Mark Twain TONIGHT! TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for Mark Twain Tonight! go on sale to the general public on December 7 at $55 and $70, with a $125 premier seating ticket that includes a dessert reception with HAl Holbrook after the performance. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Hartford Stage box office at 860-527-5151 or online at hartfordstage.org. The Lincoln Theater is located at 200 Bloomfield Avenue in West Hartford.
In April, Hartford Stage will present the world premiere of Laura Eason's adaptation of Twain's beloved classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford Stage Associate Artistic Director Jeremy B. Cohen will direct. Tom Sawyer chronicles the adventures of Twain's mischievous young hero in a small town on the Mississippi River and showcases Twain's brilliant sense of humor and keen insights into human nature.
Event underwriters for Mark Twain Tonight! are Sally and Ted Carrier; Dr. and Mrs. J. David Haddox; Stephen and Amy Sills; David and Jan Klein; Tom and Margah Lips; and Reid & Riege, P.C. The Event Committee includes Connie K. Weaver, Honorary Chair; Karen and John Wheat, Co-chairs; Gregory Butler; Dr. J. David Haddox; and Duby McDowell.
The Mark Twain House & Museum has restored the author's Hartford, Connecticut home, where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. In addition to providing tours of Twain's restored home, a National Historic Landmark, the institution offers activities and educational programs that illuminate Twain's literary legacy and provide information about his life and times. The Mark Twain House and Museum at 351 Farmington Ave. are open Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5:30 p.m. For more information, call 860-247-0998 or visit www.MarkTwainHouse.org.
Since its founding in 1963, Hartford Stage (Michael Wilson, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director) has produced over 320 new productions, among them more than 60 world or American premieres. Recent work includes a landmark production of Horton Foote's three-part The Orphans' Home Cycle, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the world premiere of Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, several plays by Tennessee Williams during an unprecedented ten-year marathon of his work, including The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Summer and Smoke, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, and the two-evening 8 By Tenn, which included three premieres. Other new work includes the premiere of Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets; the commission and premiere of Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry; the East Coast premiere of Lanford Wilson's Book of Days; and Matthew Barber's Enchanted April which transferred to Broadway. The theatre has earned numerous distinguished honors, including a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, the Margo Jones Award, OBIE awards, and a New York Critics Circle award. In 2005 Hartford Stage was awarded The Hartford Courant's Tapestry Award recognizing its outstanding work in diversity, and in 2008 it was awarded the Bank of America Neighborhood Builder's Award recognizing its excellent educational work in the Greater Hartford community.
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Programs of The Mark Twain House & Museum and Hartford Stage are made possible by the support of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism and the Greater Hartford Arts Council.
