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The Piano Lesson
First Preview: Oct 13, 2016
Opening Date: Oct 13, 2016
Closing Date: Nov 13, 2016
Playing @
Hartford Stage
50 Church St, Hartford, CT 06103
Winner! 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner! 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play
Winner! 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival
It is 1936 and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family’s rise from slavery. Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated.
An intimate story of a brother and sister and their struggle to embrace or deny their epic inheritance, full of soaring poetry and shattering intensity, The Piano Lesson is a universal story of memory and perseverance.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM
Winner! 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play
Winner! 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival
It is 1936 and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family’s rise from slavery. Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated.
An intimate story of a brother and sister and their struggle to embrace or deny their epic inheritance, full of soaring poetry and shattering intensity, The Piano Lesson is a universal story of memory and perseverance.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Adult language.
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$25.00 - $90.00
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$20 - All Regular Season Student Seats
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Accessibility
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Assisted Listening System
Available for every performance, assistive listening headphones can be obtained at and returned to the Guest Services podium in the main lobby. -
Elevator/Escalator
An elevator within the main lobby is available to bring guests upstairs for accessible seats in our 11th row, to enjoy our upper lobby bar, or to view the exhibit for our current production. -
Entrance
The main entrance for Hartford Stage is fully accessible and is located on Church Street, through the Box Office lobby -
Parking
Hartford Stage does not own a parking facility, both the adjacent MAT Garage and nearby Church Street Garage offer accessible parking spaces on every level. The MAT Garage offers an accessible ramp on its ground floor level that exits directly into Hartford Stage’s courtyard. -
Restroom
Hartford Stage is equipped with accessible restrooms. They are located in the back corner of our main lobby, to the right of the stairs -
Telephone
None on premises -
Visual Assistance
Audio description enables audience members who are blind or have low vision to hear descriptions of actions, body language, lights, costumes, scenery and other aspects of the production not conveyed by voices from the stage. This service is provided during the 2:00 pm Saturday Matinee Series 24.








