Legacy Planning

Legacy Planning

Support the Arts with Estate Planning

The Hartford Stage Shakespeare Society honors individuals who have included Hartford Stage in their estate plans, ensuring the theater’s legacy for future generations.

Legacy planning not only secures your loved ones’ future but also ensures that your values live on. By including Hartford Stage in your legacy plans, you can make a lasting impact on the arts while potentially reducing taxes and preserving your wealth during your lifetime.

Whether you’re focused on providing for your family, safeguarding your retirement, or supporting causes close to your heart, legacy giving offers a way to contribute that suits your unique circumstances. From bequests and trusts to annuities and beneficiary designations, there are many options to create a legacy that reflects your passions and supports Hartford Stage for generations to come.

Many of our supporters—including those whose capacity to give now is limited due to providing for their family and retirement needs—find that with a simple act of planning they can make a substantial difference for generations to come. You can do the same through a variety of options that may be appropriate for you—a bequest, trust or annuity, or designating Hartford Stage as the beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy.

For further confidential information regarding the Shakespeare Society, please contact our Board & Donor Relations Manager Evan Kudish at 860-520-7241

For your convenience, we’re happy to provide a printed Legacy Planning form to review at your leisure. Download Form >

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SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY MEMBERS

Thank you to our growing list of legacy donors!

The Hartford Stage Shakespeare Society comprises individuals who have provided for the future of Hartford Stage in their estate plans.

When you have made a planned giving decision, we hope you will let us know and enable us to express our gratitude. With your permission, we will list your name among the growing number of Shakespeare Society members, in the belief that others will be encouraged by your action to take the important step of ensuring the future of Hartford Stage.

For further confidential information regarding the Shakespeare Society, please contact Donor Relations Manager, Evan Kudish, at 860-520-7241.

  • Anonymous (15)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bourdeau
  • Mrs. Joan Brown
  • Kimberley & Christopher Byrd
  • Marla & John Byrnes
  • Mario R. Cavallo
  • Sue Ann Collins
  • Richard G. Costello
  • Ms. Linda Diana DeConti
  • Mr. Reginald Gregory DeConti
  • Robert L. & Susan G. Fisher
  • Kathy Frederick & Eugene Leach
  • Victoria E. Gallo
  • Carrie & Jonathan Hammond
  • Walter & Diane Harrison
  • George & Helen Ingram
  • David & Janice Klein
  • Joel M. & Naomi Baline Kleinman
  • Katherine J. Lambert
  • Christopher Larsen
  • Tom & Margah Lips
  • Mark & Liisa Livingston
  • Elaine T. Lowengard
  • Judith Meyers & Richard Hersh
  • Ki Miller
  • Arthur & Merle Nacht
  • Judge Jon O. Newman
  • Belle K. Ribicoff
  • Ezra & Chrissie Ripple
  • Prudence P. Robertson
  • Barbara Rubin
  • Carol W. Scoville
  • Donald & Linda Silpe
  • Jennifer Smith Turner & Eric Turner
  • Elsa Suisman
  • Michael Wilson & Jeff Cowie
  • Henry Zachs
  • Michael & Ellen Zenke

IN MEMORIAM

Hartford Stage fondly remembers these late members of the Shakespeare Society.

  • Anonymous (6)
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Cynthia Kellogg Barrington
  • Maxwell & Sally Belding
  • Susan R. Block
  • Clifford S. Burdge
  • Edward C. Cape
  • Ruth Cape
  • Anna & David Clark
  • James H. Eacott, Jr.
  • Yummy Graulty
  • Christine Hunihan
  • Dieter & Siegelind Johannes
  • Hugh M. Joseloff & Helen J. Joseloff
  • Nafe E. Katter
  • Mary Jean Kilfoil
  • Janet M. Larsen
  • Joe Marfuggi
  • Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. McLane
  • Mary & Freeman Meyer
  • Tuck Miller
  • Ann & George Richards
  • Dr. Russell Robertson
  • Robert K. Schrepf
  • Talcott Stanley
  • Janet S. & Michael Suisman
  • Helen S. Willis
  • Louise W. Willson