Dance festival, children’s shows and Family Arts Day

TORRINGTON >> Events coming up at the Warner Theatre on Main Street, Torrington, will include live dance performance, children’s shows and live music. Purchase tickets for all shows by calling the Warner Theatre Box Office at 860-489-7180 or online at www.warnertheatre.org

July 20-30: The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory will present The Nutmeg Summer Dance Festival Weekend in the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre July 29 & 30, 2016.

An eclectic performance of classical and contemporary dance repertoire performed by the talented students, graduates and guests of The Nutmeg 47th International Summer Training program. Performances are Saturday, July 29 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 30 at 12 p.m.

Aug. 19-20: The students from the WTCAE’s Summer Arts Program will present Disney’s Alice In Wonderland JR., in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre Aug. 19-20.

Travel down the rabbit hole and join Alice in her madcap adventures in Wonderland! The ever-curious Alice’s journey begins innocently enough as she chases the White Rabbit. Her adventures become increasingly more strange as she races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, raps with a bubble-blowing Caterpillar and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game. Performances are Friday, August 19 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, August 20 at 2 and 6 p.m.

Sunday Aug. 28: Come one, come all for a day of art and festivities for all ages! Join us for FAMILY ARTS DAY at the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education (WTCAE) Sunday, August 28, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Engage in fun activities such as arts and crafts, cookie decorating, face painting and more. Enjoy treats from local food vendors as well as plenty of popcorn and cotton candy. Try your hand at an interactive musical, dance or acting workshop. Watch live performances of storytelling, dance, magic and much more.

Family Arts Day gives families the chance to learn about the WTCAE’s exciting educational programs, upcoming student auditions and year-round performing arts classes for children and adults of all ages. Attendees will even receive a special discount on fall classes if they register on the spot! Admission is free. The WTCAE is located next to the Warner Theatre. For more information, please call the Education Receptionist (860) 489-7180 x 148. We hope to see YOU there!

Oct. 28-30: The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education (WTCAE) will present the sensitive and masterful play, ELEEMOSYNARY, in the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 2830, 2016.

Directed by professional theatre veteran Will Osborne and starring Warner Theatre Director of Education Isabel Carrington, WTCAE Alumna Emily Creighton, and local favorite Sarah Tames, the play is a multigenerational character study that explores the delicate – and often difficult — relationships between three generations of women from an eccentric and extraordinary family.

The title of the play comes from a word rarely heard outside of spelling bees that means “of, related to, or supported by charity.” During the course of the play, the three characters – strong willed, eccentric grandmother, Dorothea; her estranged, brilliant daughter, Artie; and Artie’s intellectually gifted daughter, Echo -- struggle to find a charitable way to relate to one another and bridge many years of alienation and estrangement. Performances are Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 860-489-7180 or online at warnertheatre.org

Proceeds from each performance will benefit the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education’s enrichment programs.