Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Hartford Stage's STAGECRAFT: 50 YEARS OF DESIGN Exhibit; Tour Dates Announced!

Hartford Stage announces the tour dates for STAGECRAFT: 50 Years of Design at Hartford Stage, an exhibit in celebration of the theatre's 50th anniversary. The exhibit will tour six cultural locations in Connecticut between September 2013 and July 2014. Get a sneak peek at the exhibit below!

The STAGECRAFT exhibit consists of a selection of costumes, props and scenic elements from Hartford Stage's extensive collection. A hallmark of the theatre's work is the quality of the work that appears on stage, all of which is built here in Hartford. Scores of locally-based artists, craftspeople, and technicians created these pieces to animate the visions of some of the world's most prominent theatrical designers.

STAGECRAFT Tour Dates and Locations:

Showing through September 25: Hartford Public Library ArtWalk

October 2 - December 16, 2013: New Britain Museum of American Art

January 21 - March 4, 2014: Mark Twain House, Hartford

March 7 - April 18, 2014: New England Carousel Museum, Bristol

April 18 - June 10, 2014: Connecticut State Capitol

June 10 - July 23, 2014: William Benton Museum of Art at UConn, Storrs

History of Hartford Stage: Now entering its 50th Anniversary season, Hartford Stage is one of the nation's leading resident theatres, known internationally for producing classics, provocative new plays and musicals, and neglected works from the past, as well as a distinguished education program that reaches 21,000 students annually. Hartford Stage has earned many of the nation's most distinguished awards, including a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, the Margo Jones Award for Development of New Works, OBIE awards, two New York Critics Circle Awards, a Dramatists Guild/CBS Award and an Elliot Norton Award, and has produced nationally renowned titles, including the Broadway productions of Enchanted April and Our Country's Good and the Off-Broadway productions of The Orphans' Home Cycle and The Carpetbaggers Children. In the fall of 2013, the Hartford Stage production of A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder will open at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. The leading provider of theatre education programs in Connecticut, Hartford Stage's offerings include student matinees, in-school theatre residencies, teen performance opportunities, theatre classes for students (ages 3-18) and adults, afterschool programs and professional development courses.

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