January 2020
The Umbrella Stage Company Presents Hundred Days
HUNDRED DAYS is an uncensored, exhilarating and heartrending true story about embracing uncertainty, taking a leap and loving as if you only had 100 days to live. A luminous musical memoir scored to anthemic folk music, HUNDRED DAYS shines a light in the darkness and is “ablaze with the ephemeral nature of life and love.” Staged in our Black Box, this intimate and engaging concert-musical is the perfect vehicle to highlight the versatility of our new home.
Find out more »Exhibition: A Change in Atmosphere
A group ceramic art exhibition celebrating contemporary atmospheric firing of New England, juried by Trevor Youngberg. A Change in Atmosphere is a juried group exhibition representing works that have been fired with Wood, Salt, Soda, Pit, Sagger, or Raku processes. Juried by Trevor Youngberg, the art selected for the exhibition embodies the current trends or movements being developed in the world of clay. The exhibition showcases ceramics artists who utilize fire and atmosphere as a way to explore the surfaces…
Find out more »February 2020
Free Family Art Day & Summer Art Camp Open House
Creativity has no age limit! Free Family Art Days at The Umbrella Arts Center are a great opportunity for families to be creative together and to enjoy art in a fun and affordable way. In this program, families will engage in art-making activities designed and taught by talented art instructors. Projects use a variety of art materials, professional artist tools, and mediums, and may incorporate seasonal themes throughout the year. By design, projects take between 30-45 minutes. It is a…
Find out more »March 2020
The Umbrella Stage Company Presents Bent
Profound and provocative, BENT is the story of courage and survival in the face of extreme hate and circumstance. Set in 1930’s Berlin where homosexuality is viewed as worse than being Jewish, Max and Rudy attempt to flee before being caught by Nazi soldiers. Strikingly relevant, global, and moving, BENT will keep audiences thinking and talking about the experience of it long after the lights come down.
Find out more »Free Family Art Day
Creativity has no age limit! Free Family Art Days at The Umbrella Arts Center are a great opportunity for families to be creative together and to enjoy art in a fun and affordable way. In this program, families will engage in art-making activities designed and taught by talented art instructors. Projects use a variety of art materials, professional artist tools, and mediums, and may incorporate seasonal themes throughout the year. By design, projects take between 30-45 minutes. The free family…
Find out more »April 2020
The Umbrella Stage Company Presents War Paint
Hailed as “thoroughly compelling and masterfully entertaining” WAR PAINT is the true-to-life story of Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein, masters of self-invention and titans of the cosmetics industry who became the country’s first major female entrepreneurs in a time when only men were thought to be capable of building international empires. This fascinating, female-forward bio-musical spans their 50 year rivalry, is a master-class for two stars and will feature Boston’s own leading ladies, Leigh Barrett and Shana Dirik in one…
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