Hartford Stage

01/10/2025

Meet Risa. She's the soul of Memphis Lee's diner, a working woman in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1969.

Taji Senior's credits include Bernarda’s Daughters (The New Group/National Black Theatre); Nightbird (Austin Playhouse); ‘A’ (What the Black Girl Found While Searching for God) (radio play, The Parsnip Ship, NY); devour. (official selection, LadyFest 2019, The Tank NYC). She is a graduate of UCLA's MFA Acting program, and makes her Hartford Stage debut in August Wilson's Two Trains Running.

Performances begin January 23: HartfordStage.org

📸: D’André Photography

01/06/2025

Director Gilbert McCauley makes his Hartford Stage debut with August Wilson's Two Trains Running. A full professor of Theater at UMass Amherst, Gilbert has been a lecturer at various universities around the country. His off-Broadway and regional theater credits include Arena Stage, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Goodman Theatre, New Century Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage and the National Theatre of Ghana.

Meet the full team and get tickets at HartfordStage.org.

01/03/2025

New year, new show. From the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright of Fences and The Piano Lesson, we're serving up August Wilson's Two Trains Running from January 23 through February 16.

Jerome Preston Bates is HOLLOWAY, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. is MEMPHIS, David Jennings is HAMBONE, Postell Pringle is WOLF, Jeorge Bennett Watson is WEST, Taji Senior is RISA, and Rafael Jordan is STERLING.

📸: Photo by D'André Photography ().

12/27/2024

And we will never forget the warmth, passion, and excitement you bring to the audience each and every performance. Only four chances left to experience this magical tale until next year. Limited tickets available at HartfordStage.org.

Read the full review from Hartford Courant: https://bit.ly/3ZOMMtQ

12/23/2024

🕯️ "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy."

Read the full review at: kimoleeeryn.com.

Allen Gilmore as Ebenezer Scrooge could warm even the most frozen of hearts. Only a few more chances left to see him and the full ensemble of A Christmas Carol! Performances must close December 29: HartfordStage.org.

📸: Allen Gilmore in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

12/20/2024

The liminal world-behind-the-world of Hartford Stage's A Christmas Carol.

🕰️ 800 hours: the time it takes our Scene Shop to unpack, repair, and install the set every year.
🕯️ 500 lighting instruments are turned on and off throughout the run.
🌪️ 350 pounds of dry ice are used per year, creating the steam effects for Bert's cider and Mr. Marvel's cart.
🎉 150 Christmas poppers, each handmade by our Props Team, are used from rehearsals through performances.

For more behind-the-scenes facts on the making of our annual production, visit HartfordStage.org to read our digital program, watch backstage video content, and get tickets before Jacob Marley lays to rest for another year!

12/19/2024

The party is in full swing! We're dancing into another joyful weekend of A Christmas Carol.

Don't miss Hartford's favorite holiday tradition—get your tickets now: HartfordStage.org.

📸: Stuart Rider and Natalie Brown in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

12/12/2024

From one stage in Hartford to another.... A Christmas Carol alum and The Hartt School graduate Jamaal Fields-Green is currently headlining the tour of MJ at the The Bushnell, from now until December 15.

Get your tickets at: https://bushnell.org/shows-concerts/mj.

📷: Jamaal Fields-Green and Laura Axelrod in A Christmas Carol (2017). Photo by T. Charles Erickson). Jamaal Fields-Green in MJ. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

12/04/2024

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”

Welcome to the colorful, magical world of A Christmas Carol running now until December 29 at Hartford Stage.

🎟: HartfordStage.org
📸: 1. John-Andrew Morrison; 2. Noble Shropshire and Allen Gilmore; 3. Jenna Willet and Max Unlu; 5. Patrick O'Konis, Hero Marguerite, and James Salvo; 6. Natalie Brown and Max Unlu; 7. Rebecka Jones, Ava Cerny, and Allen Jones; 8. Vanessa R Butler and Erik Bloomquist. Photos by T. Charles Erickson.

11/30/2024

Looking for a holiday treat for the whole family? Experience the magic of A Christmas Carol at our sensory-friendly performance on Saturday, December 7.

Open to all, this performance is designed to accommodate individuals on the autism spectrum or with a range of other sensory-input differences such as anxiety.

Learn more and get tickets: HartfordStage.org/Sensory-Friendly

📸: 1. Vanessa R Butler and Erik Bloomquist, 2. Patrick O’Konis and James Salvo, 3. Noble Shropshire. Photos by T. Charles Erickson.

11/30/2024

It's and the vendors of Victorian London are waiting for you to patron their stalls!

❄️ Bettye Pidgeon's dolls remind us of simpler, blissful times.
🍊 A sip of Burt's world-famous cider will help you stay present.
⏳ Don't wait too long to check out Mr. Marvel's exciting new inventions...

Pick up your tickets of A Christmas Carol at the box office then take a stroll down Pratt Street and over to Winterfair at Union Station to shop over 75+ small businesses!

Make Hartford your holiday destination 🎟️: HartfordStage.org/A-Christmas-Carol

📸: 1. Rebecka Jones, 2. John-Andrew Morrison, 3. Mauricio Miranda and Allen Gilmore, 4. Vedanth Satish and Allen Gilmore. Photos by T. Charles Erickson.

11/29/2024

At Hartford Stage, the holidays are about coming together as a community, celebrating kindness, and spreading joy. This year, we're thrilled to partner with and act as an official drop-off site to benefit their mission and help ensure every family in our community has a warm meal this season.

We invite you to bring non-perishable food items to our lobby at 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT. Whether you're here to enjoy our festive production of A Christmas Carol or simply passing through downtown, your generosity will make a meaningful difference.

For more information, visit HandsOnHartford.org or contact our Box Office.

📸: Food props from A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.

11/28/2024

You're in for a feast! 🦃 🍽️ Kick off the holiday season at A Christmas Carol: join us for matinee and evening performances all weekend long.

🎟️ Performances run until December 29: HartfordStage.org.

📸: Allen Gilmore and the youth ensemble in A Christmas Carol, 2024. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

11/24/2024

There’s no place like home.

11/23/2024

✨ It’s tiiiiime ✨

Performances of A Christmas Carol begin TONIGHT! Spend the day in downtown Hartford before the show and experience all that Hartford offers for the holiday season.

📸: Rebecka Jones. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

11/21/2024

🎙️ Step into the spirit of the season in our most recent episode of Scene and Heard!

Artistic Director Melia Bensussen sits down with cast members Allen Gilmore, Rebecka Jones, John-Andrew Morrison, and Mauricio Miranda to talk about the heartwarming magic of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.

Discover their unique perspectives on this timeless tale, their favorite moments on stage, and what makes Hartford’s beloved holiday tradition so special.

✨ Filmed on location at the historic Stowe Center for Literary Activism, this conversation adds a special touch of Hartford history to the holiday spirit.

A Christmas Carol runs November 23 – December 29—don’t miss the theatrical magic and wonder!

🎟️ Get your tickets now: HartfordStage.org/A-Christmas-Carol

📹 Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/qrPLOc9NT6M

🎥: Miceli Productions, LLC

🎙️: Melia chats with members of the cast of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas: Allen Gilmore, Rebecka Jones, John-Andrew Morrison, and Mauricio ...