
SHU Community Theatre


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SHUCT, located at the center of scenic downtown Fairfield, Connecticut has operated as a cinema theatre for over 100 years. Since 2020, it has expanded to become a multidisciplinary performing arts venue, bringing you education and entertainment in concert. Our mission is to bring music, cinema, dance, comedy and more from all over the world to our stage.
Jul 11, 2026


One of the most influential fantasy films ever, The Day The Earth Stood Still was the first big-budget studio sci-fi movie in modern film history and featured the first "flying saucer.”
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
Jul 11, 2026


Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of space voyage sci-fi movies, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be adopted into many flicks and TV shows to come. Leslie Nielsen (back when his acting was unintentionally funny) plays a spaceship commander who brings his crew to the green-skied Altair-4 world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), the remarkable Robby the Robot… and to a mysterious terror.
FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)
Jul 10, 2026


Steven Spielberg’s first science fiction film is an absolute classic, starring Richard Dreyfuss as an ordinary man whose life gets turned upside down after a run-in with a UFO
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Jul 9, 2026


Bernstein’s Wall traces Leonard Bernstein’s lifelong struggle to create social change and bring people together through his work. For decades he towered over the worlds of classical music, Broadway, television, and culture, while using his clout to advocate for progressive political change, as well as lending his name to numerous causes and fringe groups at considerable personal risk.
Bernstein's Wall

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