The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s executive director, Preston Whiteway, gestures June 5 at the kickoff event for the nonprofit’s summer season in Waterford. Members were given a preview of what to expect from the puppetry, cabaret, musical theater and playwrights conferences during the event, which showed off a newly redone patio at the center’s Blue Gene’s Pub as well as electrical renovations to the Rufus and Margo Rose Barn.