HartBeat Ensemble


The mission of HartBeat Ensemble is to create original, professional theater about issues that are relevant to the people of Greater Hartford and beyond. Through main stage plays, street performances, and education programs, HartBeat Ensemble brings audiences together beyond the barriers of gender, class, and race and inspires individuals toward meaningful social change.

HartBeat is dedicated to creating new works which challenge the status quo. Our main stage plays tell universal stories of everyday people who take action to better their world. Through these stories we hope not only to entertain, but to stir in people the desire to create meaningful change in their own lives and the lives of others. Our street theater performances are generally physical in nature, comic and satirical.

Today is the day to be, live, love, listen, understand, sing, dance, laugh – change. Theater is a meeting ground for human connection beyond the barriers of gender, class and race. Our desire is to gather on that meeting ground and ask the question; how can we make justice possible in our community, country and our world? We work as an ensemble, without hierarchy – as equals. Our artistic endeavor is to use beauty as a revolutionary tool, awakening hope and compassion in the hearts of our audience. Our home is Hartford. Our goal is a better world. Our commitment is to act.

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