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Local Business Profile: East Haddam Stage Company

The EHSCO creates original works of non-musical live theater in intimate settings that focus on using local CT talent.

 

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Director: Kandie Carle

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Business Address: PO Box 176, East Haddam, CT

Hours of Operation: Varies per show

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Phone: 860-873-3521

Webpage: www.EHSCO.org  

Facebook: East Haddam Stage Company

Founding Date: February 2002

Type of business: Live Theater

 

Patch posed questions to Kandie Carle about the East Haddam Stage Company. This is what she said.

Question: Why did you start your business locally?     

Answer: There was a gap in entertainment in the area. There are community theaters in neighboring towns and there are main stage musical theaters, but nothing in between.

Question: When people think of your business, what sets you apart from others?

Answer: We create original works of non-musical live theater in intimate settings and focus on using CT talent.

Question: What are you doing to attract and retain your customers during the economic recession?
Answer: Reaching out to likely audiences, identifying our ‘customer’ base and keeping them coming back by presenting the highest quality productions possible. And getting as much free publicity as we can!

Question: What's the most important ingredient to your success?

Answer: Quality of our work, and keeping in touch with our audience base.

Question: Where would you like your business to be in five years?
Answer: I would like to have established the East Haddam Stage Company as a state-wide brand.

Question: Anything else you would like to share?
Answer: We have established a live theater venue at Gillette Castle State Park and are looking forward to joining with the Friends of Gillette Castle State Park again this summer to present our third season of live theater on weekends from July 7-Aug 12.

In the fall, we will partner once again with the to present our biannual original work Plays and Poetry, which incorporates short plays and poetry by CT poets, running for six performances only, at the Historical Society,  264 Town Street, November 1-4 2012.

The East Haddam Stage Company is also a member of the .

 


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