Coleytown Elementary School is operating on a 2-hour delay today, and Stepping Stones Preschool is closed, following a threat made concerning CES.
Students at nearby Coleytown Middle School were sheltering in place, in areas like the auditorium and cafeteria.
School officials told parents that while they do not believe the threat is credible, they are conducting a thorough review of CES. Students en route to Coleytown El were delivered to Coleytown Middle, where staff received and took care of them.
Coleytown Elementary School; in the background is Coleytown Middle School.
The Jimmy Kimmel controversy is only the latest in America’s long-running debate over how free “free speech” can and should be.
Ari Edelson has spent his career thinking about issues like that. After earning degrees at both Yale University and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the 1994 Staples High School graduate earned international fame as a producer and director in the US and Europe.
In 2008 Edelson took the helm of the renowned Jean Cocteau Repertory, and reimagined it as the Orchard Project. The unique endeavor grew rapidly. In 2015 it moved to Saratoga Springs, New York.
During 10-day-long residencies, companies and artists are provided room and board, staff support and technical resources.
The program hosts 8 to 12 projects at a time, supporting up to 40 projects every summer. Participants range from playwrights working alone on drafts, to full ensembles in large rehearsal spaces.
Most works are cutting-edge. Some skirt free-speech boundaries or norms.
This summer, Edelson was part of an ACLU panel on censorship in the theater. Part of his remarks were about “Falsettos.”
But he was not talking about the Broadway version of the Tony Award-winning show, with its savage and touching exploration of family, love, religion and AIDS. Edelson remembered the production 31 years ago in Westport.
The one that was censored by the Staples High School principal.
Keith Haring designed the “Falsettos” logo.
In 1994 Edelson — a senior, president of Staples Players (and, in his spare time, chair of the Staples Governing Board) — wanted to cap his high school career by directing his first show ever: a Studio Theater production of “Falsettos.” Like one of the characters in the show, he had had a bar mitzvah at the bedside of a dying relative.
Players director Al Pia helped him secure the rights. On a Monday morning, Pia told him Staples was chosen for the first amateur production anywhere of “Falsettos.” Despite its complex themes and demanding score, it would be entirely student-run, from direction and sets, to lighting and music. Edelson was ecstatic.
An hour later, he was devastated. Principal Gloria Rakovic told him he could not do the show.
“The school had already been subject to controversies about sexual orientation,” Edelson recalls. “She didn’t want the school to be exposed to any more.”
His initial reaction: “You can’t tell me what to say.”
His second: “I’ll find a place to do it.”
Edelson went to a pay phone near the fieldhouse, and called his parents.
Then he called his rabbi, Robert Orkand.
“I wasn’t very religious,” Edelson says. “But I wanted him to know. He said he’d support any decision I made.”
Surreptitiously that afternoon, Edelson held auditions. Forty students — an enormous number for a small-cast show — were there.
The next morning, he posted the cast list. Meanwhile, an English teacher alerted the American Civil Liberties Union. The story was gaining attention.
That same day, the town’s interfaith clergy organization had a meeting with superintendent of schools Paul Kelleher. They told him they would support the students’ right to put on the show.
On Wednesday morning, Pia offered to introduce Edelson to Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Jim McKenzie. The Playhouse, he said, was eager to host “Falsettos.”
Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Jim McKenzie, and Ari Edelson. (Photo/Susan Warner)
That afternoon, the administrator in charge of theater told Edelson that the decision was reversed. He could produce the show at Staples.
Uncertain whether the school would change its mind again, or impose certain restrictions, he stuck with the Playhouse.
“I felt I was in a community that encouraged people to speak out,” he says. “I was trying to speak out for what I thought was right, and not be afraid.”
The 17-year-old could easily have avoided the problems he faced from adults who doubted his and his troupe’s ability to handle a show about homosexuality and religious faith.
The young ensemble could have avoided involvement too. John Newman had to juggle his duties as a baseball co-captain, while other actors and musicians were preparing for a European concert and orchestra tour.
“Falsettos” cast. Top (from left): Joelle Heise, Lindsay Meehan, Roby Cygan. Middle: Joanna Bloomer, John Newman, Charles Carleton, Conor Loughridge. Front: Ari Edelson. (Photo/Susan Warner)
None needed to face questions from friends and parents about why they were so interested in learning about AIDS and gays (and bar mitzvahs).
But they did. And — empowered by community support — “Falsettos” had a 2-week run at the Westport Country Playhouse. It played to full houses, earned rave reviews, and left grown men and women in tears.
During rehearsals, the cast had been inspired by meeting and hearing the stories of AIDS patients at Bread & Roses, the Georgetown hospice. Edelson donated half the proceeds there. The other half went to the Mid-Fairfield County AIDS Project.
The director calls those months “a real learning experience, in a world we were only just learning about. We were 16 and 17 years old. We met optimistic characters, in a time of great uncertainty.”
From top: John Newman, Roby Cygan, Joanne Bloomer. (Photo/John Voorhees)
Not everyone agreed with the decision to produce “Falsettos.” Local media — the Westport News, Minuteman and Norwalk Hour — became “a town square for arguments about whether it was appropriate for kids to be telling these stories.”
It was appropriate then, Edelson believes. And now — more than 3 decades later — he believes it more than ever.
Ari Edelson (right) and Charles Carleton.
“To this day, nothing has been more inspirational, and foundational, in my life.”
Censorship had been defeated.
But in 2025, it remains an ever-present threat. Jimmy Kimmel was one of the most recent examples.
He won’t be the last.
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Sal Liccione was the first reader to answer last week’s Photo Challenge.
He was correct: JD Dworkow’s image showed the entrance to a small apartment building behind Jeera Thai and Finalmente restaurants, on the Post Road. The entrance is on Church Lane. (Click here to see.)
Sal should know. It’s behind his own apartment, opposite Bedford Square.
Two other readers — both of whom do not live in the area — knew the location too: Amy Schneider and Seth Schachter.
This week’s Photo Challenge shows a very different door. If you know where in Westport you’d see this, click “Comments” below.
Last week, Access Health CT – the state’s health insurance marketplace – sent notices that many policyholders will see monthly health insurance premiums rise in January.
Congressman Jim Himes provides links to these resources:
Click here for the Access Health CT website general information page.
Click here to see which plans are available next year.
Click here to see if you qualify for low- or no-cost coverage.
Click here to find an insurance broker who can help.
Click here for more information on changes to federal health insurance policy.
Homes with Hope’s Community Kitchen is open daily for lunch (12 noon) and dinner (5 p.m.). It’s at the Gillespie Center on Jesup Road (behind Barnes & Noble). (Hat tip: Jeff Wieser)
It’s been a busy couple of months for the Westport League of Women Voters.
They’ve worked tirelessly to educate voters, and get them to the polls.
(Just tuning it? Still trying to make up your mind? Not sure where to vote? Click here to learn more.)
But even after the races are decided, the LWV will do more.
On November 12 (9:30 a.m., VFW), they host a coffee and “post-mortem/recap” of the election. Speakers include the registrars of voters.
Two days later (November 14, 2 p.m.), the LWV has reserved a block of tickets to see “Conscience at the Westport Community Theater. It’s the Connecticut premiere of the play about Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, the only Republican senator to oppose colleague Joseph McCarthy. Tickets ($20) are first come, first served. Email Barbra Utting: kubuguzu@gmail.com.
A reader writes: “I shopped at Stop & Shop for 58 years. It’s the best: extraordinary variety, excellent staff, nice customers.
“As I got older, I migrated to home delivery. I was an engineer for 51 years, and until last week the service and quality were at aerospace level. For the last 3 years, I’ve been awed by the precision and speed with which weekly orders were delivered to our doorstep.
“They were packed in a Norwalk facility, and delivered from there. Every driver was cooperative, helpful and well trained. They should be working for SpaceX.
“Two weeks ago, Stop & Shop emailed that they are migrating to a third party delivery service.
“Last night we received the first attempt. It was 3 hours later. Four items were missing out of 24, totaling $28 of the $86 order. They were delivered in soggy, torn paper bags.
“I called the home delivery number this morning at 9, and was 9th in line. I called back at 10, and was 23rd in line.
“I then contacted the Greens Farms manager. He apologized, offered a shopping certificate, and delivery of the missing items today. We’re grateful.
“Their new service may be at the low end of what could be an uncomfortable learning curve. It’s sad to see such a beautiful service vanish. For all our sakes, I wish Stop & Shop the best in fixing the problem.”
The Saugatuck Congregational Church — white, steepled, set far back on a massive lawn, a few steps from downtown — looks straight out of a Hallmark New England movie.
It was in those pews, in 1835, that a group of men hammered out the details that created the town of Westport from parts of Norwalk, Weston and Fairfield.
But it did not happen exactly there.
From its founding in 1822 through August 28, 1950, the 200-ton Saugatuck Church was located diagonally across the street, where the Shell station is now.
That year — in a day-long move so impressive it was documented by Life magazine — the church was rolled across State Street to its present site.
Yesterday — 75 years and 2 months after the move — Saugatuck Church celebrated that momentous occasion. The event included a (much smaller) re-enactment of the move, food trucks, a bounce house, lawn games, a screening of footage from the move, and a few words from Rev. Steven Savides.
Celebrating an anniversary, at the “new” Saugatuck Church location. (Photo/Haris Falk)
From looking back, to looking ahead: The Westport Library Store holiday shop opened yesterday.
And it’s bigger than ever. This year, the Writing Center on the main level has been transformed into the popular marketplace for gifts.
It’s filled with scarves, hates and gloves; jewelry; home
décor like bells, candles and chimes; lanterns and lights; journals, notebooks and notepads; puzzles and games; sketchbooks, coloring books, pens, markers, watercolors — and (of course) more.
All purchases are tax-free. Proceeds support Library services and programs.
The Westport Garden Club has beautified Westport for over 100 years. They do their work quietly. Many people have no idea they even exist.
But the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut does.
The other day, at a lunch attended by 320 gardeners from around the state, they earned an Award of Excellence in Flower Achievement, for their “Westport Town Treasures” show.
Singled out were president Nathalie Fonteyne, and show co-chairs Kelle Ruden and Kara McKenna Wong. Citations were presented to Joellen Bradford for the Best Education Division, Ann Lester (Best Design Division), Joanne Heller (Outstanding Staging), and Ellen Greenberg (for design of the commemorative program (with art by Kerstin Rao.)
The club also received The Mary Loncin Flower Show Award. and a check for $100 for the top evaluated Standard Flower Show in Connecticut.
Individual honors (not flower show-related) went to Susan Nettesheim, who redesigned and maintains the club’s website, and serves as official photographer; Dottie Fincher, a member since 1971, for her exceptional contributions to the annual plant sale over many years, and Katje Donovan, for over 20 years of service as treasurer.
The Westport Garden Club is now planning their annual wreath designs for town buildings, preparing for winter in their 7 public gardens, and developing the 2026 Youth Poetry Contest. For more information, including membership, click here.
Westport Garden Club members, at the awards ceremony.
A few years ago, Danya Herman met Dr. Tom Catena. He’s a missionary doctor, doing important humanitarian work in war-torn Sudan.
The other day, Danya hosted Dr. Tom in her Westport home. He was joined by Dr. Jon Fielder, another missionary doctor and co-founder of African Mission Healthcare,
“It was so inspiring to hear Dr. Tom’s story, the hardships he and the Mother of Mercy hospital face, the countless lives he’s saved and impacted, and to get to talk with someone living a true life of purpose,” Danya says.
“He and Dr. Fielder are heroes to my family. They represent how, through their faith and sense of purpose, they live out our Jewish values of pikuach nefesh (preservation of life), and tikkun olam (repairing the world).
Dr. Jon Fielder (left) and Dr. Tom Catena and guests, at the Herman home.
Today’s serene “Westport … Naturally” scene comes from behind the Levitt Pavilion. It’s a vantage point few people know about. It’s sure worth the short walk.
And finally … in honor of Splash Car Wash’s generous Veterans Day offer (story above):
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Raising a child today is challenging. It is especially so when that youngster has special needs.
Ali Wachtel moved to Westport nearly 8 years ago. Today, she shares an inspiring story about her son Nate, and the Westport Public Schools. She writes:
When I moved here in December of 2017, I did not know how lucky I was. My son Nate was 18 months old.
I knew in my bones that he was autistic. What I did not know was that I had just moved to a town that could, and would, support him.
On Nate’s 3rd birthday, he had his very first day at Stepping Stones Preschool.
Nate’s first year at Stepping Stones.
Nate was not just mildly affected. He was non-verbal.
I was not sure he would ever be able to communicate with us in the way every parent dreams. As I was new to the world of special education, the team at Stepping Stones walked me through every step of the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) process.
Together we crafted a strategy for Nate to develop the necessary skills to access the academic curriculum.
Nate and his mother, Ali Wachtel, as she read to his Stepping Stones class …
Three years later, Nate graduated and moved on to Long Lots Elementary. To my delight, he matriculated into the general ed classroom. A dream of mine had come to fruition.
Nate still required a great deal of support. He is in the IR (Intensive Resource) program, which means he has 1-to-1 paraprofessional support. He is pulled out for reading, writing and math support to this day, in addition to participating in social skill building groups.
There is not a single area in which Nate does not require support. But it is all given to him.
I am writing this not solely as a co-chair of the Westport Special Education PTA, nor as an advocate for children who receive SpEd services, but as a proud parent.
Like so many I navigated this process, armed with little if any information or insight, and terrified that this outcome would never be an option for my child.
Yet 5 years later, on October 17, my incredible young boy was invited to return to Stepping Stones preschool to read aloud in his former teacher’s class.
… and Nate in October, reading to another Stepping Stones class. (Photos/Andy Fleischman)
This has, in no small way, been made possible by Westport’s dedicated educators.
My son who walked into Stepping Stones 7 years ago without the ability to speak, returned a confident 4th grade reader who shared his experiences in the Westport school system with a group of 5-year-old pre-school students.
To say this moment was the honor of my life is an understatement. It is all thanks to our good fortune in having moved to the town of Westport.
So thank you Westport, for granting me my annual birthday wish and prayer that one day my child would be able to express himself.
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Because of the government shutdown, SNAP benefits (food stamps) will be halted or delayed to many local residents, starting today.
In response to this, Westport Rotary Club and Sunrise Rotary Club have organized an emergency food drive for today (Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), at Stop & Shop.
Rotary volunteers, with help from the Westport Police Department, will be there to collect food for Homes with Hope’s Gillespie Center Food Pantry.
The most needed items are rice, pasta, pasta sauce, canned goods 9tuna, soup, vegetables, beans, fruit), cereal, oatmeal, peanut butter and jelly.
And don’t forget: Homes with Hope’s Community Kitchen is open daily for lunch (12 noon) and dinner (5 p.m.). It’s at the Gillespie Center on Jesup Road (behind Barnes & Noble).
A September food drive stocked Homes with Hopes’ food pantry. With SNAP benefits ended, more donations are needed. The pantry is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 1:30-4:30 p.m., and Thursday from 1:30 to 6 p.m.
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For a while, Westport has had 2 different registries for residents in crisis.
One was used by the Department of Human Services to check on seniors living alone with medical needs during storms and other emergencies. The second was managed by the Police Department, to help first responders understand the needs of people with disabilities during 911 calls.
Now they’ve merged. Human Services, and the Police and Fire Departments, have launched “Westport Ready.”
Westport now offers one streamlined service for seniors and people with disabilities during emergencies.
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Meanwhile, on a lighter — by which we mean, Halloween — note: There was one less house this year to trick or treat at, in the Compo Beach neighborhood.
This is the final chance for tickets to tomorrow’s 3rd annual “Historic Homes of 06880” tour.
On Sunday, from 1 to 4 p.m., we’re partnering with our friends at KMS Team at Compass to offer an inside look at 4 historic houses.
They’re at 221 Greens Farms Road, 249 Greens Farms Road, 155 Long Lots Road, and 209 Wilton Road. Click here for details of each.
Tickets are $60 each, $100 for 2. Click here to purchase. Proceeds help fund “06880”‘s work — which, as always, chronicles Westport’s past, present and future.
249 Greens Farms Road — one of 4 historic homes on tomorrow’s “06880” tour.
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Tomorrow (Sunday, November 2, 5 p.m.), Chabad of Westport launches its Film Series.
They’ll show “Blind Spot”: the first documentary exposing campus antisemitism before and after October 7, 2023. After the screening, executive producer Leonard Gold will take part in a conversation about the film. Click here to register.
Westport was the first community to form a sister city partnership with one in the Ukraine, shortly after the Russian invasion. In less than 4 years, our town has provided over $300,000 worth of food, clothing, wood pellet stoves, communications equipment, trash trucks and more, to our war-torn friends.
Ukrainian Aid International — the boots-on-the-ground non-profit founded by Westporters Brian and Marshall Mayer, which has delivered over $2.5 million in aid to the region — is hosting 2 events soon. Both highlight the sister cities program — and the new “Sister State” relationship between Connecticut and Donetsk, the front-line oblast.
UAI’s team and local leaders will over personal stories, and describe first-hand experiences of their partnerships.
The first is November 9, at 2 p.m. (Ferguson Library, Stamford). The second is November 10, at 4 p.m. (Fairfield Public Library; register here).
The next Westport Country Playhouse Script in Hand play reading — “The Machine” — is Monday (November 3, 7 p.m.)
It’s a “smart, fast-moving thriller about a poet, an AI, and the tricky questions that arise when technology starts writing our art for us.” Click here for tickets, and more information.
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Club 203’s next event is “Giving Thanks Together.”
Westport’s social group for adults with disabilities gathers at the Senior Center on November 12 (6:30 to 8 p.m.) for turkey sandwiches and apple pie, laughter, bingo, and a celebration of friendship and connections.
MoCA\CT will be there as usual, with an art activity that’s a creative way to reflect on what everyone is thankful for this year.
As for “06880”: We’re thankful that Club203 offers a space for all Westporters to find those friends, and make those connections, that are so important in life.
Posted onNovember 1, 2025|Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #290
There is only 1 Halloween-themed submissions this week — perhaps other artists were busy creating costumes — but we do have 3 related to Westport’s flag displays on the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge.
Plus of course our usual array of seasonal works, some sketches, and much more.
As always, no matter how young (or old) you are; what style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, mixed media, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.
Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.
“Flags on Bridge” (Amy Schneider)
Untitled (Rowene Weems)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Golden Hour” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“October” — oil painting with cold wax on canvas (Available for purchase — click here)
“Angles” (Nancy Breakstone)
“Bodiam (Moated) Castle, Sussex, England” — oil on board, 12×12 (S. Hawkins — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Calm Before the Storm” — acrylic oil on aluminum, 21×21 (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Dream Passage” — digital compound (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
The other day, “06880” reported on a new Jennings Trail plaque, installed at Burying Hill Beach. It was the first of 4 additions to Westport’s historic markers.
The second Jennings Trail plaque is now in place. It’s on Narrow Rocks Road, at the base of the nearby hill where Tar Rock is located.
What is Tar Rock? On the eve of Ken Burns’ new “American Revolution” series — it premieres November 16, on PBS — Morley Boyd takes us back nearly 250 years. He writes:
At around 5 p.m. on Friday, April 25, 1777, a dozen British transport ships suddenly appeared just off Compo Beach, in what is now known as Westport.
Accompanying them were 3 heavily armed warships: Swan, Senegal and Halifax.
Robert Penn Lambdin’s 1955 “The British Landing at Cedar Point, April 25, 1777,” painting is part of the Westport Permanent Art Collections.
The Halifax soon broke away to act as a patrol. Continuing up the coast, it arrived at Black Rock harbor in Fairfield, where it spotted a privateer lying at anchor.
Being careful to remain out of range of Black Rock’s deadly “hot shot” cannons — which fired cannonballs that were heated until they were red hot — it effectively blockaded the privateer.
Meanwhile, back off Compo, the rest of the British fleet, carrying approximately 1,850 soldiers, dropped anchor. The sight of that many sails, and so much firepower, must have been astonishing for local residents. While they could not be sure of the target, they had been expecting the enemy.
A number of towns in the area had contingency plans in place to address a possible British incursion. This included appointing volunteers to keep watch.
Meanwhile, General George Washington had recently received intelligence that an attack on the Continental Army’s supply depot in Danbury was likely imminent.
British forces landed at Compo Beach, marched to Danbury, marched back south and — after the Battle of Compo Hill — retreated to Long Island.
Stung by recent humiliating defeats at Trenton and Princeton, and desperate for food, tents and other supplies, British General William Howe tasked Major General William Tryon with the task of capturing the Danbury depot. His larger, strategic objective of taking Philadelphia and dividing New England in half could wait.
As the British fleet made its way up Long Island Sound from New York City, militias from Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and Norwalk closely monitored its progress. They assumed that the British were heading to Danbury.
However, Howe had simultaneously sent what turned out to be a decoy fleet up the Hudson River, making the picture a bit cloudy.
Given that he had attacked Peekskill the previous month, no one on the patriot side was entirely sure what the British objective was at this point.
Yet things were not going well on the British side either. The British discovered that Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and Norwalk were all equipped with batteries of varying capabilities.
The British realized that there was only one undefended landing place within reasonable marching distance of Danbury. That’s why their fleet showed up near the mouth of the Saugatuck River, in what is now known as Westport.
As the invasion force prepared to disembark, it is said that Benjamin Allen — a private in the 14th Company, and a member of the Greens Farms Coast Guard — lit a barrel of pine tar on fire atop a high, rocky outcropping near his house off Compo Road South.
Tar Rock, 1935. The property then belonged to Karl Anderson.
This was a standard form of communication, undoubtedly intended as a general warning. However, the spot that Allen chose for the signal fire was in direct view of the British fleet that had just arrived. They could not have missed the enormous conflagration on the hill in front of them.
Allen must have calculated that his exposed position could come under heavy fire as soon as it was spotted. Thus he reportedly took cover in a cave elsewhere in the rock formation.
The British most probably did see Allen’s fire. But the Swan and the Senegal were each outfitted with 14 cannons that could fire 6-pound balls capable of shredding enemy ships and causing horrific casualties – if the target was within about 1500 yards. Allen was out of range.
So just after arriving, but before disembarkation began in earnest, the British sent its 1st division forces over to secure Benjamin’s position. They also occupied nearby Compo Hill.
Around 5:30 p.m., after safely securing the high ground, the British began the hours-long process of bringing the troops to the shore. By 11:30 p.m., they set off for Danbury by way Compo Road.
As the mile-long column of soldiers and artillery moved north, it would have passed by Allen’s house on Compo Road South, which appears to have been located near the intersection of Ferry Lane East.
Tar Rock, 2024.
Although the British never discovered his secret cave, fate eventually caught up with him.
On July 18, 1780, while manning the Compo guard house, he and 6 other men were captured when a British sloop with 60 soldiers returned to the area to plunder the homes of patriots.
Allen was taken to New York City, and thrown in the notorious Sugar House prison. Somehow he survived. After 6 months, he was released in a prisoner exchange.
He lived the rest of his life peacefully. On March 27, 1827, at the age of 83, he quietly passed away in his Westport home. He is interred in Lower Greens Farms Burying Ground.
For a long as anyone can recall, the place where Benjamin Allen lit the signal fire to warn of the British landing in April of 1777 has been known as Tar Rock.
The newest Jennings Trail plaque. (Photos courtesy of Bob Liftig)
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In 2008 Edelson took the helm of the renowned Jean Cocteau Repertory, and reimagined it as the 
