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Mainstage

HartBeat Ensemble

City Arts On Pearl

233 Pearl St. #20

Hartford, CT 06103


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860.548.9144 (local)

888.548.9144

860.727.9822 (fax)

 

Drawing from styles such as hip-hop theater, commedia dell’arte, musical 

theater and realism, our mainstage plays tell the extraordinary stories of 

ordinary people. Click on the links below for more info on our current 

and past mainstage performances.


Photo credits for this website include:

Larry Bilansky

Jean Molodetz

PAST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS:

NEW PLAY INSTITUTE:

SPRING 2010

    It takes a long time to write a new play - especially one constructed from hundreds of hours of interviews with the people of our community.  After a year of research and writing, HartBeat presented the workshop version of Flipside, our newest Mainstage production. Using rhythmic choreography and spoken word poetry from local poets MIRA and MIND EVOLUTION, Flipside tells the story of two drug warriors on opposite sides of the drug war.   
    Flipside was work-shopped as part of HartBeat’s New Play Institute in collaboration with Manchester Community College.
   
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