Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts kicks off its 35th season with a September full of dance, theatre, and inspiring speakers, many with thought-provoking ties to America250: The Promise and Paradox—the University’s yearlong series of arts and cultural programming to mark the U.S. semiquincentennial.
Events include performances presented by the Quick Center, as well as talks and productions sponsored by departments and programs across campus.
Highlights Include
- Fairfield’s faculty and staff theatre troupe, The Academy Players, present God of Carnage, a razor-sharp comedy of manners—and bad behavior—centered on two sets of Brooklyn parents dealing with a playground altercation between their sons. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, through Saturday, September 13, and Sunday, September 14 at 2 p.m. Each performance will be followed by a talk back with a Fairfield University faculty.
- On Friday, September 12 at 8 p.m., acclaimed playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina Wong will perform #FoodBankInfluencer, an evening of irreverent commentary on American food insecurity and the subsequent national pastime that is collecting and giving away free food. The Quick will partner with the University’s Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies for companion programming, including panel discussions, workshops, and more.
- Guggenheim Fellowship Award-winning director and choreographer Rebecca Lazier and world-renowned sculptor Janet Echelman create the aerial performance Noli Timere on Friday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. Inside massive, suspended net sculptures, eight performers dance up to 25 feet in the air as composer Jorane plays original music on stage.
- The 2025 National Theatre Live broadcast series kicks off with Inter Alia on Monday, September 29 at 7 p.m. Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike is Crown Court Judge Jessica Parks in this much-anticipated next play from writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin, the team behind Prima Facie.
- On September 30 at 7:30 p.m., The Atlantic staff writer and 2022 Guggenheim Fellow Thomas Chatteron Williams will take the stage as part of the MFA Program’s Inspired Writer Series. Williams, author of Self-Portrait in Black and White, will be in conversation with Fairfield University MFA faculty member Phil Klay in the intimate Wien Experimental Theatre.
The Quick is committed to our guests, ensuring prices are accessible to the whole community. Many of our live performances and lecture tickets are only $35, and $25 for Quick Members.
To learn more about performances or becoming a Quick Center Member, visit quickcenter.com.
To purchase tickets, contact the Quick Center Box Office at 203-254-4010, Monday through Friday, from 12 to 4:30 p.m.
