Hartford Stage Appoints Andrea Cuevas

Hartford, CT, October 27, 2021 – Hartford Stage is pleased to announce that Andrea Cuevas (she/her/ella) has been appointed Director of Marketing and Communications following an extensive national search done in partnership with the Tom O’Connor Consulting Group. The Director of Marketing and Communications will lead the currently reduced staff and intentionally grow the team to support future operations as Hartford Stage returns to in-person performances beginning with their current production of Ah! Wilderness. Cuevas will begin at Hartford Stage on November 1.

Andrea Cuevas joins Hartford Stage following her most recent post as Director of Presented Events Marketing at McCarter Theatre Center, where she has been active in the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, New Jersey Arts & Culture Administrators of Color Network, University Presenters Working Toward Equity, Tessitura Network’s Community DEAI Advisory Committee, and more. She has previously held roles at Serino/Coyne and received her Masters in Business Administration in Arts and Cultural Management at the Paris School of Business. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Sing Aphasia, a nonprofit that empowers those affected by aphasia to find their voice and connect with others through music, learning, and community.

“We are thrilled to welcome Andrea into our team at Hartford Stage. Her skill, experience and commitment to re-envisioning the way a theatre reaches out to its audience and engages its community directly will have a transformative impact on this theatre and city,” said Managing Director, Cynthia Rider. “Melia and I cannot wait to see her here in Hartford!”

Andrea Cuevas on receiving the appointment said, "I feel that all of my experiences, both personal and professional, have led me to this opportunity. I've long admired Cynthia and Melia, and our conversations about their vision for the organization and the way we connect with art in our community have been inspiring. Everyone has been incredibly thoughtful and open throughout this search process and transition — I'm more than ready to get to work with the team."

“We are overjoyed to match Andrea with the wonderful team at Hartford Stage led so well by Cynthia Rider and Melisa Bensussen,” says Tom O’Connor, President of TOCG. “This combination of dynamic rising leadership, a strong existing marketing team, and visionary executive leadership feels like catching lightning in a bottle, and I couldn’t be more excited to see the impact they have will have together on the Hartford community and on the theatre field as a whole.”