This year’s Greenwich Historical Society’s Connecticut Open House Day program will feature “The Doubtful Sprout,” a performance by Liz Joyce and a Couple of Puppets.
An accomplished puppeteer, fine artist and educator, Liz Joyce writes, directs, and performs a growing repertoire of works for audiences of children ages 10 months to 10 years that features her take on traditional fairy tales, folktales, educational shows, and original creations, using old-world techniques and new-world street performer attitude.
CT Open House Day takes place on Saturday, June 10 from 12 to 4 p.m. Admission to the entire site and to all activities is free. The Doubtful Sprout performance begins at 1 p.m. Space is limited; first come, first served. Visitors will also be able to make their own puppets in the Vanderbilt Education Center throughout the day, visit the exhibition “Jim and Jane Henson: Creative Work, Creative Play” and take family-friendly tours of Bush-Holley House at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
Greenwich Historical Society is located at 39 Strickland Rd. No RSVP necessary. The Doubtful Sprout performance begins at 1 p.m. Family-friendly tours of Bush-Holley House will be available at 1, 2, and 3 p.m.
The Connecticut Office of Tourism sponsors the annual Connecticut Open House Day each June. The event is designed to showcase Connecticut’s diverse world of history, art, and tourism and is a great way for residents to discover (or rediscover) and share the wealth of cultural treasures in their own backyards.
