Hole in the Wall Theater

The day is finally here! On May 17 at 8 p.m., the CT Improv Cage Match comes to a close for the season at Playhouse On Park! In this outrageous competition, the final two reigning improv teams battle head-to-head and the audience decides the winner!...

The 2012-2013 season at New Britain’s Hole in the Wall Theater — its 40th — kicks off in September with the Jean Giraudoux’ “The Madwoman of Chaillot.” Matty Skwiot directs the show which runs Fridays and Saturdays,...

I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti June 1-July 8, $17-$76, TheaterWorks, 233 Pearl St., Hartford, (860) 527-7838, theaterworkshartford.org.   When Hartford-based playwright Jacques Lamarre spotted Giulia Melucci's memoir I Loved, I Lost, I Made...

Diana's Pool One of the must-see attractions in eastern Connecticut is Diana's Pool in Chaplin, along the beautiful Natchaug River. This fishing, kayaking and hiking spot is also popular as a destination because of its sheer beauty. An almost rite of...

For two nights, New Britain's Hole in the Wall Theater hosts this improvisational comedy show based on the disaster films of the 1970s. Even if you don't know them by heart — classic films like "The Towering Inferno," "The Poseidon Adventure,"...

The Demon Weed. It's at the center of Reefer Madness, a musical satire based on the 1936 anti-weed propaganda flick that found a second life as a comedy, in which Mary Lane (played by Stephanie Layne, pictured) gets hooked up by Ralph (Matthew Benjamin...

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In Lee Blessing's Independence, opening on Friday, Kess (Dana Howard of Willington, second from left) returns home to Iowa after four years on her own after being called home by her sister Jo (East Haven's Sarah Potucek, far right). Their mother (Dawn...

In Yasmina Reza's Life X 3, two couples act out three different interpretations of the dinner from hell, as Hubert and wife Inez show up early (by a full day) to the home of Henry and Sonia. It gets worse, much worse: there's nothing to eat, although lots...

An editor works with a fire chief who's struggling to write eulogies for team members lost on 9/11 in Anne Nelson's The Guys, based on a true story and presented at Hole in the Wall Theater in honor of the 10-year anniversary of that tragic day. After the...