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Jeffrey Kagan-McCann

Founder, Pearwater Productions &
​Hartford Fringe Festival Producer

Jeffrey Kagan-McCann is the Artistic Director and Founder of Pearwater Productions and the Hartford Fringe Festival.

This Hartford native, born on the North End, has been involved in theater since he was 7 years old. He wrote and directed his first play for a Elementary School production. His first acting role was at 14 in Artist Collective's Prodigal Sister. Later he was cast in the Hartford Stage Company Youth Theatre in
Kiss Me Kate, Anything Goes and Of Thee I Sing, which were directed by Clay Stevenson. Then he was cast in Youth Theater Unlimited’s production of Romeo and Juliet also directed by Clay Stevenson.

He joined the teen social theater group Looking In. He studied Acting at Center for Creative Youth (CCY) at Wesleyan University (1981). He was one of the founding members of CT Out Film Festival (formerly Hartford LGBT Film Festival) and the Hartford Children’s Theater.
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Jeff  has worked at other Connecticut theaters in different theater  positions: Goodspeed at Chester, Company One, Actor’s Attic, Hartford Stage Company, Protean Theater and TheaterWorks.
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And out of state: Northwest Actors Studio (Seattle, WA), Seattle Fringe Festival, A Contemporary Theater (Seattle, WA) Millbrook Playhouse (Mill Hall, PA) and Lucid Stage Company (Portland, ME).

Jeffrey has written, directed and produced several of his plays:
A Fine Line, The Blue Moon Chronicles – three full length plays: Once in a Blue Moon, My Gay Son’s Wedding and Goodnight Blue Moon, Sigourney Square Park, Black Irish, Bellevue Landing (A Soap Opera Spoof) and Will.  He also directed Pearwater Productions’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Hillhouse Opera Company’s first act of Madame Butterfly in New Haven, CT.

Last year his play,
Black Irish was voted by the audience as Best of the Fest at the 2019 Hartford Fringe Festival.
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Kirsten Easton-Hazzaa
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​Program Manager & Artist Liaison

Kirsten Easton-Hazzaa is a playwright, actor, teacher, producer and lover of all things theater. She holds a B.A. in both Theater and Sociology from Occidental College and an M.F.A. in Theater (Playwriting) from Southern Illinois University. Her plays have been performed in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and Chicago (among others). Kirsten also teaches theater classes to children and adults alike. When she’s not doing her theater things, Kirsten enjoys the challenge of befriending introverts and folding her t-shirts using the Konmari method. ​
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Norman Lebron
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Program Coordinator/Volunteer Coordinator

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MEDIA

Hear Jeff on WLIS/WMRD's Spotlight Radio discussing the Hartford Fringe Festival HERE.
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WHEN IS THE HARTFORD FRINGE FESTIVAL?

The 2020 Hartford Fringe Festival will run from October 9th- November 9th!

WHERE IS THE HARTFORD FRINGE FESTIVAL?

This year, the Hartford Fringe Festival will take place online! Join us in these quarantined times on Vimeo.

WHAT IS A FRINGE FESTIVAL?

The first Fringe was in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947. Theater groups not invited to the famed Edinburgh Arts Festival organized their own happening along outskirts of town - or the ‘fringe’. This edgier work soon surpassed the original festival’s popularity as audiences championed bold, daring work from across the spectrum. The United States is home to more fringe festivals than any other country. The Hartford Fringe Festival is celebrating its 2nd year in 2020.

WHY HARTFORD?

Hartford has a long and distinguished history of theatre dating back to its heyday in the late 19th/early 20th century. Today, Hartford is the home to several amazing professional theatres, but those spaces are oftentimes unavailable or too expensive for smaller companies or individual artists. The Hartford Fringe Festival seeks to make a stage and resources available to performers from throughout the region. In addition, HFF will present dozens of performances that show audiences the wealth of talent that can be drawn to Hartford.

​LEARN MORE ABOUT PEARWATER PRODUCTIONS AND JEFFREY KAGAN-McCANN.

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