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Photographed outside the Goodspeed Opera House, Bill Berloni of Haddam is currently working with two rescued Havanese mixes, Dulce (left) and Charlie (right), for the play "Left On Tenth" opening on Broadway in September. The world-renowned humane trainer works with dogs, cats, farm animals, birds, reptiles and insects. He just finished working with a Great Dane who will co-star with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in the film The Friend to be released this fall. His career began nearly 50 ago, as an apprentice at the Goodspeed Opera House when he was put in charge of finding and training a dog named Sandy for the original production of ‘Annie.’ A large majority of the animals Berloni works with are rescues.
Mark Mirko
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Connecticut Public
Connecticut is home to many famous actors — including four-legged ones. They have names like Sandy from the show "Annie" and Bruiser from the musical "Legally Blonde." Most are rescues from animal shelters. Their trainer is Bill Berloni, who's helped them become showbiz stars.
Clockwise from left: A customer picks up their ice cream order at the UConn Dairy Bar in Storrs, Conn. (Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative) A trail leading deeper into the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge area, near the welcome center in Swanton, Vermont. (Sophie Stephens/Vermont Public) Portland Head Light Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (Tulley Hescock/Maine Public). A long line of tourists enters the Lobster Pot in Provincetown in 2022. (Jesse Costa/WBUR file photo)
Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative, Sophie Stephens/Vermont Public, Tulley Hescock/Maine Public, Jesse Costa/WBUR file photo
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