Summer of 1932

The Theatre in the Woods was built in 1932. The opening production was "Robin Hood."

The Theatre in the Woods was dreamed up by the owners of the 40-acre property, a performing arts couple from New York: Greek Evans, a Broadway performer, and his wife, Henriette Wakefield, a star in the Metropolitan Opera Company.

The Norwalk Civic Opera Company, which produced the performances at the amphitheatre, was a non-profit organization run by volunteers, including, by 1936, a 20-peice orchestra.

Greek Evans produced the operas and operettas, and he and Wakefield performed in many of them.