Donate to Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in Connecticut

Giving Tuesday funds will provide financial aid to low-income students to participate in classes and productions this winter at Oddfellows.

Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, founded in 1975 by a small group of college students, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest theater program for young people. We offer year round programs to young people ages 3 - 20, serving over 1600 kids annually through classes & performance opportunities in theater, circus, dance, music & visual arts. Programs include the Oddbridge Extended-Day After-School program, Neighborhood-based Troupes in Middletown’s least-served neighborhoods, Circophony Teen Circus, Teen Repertory Company, and the Children’s Circus of Middletown, a 5-week summer program now in its 35th season. Oddfellows also serves as the home base of The Teaching Artist Hub, a partnership with the Connecticut Office of the Arts to serve Connecticut Teaching Artists and aspiring Teaching Artists. We believe that access to high-quality arts experiences is a fundamental right. Throughout its history, Oddfellows has remained committed to artistic excellence & social change. The Playhouse’s mission has 3 parts: 1) an artistic dimension to provide high-quality theater by & for young people; 2) an educational dimension to promote the growth of young people--in skills, knowledge, & self-confidence--through the performing arts; & 3) a social action dimension to offer opportunities especially to underserved & at-risk youth to promote the development of a genuinely multiracial, multicultural society. Individual Playhouse programs must address at least one of these broad goals; Playhouse activities as a whole must address all 3.