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.