The Age of Innocence
April 5 – May 6
By Edith Wharton
Adapted for the stage by Douglas McGrath
Directed by Doug Hughes
Past Issues
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Feeding the Dragon
- A Christmas Carol (2017)
- Seder
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Our Great Tchaikovsky
- Heartbreak House
- The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
- Cloud 9
- The Comedy of Errors
- A Christmas Carol
- The Piano Lesson
- Queens for a Year
- Anastasia
- Having Our Say
- Romeo & Juliet
- The Body of an American
- A Christmas Carol (2015)
- Rear Window
- An Opening in Time
- Kiss Me, Kate
- The Pianist of Willesden Lane
- Reverberation
- Private Lives
- A Christmas Carol (2014)
- Hamlet
- Ether Dome
Haviland Morris
Meet the Artist
From the silver screen to the small screen to the Broadway stage, Haviland Morris has enjoyed a long and diverse career. Morris made her film debut in Reckless, which was followed by her star-making turn as prom queen Caroline Mulford in the John Hughes hit Sixteen Candles. Read more…
Playwright Douglas McGrath
Meet the Artist
Playwright and screenwriter Douglas McGrath received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. His first film as a writer and director was his adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. He co-wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated film Bullets Over Broadway, which transferred to Broadway as a Tony Award-nominated musical. Watch Video…
Costume Designer Linda Cho
Meet the Artist
Costume Designer Linda Cho won the Tony Award for costume Design of a Musical for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and was nominated for the new musical Anastasia, both of which originated at Hartford Stage. Cho has also designed costumes for Hartford Stage productions of Gee’s Bend, The Whipping Man, Twelfth Night, Reverberation and Rear Window. Watch Video…
Edith Wharton
A Biography
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a tightly controlled society at a time when women were discouraged from achieving anything beyond a proper marriage. Wharton broke through these strictures to become one of America’s greatest writers. Read more…
Production Sponsor Spotlight
C. Robert Zelinger, Partner at Hinckley Allen
“Hinckley Allen has a long tradition of supporting community endeavors in the cities in which we’re located. We have six offices on the east coast and Hartford is one of our offices; we review every year those community organizations that require support and that are integral to the fabric of our community.” Read more…
Theatre Partnership Unites Hartford Neighbors
Education @ Hartford Stage
This past fall if you happened to stop by the Aetna Community Center at Dunkin’ Donuts Park, home of the Hartford Yard Goats, you would have been greeted by a room full of students creating and rehearsing a piece of theatre. Read more…
Hartford Stage Gala
Silent Auction Preview
A gala highlight is our silent auction, which features dozens of exciting prize packages for guests to bid on. Each winning bid helps raise essential funds for Hartford Stage’s artistic and education programs. Read more…
Meet the Staff
Nina Greene, Associate General Manager
“I am a theatre geek through and through. I spent most of my life around Broadway shows and only recently made the move here to Hartford. While I will always be a New Yorker in my heart, I am relishing the beauty and calm of New England and sharing this new adventure with my husband, Vince, and my almost-two-year-old daughter, Roxanne.” Read more…
Short Takes
News from Hartford Stage
Lobby display, the 2018/19 season, Annual Gala, Library Pass, Education @ Hartford Stage Junior Troupe, Feeding the Dragon at Primary Stages, A Lesson from Aloes. Read more…
