Judy Dworin Performance Project is an award-winning, socially and community conscious organization whose work on stage, in schools and in prison communities raises awareness and provides compelling experiences through multi-arts performance and residencies.

Thoughtful, intelligent, relevant work.
~Greater Hartford Arts Council

The entire JDPP team, both on stage and behind the scenes, has been a pleasure to work with, and strives for and maintains the highest standards in terms of their work and performance.
~Recent project collaborator

I wish more people knew about JDPP. I feel like the organization is an unsung treasure.
~Private funder

Each year the CT Women’s Alliance choose a non-profit to support with funds raised through their events and programming.  This year they are generously donating funds to the Judy Dworin Performance Project! Their Annual Conference will be a day of inspiration, education, and networking with dynamic women from throughout the region. It will take place on April 25th from 8am to 4:30pm at the Farmington Marriott. Please see their website for more information and to register for the conference. Check out Frank Rizzo's article about the event!

Also, Judy will be one of 10 Voice and Vision Honorees through the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame 19th Annual Induction Ceremony & Celebration, “Women’s Perspectives: Celebrating Voice and Vision,” on October 18, 2012.The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (CWHF) showcases the contributions Connecticut women have made and continue to make in their their communities and across Connecticut and the nation. The CWHF promotes awareness, knowledge and appreciation of women's accomplishments, the issues they championed and the impact of their stories through its educational outreach programs, including traveling exhibits, speakers, lesson plans, oral histories, a heritage trail, website resources, inductions, youth conferences, projects and collaborations throughout the state. Check out the full list of honorees!

Thanks to a beautiful nomination by In This House: New London - Making History, Moving Forward collaborator Edward Baker of the New London County Historical Society, JDPP was recently given an Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations for In This House! "The committee was very impressed with the project, and commends the unique use of the Joshua Hempstead diary and also the inclusion of a study guide. It is this kind of unique project that anyone in the history field loves to see being presented to the public"

Thank you to all who made this honor possible!

Out of an incredibly competitive application pool, with 38 grant applications requesting more than $1.2 million, JDPP was one of only 16 projects ultimately selected for funding. JDPP received $15,168 for our Youth With Incarcerated Parents (YWIP) High School Mentor Project, in which we will train and employ high school students from A.I. Prince Technical High School who have a parent in prison to become mentors for younger children in various YWIP workshops. Through this grant, 8 students will build self-confidence and self-concept, learn to work collaboratively in a group, develop leadership skills, learn about various art forms and become more comfortable with and adept at engaging in these forms with children, enhance problem solving skills and creativity, and develop a stronger ability to communicate about the issues that surround having a parent in prison, both personally and in terms of the larger youth population.

We are incredibly proud and excited to be able to expand this important aspect of our work! With many thanks to Mayor Pedro Segarra, the City of Hartford, and the Greater Hartford Arts Council.