Exchange
An exploration of the physical as well as the figurative.
EXCHANGE comes to life in October during City-Wide Open Studios. We will present two performances per day on each of three Open Studios weekends: Westville Weekend October 7 & 8 446A Blake Street, New Haven Armory Weekend October 14 & 15 290 Goffe Street, New Haven (in the Muster Hall) Erector Square Weekend UPDATE: Shows on Sunday, October 29 have been canceled due to weather. City-wide Open Studios will still take place indoors at Erector Square. October 28 & 29 315 Peck Street, New Haven Performances take place at 12:30pm & 4:30pm. All performances are free and open to all! Seating is first-come, first-served; standing room is plentiful.
Part story gathering, part performance piece, Exchange presented two shows per day on three Open Studios weekends — Westville (446A Blake St.), Armory (290 Goffe St.), and Erector Square (315 Peck St.) — treating the city itself as both subject and stage.
First Telephone Exchange
New Haven hosts the world's first telephone exchange, connecting people through a new civic technology.
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Press & Reviews
View all coverage →Feature on Exchange as a City-Wide Open Studios commission rooted in the history of New Haven’s telephone exchange.
The Operator Will Connect You Now
Coverage of Exchange and its collection of phone memories, switchboard history, and intergenerational New Haven stories.
City Connects To Telephonic History
Development coverage of Exchange, the Mobile Story Exchange, and public story-gathering around New Haven phone history.
A Broken Umbrella troupe plugging into local history for next project, Exchange
