The company was founded in 1985 by Steve Campo[1] and is currently run by Rob Ruggiero who serves as Producing Artistic Director.

[2] In 2008, TheaterWorks Hartford produced David Harrower's play Blackbird, which the Berkshire Eagle praised as "carefully calibrated, yet nonetheless riveting.

"[3] In the same year, Jeremy Jordan and Chad Allen starred in The Little Dog Laughed, directed by Rob Ruggiero.

[4] In 2015, TheaterWorks Hartford produced the David Robson drama Playing the Assassin, which the New Haven Review described as "expert and compelling theater that deserves to be experienced more than once.

[6] Joseph Harrison of BroadwayWorld wrote that the production "goes beyond entertainment, reaching in and touching you to your very core in a brilliant symphony of emotional energy.

TheaterWorks converted the building into an arts center, now home to numerous nonprofit organizations as well as performance, gallery, office, rehearsal, and storage spaces.