Unified Theater 'Rockstars' Coming to West Hartford Thursday

Unified Theater “Rockstars” will close out their annual Spring Tour with a public performance Thursday afternoon in Blue Black Square in West Hartford.

Thirty students are participating in Unified Theater programs throughout Greater Hartford and they will be putting all of their hard work on display Thursday.

Students with and without disabilities from six area schools will share their creativity, leadership, and artistic skills in four performances at locations in Hartford and West Hartford.

The student “Rockstars” have worked together to write their own theatrical script, choose the musical number, and learn inclusive choreography and sign language for the Spring Tour performance entitled “Inclusion Rockstars.”

The Spring Tour will kick off at the State Capitol Building with a performance at 8:30 a.m. in Room 310 as part of the State Farm Youth Advisory Board check presentation to Unified Theater. The performers will then travel to the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (10 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford) to perform in the cafeteria at 10 a.m.

A performance at Aetna (151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford) at 12 noon will follow. The Spring Tour will conclude with a public performance at 1:30 p.m. in Blue Back Square in West Hartford. All are invited to attend this free show.

About Unified Theater: Unified Theater is a national non-profit organization based in Hartford that was founded in 2002. Unified Theater dissolves typical barriers between youth through transformative, school based performing arts programming. At Unified Theater, young people with and without disabilities, of all backgrounds, come together as equals to put on a production. The production is entirely organized, written, and directed by the students themselves. In over sixty schools across the country over 7,500 students with and without disabilities have performed to almost 15,000 audience members. The concept is simple: Empower Youth to Lead, Let Creativity Rule, and Put the Spotlight on Ability. To learn more visit www.unifiedtheater.org.