A Broken Umbrella Theatre
Productions
17 original productions. Each one inspired by a real moment in New Haven's history. Always original. Always site-specific. Always New Haven.
Revolutionary New Haven
A Revolutionary War-era tale of principle, politics, and breakfast.
Family Business: (A)Pizza Play
In A Broken Umbrella Theatre's 15th original production inspired by the culture and history of New Haven, we serve apizza.
A Slice
Inspired by the real stories of New Haven apizza pioneers.
Where the Rubber Met the Road
A story of two family legacies hitting rock-bottom and bouncing back.
Boitatá
A Broken Umbrella artists contributed Garage #4, one of ten scenes in East Rock Halloween Project's socially distanced Boitatá.
Exchange
An exploration of the physical as well as the figurative.
Made of New Haven
A Broken Umbrella Theatre's grassroots gala.
Seen Change!
Celebrating 100 years of theater at the historic Shubert New Haven.
Gilbert the Great
Leap into the technicolor world of New Haven icon A.C. Gilbert.
Freewheelers
The invention of the bicycle and the industrialization of the corset collide.
Head Over Wheels
Inspired by the moment Pierre Lallement took the first recorded 'header' over the handlebars.
The Library Project
See the public library like you have never seen her before.
Play With Matches
In the belly of a boiler room on Blake Street, Ebenezer Beecher snaps.
iMarvel
Reconnect with your inner dreamer again.
VaudeVillain
Cops and Criminals. Headlines and Handcuffs. Villains and Vaudeville.
Thunderbolt
Think you know your own neighborhood? The past is never really buried.
Short Story by a Tree
In some ways, this is where it all began.