by Emily Edelman In the first scene of the world premiere of “Pamela Palmer” by David Ives at Williamstown Theatre Festival, the title character has a premonition that she has done something horrible that she can’t remember and hires a private detective to discover what it is. Initially coming across…
by Barbara Waldinger “Did you know that loneliness is as lethal as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day?” Spoken by a character named Anna in the World Premiere production of Carey Crim’s play THE ISLANDERS, the line epitomizes the feelings of this middle-aged woman who has chosen to live alone on…
ADAMS, MA—The Adams Theater with Fern Katz will present a community movement workshop Sunday, August 4 at 4 P.M., as part of Katz’s residency at The Adams Incubator. The workshop is free and community members are welcome to attend. Participants can register here. “When Paths Cross,” a multi-disciplinary collaborative formed by…
by Jess Hoffman  I have a love of literature and an unshakable interest in the complex and problematic people who create it. Chaucer, Poe, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway are all deeply imperfect (to say the least) and remarkable men with whom I am endlessly fascinated. I am less familiar with the…
Announcing auditions for the Not So Common Players production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) by Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart Directed by Garrett D. West Musical Direction by Wendy Camilli In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company, in association with Great Barrington Public Theater, presents Jim Frangione’s Flight of the Monarch, directed by Judy Braha Saturday, August 3 through Sunday, August 25 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. This darkly comic play tells the story of two siblings, Sheila (Corinna May) and Thomas…
by Macey Levin  Chester Theatre Company, Chester, Massachusetts, has built a reputation of producing provocative plays. Their most recent production of Unreconciled, workshopped and given its world premiere at Chester, is about to move to London. The current offering Will Sacrifice by Julie McKee is another premiere. It doesn’t match…
by Sierra Pasquale “Think about your life, Pippin, days are tame and nights the same” are usually not the first lyricsthat leap to mind when one says, “Pippin”, but they’re the ones that have always stuck with me.Most folks of a certain age will pull up the hit song that…
