Support for Crystal Theatre has been provided from CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts from the Connecticut State Legislature as well as the city of Norwalk, CT.
With a 232-seat theatre in downtown South Norwalk, our community theatre provides another outlet for artistic expression among the many talented adults in the area, producing a combination of classic plays & musicals as well as adult productions of our critically acclaimed original productions.
Fairfield County's Premier
Children's Theatre
Since 1987, Crystal Theatre has been Fairfield County’s leading performing arts center for children. Our rehearsal spaces are located in the Ben Franklin Community Center in historic South Norwalk, CT. We have programs available for children of all ages, from those as young as four years old to those in their senior year of high school. Our mission is to help every motivated student become a better performer through practice and positive reinforcement.
"Whistleville", circa 2017
Norwalk's Community Theatre
Ages: 4 - 6
Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Tuition: $385
Starts: Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Show: Friday, June 26th, 2026 at 6:30pm
“The Ants & the Grasshoppers” a mini-musical by Sally Sabo-Lombardo is based on the famous Aesop’s fable. It begins as hardworking Ants begin harvesting food in the summer, while a group of Grasshoppers laugh, sing and dance. The Ants warn the grasshoppers that Winter is coming, but the Grasshoppers are carefree and continue to party…all the way to the arrival of Winter! Standing in the snow, the Grasshoppers gaze through the window of the Ants’ home and see them feasting, while laughing, singing and dancing! Now it is too late for the Grasshoppers to learn about the importance of preparing for the future; they are starving! Luckily, the Ants invite the Grasshoppers inside for the Winter and the Grasshoppers learn an important lesson: “Work hard today to get ready for tomorrow.”
Musically Directed by Cheryl Kemeny, Directed and choreographed by writer Sally Szab-Lombardo.
Grades: 2nd - 5th
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $485
Shows: Saturday, July 11th, 2026 at 12:00pm & 4:00pm
Join us for this exciting multi-arts camp taught by authors Alexandrea & Cheryl Kemeny, with choreography and dance class by Sally Szabo-Lombardo and watercolors with Mariner Pezza. Based on the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, this age-appropriate musical follows the kidnapped little “Flower Angel”, Thumbelina, on a sometimes dangerous and often funny journey of self-discovery and adventure as she finally learns her true identity with the aid of a kindly Sparrow. Along the way, she meets the Witch-Woman, her adopted mother, Sonny the frog and his mother, Sparky the Firefly and his friends, a group of Hero Fish, Miss Mouse and Mr. Mole until she is returned to her sisters, the Flower Angels, by a kindly Sparrow.
Campers spend the day acting, dancing, and singing with a class in watercolors themed to the musical to change the pace! (*If we have full enrollment, campers will be divided in half for the performances and will perform in either the noon or 4PM show.)
Grades: 2nd - 5th
Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Tuition: $485
Show: Friday, July 18th, 2026 at 12:00pm & 4:00pm
Join us for this exciting multi-arts camp taught by Crystal Theatre founders Alexandrea & Cheryl Kemeny, with choreography and dance class by Sally Szabo-Lombardo and watercolors with Mariner Pezza. Based on the classic story written by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an English author, mathematician, and Oxford don who first told the story to Alice Liddell, inspiring the book published in 1865. This age-appropriate musical follows Alice and the King & Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, the Madhatter, the Caterpillar, the Flowers and more in her efforts to return home.
Campers spend the day acting, dancing, and singing with a class in watercolors themed to the play to change the pace! (*If we have full enrollment, campers will be divided in half for the performances and will perform in either the noon or 4PM show.)
Grades: 4th - 12th
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $395
Shows: Friday, July 24th, 2026 at 7:00pm & Saturday, July 25th at 7:00pm
Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with this historical musical written by Cheryl E Kemeny which Includes arrangements of authentic Revolutionary era songs and original music. The author describes it as “a herein fictionalized account of the malign burning of Norwalk, Connecticut in the year of our Lord, 1779.” The story begins in a one-room schoolhouse on or near Fitch Street when they are informed that General Tryon has landed at Cow (Calf) Pasture Beach and is proceeding to burn the town. Romance, intrigue and danger ensue! Would you have been a patriot or a loyalist?
Develop your acting, singing and dancing skills while you learn about the hardships experienced by our colonial forbears in their fight for independence from Great Britian. Directed by the author with choreography designed by Gillian Eckert.
THE MITTEN
MONDAYS 4:15-5:30 PM
K-1st grade
TUITION: $350
START DATE: MON., AUG 31, 2026
SHOW DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2026 @ 6:30 PM
On a cold, winter day, Yuri loses a mitten while gathering firewood in the forest. One by one shivering woodland animals, each bigger than the next, snuggle inside the cozy mitten to keep warm as it stretches and stretches…and stretches! By the time a mouse squeezes in, there is only room left on the big bear's nose! Oh, dear! What a ticklish situation causing a very, funny ending! This old Ukrainian folktale has been adapted into a charming musical for young children to discover the joy of Theatre and friendship! Musical direction by Cheryl Kemeny, written and directed by Sally Lombardo with costumes by Alexandrea Kemeny.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (A SPINNING TALE, JR.) TUESDAYS 4:30-6:30 PM
2nd-7th grades
TUITION: $395
START DATE: TUES., SEPT 1, 2026
SHOW DATES: SATURDAY, DEC 12, 2026 @ 6:30 PM & SUNDAY, DEC 13, 2026 @ 3:00 PM
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (A Spinning Tale, Jr.) is the rollicking musical comedy which ran Off-Broadway at Playhouse 91 for 5 months in 1990. In this Junior version, Rumpelstiltskin (the last of the Woodland Elves) is in search of a friend. He can spin straw into gold and therefore must hide from the greedy humans who wish to capture him and make use of his talent. Enter a boastful miller, Sidney Molnar, and his bumbling Cronies, his lovely daughter, Melinda, a greedy King who is hard of hearing, his flirtatious Queen, 3 charming French ladies-in-waiting, a naïve handsome Prince, a host of forest dwelling denizens and colorful courtiers and you have the makings of high-jinx and tuneful tomfoolery! Develop your acting, dancing and singing skills while performing in a fully staged and costumed musical, directed by Broadway, television veteran, Heidi Xethalis, musically directed by composer/lyricist Cheryl Kemeny, choreographed by Gillian Eckert & costumed by co-author, Alexandrea Kemeny.
A SPINNING TALE SATURDAYS 1:00-4:00 PM
7th-12th grades
TUITION: $395
START DATE: SAT., SEPT 5, 2026
SHOW DATES: SATURDAY, JAN 16, 2027 @ 6:30 PM & SUNDAY, JAN 17, 2027 @ 3:00 PM
A SPINNING TALE (Rumpelstiltskin) is the rollicking musical comedy which ran Off-Broadway at Playhouse 91 for 5 months in 1990. In this expanded version, Rumpelstiltskin (the last of the Woodland Elves) is in search of a friend. He can spin straw into gold and therefore must hide from the greedy humans who wish to capture him and make use of his talent. Enter a boastful miller, Sidney Molnar, and his bumbling Cronies, his lovely daughter, Melinda, a greedy King who is hard of hearing, his flirtatious Queen, 3 charming French ladies-in-waiting, a naïve handsome Prince, a host of forest dwelling denizens and colorful courtiers and you have the makings of high-jinx and tuneful tomfoolery! Develop your acting, dancing and singing skills while performing in a fully staged and costumed musical, directed by composer/lyricist Cheryl Kemeny, choreographed by Gillian Eckert & costumed by co-author, Alexandrea Kemeny.
