Performances

The Halloween Concert with the Hartt Orchestra and Hartt Wind Ensemble

Saturday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

Free and open to the public, as Hartt's Halloween treat for families and all in the Greater Hartford community.

Collage Concert

Friday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 15, 3 p.m.

Lincoln Theater

Hartt's annual Collage Concert features continuous music, dance, and theatre. As Hartt's gift to the community, this concert is free, but reservations are required. 

Hartt Opera Theater Presents: Acis and Galatea

Friday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 2, 3 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Denyce Graves & Laura Ward

Thursday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

To open its 16th season, the Garmany Music Series is honored to present mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, one of the most beloved and acclaimed vocal artists of our time. In collaboration with her longtime pianist Laura Ward, Graves will present a personally curated evening of American music, including songs and spirituals.

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Hub New Music & Kojiro Umezaki

Thursday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

The imaginative and crowd-pleasing Hub New Music (flute, clarinet, violin, cello) will present a wide-ranging program featuring guest artist Kojiro Umezaki of the Silk Road Ensemble. In addition to being an award-winning composer, Umezaki is regarded as one of the world’s leading performers on the shakuhachi (bamboo flute). The concert will also include the premiere of a Garmany-commissioned work by Hartt’s recently-retired faculty colleague, Robert Carl.

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Verona String Quartet & Steven Banks

Thursday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

The Garmany Series will welcome the Verona String Quartet with saxophonist Steven Banks. The Verona Quartet, whose playing has been hailed as “sensational…luminous… pure perfection,” is currently in residence at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Banks, who has quickly come to be regarded as one of the foremost saxophone soloists in the world, is a former Jackie McLean Fellow and Hartt adjunct faculty member. In addition to music by Debussy, Mozart and others, the program will feature the world premiere of a major new piece for saxophone and string quartet by the distinguished American composer Christopher Theofanidis. Theofanidis, a Grammy nominee and winner of the Rome Prize, teaches at the Yale School of Music.

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Sandbox Percussion

Thursday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

Sandbox Percussion, a four-person ensemble, will perform Seven Pillars, a Grammy-nominated large-scale mixed media work for a large roster of instruments, augmented by theatrical lighting designed for this performance, composed by the celebrated American composer, Andy Akiho.

Hartt Dances: Fall Dance Concert

Thursday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

Hartt Dances features choreographic masterworks of classical ballet and modern choreographers alongside the innovative works of contemporary dancemakers, all performed by the dancers of the Hartt School's Dance Division.

Hartt Dances: Spring Dance Concert

Thursday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Lincoln Theater

Hartt Dances features choreographic masterworks of classical ballet and modern choreographers alongside the innovative works of contemporary dancemakers, all performed by the dancers of the Hartt School's Dance Division.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Friday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6, 3 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

By Edmond Rostand

Freely adapted by Martin Crimp

This new adaptation of the masterwork renders the timeless story through spoken word, contemporary poetry, and raw physicality, where Cyrano seduces in raps and rhymes, using his linguistic brilliance to help another man win the heart of his one true love—above all—championing his own unbridled love for words.

Director - Christopher Andrew Rowe

Movement Director - Jason Taylor

Costume Designer - Nancy Leary

Lighting Designer - John Bartenstein

Set Designer - Yoshi Tanokura

Sound Designer - Rachel Landy

Content Warnings: Violence, Gunshots, Adult language

Something Rotten!

Thursday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m.

Lincoln Theater

Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell

Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick

Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick

Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway.

Director/Choreographer - Ralph Perkins

Music Director - David Kidwell

Costume Designer - Marueen Wynne

Lighting Designer - Chris Bell

Set Designer - Matthew S. Crane

Content Warnings: Adult Content

Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really

Thursday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 10, 3 p.m.

McCray Theater

By Kate Hamill

Based loosely on the novel by Bram Stoker

In Kate Hamill’s frightening and darkly comic new take on Bram Stoker’s 19th Century novel, however, “the monsters look just like us.” How, then, do people on the side of good fight for their loved ones in a dark world where charming predators are lurking around every corner? Who will drive a stake through the heart of patriarchy? At times comical and campy, and deeply chilling, unsettling, and thought-provoking throughout, this bloody romp is a thrilling turn on the story of Dracula as it’s been told in the past. 

Director/Fight Director - Hannah Roccisano

Composer - Kathryn Swanson

Costume Designer - Avery Jennings

Content Warnings: Murder and suicide, Blood and violence, Psychological and physical abuse, Sexual assault

Quilters

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m.

McCray Theater

By Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek

Based on true narratives of pioneer women, Quilters dramatizes the strenuous realities of 1800s frontier life. Prairie fires, twisters, starvation, and death are interspersed with lively, and often humorous, accounts of cabin construction, courtship, and childhood pranks. The patterns of life -- the dark times contrasted with the light -- are reflected in the women’s quilts, as are the connection, strength, and creativity they shared. Just as singing and dancing have helped folks survive and celebrate their lives, so too music and dance enliven this show. The message is universal and timeless: human survival depends upon our ability to embrace both laughter and tears. This uplifting and moving saga promises to warm your heart and stir your soul.

Director - Jill Giles

Music Director - Clay Zambo

Choreographer - Taylor Zappone

Costume Designer - Collette Benoit

Content Warnings: Mature themes, Death and grieving

Baby

Thursday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m.

McCray Theater 

Book by Sybille Pearson

Music by David Shire & Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.

Three couples on a university campus deal with the impending arrival of a baby at different stages of life. Danny and Lizzie are college students, barely at the beginning of their adult lives; thirty-somethings Nicki and Pam will do whatever it takes to conceive; Alan and Arlene are looking forward to seeing their last child graduate from college... when a night of unexpected passion lands them back where they started. From acclaimed duo Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, Baby (2021 Version) is vulnerable, funny, and tender.

Director/Choreographer - Robert Mintz

Music Director - Kevin Barlowski

Costume Designer - Amanda Walker

Peter and the Starcatcher

Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 4, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 6, 3 p.m.

Roberts Theater

A Play by Rick Elice

Music by Wayne Barker

Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Peter and the Starcatcher is based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, and explores how a young orphan ultimately became Peter Pan. Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.

Director - Brian Jennings

Music Director - Kevin Barlowski

Choreographer - Milana Rae

Costume Designer - Stephanie Genda

Lighting Designer - Chris Bell

Set Designer - Emily Nichols

The Tempest

Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 27, 3 p.m.

Roberts Theater

By William Shakespeare

Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Their celebrations are cut short when Prospero confronts his brother and reveals his identity as the usurped Duke of Milan. The families are reunited and all conflict is resolved. Prospero grants Ariel his freedom and prepares to leave the island.

Director - Robert H. Davis

Composer - Kathryn Swanson

Costume Designer - Darby Newsome

Guys and Dolls

Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Guys and Dolls, set in Depression-era Times Square, is about a couple of big city gamblers and the women who love them. It tells the overlapping stories of high-roller Sky Masterson, who falls in love with mission worker Sarah Brown, and lovable rapscallion Nathan Detroit, engaged for 14 years to Miss Adelaide, a headliner at the Hot Box Club. Nathan runs a famous floating crap game, and an ongoing plot line involves his quest for a safe place for the game as Adelaide continues her quest to convince him to marry her. Meanwhile, Sarah, mistakenly believing that Sky set up an illegal game at the mission, tries to fight her affection for the charismatic crapshooter.

Director - John Pike

Music Director - David Kidwell

Choreographer - Darlene Zoller

Costume Designer - Nancy Leary

Lighting Designer - Johann Fitzpatrick

Projection Designer - Michal Long

Set Designer - Mathew Crane

Hartt Opera Theater Presents: Street Scene

Millard Auditorium

Written by Kurt Weill, and set in sweltering 1940s New York, the plot centers around the various residents of a single tenement building, and takes place over just 24 hours. 

Collage Concert

Lincoln Theater

Hartt's annual Collage Concert features continuous music, dance, and theatre. As Hartt's gift to the community, this concert is free, but reservations are required.

Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band

Lincoln Theater

End of Year Concerts

Hartt Orchestra

Lincoln Theater 

Greater Hartt Youth Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band

Lincoln Theater

Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz: Ensembles Concert

Millard Auditorium

Jazz Ensemble concerts feature student ensembles committed to the styles and teachings of the Jackie McLean Institute Jazz offering selections of bebop, swing, hard bop, and much more. Come out and support these amazing students!  

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Bang on a Can All-Stars

Lincoln Theater

A celebration of the life and work of bassist Robert Black, a founding member of the All-Stars, who is retiring from his Hartt faculty position after 29 years. Also featured will be legendary Bang founders David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon.

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Javier Colon

Lincoln Theater

The internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter – and Hartt School alum – who first came to national attention by winning First Prize on NBC’s “The Voice.” 

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: The Juilliard String Quartet

Millard Auditorium

One of chamber music’s most iconic and beloved ensembles, now celebrating its 73rd season.

Hartt Dances: Spring Dance Concerts

Lincoln Theater

Hartt Dances features choreographic masterworks of classical ballet and modern choreographers alongside the innovative works of contemporary dancemakers, all performed by the dancers of the Hartt School's Dance Division.

Footloose

Lincoln Theater

Director/Choreographer: Ralph Perkins

A musical based on the movie of the same name, which centers around a city teenager who moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned.  As he struggles to fit in, his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Sister Act

Millard Auditorium

Director: Janelle Robinson; Music Director: David Kidwell; Choreographer: Jane Krantz

Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and additional material by Douglas Carter Beane.

My Fair Lady

Kent McCray Theater

Director: Michael Fling; Music Director: Phil Rittner; Choreographer: Ralph Perkins

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewebased. It is based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.

Pippin

Millard Theater

Director: Michael O'Flaherty; Music Director: David Kidwell; Choreographer: Taylor Zappone

Pippin becomes a soldier for his father's army, but is upset by the killing and murders his father to stop the war. Now King, he is even more lost and unsure about what he wants in life and turns away from everything, including love, before discovering that what he has been searching for has been there all along.

The Wolves

Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater

Director: Jill Giles

The Wolves is a play by Sarah DeLappe. It premiered Off-Broadway in in September 2016 and received the American Playwriting Foundation's inaugural Relentless Award, a New York Times Critic's Pick, and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  The Wolves centers on the experiences of high school girls through their weekly Saturday morning pre-game soccer warmups. The young women sometimes continue their gossip from the previous week, bringing up new developments or related topics and conversations that are often inappropriate and cause conflict amongst the teammates. 

Godspell

Kent McCray Theater

Director: Joni Weisfeld; Music Director: TBD; Choreographer: Savana Jones

Based primarily on the Book of Matthew, Godspell focuses on strangers, all from different walks of life, coming together to tell the lessons and parables of Jesus Christ through, by the end of the show, the strangers learn to carry Jesus’ message of kindness, tolerance, and love.  

Much Ado About Nothing

Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater

Director: Robert Davis

One of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love.