A Broken Umbrella Theatre
Updates
First-party announcements, milestones, and notes from the ensemble.
Latest press release
A Broken Umbrella Theatre Was Everywhere at Westville Art Walk
Across Westville Art Walk weekend, A Broken Umbrella Theatre opened The Umbrella, invited visitors into the Raise the Roof campaign, staged a Revolutionary New Haven photo booth, brought news-desk energy to the Duck Race, poured with Black Hog, and closed Saturday with Up on the Downbeat and The Regicides at Coogan Pavilion.
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The Great Give 2026: New Pages, New Stages, All Ages
A Broken Umbrella Theatre is participating in The Great Give 2026 with a dollar-for-dollar board match up to $10K supporting five parts of the company.
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Raise the Roof
A Broken Umbrella Theatre launches Raise the Roof, a public matching campaign for The Umbrella after a $250,000 CIF planning grant and a $125,000 donor match.
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The Umbrella Listed for $250K CIF Planning Grant
State of Connecticut records list A Broken Umbrella Theatre for a $250,000 Community Investment Fund planning grant for The Umbrella.
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Family Business: (A)Pizza Play Opens at Next Door
Our 15th original production serves apizza history at Next Door Pizza in New Haven.
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Where the Rubber Met the Road Opens at Aquila Motors
Our 14th original production transforms a working auto shop on Whalley Avenue into a stage for two New Haven invention stories.
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A Broken Umbrella Theatre Purchases 280 Blake Street
A Broken Umbrella Theatre acquires a former dry cleaner and mechanic shop at 280 Blake Street — the future home of The Umbrella.
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Boitatá Brings The Amazon To East Rock
Arts Paper coverage of East Rock Halloween Project’s Boitatá, the multi-artist garage-to-garage Halloween production that included A Broken Umbrella Theatre artists in Garage #4.
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New Haven-based artists set out to save Halloween, create trick-or-treat live performance
WTNH television coverage of New Haven-based artists creating a trick-or-treat live performance during COVID-19.
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Theater Community Comes Together For Halloween
New Haven Independent preview coverage of Boitatá as a coalition of theater professionals creating a socially distanced East Rock Halloween experience.
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Made of New Haven: A Decade of Original Theater
A Broken Umbrella Theatre's grassroots gala at Erector Square toasted ten productions, ten years, and a city's worth of stories.
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