lamont is a daring young sapphist (lesbian) from Nebraska. Annabelle (Julie Fitzpatrick) is a famous novelist, the world knows only as A.B. Jones. After an unlikely meeting, the two women realize they have an opportunity to change the landscape of The Great White Way. To do so, they must overcome their differences and break away from the societal limitations set for women, and challenge the gender norms of the day.

Julie will be leading improv class on Tuesday July 11th from 4-5pm at Willoughby Wallace Library in Stony Creek, 146 Thimble Islands Rd Branford! We’ll play games, explore scene work and pantomime, and have some laughs! All are welcome. https://www.wwml.org/events/kids-improv-class-with-julie-fitzpatrick

Sacred Land: Songs and Poems of Resilience from Ukraine - Led by celebrated producer, conductor and actor, Marika Kuzma, this unique live performance conveys a portrait of Ukraine not limited to destruction and conflict, but as a country of great cultural beauty and breadth. Experience projected images of the varied Ukrainian landscape, paired with soulful and colorful sacred and secular choral music spanning several centuries sung by Ensemble Cherubim, and interwoven with Ukrainian poetry. The 80-minute long concert is a true celebration of Ukrainian creativity and resilience. Julie Fitzpatrick and Manu Kumasi will be the actors reciting the poetry in the event.