Join us for an evening of honest, funny, relatable theatre you won’t want to miss!  These two brilliant, seasoned performers take center stage exploring dating, relationships, aging, and finding yourself.  Randye Kaye’s Cracks and All and Robin Colucci’s Intact: One Woman's Search for Home - featuring original music. 

The evening begins with:

Intact: One Woman's Search for Home, written and performed by Robin Colucci, a lively solo piece that blends comedy, song, and personal storytelling. Colucci’s performance is energetic and engaging, inviting the audience into a journey that explores childhood memories, identity, and the search for purpose. When Robin Colucci’s second-grade teacher suggested she might do better in math if she had an “intact” home instead of a “broken” one, it sparked a 50-year quest to build the family she thought she was missing. Through sharp comedy and award-winning original music, Robin journeys through love, loss, and reinvention—ultimately discovering that “intact” may not look the way she once imagined.  The piece just won United Solo's 2025 Award for Best Original Music. United Solo is the world's largest solo theatre festival, bringing together artists from across the globe - and this recognition honors the original music that helped carry Robin's deeply personal story to the stage.  Coming to the Powerhouse Theatre directly from Off-Broadway. 

REVIEW: Beneath the humor, the piece examines the challenge of holding a life together while navigating internal struggles and past relationships. Colucci’s willingness to show vulnerability gives the performance emotional weight, even as she leans into the comedic elements. She has a knack for humor. At times, she breaks character in response to audience laughter or her own humor, which slightly disrupts the flow but also reveals her spontaneous, candid stage presence. Original songs like “Madison Ave Super Women” add a playful, musical layer to the show, highlighting her talent for comedic songwriting.  The piece ultimately moves from comedic chaos to moments of clarity, offering a reflection on resilience, family, and the desire to find a place where one truly belongs. Intact is an enjoyable and sincere solo performance, combining humor, music, and personal insight to tell a story about rebuilding a life with honesty and heart.

THEN INTERMISSION…. WITH WINE and some munchies!  Then the evening continues with: 

Cracks and All: Perfectly Imperfect Life, written and performed by Randye Kaye, is a touching and humorous one-woman show about expectation, imperfection, and finding love. Even if our past is full of errors of judgment, dreams that fizzle, and unexpected sudden trauma, can we love, and laugh, flaws and all? Had you planned for a perfect life? College, career, romance, parenthood not quite the way you imagined ? Made some mistakes? Join the club. Randye Kaye explores the perfectly imperfect life and the big question…are we still worthy of love, cracks and all?

REVIEWS: I am so impressed by Randye Kaye‘s storytelling ability. The depth she goes to in this piece and the care with which she shares her journey are both profound. A real achievement! -Lisa Lampanelli, standup icon and storytelling teacher

“Cracks and All: Perfectly Imperfect Life” touched my soul. You described what so many women struggle with in life. Learning how to be good enough is the developmental task that not everyone is able to reach. Thank you & congratulations.”-Judy Chessin

Any theaters looking for a compelling one woman show, this fits the bill!  Randye Kaye delivers a powerful, funny, personal story that touches everyone! -Virginia Wolf: Actor, Voiceover Artist, Radio Host

I LOVED your show. It felt like a conversation, a story hour, and a warm hug all at the same time! -Monica Leggett, author, Doubtful to Decisive

Randye’s writing is smart, endearing, self-effacing, at times poignant and at other times wickedly funny. Almost Nora Ephron-esque, but with her own personal flair. I loved getting to know her so intimately in one short hour!! -Debbie Irwin. Actor, Voice Talent

Kudos to Randye Kaye who mesmerized the audience with her life narrative. The blending of humor, storytelling techniques and voice… made for a brilliant performance! -Mary Carangelo, Home and style by Mary

Randye your performance was incredible!  I adore the fact that you got a standing ovation, so very well deserved. -Karen Williams, actor, comic

Great delivery and show, both poignant and humorous! -Terri Green, audience member comment

I laughed, I cried! The show stirred up many emotions! Fantastic in every minute of creatively weaving the events of your life story! Bravo!👏🏻 I want to see your show again… and I’m quite sure you’d easily fill every seat in the house again! -Sally Tucker, Realtor, Speaker, audience comment

TOWN PLAYERS OF NEW CANAAN - HISTORY OF THE POWERHOUSE THEATRE

In 1979, the original Power House to the Waveny Estate, located in what is now Waveny Park, stood empty and purposeless, falling prey to vandalism and deterioration. At the same time, the Town Players of New Canaan were looking for a home, a place to store costumes, build sets and perform. It was a perfect match that the abandoned building and the homeless Town Players should come together. The task of restoring the powerhouse and converting it to a theater, however, was a monumental undertaking and required serious fundraising and the efforts of hundreds of volunteers over a three-year period.  The result is a intimate 115-seat theater for the community to enjoy.

Since opening in 1983, the Town Players of New Canaan at the Powerhouse Theatre has performed hundreds of productions, staged readings, special events, theater educational classes and workshops, run children’s programs, etc., and is still going strong.  During Covid, we had a few months to step back and re-evaluate, and we decided it was time to come back even better!  In working again with the Town of New Canaan, we will be doubling the size of our lobby, updating to current ADA compliant restrooms, and working to establish the additional EDUCATIONAL THEATRE SPACE on the property to expand our theater education program, and well as providing a black-box theater for unique and intriguing productions.

The Town Players of New Canaan is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) non-profit community theater now in our 79th Year.  Established in 1946, we moved from place to place until finding our forever home.  We hope you will join us in your support of the new Powerhouse Performing Arts Center.

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