The White Barn Theatre was a theater founded in 1947 by actress and producer Lucille Lortel on her property in the Cranbury neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut. The theater premiered numerous plays by established playwrights that often continued to successful Broadway and Off-Broadway runs.
Lortel founded the theater on her 18.4-acre (74,000 m2) estate at the corner of Cranbury Road and Newtown Avenue. The property is in both Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, with about 15.5 acres (63,000 m2) in Norwalk and 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) in Westport.[1] The location was sometimes referred to as Westport, which has more theater than Norwalk. Lortel later donated much of her memorabilia to the Westport Public Library.
The theater was created from an old horse barn on the estate, and seated 148.[2] Lortel's aim was to present unusual and experimental plays, promote new playwrights, composers, actors, directors and designers, and to help established artists develop new directions outside of commercial theater.[3]
^"Governor Rell Presents $6.8 Million for Open Space Grants in 24 Communities" State of Connecticut, Governor M. Jodi Rell Papers. November 17, 2005. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
^"The Arboretum" Religious Society of Friends (Wilton, Connecticut) newsletter, May 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
^Biography Lucille Lortel Foundation. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
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