The Shawshank Redemption

Town Players of New Canaan invite audiences to The Shawshank Redemption, a powerful stage adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 beloved novella.   For mature audiences, base on content.

Don’t miss this unforgettable theatrical experience that reminds us,  as Red says—“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things.”

At the heart of The Shawshank Redemption, adapted for the stage by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns, is the moving theme of redemption, how one man’s quiet resilience and enduring hope bring light to even the darkest of places. When Andy Dufresne is sentenced to life in the notorious Shawshank prison, he forms an unlikely bond with longtime inmate Ellis “Red” Redding and begins a journey of transformation—for himself and those around him.