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Updated 11/19/2024

HartBeat Ensemble

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    CT

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Founded in 2001, HartBeat Ensemble's mission is to create provocative theater that connects our community beyond traditional barriers of race, gender, class and geography.

 

HartBeat Ensemble is the only institution in Hartford that is consistently using theater to speak powerfully across different generations, races, populations and interest groups. As an ensemble of artist-activists, we create as well as present innovative productions based on critical civic issues. HartBeat offers audiences the chance to experience and respond to the work they have just seen through live performance and guided conversations. HartBeat’s original, full-length creative works, including the award-winning Flipside, the critically acclaimed Jimmy & Lorraine, and the sold-out hit Pegao by Ensemble member Cin Martinez. HartBeat continues to inspire the next generation of leaders to create change for a better world through its Youth Play Institute.

In 2013, HartBeat moved into the Carriage House Theater located on Farmington Avenue in Hartford. Our home provides an opportunity for HartBeat to produce a season of events that extends beyond our mainstage and education productions and to create a unique space for artists and the community to gather and experience live performance as well as engage in community conversations.

Find Me

Godfrey L. Simmons
Job Title: Artistic Director
Phone: 860-548-9144
TTY Phone: none
Fax: none
Address:
360 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
Website

Social Media:

Facebook
Twitter

Additional Content:

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2001

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2001

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Theater - Playwriting

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Venue Rental
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 45

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Artists
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Geographic Reach:

  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Network of Ensemble Theaters Member

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Network of Ensemble Theaters Member

Awards

Awards:

  • NYC International Fringe Festival, Best Ensemble 2012
  • Nomination, American Theatre Critics Association’s annual ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award
  • 2015, Hometown Heros Award, Julia Rosenblatt
  • 2013, Connecticut Office of the Arts Artist Fellowships Awards, Julia Rosenblatt

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Theater

Fee range:

$250 - $1,500

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Theater

Fee range:

$250 - $1,500

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • We require a stage or other level floor that is a minimum of 30 feet wide by 25 feet deep with a overhead clearance of 12 feet. Stage lighting is also required. We prefer to patch into a house sound system but can provide a system if necessary.

Fee Range:

$2,000 - $10,000

State of Residence:

Connecticut

Minimum Number of Performers:

3

Maximum Number of Performers:

8

Venues for Rent/Use

Carriage House Theater
Venue Address: 360 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06105
Venue Phone: 860-548-9144
Venue Website
Venue Type: Theater
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $300
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $500
Venue Capacity: 77
Venue Accessibility: Facility is physically accessible (such as parking, entrances, accessible restrooms, seating, backstage).
Stage Details: Proscenium Theater, Thrust Stage
Venue Seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
Venue Features: Climate Control, Dressing Room(s), Green Room, Light System / Track Lighting, Movie Screen / Projection Capabilities, Piano, Sound System, WiFi
Trained Crew Available: Yes
Union Crew Available: No