Arriving on January 5th!
The Hearth (Producer) is a theater company dedicated to nurturing and celebrating female and non-binary theater artists and developing plays that represent the vast and complex spectrum of womanhood. Recent productions include For Annie (Lucid Body House) and Nurse Sluts (The Tank). Upcoming: Athena by Gracie Gardner at JACK. thehearththeater.com
Cultivating Creativity in Communities
Dance Workshop: Cultivating Creativity in Communities (CCC) Date: Wed. January 10th 2018 Time 5-7pm Cost: $20 Instructors: Linalynn Schmelzer and Marisa Valdiserra Student discount $15 (with college ID) All movers and dancers welcome ages 18+ both male and female Description: Cultivating Creativity in Communities workshop by River Valley Dance Project, a modern dance company, […]
Meghan Frederick and Ethan Wood
Meghan Frederick and Ethan Wood will be in residence at the Egg right after Thanksgiving! Take a look at what they did! no such thing for Alaska air2.mp4 We are Meghan Frederick and Ethan Woods- a dancer/choreographer and a musician in collaborative partnership. Meghan has been based in NYC since 2007 and […]
Mystic Paper Beasts
Just an alert for various upcoming Beastie performances: On November 9, we shall be at the Willimantic Library at 6 pm as a part of Tellabration. On November 18th we shall be at Needham, Mass., Library, at 2:30 pm. On November 19, we shall be participating in Tellabration at the Egg at 4 pm. These […]
Morgan Griffin at the Egg
In Morgan’s words: her work: The project I am working on now is a collection of vignettes and short stories. They are an investigation in space, tone, and emotion. A balance between independence and loneliness, strength and fear, beauty and demise. All in a neutral space and neutral surroundings. At times monotonous, but with […]
Nick Checker’s Benefit Performance of Druids
Nicholas Checker will perform a Storybook Theater rendition of a key sequence from his fantasy adventure novel, DRUIDS, Saturday, July 15th, 4:00 PM at the Dragon’s Egg Theatre & Dance Studio, 401 Shewville Rd., Ledyard. This is a benefit performance to help generate funds to offset repair costs for Dragon’s Egg co-owner Dan Potter’s art studio, burnt to the […]
Julia Greer and Shelby Green in Residence!
Julia Greer and Shelby Green are both alums of the National Theater Institute and Kenyon College. They have worked together in New York City with The Hearth, Julia’s company dedicated to making plays by and making room for women. Julia has most recently been seen in Gaming and Crying and Dreaming and Gaming at Dixon […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion has happened!
Dragon’s Egg Presents, at Triskelion Arts, was this afternoon. What a wonderful programme, truly remarkable and varied, beautifully performed, smoothly presented with lights and care taken by Andy and Sabrina, in a great space. Brilliant wit and grace abounded! Fortunate were those who were there, in the audience, to enjoy. xo namaste, blessings, marya
Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion: Caitlin Ryan O’Connell and Shelley Fort
Caitlin Ryan O’Connell will be directing Shelley Fort in a piece for the Dragon’s Egg Presents concert at Triskelion, in Brooklyn, on September 24th, at 2 pm. Contact Marya at mybeasts@aol.com for information and for tickets ($15). Do come! xo m Caitlin Ryan O’Connell is a theatre director and teaching artist focused on creating work […]
Team Awesome Robot
Upcoming residency at the Egg! Team Awesome Robot will be in residence from 9/30 – 10/4/2016, with an open showing on Sunday, 10/2 at 1:30 pm.. Free or donation! Company Bio: (photo attached) Team Awesome Robot is a theatrical collaboration initiative with a focus on new plays. We are storytellers drawn […]
Yoga and Pilates Workshop!
Fall Fusion: Core Pilates & Yoga Workshop Boost your core strength and empower your yoga practice to new heights in this fusion Pilates and yoga class by Molly Murkett Bruno and Marie Healy. Celebrate the Fall equinox by investing in yourself! Go deep into core muscles with pilates. Learn how to activate muscles you didn’t […]
The New Collectives at the Egg!
THE COMPANY: The New Collectives is New York based theatre and film collective. We gather stories, ideas, and inspiration. We find individuals with wildly different talents. We collect it all together, connect the dots, and create something new that runs beautifully. Our mission is to create new, intimate, and innovative works drawing inspiration from classic […]
Last of the Summer Dance Samplers
Next Up in the Summer Dance Sampler Series at the Egg! Movement for BodyMindSpirit Wednesday August 17: 5:30-6:45 with Ann Watkins Movement for BodyMindSpirit is for anyone who wants to heal their body, sharpen their mind, and expand their spirit through creative, imaginative individual and group movement. Ann Watkins, with a […]
A Cat Named Toni Morrison
A Cat Named Toni Morrison is in residence at the Dragon’s Egg this week! A Cat named Toni Morrison: A National Theater Institute Alumni Company Our theatrical collective is comprised entirely of early-career professional theater artists who attended the National Theater Institute Fall 2013 Semester Program. While working on our Final Project: It’s All Relative,a companydevised […]
the Nadine Project: a Dance Showing
Come to a showing of work in progress this Saturday, July 9th, at 5 pm, at the Egg! July 5th -10th the Nadine Project will be in residence at the Dragon’s Egg! Their residency will conclude with an Informance on Saturday July 9th at 5pm. We hope you’ll join us! Works by: […]
Summer Dance Sampler!
Summer Dance Sampler Pre registration for each class singly please! Cheque to Mystic Paper Beasts with the particular class in the subject line. That will be how we know if a class is a “go” or not.. NB Zumba ($12) and Kundalini Meditation ($5 donation) are both one hour classes. Summer […]
HiveMind Theater Collective
We have been honoured to host HiveMind a number of times at the Dragon’s Egg. Here is a short bit about them: HiveMind Theater Collective is a multi-city based devised physical theater company and is an artist centered, revolving door company. This means that the artists that are involved in our work are able to […]
More Masks!
NTI/NMTI Fall 2015 have arrived and are bounding with energy! and the world now has 34 new masks! We Beasts (Marya, Dan, Doug) taught a mask workshop on Monday and Tuesday, and whoosh, here you are! They built their masks, wrote their monologues, collaborated with a performance partner, and performed movement pieces to their […]
Music for Children!
Music and Movement for Children! contact Nicole with any questions and to pre register (see her contact info at the end) June 19th, 2015 11am-1pm Instructor: Nicole Clarke- PK-12 certified music teacher, early childhood music specialist Schedule 11am- 12- Ages birth-5 with caregivers 12pm-1pm- Ages 6-11- Music and movement […]
Visual Literature
VISUAL LITERATURE PRESENTATION, SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST AT DRAGON’S EGG: Sunday, June 1st, 5 PM, Nightshade Productions to stage a Visual Literature presentation of Nicky Checker’s soon-to-be published paperback novels, DRUIDS and SCRATCH (Oak Tree Press, California). Presentation is at the Dragon’s Egg Studio in Ledyard and will entreat audiences to a hypnotic theatrical medium by dramatizing a chapter […]
Circus? Hooping? Come to the Egg!
Jen Taylor & Maia Rose of the Om-FLY Circus Collective are coming to The Dragon’s Egg in Ledyard, CT on Saturday February 22 for A Day of Play! Join us for the magic of fusing the fun with the mindful. With a little focus, we can do exciting things with our bodies, and we can […]
