Support us

Question: What is it that has two plays, 20 performances, and 4,000+ fans?
Answer: The 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival!

Join us for…

  • Two full productions: King Lear and Twelfth Night, or What you Will

  • 55+ CT-based professional actors, musicians, designers and technicians

  • Microphones, concessions and more

Double the Shakespeare, Double the Production Costs

We need you! Help us meet our expanded budget with an individual donation, sponsorship and/or program ad.

Individual donations can be made quickly, easily, and securely via credit/debit card, PayPal, and Venmo. You can also mail a check to our address below. AND, if your company has a matching program, please be sure to submit your donation for a match.

Explore ways to become a sponsor and market your business to our in-demand audience.

Advertise in our Festival program to reach 4,500 professionals, seniors, and families.

Did you know you can donate your old car — in any condition — to Cars Helping Charities and the net value after the sale will be donated to Capital Classics!

Won’t run? Didn’t pass emissions? Cars Helping Charities will take it.

The process is easy! They handle all of the title paperwork, towing, etc. And, you’ll be supporting our Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival, since Capital Classics is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that’s now listed with Cars Helping Charities.

INdividual donors

producerS

Barnaby Horton & Hannah Granfield-Horton

Teneo/Matthew Morgan

DirectorS

Dennis Jakiela & Sandra Barnes

Susan Kerr

Laura & Geoffrey Sheehan 

PatronS

Herb Emanuelson

William Fuller

Cornelia Hamilton

George & Rebecca Hardman 

Mindy & Jeremy Jason

Christina and Ezra Ripple

Edwin and Rachel Thrower

Chris & Jennifer Whalley

SupporterS

Patrick Bowen

Donald Logie

Owen McNamara

Tony & Juan Johnson-Torres

Paul Volpi

FRIENDS

Donations at the Friends level are listed in our Festival program.

grantors

connecticut Office of the Arts: Arts Endowment Fund
Connecticut Office of the Arts: Supporting Arts Grant

with the support of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency

The John and Kelly Hartman Foundation

Thanks to our presenting partner, the University of Saint Joseph and Hoffman Auditorium!

a special thank you to all our individual and business donors, who we recognize regularly in our event programs.

Fueled by our marketing partners