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Performances

Performances are central to Hartt's curriculum. Each year, Hartt showcases dozens of performing organizations and produces more than 400 instrumental and vocal performances, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions.

Hartt's students often collaborate across disciplines to present fully-staged opera and musical productions, dance concerts, recitals, and other original works. Faculty and students also perform together frequently.

The 2025-2026 season highlights are below!

2025-26 Season Highlights

Here at The Hartt School, your passion becomes a profession. A pivotal component of this is in the art of the performance. With hundreds of performances every year across many disciplines, one's craft is perfected by doing. Current season highlights include fully produced operas, musical theatre productions, music ensembles featuring renowned faculty, and dance performances.

The Halloween Concert with the Hartt Orchestra and Hartt Wind Ensemble

Friday, October 31st, 7:30 p.m.

Millard Auditorium

Free and open to the public, as Hartt's Halloween treat for families and all in the Greater Hartford community.

Hartt Collage Concert

Friday, February 13th, 7:30pm

Saturday, February 14th, 3:00pm

Lincoln Theater

Hartt's annual Collage Concert features continuous music, dance, and theatre. As Hartt's gift to the community, this concert is free, but reservations are required. 

Hartt Opera

Friday, February 6th, 7:30pm

Sunday, February 8th, 3:00pm

Millard Auditorium

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series

Thursday, October 9th, 7:30pm

Thursday, October 23rd, 7:30pm

Thursday, February 19th, 7:30pm

Thursday, April 2nd, 7:30pm

Millard Auditorium

2025-2026 Season will be announced soon!

 

Hartt Dances: Fall Dance Concert

Thursday, November 13th, 7:30pm

Friday, November 14th, 7:30pm

Saturday, November 15th, 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Millard Auditorium

Hartt Dances features choreographic masterworks of classical ballet and modern choreographers alongside the innovative works of contemporary dancemakers, all performed by the dancers of the Hartt School's Dance Division.

Hartt Dances: Spring Dance Concert

Thursday, April 16th, 7:30pm

Friday, April 17th, 7:30pm

Saturday, April 18th, 2:00pm

Lincoln Theater

Hartt Dances features choreographic masterworks of classical ballet and modern choreographers alongside the innovative works of contemporary dancemakers, all performed by the dancers of the Hartt School's Dance Division.

The Skin of Our Teeth

Thursday, October 2nd, 7:30pm

Friday, October 3rd, 7:30pm

Saturday, October 4th, 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, October 5th, 3:00pm

Millard Auditorium

By Thorton Wilder

Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic comedy explores the endurance of the human spirit through the eccentric Antrobus family as they survive ice ages, floods, and wars with surprising humor and hope. A wild ride through history—and humanity.

Director - Vanessa Justice

Everybody

Thursday, October 23rd, 7:30pm

Friday, October 24th, 7:30pm

Saturday, October 25th, 7:30pm

Sunday, October 26th, 3:00pm

McCray Theater

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ modern riff on a medieval morality play is a moving, witty exploration of life’s greatest question: what do we take with us when we die? With roles assigned by lottery each night, no two performances are the same.

Director -  Christopher Andrew Rowe

Rent

Thursday, October 30th, 7:30pm

Friday, October 31st, 7:30pm

Saturday, November 1st, 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, November 2nd, 3:00pm

Lincoln Theater

By Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking rock musical follows a group of artists and friends struggling to survive and create in New York’s East Village amid the HIV/AIDS crisis. A celebration of love, loss, and chosen family.

Director & Choreographer - Ralph Perkins

Music Director - Melanie Guerin

Bright Star

Tuesday, November 18th, 7:30pm

Wednesday, November 19th, 7:30pm

Thursday, November 20th, 7:30pm

Friday, November 21st, 7:30pm

McCray Theater

Written & Composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell

Inspired by true events and featuring a rich bluegrass score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love, loss, and redemption set in the American South during the 1920s and ’40s.

Director - Jill Giles

Music Director - David Kidwell

Choreographer - Taylor Zappone

Urinetown

Thursday, February 26th, 7:30pm

Friday, February 27th, 7:30pm

Saturday, February 28th, 7:30pm

Sunday, March 1st, 3:00pm

McCray Theater

By Greg Kotis

Composed by Mark Hollmann

This satirical Broadway hit lampoons corporate greed, social injustice, and musical theatre itself. In a dystopian future where water is rationed and toilets are taxed, revolution is just a song away. 

The Laramie Project

Thursday, April 9th, 7:30pm

Friday, April 10th, 7:30pm

Saturday, April 11th, 3:00pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, April 12th, 3:00pm

Roberts Theater

By Moisés Kaufman

A powerful documentary drama by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, The Laramie Project explores the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard and the community's struggle to understand and heal.

Macbeth

Thursday, April 23rd, 7:30pm

Friday, April 24th, 7:30pm

Saturday, April 25th, 7:30pm

Sunday, April 26th, 3:00pm

Roberts Theater

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s dark and thrilling tragedy dives into the destructive power of ambition as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth descend into madness in their quest for power.

Kiss Me, Kate

Thursday, April 30th, 7:30pm

Friday, May 1st, 7:30pm

Saturday, May 2nd, 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, May 3rd, 2:00pm

Millard Auditorium

Written by Bella & Sam Spewack

Composed by Cole Porter

Cole Porter’s classic backstage musical comedy combines witty lyrics, dazzling dance, and a play-within-a-play twist on The Taming of the Shrew. Romance and rivalry take center stage both on and off the set.

 

Past Season Highlights

Below you can get a snapshot of our previous season highlights.

Hartt Opera Theater Presents: Street Scene

Millard Auditorium

Written by Kurt Weill, and set in sweltering 1940s New York, the plot centers around the various residents of a single tenement building, and takes place over just 24 hours. 

Collage Concert

Lincoln Theater

Hartt's annual Collage Concert features continuous music, dance, and theatre. As Hartt's gift to the community, this concert is free, but reservations are required.

Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band

Lincoln Theater

End of Year Concerts

Hartt Orchestra

Lincoln Theater 

Greater Hartt Youth Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band

Lincoln Theater

Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz: Ensembles Concert

Millard Auditorium

Jazz Ensemble concerts feature student ensembles committed to the styles and teachings of the Jackie McLean Institute Jazz offering selections of bebop, swing, hard bop, and much more. Come out and support these amazing students!  

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Bang on a Can All-Stars

Lincoln Theater

A celebration of the life and work of bassist Robert Black, a founding member of the All-Stars, who is retiring from his Hartt faculty position after 29 years. Also featured will be legendary Bang founders David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon.

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: Javier Colon

Lincoln Theater

The internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter – and Hartt School alum – who first came to national attention by winning First Prize on NBC’s “The Voice.” 

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series: The Juilliard String Quartet

Millard Auditorium

One of chamber music’s most iconic and beloved ensembles, now celebrating its 73rd season.

Hartt Dances: Spring Dance Concerts

Lincoln Theater

Hartt Dances features choreographic masterworks of classical ballet and modern choreographers alongside the innovative works of contemporary dancemakers, all performed by the dancers of the Hartt School's Dance Division.

Footloose

Lincoln Theater

Director/Choreographer: Ralph Perkins

A musical based on the movie of the same name, which centers around a city teenager who moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned.  As he struggles to fit in, his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Sister Act

Millard Auditorium

Director: Janelle Robinson; Music Director: David Kidwell; Choreographer: Jane Krantz

Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and additional material by Douglas Carter Beane.

My Fair Lady

Kent McCray Theater

Director: Michael Fling; Music Director: Phil Rittner; Choreographer: Ralph Perkins

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewebased. It is based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.

Pippin

Millard Theater

Director: Michael O'Flaherty; Music Director: David Kidwell; Choreographer: Taylor Zappone

Pippin becomes a soldier for his father's army, but is upset by the killing and murders his father to stop the war. Now King, he is even more lost and unsure about what he wants in life and turns away from everything, including love, before discovering that what he has been searching for has been there all along.

The Wolves

Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater

Director: Jill Giles

The Wolves is a play by Sarah DeLappe. It premiered Off-Broadway in in September 2016 and received the American Playwriting Foundation's inaugural Relentless Award, a New York Times Critic's Pick, and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  The Wolves centers on the experiences of high school girls through their weekly Saturday morning pre-game soccer warmups. The young women sometimes continue their gossip from the previous week, bringing up new developments or related topics and conversations that are often inappropriate and cause conflict amongst the teammates. 

Godspell

Kent McCray Theater

Director: Joni Weisfeld; Music Director: TBD; Choreographer: Savana Jones

Based primarily on the Book of Matthew, Godspell focuses on strangers, all from different walks of life, coming together to tell the lessons and parables of Jesus Christ through, by the end of the show, the strangers learn to carry Jesus’ message of kindness, tolerance, and love.  

Much Ado About Nothing

Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater

Director: Robert Davis

One of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love.

Hartt Collage 2023

The annual Hartt Collage Concert is a performance that celebrates the magnificent talent of students of The Hartt School, past and present, in one continuous stream of music, dance, and theatre. A free event, the Hartt Collage provides the community a unique opportunity to experience the full range of performing arts disciplines.