Troy Foundry Theatre and Collectiveffort are co-presenting the world premiere of Hard Candy & Misdemeanors by Cris Eli Blak this Fall 2023. Performed at Collectiveffort’s Kickback Studios (10 Second St. in Troy, NY, 12180), the play unfolds over the span of a single day in the employee break room at Roxanne Brewer’s…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss All Americans know how privileged we are that English is a universal language. Rarely are we forced to learn a second language. Traveling and studying are not often impeded by our inability to speak or read the native tongue of other countries. Sanaz Toossi, an Iranian-American playwright…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Intelligent? Provocative? Hilarious? Face-paced? Crowd-pleasing? What is the most exact, precise, factual word or phrase to describe the latest production at the Sharon Playhouse? THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT generates such thought and is, in fact, all of those things. This soul-searching script , jam-packed with…
Classic Theater Guild begins its 20th anniversary season with: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Congregation Beth Israel at 2195 Eastern Parkway in Schenectady Twelfth Night is a fast-paced comedy with romantic plots, mistaken identities and practical jokes, A must see for anyone interested in Shakespeare or theater in general. Director – Andrew Bryce…
MIFA Victory Theatre Compagnie Vivons in NEVER TWENTY ONE By Choreographer Smaïl Kanouté October 3 at 7:00 PM Leslie Phillips Theater, Holyoke Community College, 303 Homestead Ave, Holyoke, MA 01040 Never Twenty One pays tribute to the young Black men who have been victims of gun violence in New York, Rio…
The HCC Alumni PlayersPhillips Festival 2023 – From Concept to Curtain … in ONE daySeptember 30 at 7:30 PMHolyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA 01040 The Phillips Festival 2023, an evening of short plays – written, directed, and staged by Holyoke Community College alumni, students, staff, and surrounding community in just…
by Gail M. Burns Berkshire summers zoom by, crammed with more theatre than any one human can see, but even here at Berkshire on Stage (where theatre should be our middle name) we noticed the absence of Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park. So we were thrilled to hear that the…
