After a long, tiresome drive from New Jersey, we were happy to arrive in Westport, CT, and even happier to stay at the super comfy Westport Inn. With its plush robes, Aveda products, five pillows per bed and some of the most comfortable mattresses you will ever sleep on, I knew that it would be easy to get a good night’s sleep for our Fairfield performances.
Situated on the Gold Coast of Connecticut, on the Long Island Sound, Fairfield, CT, has some of the most notably affluent neighborhoods in the country. Due to its extremely low crime rates, Fairfield was ranked in 2006 by Money magazine as the 9th best place to live in the US and the best place to live in the Northeast. This “dogwood capital of the world” is also the home of the corporate headquarters of General Electric. Given its storybook-like appeal, several movies have been filmed in Fairfield, including the 2008 Kate Winslet/Leonardo DiCaprio film, Revolutionary Road, and the infamous 1975 pic, The Stepford Wives. Notable natives and residents of Fairfield include Charles Lindbergh, Hume Cronyn, Jason Robards, Justin Long and Meg Ryan.
Over a period of two days, we performed four shows at the Kelley Theatre at the Quick Center, located on the campus of beautiful Fairfield University. This 750-seat venue opened in 1990. All four of our performances were well-attended and went well. As a matter of fact, all of our Connecticut performances have had good attendance. Connecticut really seems to love Tomie dePaola and Strega Nona!
At one of our shows, one of our castmates, Jess, had about twenty members of her family in the audience. Although they were there primarily for her, it was nice to feel such a warm and supportive presence in the audience, rooting for our little production.
We are in the home stretch, blog readers! Back to Lowell, MA, to make up two performances, and then we get to travel back home for a few days of well-deserved rest and relaxation. Several winter storms are in the forecast, so I am keeping my fingers crossed again that the weather will cooperate and allow us both to perform and journey safely home.
Next stop – back to Durgin Hall in Lowell, MA. Until the next adventure…
Ciao!
XOXO-
Janine
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