Native Gardens Program

April 17 – May 10, 2026 2025/2026 Season

From the Artistic Director While planning this Hartford Stage season, Karen Zacarías’ Native Gardens kept returning to my mind. At its heart, this is a play about neighbors: how we often misunderstand, and, despite our best intentions, keep each other at a distance. “Good fences make good neighbors” has an ironic bent, and Karen’s writing captures this irony, while also being a joyful, deeply funny reminder of what’s possible when we choose curiosity over assumption.

Programming this play for Hartford Stage feels particularly relevant, for theater, like a neighborhood, asks us to gather—to sit beside people we may not know, to listen, laugh, and be challenged— together. Native Gardens invites us into a story where differences collide, but where humor and humanity create space for connection.

It delights even as it asks us to reflect.

Meeting “our neighbors”—whether it’s the people next door, the colleagues we work alongside, or the audience members sharing this experience—is particularly important at this moment. There is something powerful in the simple act of introduction, in the small quotidian conversation that can lead to unexpected common ground. I hope this production not only entertains you while here but invites you to turn to a neighbor and introduce yourself, maybe even plan for returning next season together?

For while I reflect on this season’s productions, I’m also looking ahead with much excitement towards the stories we will tell in 2026-2027: productions that entertain, challenge, and deepen our connection to one another.

Thank you for being here, being our neighbors, and being a part of the Hartford Stage community.

Enjoy the show.

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MELIA BENSUSSEN

CYNTHIA RIDER

Artistic Director

Managing Director

PRESENTS

By Karen Zacarías

Directed by Nicole A. Watson Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Wig & Make-up Design Fight Coordinator Vocal Coach Casting Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Associate Artistic Director Director of Production General Manager

Lawrence E. Moten III Ivania Stack Carolina Ortiz Herrera Joyce Ciesil Jodi Stone Michael Rossmy Cynthia Santos DeCure Alldaffer & Donadio Casting Gracie Carleton* Elise Joyner* Zoë Golub-Sass Bryan T. Holcombe Emily Van Scoy

Native Gardens was commissioned and first produced by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park under Blake Robison (Artistic Director) and Buzz Ward (Managing Director).

Native Gardens is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.

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PRODUCTION SPONSORS

David & Janice Klein POST-SHOW DISCUSSION SPONSOR

The Company

Judith Lightfoot Clarke

Alina Collins Maldonado

Carla Astudillo-Fisher

Bradley Tejeda

Mia Lozada

Greg Wood

Aidan Ramirez^

Virginia Butley........................................................................Judith Lightfoot Clarke* Aidan Ramirez Tania del Valle.......................................................................Alina Collins Maldonado* Pablo del Valle..........................................................................................Bradley Tejeda* Frank Butley.................................................................................................... Greg Wood* Ensemble......................... Carla Astudillo-Fisher, Mia Lozada, Aidan Ramirez^ aidanramirez3541@gmail.com (909) 655-8211

Time 2017 Place Two adjoining backyards in an residential D.C. neighborhood.

THIS PLAY IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists

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Additional Production Support Assistant Director.......................................................................................... Miles Bayer^ Associate Scenic Designer.......................................................Danielle DeLaFuente Assistant Scenic Designer.................................................................. Audrey Casteris Assistant Costume Designer........................................... Bailey Hammett-Colwell Assistant Lighting Designer...................................................................Hayley Parnell Assistant Sound Designer.............................................................. Joseph Krempetz Production Assistant.............................................................................Alyssa Edwards * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ^ BFA student from our academic theater partnership with The Hartt School at the University of Hartford.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the IATSE. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Hartt School/Hartford Stage Partnership in Training

The Partnership in Training offers a unique alliance of an undergraduate acting conservatory program and a respected professional theater. This partnership helps ensure that theater students at The Hartt School receive rigorous training and bring their skills, imagination and intellect to the demands of a professional theater setting.

Hartt School students have worked on and offstage in many Hartford Stage shows.

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Sowing the Seeds of Native Gardens:

A Conversation Between Playwright Karen Zacarías and Artistic Director Melia Bensussen Melia Bensussen: Karen, we are so thrilled to be producing your play at Hartford Stage.

Karen Zacarías: Gracias. I love your theater.

I’m just honored to be on your stage.

Karen Zacarías

MB: Well, we’re thrilled. And I’m excited to talk to you about Native Gardens. I love this play so much and I’m so excited to be producing it. But it’s a play of yours that you have seen produced a lot now.

KZ: Yes, it’s the 10-year anniversary of the play!

MB: Why do you think this play has such an enormous impact, that we are here producing it 10 years after it premiered?

KZ: I think the reason Native Gardens has done so well at so many different theaters is because everybody understands what it feels like to have a neighbor. And everybody understands how uncomfortable it is to be in an argument with people close to you.

What’s fascinating to me is how primal people feel about property.

There’s something about it that brings out the best and the worst in us.

And so it’s a very relatable story. The number of neighbor fight stories I have gotten! “Oh, my father got stabbed by their neighbor because of shrubbery.” Or “this guy was parking one inch in my driveway. So I moved!” There’s a lot of crazy neighbor stories, some resulting in very onerous and exhausting things, and some, of course, ending in tragedy.

I think all fights come down to this sense of property, taste, and culture, in a sense, no matter what’s going on. And so when I first started this play, I had all of these [neighbor] stories and I kept finding how absurd it was that people are getting stabbed over shrubs—but how common it was.

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The other thing that makes this comedy popular is that it’s not meanspirited. All four of the characters are basically good people with different points of view. And they’re all redeemable, even though they behave badly. And they don’t want things to go badly, they just kind of do. But I think that’s a really important part of it, is that there is no great villain in it. And I wrote all four of the characters with a lot of affection for them.

Someone once told me, that comedy is disarming—it disarms you, so you stop crossing your arms and you have to listen to an argument in a different way. You judge each couple, but at the end, the person you’re really judging is yourself. What would you do if you were in a fight over a tree next to you?

MB: That’s wonderful. We know all four people in the play [in our own lives].

Talk to me a little bit about the Latinidad in the play—and your own Latinidad, and how that informs these characters.

KZ: I am Mexican, and I’m always interested in seeing our people portrayed in places that are unexpected. There’s all these roles that we fill, and some are more common than others, but they’re all part of our story. And so I was very interested in having the young couple be an up-and-coming Latino couple. He’s an attorney and she’s a PhD, but they’re the newcomers in the neighborhood, and their earning potential is growing. She’s expecting a baby, and he’s trying to impress. He’s very, very aware that he’s trying to impress. He’s the only Latino at his law firm. So, the stakes in doing well there—there’s this extra pressure to perform, which is what leads him to make some bad choices very early on in the play. It’s that pressure, you have to be better than everybody else in order to get ahead. So that’s already embedded in the story.

And then we see the other, well-intentioned white couple and what assumptions they make about this Latino couple immediately. As well as what assumptions the Latino couple makes about the white couple right next to them, too.

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MB: I love that. I love the sense of the assumptions about each other being unpacked. That for me is such a strong piece of it—of what we assume the Latino neighbors are, what we assume the white neighbors are. And you really do surprise us in a number of ways. And I feel like each individual in each couple is looking for connection, not just the couples.

KZ: And the other thing that I was very interested in, as a Mexican, is that the two Latinos on stage are not Mexican. One is Chilean and the other one is American, in the sense that she was born in New Mexico, and what assumptions get made about her all the time because of how she looks.

MB: You’re also exploring affluence and socioeconomic differences within Latinidad. We have this trap in the United States of flattening out Latinidad and not understanding, or not being curious about the difference between an affluent Chilean and a poor New Mexican.

KZ: Exactly. And so that idea that there is so much diversity within one group—just like it’s true for every group, but that doesn’t always get portrayed.

MB: You’ve experienced this play over the last 10 years. How do you feel it relates now?

KZ: We see the seeds of the division that have been sowed. And we also feel in the audience this craving to find a way to bring the temperature down, the exhaustion of being in a fight. So I think the fact that it’s a comedy and it holds everybody accountable—everybody’s wrong and everybody’s right at some point in this play—I think it does what theater does best, which is bring different people from different communities into one room to experience one thing and hear the other comments, hear the other responses in the audience. And the fun thing with a comedy is you hear people laugh, and like I said, it disarms people.

So, I think the fact that it’s still so relevant today is both great and terrible at the same.

MB: Right! It is a great communal experience. Theater brings us together and then laughter is such a great healing force.

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About the Artists Judith Lightfoot Clarke | Virginia Butley Hartford Stage: Debut. Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Punch, Summer 1976, Casa Valentina. Off-Broadway: Linda, Eve-olution, Three Travelers, The Normal Heart, Communicating Doors, Hamlet.

Regional: Prayer for the French Republic (Pioneer Theatre Company); Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre Company & Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); Macbeth (The Arden); The Graduate (Ivoryton Playhouse); Cloud Nine (The Wilma Theater); Hayfever (The Old Globe); Three Mothers, Nora (Capital Rep); To Kill a Mockingbird, Closer (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Blithe Spirit (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Boston Marriage (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Film: How to Be Single, Killer. Television: New Amsterdam, Unforgettable, Madame Secretary, Forever, Outlaw, Law & Order: SVU. Education: The College of William & Mary.

Alina Collins Maldonado | Tania del Valle Hartford Stage: Debut. Regional: Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, King John (Folger Theatre); Inherit The Wind (Arena Stage); Everybody, Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Theatre Company); BLKS (Woolly Mammoth); Digging Up Dessa, Where Words Once Were (The Kennedy Center); Something Moving (Ford’s Theater); Jardín salvaje, El Paso Blue, Mariela en el desierto, Los empeños de una casa (GALA Hispanic Theatre); fire work (Theatre Alliance); Secret Things, The Good Counselor (1st Stage); The Heidi Chronicles, Hunting and Gathering (REP Stage); How We Got On, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Forum Theater). Education: BA in Theater and BA in Gender and Women’s Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Bradley Tejeda | Pablo del Valle Hartford Stage: Debut. Broadway: The Inheritance (and Geffen Playhouse+ Audible Production). Recent credits: The Other Americans (The Public Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera House Arts); The Other Americans (Arena Stage); Born With Teeth, Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Television/Film: NBC’s Law & Order, Marvel’s Wonder Man, CBS’ Blue Bloods, FBI, and Apocalyptic Artist Ensemble’s Julius Caesar. Education: BA, University of the Incarnate Word; MFA, Yale School of Drama. Personal: Bradley is a native Tejano from Harlandale, San Antonio, Texas.

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About the Artists Greg Wood | Frank Butley Hartford Stage: Debut. Broadway: Othello (with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal); Our Town (with Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes).

National Tour: To Kill A Mockingbird (with Richard Thomas). Regional: A Christmas Carol, Skylight (McCarter Theatre Center); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Humans, Noises Off (Walnut Street Theatre); Once, Stupid F*%king Bird, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Death of a Salesman (The Arden); Hamlet, Richard III, Antony & Cleopatra, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Moon for the Misbegotten, An Iliad, and others (27 seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Film: The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Happening. Television: The Blacklist, Evil, Dr. Death, Law & Order, Homicide.

Carla Astudillo-Fisher | Ensemble Hartford Stage: Debut. Regional: Waitress (Majestic Theater); The Island of Dr. Moreau (Synetic Theater). Personal: Carla is a proud Chilean native. Love and appreciation to David and Webster.

Mia “Mimi” Lozada | Ensemble Hartford Stage: Debut. Theater: Frog Hollow State of Mind, 8 Angry Board Members (HartBeat Ensemble); Night Over America (Woolly Mammoth); The Day the Internet Died; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged (Capital Community College); Lo Cotidiano (Charter Oak Cultural Center); Webster’s Bitch (Central Connecticut State University). Education: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts; Associate of Arts in Theatre, Capital Community College; BFA Theatre candidate, Central Connecticut State University. Personal: Hartford native. Thanks to family and friends, Julia Rosenblatt, Christie Maturo, Cin Martinez; Capital Community College, CCSU Theatre Department, and my Hartford Public Library colleagues.

Aidan Ramirez | Ensemble Hartford Stage: Debut. Regional: In The Heights, Newsies (Glendale Theatre Arts); Much Ado About Nothing, Anything Goes (Walnut Performing Arts); The Little Mermaid (Brea Curtis Theatre). Television: Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. Education: BFA Musical Theatre, The Hartt School, University of Hartford. Personal: Aidan is endlessly grateful to be part of such an amazing company! Endless love and thanks to Mom, Dad, K.D., and he wishes for a three-peat World Series win for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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About the Artists Karen Zacarías | Playwright Karen Zacarías was recently hailed by American Theatre Magazine as one of the 10 most-produced playwrights in the US. Her award-winning plays include The Copper Children, Destiny of Desire, Native Gardens, The Book Club Play, Legacy of Light, Mariela in the Desert, The Sins of Sor Juana and the adaptations of Just Like Us, Into the Beautiful North, and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent. She is the author of 10 renowned TYA musicals (including Ella Enchanted: The Musical) and the librettist of several ballets. She is one of the inaugural resident playwrights at Arena Stage, a core founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons—a large national organization of artists seeking to update the American narrative with the stories of Latinos—and she is the founder of the award-winning Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT). YPT was cited by the Obama administration as one of the best arts-education programs in the nation. Karen was voted 2018 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine for her advocacy work involving the arts.

She is an inaugural 2019 Sine Fellow for Policy Innovation at American University and is selected by The League of Professional Theatre Women to receive the 2019 Lee Reynolds Award, given annually to a woman in theater who has helped illuminate the possibilities for social, cultural, or political change. In 2021, Karen was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship award.

Nicole A. Watson | Director Hartford Stage: Debut. Select Credits: ¡VOS! (Two River Theater); Bulrusher (McCarter Theatre Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Blues for an Alabama Sky (Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theatre Center); Passing (McCarter Theatre Center/Bard at the Gate); School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play (Round House Theatre); A Wind in the Door (The Kennedy Center); The West End (Cincinnati Playhouse on the Park); it’s not a trip it’s a journey (Round House Theatre); Sweat (Asolo Rep); Approaching Ali (Washington National Opera). Professional Positions: Producing Artistic Director of the Playwrights’ Center in St. Paul Minnesota. Member: SDC. Education: BA History, Yale; MA, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. nicoleawatson.com

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About the Artists Lawrence E. Moten III | Scenic Design Hartford Stage: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Broadway: Chicken & Biscuits (Circle in the Square). New York: Heaux Church (Ars Nova); Guide for the Homesick (LDK Productions); Reconstructing (BAM & UTR); The White Chip (MCC Theater); Covenant (Roundabout Theatre Company); Patience (Second Stage Uptown). Regional: Treemonisa (Washington National Opera); Paradise Blue (Studio Theatre); Senior Class, Little Miss Perfect (Olney Theatre Center); Kunene and The King, Merry Wives (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Black Cypress Bayou (Geffen Playhouse); Bulrusher (McCarter Theater Center & Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Fences, Bartleby, The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well that Ends Well, Henry VI: One & Two, Twelfth Night, Trouble in Mind, King James (The Old Globe); Dialogues of the Carmelites, Silent Night, Cosí Fan Tutte (Wolf Trap Opera); ¡VOS!, Gem of The Ocean (Two River Theater). Member: USA 829. motendesigns.com Instagram: @motendesigns Ivania Stack | Costume Design Hartford Stage: Debut. Regional: Seattle Rep, Village Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Asolo Rep, Gulf Shore Playhouse, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Theatre for a New Audience, The Karski Project, Everyman Theatre. DC Area: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth (Company Member), Ford’s Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theater J, GALA Hispanic Theatre. Teaching: University of Maryland, Georgetown University, George Mason University, McDaniel College.

Education: MFA Design, University of Maryland. ivaniastackdesign.com Carolina Ortiz Herrera | Lighting Design Hartford Stage: Debut. Broadway: Good Night, Oscar. Off-Broadway: Amerikin (Primary Stages); La Paloma Prisoner (Chelsea Factory); The Winter’s Tale (Bedlam Theatre Company); Yellowman (an Audelco Awards Best Lighting Design nominee/Billie Holiday Theatre). Regional: Her work has been seen in numerous theaters across the US, including: La Jolla Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Westport Country Playhouse, and others. Member: Proud member of USA Local 829.

Personal: Carolina Ortiz Herrera is a Mexican-born and New York-based Lighting Designer for theater, opera, and dance. carolinaeortiz.com Joyce Ciesil | Sound Design Hartford Stage: Hurricane Diane. Off-Broadway: The Approach (Irish Repertory Theater). Regional: PIVOT (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble); The Scarlet Letter (American Stage); Falcon Girls, Notes on Killing Seven Oversight Management and Economic Stability Board Members (Yale Repertory Theatre). Education: MFA Sound Design, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.

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About the Artists Jodi Stone | Hair & Make-up Design Hartford Stage: Rope, Hurricane Diane, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Seder, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Queens for a Year. Broadway: Wig builder for Hamilton, Tommy, Jersey Boys, Beautiful, Ain’t Too Proud, Allegiance, Motown, The Color Purple, Beetlejuice, The Great Gatsby, Wicked. Regional: Richard II (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Cherry Orchard, The Sisters Rosensweig, Gem of the Ocean, The Rivals (The Huntington). Film: Dan In Real Life, Underdog, What Lies Beneath, Outside Providence. Television: The Wiz, Jesus Christ Superstar, Brotherhood. Education: Bachelor’s Theatre Arts, Gettysburg College 1992. Professional Positions: Current Wig and Makeup Supervisor at Hartford Stage, custom wig maker for CGL Wig Designs 2021-current, Wig and Makeup Supervisor Hartford Stage 2018-2020; Wig and Makeup Designer Children’s Theatre Company 2001-2004; Wig Master HTC 1995-1997, Stitcher/Wardrobe HTC 1992-1995.

Michael Rossmy | Fight Coordinator Hartford Stage: The Cottage, A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas. Broadway: Purpose; A Tale of Two Cities; Purple Rain (Upcoming). Off-Broadway: Glass Kill Imp..., White Noise, Measure for Measure, The Vagrant Trilogy, Troilus and Cressida (The Public Theatre); What the End Will Be (Roundabout Theatre Company); Blues for an Alabama Sky, This Space Between Us (Keen Company); Peerless, Harbor (Primary Stages). Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Asolo Rep, The Old Globe, TheaterWorks Hartford, KCRep, The Acting Company, Soho Rep, Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and others. Other: Resident Fight and Intimacy Director for Yale Repertory Theatre; Lecturer in Acting and Stage Management at David Geffen School of Drama. Upcoming: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Cynthia Santos DeCure | Vocal Coach Hartford Stage: Laughs in Spanish, Two Trains Running, The Hot Wing King. Regional: Quixote Nuevo (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Notes on Killing…; Wish You Were Here, Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, El Huracán (Yale Repertory Theatre); Real Women Have Curves (Alley Theatre); Wolf at the Door (Asolo Rep); Espejos/Clean (Milwaukee Rep); La Tempestad, La Broa’ (Trinity Rep); The Hot Wing King (Baltimore Center Stage); Mascogos (L.T.C.); Quixote Nuevo, Laughs in Spanish (Denver Center); Quixote Nuevo (Round House Theatre, SCR, Seattle Rep, Portland Stage); Cymbeline (NY Classical); In The Heights (Marriott Theater, Phoenix Theatre). Television: Orange is the New Black, The Affair. Member: SAG-AFTRA, AEA. Professional Positions: Associate professor at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale; co-editor: Scenes for Latinx Actors and Latinx Actor Training. Personal: Actor, voice, and dialect coach.

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About the Artists Alldaffer & Donadio Casting | Casting Hartford Stage: Death of a Salesman; The Cottage; Rope; Hurricane Diane; Romeo & Juliet; August Wilson’s Two Trains Running; A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; All My Sons; Simona’s Search; Pride and Prejudice; Trouble in Mind; The Art of Burning; The Mousetrap; It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play; Ah, Wilderness!; Quixote Nuevo; Ether Dome. Broadway/Off-Broadway: Stereophonic (Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour, UK), Downstate, Dance Nation, Circle Mirror Transformation, A Strange Loop, Clybourne Park, Grey Gardens, The Flick (Playwrights Horizons, Barrow Street Theatre), Classic Stage Company, Tent Theater. Regional: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, The Huntington, TheaterWorks Hartford, Studio Theatre, Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Television: The Knights of Prosperity, Ed, Monk. Podcasts: Marvel, Audible, Fresh Produce. Awards: Artios Award (Stereophonic, Downstate, Circle Mirror Transformation, Present Laughter); Drama Desk and Obie awards, Best Ensemble (Circle Mirror Transformation).

Gracie Carleton | Production Stage Manager Hartford Stage: Debut. Broadway: English. Off-Broadway: Five Models In Ruins, The Comedy Series (Lincoln Center Theater); A Kidman Carol (Benson Drive Productions); Ginger Twinsies (Baseline Theatrical); Little Shop of Horrors (Live Wire Theatrical); The Beastiary (Ars Nova); English (Atlantic Theater Company); Which Way to the Stage (MCC Theater); The Night of the Iguana (La Femme Theatre Productions); The Cotillion (New Georges / The Movement Theatre Company).

Regional: Can’t Drink Salt Water (Montana Repertory Theatre); ¡VOS!, Hair, Living & Breathing (Two River Theater); Curse of the House of Atreus, The Tempest (Bread Loaf, VT); and many shows at Long Wharf Theatre. Personal: Many thanks to Nicole, and love to James.

Elise M. Joyner | Assistant Stage Manager Hartford Stage: Debut. Broadway: 1776 (Roundabout Theatre Company). Off-Broadway: Ginger Twinsies (Orpheum Theater); Creditors (Audible Theater); Bitch Boxer (Krank Gym Brooklyn).

Regional: RENT in Concert (The Kennedy Center); Gatsby, Real Women Have Curves, Evita, 1776 (American Repertory Theater); Gun & Powder (Paper Mill Playhouse). Tour: Dog Man: The Musical! The Flippy Tour (TheatreWorks USA). Education and Training: BFA Theatre Design and Technology, Kean University; 2022 Directing Apprentice at Gloucester Stage Company; 2019 Directing Apprentice & 2017 Stage Management Intern at Premiere Stages. Personal: Elise M. Joyner is a stage manager and and director based in the New York Metropolitan area. elisemjoyner.com

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Honorary Directors Marla J. Byrnes Carrie Hammond Barbara Hennessy Nancy P. Hoffman Robert A. Penney Rosalie Roth Allan B. Taylor Rhonda J. Tobin

Emeritus Directors Margaret B. Amstutz+ R. Kelley Bonn Sara Marcy Cole Susan J. Copeland Susan G. Fisher Judith C. Meyers

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Past Presidents

Jill Adams Joel B. Alvord Paul L. Bourdeau David W. Clark Jr.+ Sue Ann Collins Ellsworth Davis+ Elliot F. Gerson Thomas J. Groark Jr.+ John W. Huntington+ Walter Harrison David R. Jimenez David M. Klein Edward Lane-Reticker+ Janet Larsen+ Thomas D. Lips Scott McAlister+ Tuck Miller+ Christina B. Ripple Jack Sennott Deanna Sue Sucsy Jennifer Smith Turner Peter R. Wilde+

Ex Officio Directors

John B. Larson U S Representative, First Congressional District of Connecticut Julio Concepcion State Representative, Fourth District of the State of Connecticut Arunan Arulampalam Mayor, City of Hartford Shari Cantor Mayor, West Hartford Melia Bensussen A rtistic Director, Hartford Stage Cynthia Rider M anaging Director, Hartford Stage

Administrative Staff Leadership

Melia Bensussen, Artistic Director Position endowed by Janet S. Suisman

Cynthia Rider, Managing Director

Administration

Emily Van Scoy, General Manager Trisha Hein, Company Manager & Assistant General Manager Sara Walnum, Business Manager

Artistic

Zoë Golub-Sass, Associate Artistic Director Position supported by the Richard P. Garmany Fund

Education

Jennifer Roberts, Director of Education Nina Pinchin, Associate Director of Education Emely Larson, Studio Manager 2025/2026 Teaching Artists Marie Altenor, Isaiah Artis, Thomas Beebe, Grace Clark, Brandon Couloute, Shelby Demke, Nic Fortenbach, Ryan Kessler, Jada Lawyer, Mia Lozada, Erica LuBonta, Greg Ludovici, Jan Mason, Jessica MacLean, Cari Muniz, Nicholas Palazzo, Michael Patterson, Justin Pesce, Kevin Scott, Donovan Shaw, Kaydin Younger

External Relations

Jennifer Levine, Director of External Relations Rachel Phillips, Associate Director for Marketing Travis Kendrick-Castanho, External Relations Manager Evan Kudish, Manager of Board & Donor Relations Sonya Thiel, Events & Engagement Manager Sierra Vazquez, Annual Fund Manager Todd Brandt, Audience & Revenue Data Analyst Sarah Shiner, Digital Marketing Associate House Management W. Scott McEver, Audience Experience & Front of House Manager Assistant House Managers: Art Arpin, Mailina Betsey-Chambers, Emily Loscialpo, Aarron Schuelke Bartenders: Tanya Bermudez, Drew Breault, Sam Chiasson, Karen Kudish, Nefris Quiterio, Erica Santa Lucia, Kerry Yerkes Gift Shop Attendants/Event Bartenders: Marsha Arpin, Paulette Caldwell Patron Services Lindsey Hoffman, Box Office Manager Rick Sahlin, Box Office Associate & Group Sales Coordinator Lindsey Taft, Box Office Associate & Subscriber Concierge Corey Welden, Box Office Associate & Student Matinee Coordinator Amaris Diaz, Box Office Representative

Production

Bryan T. Holcombe, Director of Production Wesley McCabe-Schroeder, Assistant Production Manager Alyssa Edwards, Production Assistant Set Construction & Scenic Art Aaron D. Bleck, Technical Director Jared Wolf, Assistant Technical Director Ian Sweeney, Lead Carpenter Audra Giuliano, Scenic Carpenter Isabella Pedraza, Scenic Carpenter Nathalie Schlosser, Charge Scenic Artist Costumes & Wardrobe Alex Meadows, Costume Director Grace Petersen, Assistant Costume Director James Weeden, Staff Draper Rio Cañas, First Hand K. Duffner, Wardrobe Supervisor Jodi Stone, Wig & Make-up Supervisor Props Joe Dotts, Props Manager Claire Linden-Dionne, Assistant Props Manager Lighting Jackie Costabile, Lighting Manager Ethan Sepa, ALDM, Programmer Sara Dorinbaum, Light Board Operator Sound Lucas Clopton, Audio/Video Manager & Content Creator Jim Busker, Assistant Audio/Video Manager Facilities Michael Langer, Facilities Manager

For This Production

Christina Garner, Props Artisan Matt Hennessey, Deck Crew Nico Platz, Electrician Scenic Artists: Kathleen Keenan, Erin Sagnelli Stitchers: Margaret McFarland, Allison Nishimura, Joe O’Brien

Special Thanks

Andrew J. Oster Design & Photography Miceli Productions Rising Tide Studio T. Charles Erickson Yvette Yelardy

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Diversity, Equity, and Belonging At Hartford Stage, equity is not a destination—it’s an ongoing journey. From the stories we bring to life on our stage, to the voices behind the scenes, we are committed to amplifying diverse perspectives and fostering accessibility and inclusion in every aspect of our work.

Artistry & Craft We believe artistic excellence is achieved through a collaborative process that is rooted in creativity and a willingness to take risks.

Relationships We believe in developing connections within and beyond the theater, extending our reach into the community and fostering a sense of mutual belonging.

Lifelong Learning We believe theater creates opportunities for personal growth and learning for people of all ages.

Integrity & Responsibility We believe that fiscal, operational, and programmatic decisions must embrace physical safety, financial sustainability, and equity with kindness and respect.

Accessibility is central to ensuring that our spaces, stories, and experiences are truly welcoming for all.

We heard you! Our new assistive listening system is now available for you to enjoy. Simply stop by Guest Services in the lobby to learn more. You can also join us for performances featuring Open Captions or Audio Descriptions, designed to enhance the theater experience for audience members with vision or hearing differences.

And this is just the beginning—more exciting accessibility upgrades are on the way at Hartford Stage!

To learn more about accessibility at Hartford Stage, please visit HartfordStage.org/Accessibility.

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Annual Contributors Thank you to all our donors. We are grateful for the generosity throughout our entire community and recognize all of our supporters on our website at HartfordStage.org/Recognition. We are happy to acknowledge here those with leadership contributions in the past 12 months, March 24, 2025 – April 6, 2026.

Annual Fund Director’s Circle $50,000+ Anonymous Rick & Beth Costello Gregory & Renata Hayes Karl Krapek Sally Speer Christopher & Mary Swift Producer Circle $25,000+ Jill Adams & Bill Knight Don & Marilyn Allan The Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Robert & Francine Goldfarb Family Fund Wes & Chloe Horton David & Janice Klein Marjorie E. Morrissey Jack & Donna Sennott Judith & William Thompson Ovation Society $10,000+ Douglas & Sheryl Adkins Sue Ann Collins Dianne & Walter Harrison The Pryor Family Foundation Chrissie & Ezra Ripple Elizabeth Schiro & Stephen Bayer Elizabeth Vandeventer Veronica & Howard Wiseman Encore Society $5,000+ Andra Asars Jenefer Carey Berall Patti Broad Jamie & Isaac Cohen Devon & Thomas Francis Nancy Goodwin Jeffrey & Nancy Hoffman

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Barnaby W. Horton & Hannah Granfield-Horton Jackie & Drew Iacovazzi Helen Ingram David & Kathleen Jimenez Konover Coppa Family Fund Katherine J. Lambert Christopher Larsen Marcia A. Lattimore Tom & Margah Lips Jane & Roger+ Loeb Amy & Neal Mandell Barri Marks Harry E. Meyer Judith Meyers & Richard Hersh Michael & Colleen Nicastro Duff Ashmead & Eric Ort Kristen Phillips & Matthew Schreck Dina Plapler & Earl McMahon Douglas H. Robins Rosalie Roth Donald & Linda Silpe Larry Starr & Family Sally & Allan Taylor Maggie & Sherwood Willard Mark & Patty Willis Elease & Dana Wright The Zachs Family Foundation Patron Society $3,500+ Paul & Joanne Bourdeau John & Suzanne Bourdeaux Marla & John Byrnes Robert L. & Susan G. Fisher Ruth Fitzgerald & Dave Sageman Marilda Gandara & Scott O’Keefe Doris Guenter David & Gail Hall Carrie & Jonathan Hammond Adlyn & Theodore Loewenthal

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Annual Contributors Ed & Kelly Lyman Cynthia K. Mackay Ernest & Mickey Mattei E. John McGarvey Robert A. & Joan C. Penney Rhonda Tobin & Jeffrey Smith Jacqueline Werner Yvette Yelardy & Daniel Morganstern

Memorial Gifts

Honorary Gifts

Michael Moran

IN HONOR OF MELIA BENSUSSEN

William V. Madison IN HONOR OF CINDY CURRY

Ann Chuk IN HONOR OF ANNIE HILDRETH

Diane Hildreth IN HONOR OF DAVID KLEIN’S BIRTHDAY

Anonymous (2) The Carr Klein Family The Kitchel Family Stephen & Kathryn Goldman Katherine J. Lambert Amy & Neil Mandell Michael Stotts & David Mayhew Christopher McCarron & Jill Donan Thomas & Olivia Murphy Chrissie & Ezra Ripple Sally J. Weisman IN HONOR OF JANE LOEB’S BIRTHDAY

Sandy & Bruce Goldberg IN HONOR OF CYNTHIA RIDER

Sandy Grampsas Anne Rider & Rob Hinrichs Ellen Rider & Stanley King Mallory Pierce IN HONOR OF CHRISSIE RIPPLE

Deborah Brown IN HONOR OF ROSALIE ROTH

Anonymous IN HONOR OF PATTY WILLIS

The Burkehaven Family Foundation

IN MEMORY OF GALINA FAYNGERSH

Diana Lee IN MEMORY OF ARNOLD & BEVERLY GREENBERG

David & Merle Trager IN MEMORY OF BEVERLY G. HIMELSTEIN IN MEMORY OF MARY WAXENBERG

Ed & Jean Dwyer Edie & Phil Jones Jay B. Levin Bruce & Lori Stewart Eugenia & Joseph Ursone

Institutional Giving $200,000+ Greater Hartford Gives Foundation The Shubert Foundation Stanley Black & Decker $100,000+ The BFA Fund at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation Burry Fredrik Foundation The Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation The Hartford RTX $75,000+ The Katherine K. McLane & Henry R. McLane Charitable Trust $50,000+ Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development Connecticut Humanities Greater Hartford Arts Council The John and Kelly Hartman Foundation SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Travelers

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Annual Contributors $25,000+ Cigna Connecticut Judicial Branch The Elizabeth M. Landon & Harriette M. Landon Charitable Foundation Roberts Foundation for the Arts Robinson & Cole LLP The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust $15,000+ Bank of America Cummings & Lockwood Ensworth Charitable Foundation The Maximillian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Lucille Lortel Foundation Talcott Resolution $10,000+ The John E. Blair Fund at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Charitable Trust

Liberty Bank The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts The William & Alice Mortensen Foundation The Charles Nelson Robinson Fund $5,000+ Eugene G. & Margaret M. Blackford Memorial Fund The Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation The J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc. JANA Foundation McDonald Family Trust Stanley D. & Hinda N. Fisher Fund at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation William H. & Rosanna T. Andrulat Charitable Foundation $2,500+ The Edgemer Foundation, Inc. Allan S. Goodman, Inc. In Kind The University of Saint Joseph

You’re InvitedLegacy to Play a Part A Lasting

Deserves a Powerful Finale

As we look ahead, we envision a thriving theater that continues to tell compelling and relevant stories—from the classics to the contemporary— that tell of our common humanity and welcomes intergenerational audiences that reflect the communities around us.

$500 000 MATCH!

The $20 million raised will secure our vision and enhance our community. ,

DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT NOW THROUGH JUNE 30 The Set the Stage campaign is focused on two areas where donors like you can impact the future.

Together we’ve raised $19.3 million.

Join us in completing the Set the Stage ENDOWMENT Building a robust endowment Campaign by isJune 30. will ensure Hartford Stage here fulfilling its mission for decades to come.

After 60 years Donations of bringing theatrical programming to PROGRAMMING areworld-class a crucial component the world-class art in our schools, Hartford Stage audiences to in creating our theater and students you see on our stage, and for sharing thein our future. With your help, we is making an important investment power of what theater can do with our can remain a vital part of where we live, work, and play. community.

Be a part ofus the legacy.

Please join Play a role in our $20 million goal. in setting the stage for of External Relations Contact Director Jennifer Levine at 860-520-7249 or Hartford Stage’s jlevine@hartfordstage.org next 60 years.

Emilio Delgado, Krystal Hernandez, and Ivan Jasso in Quixote Nuevo (2019).

The cast of The Mousetrap (2022).* Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

Photo Credits *by T. Charles Erickson. ^by The Defining Studios.

Set the Stage Campaign Contributors Thank you to the generous donors who have made a commitment to support Hartford Stage not just for today, but for decades to come. $5 Million+ Hayes Family Foundation $2 Million+ Stanley Black & Decker $1 Million+ Don & Marilyn Allan Rick & Beth Costello Karl Krapek The Hartford Christopher & Mary Swift Travelers $500,000+ Jill Adams & Bill Knight Judith Meyers & Richard Hersh The Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Jack & Donna Sennott $250,000+ David & Janice Klein $100,000+ Douglas & Sheryl Adkins Sue Ann Collins Robert & Francine Goldfarb Family Fund Barnaby W. Horton & Hannah Granfield-Horton Wes & Chloe Horton Christopher Larsen Thomas & Margah Lips The Katherine K. McLane & Henry R. McLane Charitable Trust Chrissie & Ezra Ripple Sally Speer Sally & Allan Taylor The Zachs Family Foundation $50,000+ Suzanne & John Bourdeaux Ellen Brown & Jim Bean The Estate of Zeus Goldberg Carrie & Jonathan Hammond Walter & Dianne Harrison Barbara & Matthew Hennessy The Estate of Mary Jean Kilfoil

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Barri Marks Marjorie E. Morrissey The Pryor Family Foundation $20,000+ Anonymous David & Kathleen Jimenez William & Nancy Narwold Michael & Colleen Nicastro Eric Ort & Duffield Ashmead Linda & Donald Silpe $10,000+ Anonymous Sara Bareilles Marla & John Byrnes The Edgemer Foundation Marilda Gandara & Scott O’Keefe The Estate of Christine Hunihan Katherine J. Lambert Andy & Jennifer Pace Brewster & Judith Perkins Rosalie Roth Judith & William Thompson Elease & Dana Wright $5,000+ Jamie & Isaac Cohen Devon & Thomas Francis William Gratz & James Bruno David Hawkanson Annie Hildreth & Ted Potters George A.+ & Helen Ingram Theodore & Nancy Johnson The Nafe E. Katter Trust Bernhard L. Kohn, Jr. & Carol Kohn Daniel & Arlene Neiditz William A. Petit, Jr. in honor of Karl Krapek Ted Whittemore Sherwood & Maggie Willard Under $5,000 Kyle Abraham & Claire Sylvestre-Abraham Anonymous The Harry F. & Carol H. Barnes Family Foundation Rahul Barua

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Set the Stage Campaign Contributors David & Kathleen Bavelas Veronica Beaupre Elizabeth Berman John Bolduc Robert & Catherine Boone Patti Broad Midred Button & Lewis Button III Mary Cahalane & David Weill Frank & Jane Carlozzi Brennden D. Colbert & Brittnee Johnson-Colbert Donna Collins Kate & John Collins Ellen & William Conlon Mark & Marybeth Contreras Alona Croteau Alana & Matthew Curren Anne D’Alleva Ronald & Phyllis DeMaine Valerie F. DeQuattro John & Jacqueline Doran Mary Ellison George & Laura Estes Janet Bailey Faude Anne Fitzgerald Thomas E. Fogarty Gary & Susan Giordano Denise Granell Matthew & Katherine Grosso Cornelia Hamilton Emily & Patrick Harrington Jane Harris Rydell Harrison Mary C. Huntington William & Judy Hyde Jackie & Drew Iacovazzi Carolyn A. Johnson Waldemar & Judith Kostrzewa Lindsey Kotulski & Alan Fiondella Michelle Kunzman & Steve Szafman Marcia Lattimore James Lindberg Dan Lloyd & Cheryl Greenberg

Adlyn & Theodore Loewenthal Nancy Lundy Aaron Lyles & Samantha Weragoda Kathleen Lynch Amy & Neal Mandell Marianne Melchionde Anne Newhall TJ Noel-Sullivan Andrew Palmer Chris & Louis Pandolfe Robert Parrott & Sally Wister Sarah M. Patterson & Dominic Fair Robert & Joan Penney Scott & Jean Peterson Tyler Philpott Eileen & Elliot Pollack Elizabeth & Michael Reilly Jonathan Rincon Laura & John Roche Michael Ross Gil & Katherine Salk George Sanders Jeanne Horn Schmidt Steven & Karen Schutzer Patricia Scully Marisela Sener Lauren Shafer Pamela & Peter Sobering Bruce Steinway Claire Stermer Katherine Steven Marilyn J. Stoudt Anthony Straiges Rhonda Tobin & Jeffrey Smith Paul & Karen Torop Jeffrey Vida & Thomas Connolly Beth Webster Richard Wenner Kathleen & Rick White Patty & Mark Willis Charles & Sandy Wiseman Diana & Jonathan Yeisley Yvette Yelardy & Daniel Morganstern

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Thank you to those who have already created a long-lasting legacy by having a seat named in the theater as part of this campaign.

There is a seat saved for you, too!

Michael Barker & Heidi Hanson Melia Bensussen & Chuck Epstein Phil Brencher in memory of Christine J. Ward PJ & Rob Brewer Patti Broad Joyce Carraway & Jerry Cooper Sue Ann Collins, Chrissie Ripple, & Rosalie Roth in honor of Belle Ribicoff Barbie & Victor Cristofaro Doris & Ray+ Guenter Benjamin Dwyer Mary & Charley Ferrucci Anne Fitzgerald Darrell Goodwin & Kentavis Brice-Goodwin Floyd W. Green III Barnaby Horton & Hannah Granfield-Horton Jon & Rosemarie Papa Karl Koenig in memory of Roger Loeb Robert Linden in memory of Caren Linden

Bruce Loeb & Wendy Heller in honor of Roger & Jane Loeb Dan Lombardo Linda & Reid MacCluggage in honor of Kate MacCluggage Malcolm & Victoria McCulloch Jon O. Newman and Ann Z. Leventhal Wilfred Noel Nancy O’Konis in honor of Patrick O’Konis Elaine Orzech in memory of Josephine Poltorak Orzech Jennifer Schloat in memory of Gabriel Warren Schloat III Faith Solomon & Doreen Cohn Southern New England Conference UCC Carolyn R. Spencer Lawrence Starr Phyllis Story in memory of Christine Story Ribeiro Jeffrey Vida & Thomas Connolly

Shakespeare Society The Shakespeare Society comprises individuals who have provided for the future of Hartford Stage in their estate plans. Hartford Stage is deeply grateful for their generosity and foresight. The members of this group help to ensure the legacy of Hartford Stage. Have you included Hartford Stage in your estate plans? Tell us about it! Call Evan Kudish, Manager of Board & Donor Relations, at 860-520-7241 to share your plans and allow us to thank you.

Anonymous (15) Brian & Betty Ashfield Richard & Alice Baxter Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bourdeau Mrs. Joan Brown Kimberley & Christopher Byrd Marla & John Byrnes Mario R. Cavallo Sue Ann Collins Richard G. Costello Ms. Linda Diana DeConti Mr. Reginald Gregory DeConti Robert L. & Susan G. Fisher Kathy Frederick & Eugene Leach Victoria E. Gallo Evelyn A. Genovese Carrie & Jonathan Hammond Walter & Diane Harrison Elie Helou Helen Ingram David & Janice Klein Joel M. & Naomi Baline Kleinman Katherine J. Lambert Christopher Larsen William C. Leary Tom & Margah Lips Mark & Liisa Livingston Elaine T. Lowengard Donna Matulis Judith Meyers & Richard Hersh Ki Miller Arthur & Merle Nacht Judge Jon O. Newman Lyn Oliva & John Brighenti Belle K. Ribicoff Ezra & Chrissie Ripple Prudence P. Robertson Barbara Rubin Carol W. Scoville Donald & Linda Silpe

Marjorie K. & Jack S. Solomon, Doreen A. Cohn, Faith L. Solomon Fund Jennifer Smith Turner & Eric Turner Mary L. Stephenson Elsa Suisman Robert & Gretchen Wetzel Michael Wilson & Jeff Cowie Henry M. Zachs Michael & Ellen Zenke In Memoriam Hartford Stage fondly remembers these late members of the Shakespeare Society.

Anonymous (6) Margaret Atwood Cynthia Kellogg Barrington Maxwell & Sally Belding Susan R. Block Clifford S. Burdge Edward C. Cape Ruth Cape Anna & David Clark James H. Eacott, Jr. David Geetter Yummy Graulty Herman Zeus Goldberg George A. Ingram Dieter & Siegelind Johannes Hugh M. Joseloff & Helen J. Joseloff Nafe E. Katter Janet M. Larsen Joe Marfuggi Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. McLane Mary & Freeman Meyer Tuck Miller Ann & George Richards Dr. Russell Robertson Robert K. Schrepf Talcott Stanley Janet S. & Michael Suisman Helen S. Willis Louise W. Willson

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Next on Stage

Music & Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim Book By Hugh Wheeler From An Adaptation By Christopher Bond Directed By Rob Ruggiero

June 5 – July 5, 2026 Attend the tale this summer!

HartfordStage.org | 860-527-5151 Production Sponsors

Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation

The Burry Fredrik Foundation Katherine J. Lambert

Richard P. Garmany Fund

Marjorie E. Morrissey

Post-Show Discussion Sponsor

Robert & Francine Goldfarb Family Fund

Dina Plapler & Earl McMahon