For Immediate Release

Audra Tanguay, atanguay@hartfordstage.org
860.520.7247, cell 203.910.8419 

Hartford Stage Now Offering

Hartford, CT, August 31, 2012 - Hartford Stage is participating in the Theatre Communications Group Blue Star Theatre initiative to offer significant discounts to military personnel and their immediate families. Active duty and veteran military personnel and their immediate families are offered complimentary admission to any performance at Hartford Stage for the 2012-2013 Mainstage season.  

To book tickets, please call the Hartford Stage box office at 860-527-5151.  Tickets cannot be booked through our website.

Active duty and veteran military personnel and their immediate families will also be offered a 25% discount on our Adult and Youth Studio classes. Please contact Chelsea Caplan at 860.520.7244 to register.

Please visit www.hartfordstage.org for more information and to learn more about the shows for the 2012-2013 season.   

Hartford Stage Company

Hartford Stage, since its founding in 1963, has been known for innovative revivals of classics and the development of important new works, including 65 World or American premieres. Recent work includes Quiara Alegria Hudes'Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Horton Foote'sThe Orphans' Home Cyclewhich had a celebrated run at the Signature Theatre in New York during the 2009-2010 season; a landmark production of Harper Lee'sTo Kill a Mockingbird;the premieres of Michael Kramer'sDivine Rivalry;and Daniel Beaty'sResurrection (later retitledThrough the Night,which had a successful run off-Broadway during the 2010-11 season). In 1998 the theatre launched an unprecedented ten-year retrospective of Tennessee Williams, which included the premiere of three plays. Other new work includes the premieres of Eve Ensler'sNecessary Targets, Edward Albee'sAt Home at the Zoo,Matthew Barber'sEnchanted April(which transferred to Broadway), Matthew Lombardo'sTea at Five, and many others. The theatre has earned numerous distinguished honors, including a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, the Margo Jones Award, OBIE awards, New York Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards. In 2005 Hartford Stage was awarded The Hartford Courant's Tapestry Award recognizing its outstanding work in diversity, and in 2008 it was awarded the Bank of America Neighborhood Builder's Award recognizing its excellence in building community in Greater Hartford. Hartford Stage is currently under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts.