RojoFest
presented by Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry and Connecticut Repertory Theatre
This inaugural festival of new works is a celebration of UConn dramatic arts students’ boundless creativity. Named in honor of the late Jerry Rojo, who served on the UConn faculty from 1961 to 1990 and designed the unique Mobius Theatre, the festival was born out of a desire to create a celebratory home for the creative writing, devising and theatre crafting of our amazing students!
The (First Annual) Jerry Rojo Festival of Original Student Work will run January 25-28 in multiple UConn drama spaces. The festival features two MFA Puppet Arts projects (by Abigail Baird and Carrie Fowler) and six additional student-generated performances.
All performances are free. Visit bimp.ticketleap.com to reserve your seats.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25
Hazel's Hands by Carlos Fruzzetti
7:30 PM - 9:10 PM
with RojoFest opening reception to follow
At the Nafe Katter Theatre, 820 Bolton Rd, Storrs, CT 06269
Carlos Fruzzetti (he/him) is a Chicano actor, playwright, director, and musician from the ancestral home of the Washoe and Shoshone people. He is a member of the graduating class of BFA Acting students at UConn. Hazel’s Hands is the first full length play he has written and staged.
Hazel's Hands is an articulation of a nightmare that follows a group of friends grappling with grief, substance abuse, love, and music. Both nothing and everything are real at the same time, but this begs the question of every dream: what world do we want to enter if we wake up?