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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Friday Nights at the Theater Made Easy in Westport

Friday evenings at Westport Country Playhouse will offer two special programs this season: $25 tickets to make theater more accessible for early-career and younger patrons; and childcare to enable parents to enjoy a night out.

“$25 for 35 and Under” will offer a $25 ticket price for patrons aged 35 and under for every Friday night performance during the season, beginning May 4. The specially priced tickets may be purchased online or by phone. Proof of age must be presented at the box office when picking up tickets. In addition, students and educators are eligible for 50% discounts on Playhouse tickets for all performances, Tuesdays through Sundays.
In cooperation with the Westport Weston Family Y, the Playhouse will launch a new program, “Parents’ Night Out,” on Friday, May 11. Parents may drop off their children, age five and up, at the Y, 59 Post Road East, Westport, beginning at 7:15 p.m., prior to the 8 p.m. Playhouse performance of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, “Into the Woods.” The multiple Tony Award-winning musical takes the audience to a beguiling place inspired by the Grimm fairy tales. The production is directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, and co-produced with Baltimore’s CENTERSTAGE.

Children’s activities at the Y will include gym time, swimming and crafts. At the end of the evening, there will be a movie or video game. A light snack will be provided. Parents will pick up their children at the Y beginning at 10:45 p.m.

Price for “Parents” Night Out” is $45 per person for the theater ticket, plus $22 per child for childcare. To purchase theater tickets and childcare, call the Playhouse box office at 203-227-4177. Future “Parents’ Night Out” dates will be announced

For more information or tickets,: 203-227-4177, 1-888-927-7529, visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport; www.westportplayhouse.org.
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My Bio

Lauren Yarger has written, directed and produced
numerous shows and special events for both secular and Christian audiences. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the 2000 Vermont
Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.”

Yarger trained for three years in the Broadway
League’s Producer Development Program, completed the Commercial Theater Institute's Producing Three-Day Training and produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene that toured nationally and closed with an off-Broadway
run.

She was a Fellow at the National Critics Institute at the O'Neill
Theater Center in Waterford, CT. She writes reviews of Broadway and off-Broadway theater (the only ones you can find in the US with an added Christian perspective) at http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com/. She
is editor of The Connecticut Arts Connection (http://ctarts.blogspot.com), CT Press Club's award winner of first place for web editing and second place in feature writing for the web in 2012.

She is a contributing editor for BroadwayWorld.com and is a theater reviewer for the Manchester Journal-Inquirer. She previously served as Connecticut theater editor
for CurtainUp.com and as Connecticut and New York reviewer for American Theater Web. Yarger is a book reviewer for Publishers Weekly and freelances for other sites. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

She is a freelance writer and playwright and member of The Drama Desk, The Outer Critics Circle, The American Theater Critics Association and The League of Professional Theatre Women. She served as a judge for the SDX Awards presented
by the Society of Professional Journalists. She also is a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle (awards committee).

A former newspaper editor and graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, Yarger also worked in arts management for the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts,
the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and served for nine years as the Executive Director of Masterwork Productions, Inc. She lives with her husband in West Granby, CT. They have two adult children.

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