Training
•Conservatory-style BFA focused on expanding craft and creative imagination across contemporary to classical styles
•Carefully planned progression of acting, voice and speech, and movement classes
Performance & Productions
•Performance opportunities begin in second year and culminate in full-scale, professionally designed productions
•Fourth-year students audition for Hartford Stage Company productions including annual A Christmas Carol
Notable Alumni
•Marin Ireland ’00 — Tony-nominated actor; The New York Times called her "one of the great drama queens of the New York stage" •Shawn-Caulin Young ’04 — actor/director/producer (True Detective, Santa Clarita Diet, Godless) •Orin Wolf — lead producer of The Band's Visit, winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical Professional Development
•Professional relationships with Tony Award–winning Hartford Stage Company, Theaterworks of Hartford, and Goodspeed Musicals
Study Abroad
•Spring of third year: approximately ten weeks of intensive Shakespeare training in England with Hartt faculty from the professional British theatre
•Attendance at productions in London and Stratford included
Verified Recent Class Sizes
•Class of 2027: 22 students
