Hartford Stage's 2014-15 'StagePass' for Young Professionals Goes on Sale 9/2

StagePass, a subscription package designed for young professionals ages 21-35, will go on sale September 2. StagePass subscriptions cost $99 and allow purchasers unlimited admission to all six Mainstage productions, as well as A Christmas Carol, at Hartford Stage for the 2014-2015 season.

StagePass subscribers will be able to enjoy each show for less than $15 -- a minimum savings of $76 for the season, which is significantly lower than regular ticket prices. StagePass subscribers can also bring up to three additional guests for $20 each and receive $1 off bar drinks. Periodic communications will also be sent to StagePass subscribers notifying them of social events, free friend nights, drink specials, talkbacks with artists, and more.

"StagePass is a great way to dip one's toes into the glimmering pool of theater patronage," said Amanda Young, Communications and Marketing Manager for the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. "My fiancée and I are eager to attend every one of this season's stellar productions at Hartford Stage -- something that was out-of-reach before StagePass."

StagePass subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Hartford Stage Box Office at 860-527-5151 or completing an online form at www.hartfordstage.org/stage-pass/. All StagePass subscription purchases require valid state identification.

The 2014-2015 season includes: Ether Dome, an East Coast premiere about the year the history of the world was forever changed by a dentist from Hartford, September 11-October 5; Hamlet, Shakespeare's tragic tale of revenge, October 16-November 16; A Christmas Carol -- A Ghost Story of Christmas, November 28-December 28; Private Lives, the battle of the exes -- Noel Coward's funniest comedy, January 8-February 8; Reverberation, a world premiere of a provocative new play from the author of The Whipping Man and Somewhere, February 19-March 15; Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane, a story of music, hope and survival, March 26-April 19; and Kiss Me, Kate, from the Tony Award-Winning Director of the Broadway smash A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Darko Tresnjak, May 14-June 14. Visit www.hartfordstage.org to learn more about the shows for the 2014-2015 season.

ABOUT HARTFORD STAGE: Celebrating our 51st anniversary season, Hartford Stage is one of the nation's leading resident theatres, known for producing innovative revivals of classics and provocative new plays and musicals, including 68 world and American premieres. Hartford Stage has earned many of the nation's most prestigious awards, including four 2014 Tony Awards for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical by Darko Tresnjak, and the 1988 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Other national honors include Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, OBIE, and New York Critics Circle awards. Hartford Stage has produced nationally renowned titles, including the New York transfers of Enchanted April; The Orphans' Home Cycle; Resurrection (later retitled Through the Night); and Quiara Alegría Hudes' Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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