Welcome to Handful Productions, the home of FOCUS Teen Improv, The Awkward Stage Players (adult improv) and FUSE Theatre of CT. We are a a theatre education and production company centrally located in the Greater New Haven area.
Arts Education Resume
Lara Morton, Founder & Director of Handful Productions, has been a theater teacher, director of educational theater and playwright for young audiences since 1994. She has extensive experience teaching and directing theater arts to all ages, and is excited to expand her reach in this critical field of work through Handful Productions.
The Comedy of Errors, Lyme-Old Lyme High School (2011)
Directorial Work (Full-scale productions)
Disney's 'The Lion King Jr.' 2020
Handful Productions
FUSE Theatre of CT, West Haven, CT
'Grease: School Edition' 2018
WiSP, East Haven, CT
'Beauty and the Beast Jr.' 2018
Madbarn Productions, Madison, CT
'Elf Jr.' 2017
Madbarn Productions, Madison, CT
'The Hundred Dresses' 2012 & 2013
West Haven Child Development Center
'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' 2011
Lyme-Old Lyme H.S.
'The Comedy of Errors' 2010
Lyme-Old Lyme H.S.
'Tony's Turn' 2000-2001 (touring)
Open End Theatre Company/Yale
'Devonya's Decision' 1999-2001 (touring)
Open End Theatre Company/Yale
'The Prudence Crandall Story'
Young Audiences of CT
Anti-Defamation League of CT
'Cinderella' 1998
Alliance Children's Theatre/UNH
'My Name is Job'
Mt. Sinai COGIC/Binghamton, NY
'The Awakening'
SUNY @ Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
ARTS EDUCATION
Current Positions:
FUSE Theatre of CT, West Haven, CT (2019- )
Co-Founder/Vice-President/Artistic Director
Performance Plus Teen Improv, West Haven, CT (2019--)
Director/Instructor
The Awkward Stage Players, West Haven, CT (2019-)
Director/Instructor
FOCUS Teen Improv, Madison, CT (2018-)
Director/Founder
Past Postions:
Mathewson Elementary School, Milford, CT (2017-)
After-school Drama Teacher
West Haven Council on the Arts, West Haven, CT (2018)
Director of 'Theatre Safari Camp'
New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, CT (2014-2016)
Part-Time Theatre Instructor
Speranza Educational Theatre @ Sephardic Academy of Manhattan, NYC, NY (2013)
Creative Dramatics Instructor
Prendergast School, Ansonia, CT (2013)
Page to Stage Teaching Artist / Consultant / Roald Dahl ‘Perseverance’ Project
J.C.C Performing Arts Camp, Woodbridge, CT (2011)
Director / Instructor
Blend, Branford, CT (2009-2011)
Drama Teacher / Coordinator
Amistad Academy/Achievement First, New Haven, CT (02/08-06/09)
After-school Drama Teacher
Amistad America, New Haven, CT (2001-2002
Diversity Workshop Director/Facilitator
Open End Theatre Company, Yale College, New Haven, CT (1999-2002)
Artistic Director (1999-2002)
Young Audiences of Connecticut, Hamden, CT (1998-2000)
Program/Education Director
Tabor Arts Center, Branford, CT (2000)
Creative Dramatics Instructor
Turkey Hill School, Orange, CT (1999)
After-school Drama Teacher
Neighborhood Place Summer Arts Camp; New Haven, CT (1999)
Drama Teacher
City of New Haven Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (1999)
After-school Drama Teacher
B.O.C.E.S & Evergreen Alternative School, Binghamton, NY. (1995-1997)
Theatre Teacher
ASSORTED PROJECTS/POSITIONS
YALE Medical School, New Haven, CT
Standardized Patient (2019-)
S.A.T.B. Cabaret, CT
Founder/Director (2012-2017)
Shoreline Pyschodrama, Branford, CT
Founder/Director (2008-2009)
Lowdown Productions, New Haven, CT
Founder/Director (1998-2005)
Mental Health Association Players, Binghamton, NY; (1994-1997)
Assistant Director
Cast of Tony's Turn, Open End Theater 2001
Beauty and the Beast Jr. 2018
The Hundred Dresses (2012)
Beauty and the Beast Jr. 2018
Grease: School Edition (2018)
Elf Jr. (2017)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood , Lyme-Old Lyme High School (2012)
SATB Cabaret 2012-2016