Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Performance & Celebration!

Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Celebration and Performance!

Grumbling Gryphons 45th Gala Celebration Show will take place on Friday, August 1st at 7 pm at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT  

Actors, Musicians, Acrobats, Poets , Storytellers and Theater Campers will perform “Through the Rainbow and into the Stars!” a show celebrating 45 years of Grumbling Gryphons serving Connecticut and beyond.

Live music will be performed by award winning musician Brian Bender, with special guest musicians Joseph Sobol, Arieh Saed, Trevor Hampson & Glori Wilder. Ellen Moon, Grumbling Gryphons mask and costume maker will make a special appearance in her grand puppet- The Golden Lady with Berkshire Resilience Brass Brand enlivening the festivities!

 Grumbling Gryphons is a non-profit 501c3 organization, now celebrating 45 years. Winner of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, the company has traveled the US and internationally bringing their magic and participatory approach to theater for young and old alike. Leslie Elias has served as Artistic Director since co-founding Grumbling Gryphons in 1980 and is the winner of the 2023 CT Artist Fellowship Award, the 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award and the 2018 Culture Max Award for Arts Educator from the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.

 To enroll your child in the theater camp which runs July 28-August 1st, contact the theater at grumblinggryphons@gmail.com Partial Scholarships are available through Berkshire Taconic Susan Fillman Scholarship Fund for Region One Students as well as additional scholarships upon request. Special thanks to the Northwest CT Community Foundation, Inc. (NCCF) for a FY25 Cycle One Grant through the Carlton D. Fyler and Jenny F. Fyler Fund to help support the theater camp and 45th Gala Celebration!

Come join us! The More the merrier!

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