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The Smokestack
446A BlakeSt, New Haven, CT
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Rain or shine!
Theatre is heated.
FREE
parking on site.
When
- October 21-23
- October 28-30
- November 4-6
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 3pm & 7pm
Sundays: 3pm* & 7pm
Tickets
Reserved Tickets: $20
(Limited Availability)
Walk-Up Tickets:
$15 adult; $10 student
First come, first served at the Smokestack, 1 hour prior to the start of each performance
*Pay-What-You-Can:
Sundays at 3pm
In the belly of a boiler room on Blake Street, Ebenezer Beecher snaps.
The year is 1888. Or is it?
Play With Matches
This fall, a new Halloween drama called PLAY WITH MATCHES will haunt the old warehouse at 446A Blake Street in Westville. Researched and developed by A Broken Umbrella Theatre with playwright Jason Patrick Wells and director Ian Alderman, PLAY WITH MATCHES tells the story of the quirky New Haven inventor Ebenezer Beecher, who ignited a spark that would set the world ablaze with his automated matchstick machine.
Toss aside a matchbook lately? Need to light some birthday candles quickly? Beecher’s Diamond Match Company is the reason you didn’t even have to think twice about how to ignite that flame. This show takes you back to 1852, when a mansion called Blonstone stood where the Mitchell Library is today. Filled with secrets, not yet with books, the building knew that progress has a price.