Brookfield Theatre Gallery Opening
The paintings of three popular local artists will be featured in Brookfield Theatre Gallery, an updated addition to the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, as it celebrates its 60th anniversary season.
A variety of oil paintings by Dorothy Calio of Oxford and Anne Marie Foran and Roberta Shea of Newtown will highlight the inaugural event. The Gallery opens on March 3rd. There will also be an Artists’ Reception on Saturday, March 11th between 2 and 4 pm, which will provide an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists.
The three women have won numerous awards and their works appear in numerous galleries and private collections. Dorothy Calio paints frequently in bold abstracts and has had a diverse career ranging from advertising design to fashion illustration. Anne Marie Foran is noted for her vivid use of color and was recently awarded first prize in the Members’ Exhibition at the Washington Art Association. Robert Shea, with her rich Irish heritage, often paints vast, open landscapes, combining a sense of place with imagined scenes and memories.
Commemorating the Brookfield Theatre’s six decades of bringing arts to the community is also a stunning revival of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer-prize winning drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which premiers on Friday, March 3rd at 8 pm. The play is directed by Jeanine A. DeFalco and stars Anna Fagan, James Wilding, Will Jeffries and Monica O’Brien in the leading roles.
“For our 60th anniversary, we have rededicated ourselves to being an open and welcoming place for creativity,” said its president, Lou Okell. To everyone who appreciates fine art and compelling theater that welcome is extended.
Brookfield Theatre is located at 184 Whisconier Rd (Rt 25), Brookfield, CT 06804, behind the Brookfield Library.
