Gene Golaszewski
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Gene Golaszewski.
Gene was a board member and leader at Town Players for nearly twenty years, but his life in community theater ran longer than that — more than twenty-five years — and he did nearly every job it has to offer. He acted. He stage managed. He ran lights and sound. He produced. And then he directed, again and again — *Harvey*, *The Mousetrap*, *A Christmas Carol*, and many more — here at the Little Theatre and at Brookfield Theatre for the Arts and TheatreWorks New Milford.
Late in all of that, he sat down and wrote a play — about theater people and all their idiosyncrasies. Of course he did. Nobody knew us better.
He gave his time and his judgment freely, and he did the work that nobody applauds — the work that keeps the doors open and the lights on. Gene loved this place, and everyone who walked through our doors could feel it.
His wife, Rita, wanted us to know how much the theater meant to him. We want her to know how much he meant to us.
Our hearts are with Rita and the entire Golaszewski family.
Funeral arrangements are pending. We will share them here as soon as we have them.
Thank you, Gene. For all of it.