Press Release Archive
August 29, 2018
Hartford Stage to host inaugural fundraising golf tournament on September 24
August 27, 2018
Education @ Hartford Stage to launch Youth Acting Program in Avon in September
August 15, 2018
Auditions for Child Actors for A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
August 9, 2018
Hartford Stage announces cast and creative team for the world premiere of Make Believe
July 14, 2018
Single and group tickets now on sale for 2018/19 season
July 11, 2018
Hartford Stage announces cast and performance dates for Breakdancing Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
June 13, 2018
Hartford Stage’s World Premiere of The Age of Innocence named Outstanding Play at Connecticut Critics Circle Awards
June 11, 2018
Hartford Stage announces David R. Jimenez elected President of the Board of Directors
May 24, 2018
Hartford Stage announces playwright Mfoniso Udofia as 2018 Aetna New Voices Fellow
May 17, 2018
Piano Virtuoso Mona Golabek Returns for a Limited Engagement of The Pianist of Willesden Lane
April 25, 2018
Ariyon Bakare, Randall Newsome and Andrus Nichols star in A Lesson from Aloes
April 12, 2018
Hartford Stage Announces Jeeves & Wooster in “Perfect Nonsense” as Sixth Production of the 2018-19 Season
April 5, 2018
Hartford Stage to Embark Upon Final Phase of Theatre Renovations
March 23, 2018
Hartford Stage Announces 2018/19 Season
March 8, 2018
Darko Tresnjak to Step Down as Artistic Director of Hartford Stage in June 2019
February 16, 2018
Hartford Stage Extends Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
February 7, 2018
Hartford Stage Adds Athol Fugard’s A Lesson from Aloes to Season
January 16, 2018
Hartford Stage presents the McCarter Theatre Center Production of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
January 10, 2018
Hartford Stage Accepting Entries for Annual Write On Young Playwrights’ Competition
January 4, 2018
Hartford Stage Selected to Participate in National Creative Aging Program
December 15, 2017
Hartford Stage Forms Ongoing Community Partnership with the Hartford Public Library
December 11, 2017
Hartford Stage to Present Feeding the Dragon, Written and Performed by Sharon Washington
November 27, 2017
Hartford Stage Implements Community Access Program for Underserved Hartford Communities
November 15, 2017
Hartford Stage Gifted with Original 1939 Marshall Field & Company Charles Dickens Christmas Carol Storefront Window Display
November 10, 2017
Hartford Stage’s Sensory-Friendly Performance of A Christmas Carol Set for Saturday, December 2
November 8, 2017
Hartford Stage to Host Third Annual Holiday Food Drive to Support Hands On Hartford
November 3, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces Youth Ensemble Cast for 20th Anniversary Season Production of A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
November 1, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Creative Team for the 20th Anniversary Season of A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
October 10, 2017
Actress Alexandra Silber to Discuss After Anatevka, Her First Novel, in Conversation with Darko Tresnjak
October 2, 2017
Sean Pomposello Joins Hartford Stage as Director of Marketing and Communications
September 20, 2017
Hartford Stage to Present the World Premiere of Sarah Gancher’s Seder
September 5, 2017
Hartford Stage to Audition Child Actors for 20th Anniversary Production of A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
August 7, 2017
Scarlett Strallen, Esau Pritchett, and John Lavelle Lead Cast for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
July 18, 2017
Education at Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Production Team for Teen Musical Ensemble Production of Pippin
July 15, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces Michael Preston to Play Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
July 5, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces Cast for Breakdancing Shakespeare: As You Like It
June 27, 2017
Hartford Stage Takes Home Six Connecticut Critics Circle Awards
June 22, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces New Board Members Elected at Annual Meeting
June 20, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces August Performances Dates for Breakdancing Shakespeare: As You Like It
May 24, 2017
Hartford Stage Teams with IDTV to Produce Innovative Digital-Out-Of-Home Advertising for Heartbreak House
May 17, 2017
Connections Program to Receive ILA Celebrate Literacy Award from Connecticut Reading Association
May 12, 2017
Hershey Felder Returns to Hartford Stage in Our Great Tchaikovsky
April 27, 2017
Connections Program Awarded $5,000 Grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
April 26, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Creative Team for George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House
March 31, 2017
Free Panel Discussion on Bullying and Depression Following Performance of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
March 16, 2017
Hartford Stage to Host Book Signings with James Lecesne during The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
March 14, 2017
Hartford Stage to Present James Lecesne’s Critically-Acclaimed Solo Show The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
February 16, 2017
Hartford Stage to Host Free Panel Discussion on Raising Non-Traditional Families in Connecticut
February 15, 2017
Cloud 9 Set Designer, Artist Nick Vaughan, to Speak at Real Art Ways
January 30, 2017
Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Creative Team For Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9
January 9, 2017
Hartford Stage Adds Shaw’s Heartbreak House to Season
December 27, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Creative Team For Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
November 7, 2016
Hartford Stage to Host “Tiny Tim’s Holiday Food Drive” to Support Hands On Hartford
November 4, 2016
Hartford Stage to Host 14th Annual Community Night Performance of A Christmas Carol on November 30
November 4, 2016
Third Annual Sensory-Friendly Performance of A Christmas Carol Scheduled
October 28, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces Cast of 19th Annual Production of A Christmas Carol
October 25, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces Bill Raymond’s Final Season As Ebenezer Scrooge
September 19, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Creative Team For August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
September 1, 2016
Hartford Stage to Hold Panel Discussion on Women in the Military
August 23, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces Cast and Creative Team For Queens for a Year
August 18, 2016
Hartford Stage Receives $135,592 Grant from LEGO® Community Fund U.S. to Expand Connections Program and Early Literacy
July 5, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces New Board Members and Re-elected Officers at Annual Meeting
June 17, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces The Final Play of the 2016-17 Season: Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill
May 9, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan To be included in the 2016-17 Season
April 12, 2016
Hartford Stage Extends Anastasia by 8 Performances; Show Runs Through June 19
April 6, 2016
Hartford Stage Announces First Four Plays for the 2016-17 Season
March 18, 2016
Hartford Stage Awarded Grant from Connecticut Humanities to Help Support an Exhibition for Having Our Say
March 11, 2016
Casting Announced for Anastasia
January 20, 2016
Hartford Stage to Audition Girls Ages 7-13 for the New Musical Anastasia
January 19, 2016
Hartford Stage Presents Shakespeare’s Most Popular Play, Romeo & Juliet Directed by Darko Tresnjak
January 6, 2016
Hartford Stage to Host Free Public Events in Support of The Body of an American
December 16, 2015
Hartford Stage Awarded Grant from Connecticut Humanities to Support The Body of an American
December 14, 2015
National Endowment for the Arts Awards $10,000 to Hartford Stage in Support of Anastasia
November 4, 2015
Hartford Stage Presents The Body of an American by Dan O’Brien
October 2, 2015
Hartford Stage Receives $82,500 Grant from the LEGO® Community Fund to Support Connections Program
September 30, 2015
Antay Bilgutay Joins Hartford Stage as Director of Development
September 28, 2015
Hartford Stage Announces Full Cast and Creative Team for Rear Window
September 24, 2015
Hartford Stage’s Sensory-Friendly Performance of A Christmas Carol Set for Tuesday, December 8
September 23, 2015
Hartford Stage and Aetna Announce Playwright Christina Anderson as 2015-16 Aetna New Voices Fellow
July 28, 2015
Hartford Stage Presents the World Premiere of An Opening in Time By Connecticut Native Christopher Shinn
July 1, 2015
Hartford Stage Announces Appointment of New Board President, Newly-Elected and Rejoining Board Members
May 11, 2015
Hartford Stage to Hold Equity Principal Auditions for its 2015-16 Season
April 21, 2015
Hartford Stage Announces Tony Award-winner Darko Tresnjak Will Direct World Premiere of Anastasia
March 30, 2015
Darko Tresnjak, 2014 Tony Award-winner for Best Direction of a Musical, Directs Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate
March 18, 2015
Hartford Stage Announces Three Selections for the 2015-16 MainStage Season
March 11, 2015
Hartford Stage Names Elizabeth Williamson New Associate Artistic Director
March 10. 2015
Hartford Stage Presents Piano Virtuoso Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane
November 26, 2014
Aya Cash, Carl Lundstedt, and Luke Macfarlane Cast in the World Premiere of Matthew Lopez’s Reverberation
November 24, 2014
Noël Coward’s Private Lives Brings the Sunny French Seaside to Hartford in January
September 2, 2014
Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak to Introduce Darko’s Book Club
August 27, 2014
2014 Tony Award-Winner Darko Tresnjak Directs Hamlet
July 16, 2014
Hartford Stage and Aetna Announce Playwright Kimber Lee as 2014-15 Aetna New Voices Fellow
July 16, 2014
Hartford Stage Announces the Cast and Creative Team for the East Coast Premiere of Ether Dome By Elizabeth Egloff
April 29, 2014
Hartford Stage’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Tops all Broadway Shows with 10 Tony Award Nominations!
April 14, 2014
Hartford Stage Presents 2013 Tony Award Winning Comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
March 18, 2014
Hartford Stage Announces 2014-2015 Season with Three Classics and Three Premieres
February 25, 2014
Hartford Stage Awarded “Connecticut at Work” Grant to Support Somewhere Community Discussion
February 18, 2014
Somewhere by Matthew Lopez Springs to Life with East Coast Premiere
February 4, 2014
Esteemed Broadway Veterans Headline Revival of Noel Coward’s A Song at Twilight
January 31, 2014
Hartford Stage Dramaturg Elizabeth Williamson to Travel to Estonia for TCG’s Global Connections
December 12, 2013
Hartford Stage warns of wardrobe malfunction, Prepares The Underpants by Steve Martin
November 20, 2013
New Lighting, Costumes and Special Effects Will Intensify the Magic and Merriment of A Christmas Carol at Hartford Stage
July 17, 2013
Hartford Stage Opens 50th Anniversary Season with La Dispute, in Repertory with Macbeth
July 2, 2013
Hartford Stage Awarded Shakespeare in American Communities Grant
May 7, 2013
Hartford Stage Announces Full Creative Team, Cast and Events for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
April 22, 2013
Hartford Stage Announces Cast of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Directed by Darko Tresnjak
March 11, 2013
Hartford Stage Announces Full Creative Team for Beth Henley’s Abundance
March 1, 2013
National Corporate Theatre Fund Honors Hartford Stage and Four other Resident Theatres Turning 50
February 12, 2013
Hartford Stage Announces Cast of Beth Henley’s Abundance
January 30, 2013
Hartford Stage Presents World Premiere of Man in a Case
December 18, 2012
Hartford Stage Presents World Premiere of Daniel Beaty’s Breath & Imagination
November 27, 2012
Hartford Stage Receives NEA Grant to Support Breath & Imagination – The Story of Roland Hayes and Twelfth Night
November 26, 2012
Tom Frey to Join Cast in Hartford Stage’s World Premiere of Breath & Imagination – The Story of Roland Hayes
November 6, 2012
Hartford Stage Announces the 15th Anniversary Production of A Christmas Carol
October 19, 2012
Hartford Stage Announces Cast for Brand:NEW Fall Festival of New Works
October 15, 2012
Hartford Stage Costume Shop Makes Paper Dress Out of Maps
October 1, 2012
Hartford Stage Announces Lineup for Brand: NEW Festival of New Works
September 24, 2012
Hartford Stage Announces Cast of Man in a Case
September 17, 2012
Hartford Stage Presents World Premiere Musical Comedy A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder With Tony Award-Winner Jefferson Mays
September 4, 2012
Hartford Stage and Aetna Name Playwright Matthew Lopez the 2012-13 Aetna New Voices Fellow
August 31, 2012
Hartford Stage Now Offering Blue Star Theatre Discount to Military Families
August 30, 2012
Hartford Stage Nominated for Grants in Chase Community Giving Program
August 27, 2012
Hartford Stage Introduces Stage Pass Season Subscription for Theater Goers Ages 18-27
August 17, 2012
Hartford Stage Announces Cast of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
August 16, 2012
Hartford Stage Presents Season Opener, Hedda Gabler
August 2, 2012
Hartford Stage Names Jill Adams New Board President
July 31, 2012
Elizabeth Williamson Joins the Hartford Stage Artistic Team
July 30, 2012
Hartford Stage Announces Cast of Season Opener, Hedda Gabler
July 3, 2012
Hartford Stage Names Maxwell Williams New Associate Artistic Director
April 18, 2012
Managing Director Michael Stotts Attends Monte Cristo Awards
April 17, 2012
Water by the Spoonful, by Quiara Alegria Hudes, Wins the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
