Welcome to our 40th Anniversary Season! TheaterWorks Hartford is thrilled to announce these great new plays by phenomenal storytellers as part of our 40th anniversary. Our 25/26 season is a celebration of the past, present, and future of TheaterWorks Hartford. Filled with several premieres, a new immersive piece about the…
HARTFORD CONN., TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, announces the cast and creative team for its upcoming 2024-2025 production of Primary Trust. The Connecticut Premiere of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth begins April 10, and runs through May 11, 2025 at TheaterWorks…
by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage I may have a last name associated with basketball, and I drive past the Basketball Hall of Fame at least daily, but I know little about the sport, and even less about LeBron James. Let me start by saying that King James,…
by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage A new revision of Peter Pan, touring the country, flew into The Bushnell in Hartford this week. Based on the 1954 musical, this version has an updated (and more politically-correct) script by Native American playwright Loretta FastHorse, whose recent The Thanksgiving Play, has…
by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage August Wilson was a prolific playwright who wrote about the 20th century African American experience. His works, several of which, including Two Trains Running premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre, were important plays on Broadway and translated into powerful films. He’s best known…
Directed by Rob Ruggiero, Runs January 30 – March 2, 2025 Produced in Partnership with Round House Theatre and Barrington Stage Co. TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, announces details for its 2024-2025 production of King James. The Connecticut premiere of this wonderfully funny and moving new comedy…
TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, announces details for its 2024-2025 production of King James. The Connecticut premiere of this wonderfully funny and moving new comedy from the mind of Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rajiv Joseph is a celebration of friendship and fandom. LeBron James was just the hero Cleveland…
by Suzanne Wells, Special to Berkshire on Stage What do you get when you mix historical female role models with modern-day rock icons? “Six The Musical” by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Based on the six wives of Henry VIII, the show revealseach of their lives through the musical influences…
