In partnership with Trinity College

Enjoy Theater Week at HartBeat Ensemble!

HartBeat is a community-based professional theater company that creates provocative theater that connects our community beyond traditional barriers of race, gender, class, and geography. Working largely with local artists and civic themes, HartBeat is unlike any other theater in Greater Hartford. 

HartBeat Ensemble

Website Link: https://www.hartbeatensemble.org/  

Location: Austin Arts Center; here is the link Get Directions.

FEATURED PLAY: Jimmy and Lorraine: A Musing

Jimmy & Lorraine: A Musing, an award-winning play written by Talvin Wilks and directed by HartBeat Ensemble member Brian Jennings. This powerful work explores the American political climate of the late 1950s and early 1960s through the lens of two influential artists: James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry. 

 

Dates: October 10th -17th 

EVENTS DATES & TIMES: 

  • Oct 9: Invited Dress Rehearsal of Jimmy & Lorraine 

  • Oct 10, 7:30 PM: Opening Performance of Jimmy & Lorraine 

  • Oct 12, 7:30 PM: Performance of Jimmy & Lorraine followed by a Post-Show Talk 

  • Oct 17, 2:00 PM: Matinee Performance of Jimmy & Lorraine followed by a Post-Show Talk 

  • Oct 17, 6:00 PM: Screening of Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart followed by a Discussion with Director Tracy Strain 

Location: Trinity College Goodwin Theater inside Austin Art Center 

For more information on events & discussions visit hartbeatensemble.org 

 

Special Discount Included: 

ALL performances are FREE and open to the public—reservations are required

hartbeatensemble.org