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THEATERWORKS HARTFORD

233 Pearl St. Hartford, CT 06103
Hartford , CT 06103

The Counter
The Counter
2/12 - 3/15/2026


Every morning at a local diner in upstate New York, one daily cup of coffee connects a lonely waitress and her sleep-deprived regular as their ...

Circus Fire
Circus Fire
4/16 - 5/17/2026


It’s July 1944. With the nation at war and a heat wave settling over the city, the residents of Hartford, Connecticut eagerly await the arrival ...

The Cannibals of McGower County


World Premiere  McGower County is where we meet Lindalyn and Viola – two old friends and veteran salvagers – ransacking an abandoned barbecue restaurant in ...



TheaterWorks Hartford Receives Joyce C. Willis Equity In The Arts Award From Roberts Foundation For The Arts


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford, led by Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, has received the Joyce C. Willis Equity in the Arts Award from the Roberts Foundation for the Arts....

YSANNE Comes to TheaterWorks Hartford For Living Room Concert


by Stephi Wild - December 16, 2025

TWH will continue its 25-26 season with a special performance by Hartford-based musician, YSANNE. Join TWH at Bar Max (1 Haynes St., Downtown Hartford) on Thursday, January 15 at 6:30pm....

THE COUNTER Comes to TheaterWorks Hartford


by Stephi Wild - December 12, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford, under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, has announced details for its 25/26 production of The Counter by Meghan Kennedy. ...

CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS Begins Next Week at TheaterWorks Hartford


by Gillian Blum - November 23, 2025

Conceived and directed by Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, Christmas on the Rocks features work from six playwrights, each adding their own spin to the canon of holiday traditions past. ...

CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS Celebrates its 13th Season at TheaterWorks Hartford


by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2025

Conceived and directed by Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS features work from six playwrights, each adding their own spin to the canon of holiday traditions past. ...

Christmas Kisses With Briana Maia Will Be Performed as Part of the Living Room Concert Series


by Stephi Wild - October 30, 2025

​​​​​​​TheaterWorks Hartford, under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, will present Christmas Kisses: A Holiday Concert featuring Living Room Alumni Briana Maia....

Theaterworks Hartford Extends Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ENGLISH


by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford has extended English, Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, through November 8, 2025. Directed by Arya Shahi, the production explores identity and belonging through the lens of an Iranian classroom preparing for the TOEFL exam....

Jacob G. Padrón To Conclude Tenure At Long Wharf Theatre Following 2025–26 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2025

Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Director Jacob G. Padrón––who has been with the company since February of 2019––will conclude his role following the 2025–2026 season. Learn more!...

Theaterworks Hartford To Present Mahsa Attaran Exhibition MY HEART IS TIGHT FOR YOU


by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford, led by Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, will present My Heart Is Tight For You, a gallery exhibition by Iranian-born artist Mahsa Attaran....

ENGLISH to Open TheaterWorks Hartford's 40th Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 04, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford will present English by Sanaz Toossi, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!...

Past Shows

Christmas on the Rocks
Christmas on the Rocks
11/28 - 12/21/2025


Connecticut's Favorite Twisted Holiday Returns!  It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a ...

English
English
10/2 - 11/2/2025


Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize!  “English Only”is the mantra that rules one classroom in Iran, where four adults are preparing for the TOEFL – ...

My Friends: A Sondheim Concert


My Friends: A Sondheim Concert at TheaterWorks Hartford A one-night only benefit featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim performed by Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero’s Broadway ...


Haneef Nelson will take the stage at TheaterWorks Hartford on July 17, 2025, as part of their Living Room Concert Series. This intimate performance underscores ...

Your Name Means Dream
Your Name Means Dream
6/3 - 7/6/2025


A Look at Humanity in the Digital Age  We're in the not too distant future. Aislin is old and isolated in her messy New York ...


Felicia Curry will perform at TheaterWorks Hartford on May 15, 2025, as part of the Living Room Concert Series. Known for her dynamic stage presence ...

Primary Trust
Primary Trust
4/10 - 5/11/2025


Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize!  Meet Kenneth, a 38-year old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar. ...


Kerri Powers will perform a special concert on March 13, 2025, as part of TheaterWorks Hartford’s Living Room Concert Series. The event promises an intimate ...

King James
King James
1/30 - 3/2/2025


A CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP AND FANDOM LeBron James was just the hero Cleveland needed. Over twelve years, from Lebron’s rookie season to an NBA Championship, ...


Briana Maia is set to perform on January 16, 2025, as part of TheaterWorks Hartford's Living Room Concert Series. Accompanied by guitarist Andy Sorenson, Maia ...

Christmas on the Rocks
Christmas on the Rocks
11/29 - 12/22/2024


Connecticut’s Favorite Twisted Holiday Tradition Returns! It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for ...


Forever Festive, A Holiday Special brings a celebration of the season to TheaterWorks Hartford. This event features Robin Fierce, who will deliver a vibrant performance ...


Fever Dreams (of animals on the verge of extinction) opens TheaterWorks Hartford’s 2024-25 season with a compelling narrative that weaves together a decades-long affair, a ...

Fever Dreams: of Animals on the Verge of Extinction


AN EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER A steamy, decades-long affair. A remote cabin. An unexpected visitor. This is only the  beginning. Full of surprising twists, dark secrets, ...

Celebrate Drag


TWH Celebrates Drag 2024. Starring PLASMA  that rarest combination of classic glamor, outrageous wealth, sensational wit, spectacular beauty, boundless talent, incomparable performance ability and… humility, obviously. ...

Woody Sez
Woody Sez
7/13 - 7/28/2024


Woody Guthrie, America's original folk hero, transformed the folk ballad into a vehicle for social protest and observation. Moved by social conscience, he paved the ...

Walden
Walden
8/15 - 8/29/2021


After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, ...

Walden
Walden
7/23 - 8/22/2021


After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, ...

MR. PARENT
MR. PARENT
3/7 - 3/26/2021


MR PARENT is a hilarious, joyful, and heartbreakingly honest peek into the kids, adults, and systems of Bostons Public Schools. In a performance that is ...

MR. PARENT
MR. PARENT
3/7 - 3/26/2021


MR PARENT is a hilarious, joyful, and heartbreakingly honest peek into the kids, adults, and systems of Bostons Public Schools. In a performance that is ...

Girlfriend
Girlfriend
3/22 - 4/28/2019


Girlfriend is a vibrant and tender coming of age musical duet from when flannel was the height of fashion and mix tapes were the language ...

Sunset Baby
Sunset Baby
1/12 - 2/19/2017


SUNSET BABY CONNECTICUT PREMIERE A powerful and honest story of one woman’s journey from a hard existence to her own liberation. SUNSET BABY is an ...

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