Hubbard Hall Announces New Executive Director

Cambridge, NY, July 5, 2024 It is my great pleasure, on behalf of the Hubbard Hall Board of Directors, to announce that after an extensive search, we are thrilled to welcome Erin Harrington as the new Executive Director, effective July 8, 2024. The Hiring Committee and the Board are confident that…

Barrington Stage Company Receives $120K Grant from The Shubert Foundation to Support Key Programming

(Pittsfield, MA) July 2024 – Barrington Stage Company (Artistic Director Alan Paul) is the recipient of a $120,000 grant from The Shubert Foundation. Granted in the category of Theatre, the award will support key programming in BSC’s 2024 season. A leader in funding for the arts, last year The Shubert Foundation…

REVIEW: Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” at the Berkshire Theatre Group

by Emily Edelman Berkshire Theatre Group’s “Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein,” being staged at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is as delightfully funny as you’d expect while also being perfectly acted and produced. Based on the classic 1974 Mel Brooks film, the plot follows the activities of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein…

Play Incubation Collective Announces 2024 Roving Salon and Social Gatherings

Join Play Incubation Collective for our 2024 Roving Salon and Social gatherings. As always, these are free to attend. No advanced registration required. First up: Sunday July 7th, 7:30-9:30 Holyoke Media 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA Parking available in the lot across the street.  We are thrilled to host our first…

Playwright’s Jam – Sunday, July 7 at Caffè Lena

Writers, Actors, Directors, Theater-lovers! PLAYWRIGHT’S JAM Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 2:00 pm Presents a reading of brand new play developed with the Playwright’s Jam Walking North On Quail By Amy Biancolli Read by Joe Bruton, Jj Buechner, James Callaghan, Judi Clements, Gabe Fabian, Vivian Nesbitt, Mike Reynolds, J. Scala, Frank Wilson Caffè Lena…

Shakespeare & Company Presents “The Comedy of Errors

LENOX, Mass. – William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors takes over Shakespeare & Company’s outdoor mainstage this summer, directed by Kate Kohler Amory July 13 through August 18 at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre. The Bard’s fast-paced and farcical story of mistaken identities begins with two sets of twins separated by a storm…

The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Announces Auditions for “Berta, Berta”

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Announcing Auditions for The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY’s production of BERTA, BERTA by Angelica ChĂ©ri, directed by Michael A. Lake.   Set in 1920s Mississippi, BERTA, BERTA tells the story of Leroy, a Black man sent to jail for following a White woman down the street to…

REVIEW: “Shake It Up: A Shakespearean Cabaret” at Shakespeare & Company

by Emily Edelman “Shake It Up: A Shakespearean Cabaret” was conceived by actor Jacob Ming-Trent and Shakespeare and Company artistic director Allyn Burrows as a way for devotees of the Bard as well as those not as well versed in his oeuvre to enjoy his words juxtaposed with songs inspired…