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GreenStage/Guilford Performing Arts Festival

GreenStage fosters community through the performing arts, presenting engaging live performances and festivals that celebrate storytelling and creativity, enriching cultural life in Guilford and beyond.

Call it an unreality show. Since the summer of 2006, The Liar Show has taken the art of deception to theaters, cabarets and cultural centers around the U.S. and Canada and was called &ldquo;A Winner&rdquo; (The Scotsman) and received 4 Stars during a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<div dir="auto" fr-original-style="vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px !important; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-align: start; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; min-height: auto; print-color-adjust: exact; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; min-height: auto; print-color-adjust: exact; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-inline-start: 0px !important; margin: 0px;"> </div>Liar has featured New Yorker Magazine contributor Andy Borowitz, Mike Daisey, called &quot;The master storyteller&quot; by the NY Times, and former Bill Clinton speechwriter, Mark Katz in addition to Comedy Central personalities, film directors, lapsed Mormons, and even an NYPD gang squad detective.<div dir="auto" fr-original-style="vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px !important; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-align: start; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; min-height: auto; print-color-adjust: exact; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; min-height: auto; print-color-adjust: exact; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-inline-start: 0px !important; margin: 0px;"> </div>At each show, four performers tell short personal stories, but listen carefully, because one of these people is making it all up. Interrogate the cast and expose the Liar to win an unbelievable T-shirt. But as The Washington Post wrote of the show: &ldquo;Prizes mean nothing compared with the sweet victory of being recognized as the savviest people in the room.&rdquo;

The Liar Show

Songs That Tell the Story invites you to an evening where music and storytelling meet to reflect real lives in our community. Local CT artists Bryan Titus, Lee Totten and Frank Viele will share songs that trace moments of struggle, joy, and change, shaping a shared narrative onstage. By registering, you help GreenStage Performing Arts Festival keep live performance and arts education accessible for everyone in Guilford and beyond. Please secure your ticket so we can plan a welcoming, comfortable experience for all.

Songs That Tell the Story

The Liar Show is a live storytelling game where performers share wild personal tales&mdash;some true, some completely made up. After each story, you decide who&rsquo;s lying and who&rsquo;s not. Your ticket supports GreenStage/Guilford Performing Arts Festival&rsquo;s work bringing accessible theater, music, dance, and arts education to our community. Register below to reserve your seat and be part of an evening of laughter, curiosity, and live performance.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1752006398/wysiwyg/kft1xkemeba5q0nzfbff.jpg" style="width: 338px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 338px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p fr-original-style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left;" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; width: 100%;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; width: 100%;">WE ARE SORRY, BUT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.<p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; width: 100%;">TICKET PURCHASERS WILL RECEIVE FULL REFUNDS.

EVENT CANCELED GreenStage presents The Nebulous Quartet @ The Legacy Theatre

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1748558445/wysiwyg/afdquydjivk3718969ay.jpg" style="width: 273px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 273px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p fr-original-style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;' id="isPasted" style='margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; width: 100%;'>Join GreenStage on Friday, July 11, for a comedy-infused fundraiser to support the 2025 GreenStage Live Arts Festival. The night begins with a festive pre-show reception at The Marketplace, featuring hors d&#39;oeuvres, a cash bar and silent auction, and it culminates in a 65-minute performance of &quot;Every Good Story Ends with One&quot; by theater artist Martin Dockery at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio.<p fr-original-style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;' style='margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; width: 100%;'>&nbsp;<p fr-original-style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;' style='margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; width: 100%;'>Called &ldquo;one of the best stories I&rsquo;d ever had the pleasure of hearing&rdquo; by Front Row Center NYC, &quot;Every Good Story Ends with One&quot; is a completely true but unbelievable autobiographical tale about a mysterious romance. Dockery ruminates on the nature of comedy, the delusion of love, the tunnel vision of faith and the fabrication of storytelling itself in a one-of-a-kind, high-voltage performance.<p fr-original-style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left;" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; width: 100%;"> <p fr-original-style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left;" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; width: 100%;">Please note that because our ticketing platform (Zeffy) charges no fees to its nonprofit users, 100% of your purchase will go to GreenStage. However, Zeffy will automatically add an OPTIONAL 17% charge to your purchase at checkout to support Zeffy. We encourage you to support them, since they&#39;re virtually the only platform that doesn&#39;t charge fees to nonprofits. But you don&#39;t have to; you can delete the donation at checkout. Thank you!

GreenStage Fundraiser with Storyteller/Comedian Martin Dockery

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1737075870/jxqlgiukfhusv2ek6xok.jpg" style="width:571px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 15px 5px 0px;text-align:left;max-width:calc(100% - 5px);position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;float:left" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1737076095/e5w1kasqe4nbje4xanml.jpg" style="width:572px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 15px 5px 0px;text-align:left;max-width:calc(100% - 5px);position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;float:left" />GreenStage Guilford Live Arts presents the A.W. Cox Howlers & the Russ Kleiner Quintet, live at The Marketplace at Guilford Food Center. Enjoy an evening of live jazz and soul, with a student steel drum ensemble as opening act. Small plates, full bar and non-alcoholic drinks available for purchase. 100% of ticket sales and a portion of food and beverage sales benefit GreenStage (Guilford Performing Arts Festival), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Howlers are the musical ambassadors for Guilford's A.W. Cox Elementary School. This 20-piece steel drum ensemble of fourth-grade musicians delights audiences with its performance of popular and multicultural songs. They're on a mission to spread the joy of music to the Guilford community and beyond. The Russ Kleiner Quintet features some of New Haven's finest soul and jazz musicians, including members of the New London Big Band and Mates of State. Kleiner, the music teacher at Cox Elementary, is a professional drummer of 20+ years. Known for his versatility and musicianship, he's performed, toured and recorded with world-class musicians including blues legend Curtis Salgado and slide guitar/banjo wiz Tony Furtado.  Tickets may also be available at the door, but capacity is extremely limited. Don't be left out in the cold. Reserve your tickets now! Please note that because our ticketing platform (Zeffy) charges no fees to its nonprofit users, 100% of your purchase will go to GreenStage. However, Zeffy will automatically add an OPTIONAL 17% charge to your purchase at checkout to support Zeffy. We encourage you to support them, since they're virtually the only platform that doesn't charge fees to nonprofits. But you don't have to; you can delete the donation at checkout. Thank you!

GreenStage/Guilford Performing Arts Festival

Past events

Past events

The Liar Show

Songs That Tell the Story

The Liar Show

EVENT CANCELED GreenStage presents The Nebulous Quartet @ The Legacy Theatre

GreenStage Fundraiser with Storyteller/Comedian Martin Dockery

GreenStage presents The A.W. Cox Howlers & Russ Kleiner Quintet

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