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.
Melia Bensussen Artistic Director
MELIA BENSUSSEN
Artistic Director
RIDER Managing Director
PRESENTS
By Karen Zacarías
Directed by Nicole
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
A. Watson
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.
SEASON SPONSORS
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
David & Janice Klein
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION SPONSOR
CYNTHIA
The Company
Virginia Butley ....................................................................... Judith Lightfoot Clarke*
Tania del Valle Alina Collins Maldonado*
Pablo del Valle .........................................................................................Bradley Tejeda*
Frank Butley Greg Wood*
Ensemble ........................ Carla Astudillo-Fisher, Mia Lozada, Aidan Ramirez^
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
Judith Lightfoot Clarke
Carla Astudillo-Fisher
Mia Lozada
Alina Collins Maldonado
Bradley Tejeda Greg Wood
Aidan Ramirez
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.
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.
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.
Karen Zacarías
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.
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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Adapted by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
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Directed by Melia Bensussen
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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Scott McAlister+
Tuck Miller+
Christina B. Ripple
Jack Sennott
Deanna Sue Sucsy
Jennifer Smith Turner
Peter R. Wilde+
Ex Officio Directors
John B. Larson
US 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
Artistic Director, Hartford Stage
Cynthia Rider
Managing 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
A ssistant 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
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.
Lifelong Learning
We believe theater creates opportunities for personal growth and learning for people of all ages.
Relationships
We believe in developing connections within and beyond the theater, extending our reach into the community and fostering a sense of mutual belonging.
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.
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
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
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
Honorary Gifts
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
Memorial Gifts
IN MEMORY OF GALINA FAYNGERSH
Diana Lee
IN MEMORY OF ARNOLD & BEVERLY GREENBERG
David & Merle Trager
IN MEMORY OF BEVERLY G. HIMELSTEIN
Michael Moran
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 Invited to Play a Part
A Lasting Legacy 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.
The $20 million raised will secure our vision and enhance our community.
DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT NOW THROUGH JUNE 30 $500,000 MATCH!
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 Campaign by June 30.
ENDOWMENT Building a robust endowment will ensure Hartford Stage is here fulfilling its mission for decades to come.
After 60 years of bringing world-class theatrical programming to audiences in our theater and students in our schools, Hartford Stage is making an important investment in our future. With your help, we can remain a vital part of where we live, work, and play.
PROGRAMMING Donations are a crucial component to creating the world-class art you see on our stage, and for sharing the power of what theater can do with our community.
Please join us in setting the stage for Hartford Stage’s next 60 years.
Be a part of the legacy. Play a role in our $20 million goal.
Contact Director of External Relations
Jennifer Levine at 860-520-7249 or jlevine@hartfordstage.org
The cast of The Mousetrap (2022).*
Photo Credits *by T. Charles Erickson. ^by The Defining Studios.
Emilio Delgado, Krystal Hernandez, and Ivan Jasso in Quixote Nuevo (2019). Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
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
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
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
Set the Stage Seat Naming Campaign
Make a one-time $1,500 gift to have a personalized Hartford Stage seat of your own, or honor a loved one for a long-lasting legacy! Scan to learn more.
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.
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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
