The Bushnell Children's Theatre
About
Children's Theatre at Connecticut's Premier Performing Arts Center
The Bushnell, Connecticut's premier performing arts center, runs the Bushnell Children's Theatre and a nationally-recognized arts-in-education program called PARTNERS, serving 22 schools across 12 districts in Greater Hartford with theatrical programming for kids.
Youth Programs
Programming includes producing and educational tracks at the 166 Capitol Avenue venue. Offerings include:
- Bushnell Children's Theatre family series
- PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools) - 22 schools across 12 districts
- Family theater programming
- In-school arts integration
- Touring children's productions
- Educator development programs
- Field-trip matinees
What's Included
- Indoor Bushnell venue at 166 Capitol Ave
- 350+ events per year (host venue)
- Multi-district outreach footprint
- National-award-winning education programming
- 20+ year history serving 400,000+ young people
Experience
Performance and audience-development focused rather than weekly-class focused - kids attend professional family-series shows and participate in outreach programming through their schools, with classes run via the PARTNERS school-integration model.