Hartt School Presents PIPPIN, GHOSTS, & More in 2011-2012 Theatre Division Season

The Hartt School is proud to announce its 2011-2012 Theatre Division performance season. Tickets are available 6 weeks prior to each show. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and up-to-date scheduling information for all performances. Admission to each performance is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups.

Hartt's newest theatre faculty member and Broadway luminary Kevin Gray directs Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, the first play of the 2011-2012 Theatre season. The show runs Thursday, October 6, Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, October 9, at 3:00 PM. Performances are in the Kent McCray Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Hartt actor training students present Tartuffe, one of Moliere's most famous plays. Directed by David Watson, Tartuffe runs Thursday, October 13, Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, October 16, at 3:00 PM. Performances are in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Music Theatre students present Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson and directed by Hartt faculty member Ralph Perkins. Pippin tells the story of a young prince on his search for meaning and significance in his life. Pippin runs Thursday, October 27, Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, at 7:30 PM and Sunday, October 30, at 3:00 PM. Performances are in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford.

Ghosts, a play written by the Norwegian playwright Henrick Isben, is directed by guest artist Terry Layman. Performances are Thursday, November 17, Friday, November 18, and Saturday, November 19, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, November 20, at 3:00 PM in the Kent McCray Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Guest artist and Broadway director Rob Ruggiero directs the 1984 musical Sunday in the Park with George, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, Thursday, December 8, Friday, December 9, and Saturday, December 10, at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 11, at 3:00 PM. Performances take place in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Professor of Theatre and former Hartt Dean Malcolm Morrison directs Hamlet, Shakespeare's tragic tale, Thursday, February 23, Friday, February 24, and Saturday, February, 25, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, February 26, at 3:00 PM. Performances are in the Kent McCray Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Shakespeare in Hollywood is a comedy by Ken Ludwig, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and a winner of The Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play of the Year. Diana Moller-Marino directs, and performances are Thursday, April 12, Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, at 7:30 PM and Sunday, April 14, at 3:00 PM, in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

The musicals The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee directed by Annmarie Davis and Nine directed by Ralph Perkins will be presented in repertory Wednesday, April 25, through Sunday, April 29. Performances of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are on Wednesday, April 25, and Friday, April 27, at 7:30 PM, and Saturday, April 28, at 2:00 PM. Performances of Nine are on Thursday, April 26, and Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 29, at 3:00 PM. All performances are in the Kent McCray Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

William Shakespeare's play Taming of the Shrew directed by Robert H. Davis runs Thursday, May 3, Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, May 6, at 3:00 PM, in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information about each performance.

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Founded in 1920, Hartt has been an integral part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the then Hartt School of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the University in 1957. 2010 markEd Hartt's 90th year of providing world class performing arts education to students in Greater-Hartford and around the world. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information about The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

Photo Credit: Mike McMath

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