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Nancy Sasso Janis was a kindergarten and first grade teacher in Naugatuck for 37 years. She grew up in Stratford and has lived in Naugatuck since the early eighties.
Nancy has long been a patron of the arts. She can often be seen singing in various churches and occasionally on TV on the daily Celebration of the Eucharistic on WCCT-TV. She got a lead harmony vocals and creation credit on a CD recorded by singer/songwriter Robert Jones entitled 'Above Here.'
She also frequents local theaters for a wide variety of productions. Nancy secured her first acting credit when she appeared in the 2006 Maple Hill production of "Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr." under the direction of Dave Gardino. She played the lead role of a brand new teacher renamed Pearl Morton and performed the final song "Interjections." More recent credits include Martha in the Phoenix Stage Company production of "The Last Supper: A Musical Enactment" in March 2012 and Maria and Meg in "Bad Auditions by Bad Actors" in the PSC-produced reader's theatre at the Whittemore Library (May 2012.) She has appeared as Harriet Beecher Stowe and herself on the old-time radio program "Nutmeg Junction" on WAPJ in Torrington and other stations.
Recent credits include the role of Marty in The Golden Year's Theatre Company's 2023 production of "Grease" and a featured member of the ensemble for Newbury Musical Theatre Company's production of "Fiddler on the Roof." She recently played Blue Fairy in the Seven Angels Children's Theatre production of "Pinocchio" under the direction of Scott Kealey.
Nancy is the author of a musical for children entitled 'Lessons in Mother Goose' that she hopes to produce in the future.
She is the membership chair of the Connecticut Critics Circle, an organization that reviews Equity productions. Nancy has been working as a feature writer and theater reviewer for Waterbury's Republican-American newspaper for two years. Her weekly column "In the Wings" appears in the Thursday Weekend section of the paper.
Nancy continues to contribute theater news to local Patch sites. Follow her new Facebook page Nancy Sasso Janis: Theatre Reviewer and on Twitter @nancysjanis417.
The Doctor will see you now - Habeas Corpus tickets are on sale!
The Fairfield University Art Museum announces a solo exhibition of Peter Anton’s sculpture which features enormous and inedible sweets
TheatreWorks New Milford Holds OPEN CASTING CALL for BETTY'S SUMMER VACATION A dark comedy/farce by Christopher Durang
90 students at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University eagerly opened their Match Day envelopes Friday .
The students in the high school's Drama Club will present three shows next weekend.
Offsite Connecticut Theatre will present “Phantom of the Opera: A New Musical" by T. Craft.
The high school performers presented two performances of the classic Cole Porter musical this weekend.
COMMUNITY: UNIFYING & EQUALIZING THROUGH SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024, 7:00 PM PALACE THEATER
The 15th annual Jimmy Awards® which will take place on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 7:30pm at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre.
Congratulations to the students who put so much work into the show and to the adults who work with them.
Mollie ran the family grocery store, Tansley’s Market, for many years.
The AAAHC accreditation distinguishes Fairfield’s Student Health Center from other outpatient facilities.
Fraggle Rock Puppeteer at SoHo Playhouse in U.S. premiere of spicy puppetry show, Epidermis Circus, March 20 - 24
Nick Wormley appointed vice president for development and alumni affairs at Quinnipiac University
Are you looking for ways to get more involved with Theatre Guild of Simsbury?
Teens Discovered Non-Performance Professions in Commercial Theatre
Try to catch one of the remaining performances on March 15 & 16.
The classic play closed at Goshen Players last weekend, playing to sold out houses. Thank you for letting me attend the final show.
Hartford Stage, in association with Baltimore Center Stage, hosts the play under the direction of Christopher D. Betts.
The Arts at Angeloria’s is inviting audiences to climb aboard the “S.S.Golden Delicious in the ‘Apple of the Eden Line’' thorough March 24.