The Westport Country Playhouse has been awarded a $30,000 federal grant to support its production this season of “Broken Glass” by Arthur Miller, the state’s congressional delegation announced today.
The Playhouse was among 15 competitively awarded Connecticut grants totaling more than $1 million from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Oct. 6 – 24 production of “Broken Glass” celebrates the playwright’s 100th birthday. It is a powerful drama about New York Jews suffering from afar as they read accounts of atrocities in Nazi Germany. Director is Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.
The announcement said the grant was awarded “to support a production of ‘Broken Glass’ by Arthur Miller, and a community outreach initiative celebrating Miller’s life and work.
“The outreach initiative will offer a series of events inspired by the play, exploring Miller’s lifelong commitment to telling stories about the underside of the American Dream.”
It noted that Lamos was a close collaborator with Miller on several projects.
