Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are proud to announce a New Works Series in Association with Roundabout Theatre Company of Dirty Laundry, a staged reading written by Mathilde Dratwa and directed by Hal Brooks.
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At The Unicorn Theatre
Dirty Laundry, A Staged Reading
A New Works Series in Association with Roundabout Theatre Company
written by Mathilde Dratwa
directed by Hal Brooks
at The Unicorn Theatre
on The Larry Vaber Stage
Performance Date: Sunday, March 24 at 2pm
Tickets: Suggested donation of $20 or $50
Following the unexpected loss of her mother and subsequent discovery of her father’s infidelity, an adult daughter alternates between grief and anger. Her dad attempts to put into words his complicated feelings about love, loss and lust. Meanwhile, the “other woman” ponders: What is an affair when it’s no longer an affair? A play about the absurdity and messiness of life and death.
About the Playwright
Mathilde Dratwa (Playwright) Her plays include Milk and Gall (Theatre503, London, 2021), A Play about David Mamet Writing a Play about Harvey Weinstein, Esther Perel Ruined My Life and Dirty Laundry (Audible; Henley Rose Award). She is a Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, an inaugural Powers Playwriting Fellow at the Old Globe and a member of Dorset Theater Festival’s Women Artists Writing Group, as well as the Parent/Caregiver Playwrights Group sponsored by Project Y and New Georges. Her work has been presented by the Ground Floor/Berkeley Rep, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Rattlestick, LAByrinth Theater Company and in London at the Young Vic. Recently, Mathilde was a member of the Orchard Project’s Greenhouse, a Dramatist Guild Foundation Playwriting Fellow and a member of New York Foundation for the Arts’ Immigrant Artist Program. Mathilde has developed content for FX, Chernin Entertainment, LuckyChap, Endeavor, Dirty Films, Red Wagon, Sony/TriStar and Wiip.
About the Director
Hal Brooks (Director) is a Brooklyn-based freelance director and has been Artistic Director
of the Cape Cod Theatre Project since 2012. He was the Associate Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference from 2010 to 2022. Regional: Heisenberg (American Conservatory Theater), Residence (Humana Festival), The Whale (Denver Center), Tigers Be Still (Dallas Theater Center), Six Years (Humana Festival), Be a Good Little Widow (Old Globe). Off-Broadway: Nilaja Sun’s No Child, Will Eno’s Thom Pain (based on nothing), By The Water (Manhattan Theatre Club), Urge for Going (Public Theater), The Bad Guys (Second Stage). Hal was also the Artistic Director of the Obie Award-Winning Pearl Theatre Company. Mr. Brooks was a Drama League Fellow, a recipient of the NEA/TCG Program for Directors and a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. He is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Theater, Dance and Performance Studies major at Yale.
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About Berkshire Theatre Group
The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. In 2010, under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, the two organizations merged to form Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG). Berkshire Theatre Group’s mission is to support wide ranging artistic exploration and acclaimed performances in theatre, dance, music and entertainment. Every year, BTG produces and presents performances to over 68,000 attendees and, through our Educational Program, serves over 11,000 Berkshire County school children annually. In July
2020, Berkshire Theatre was the first company in the United States to earn approval from
Actors’ Equity Association to produce a musical (Godspell) in the wake of the COVID-19
Pandemic. In 2028, Berkshire Theatre Group will celebrate 100 years of theatre.