Purna Venugopalan Joins UMass Fine Arts Center’s Curatorial Team

AMHERST, Mass. — The UMass Fine Arts Center is thrilled to welcome Purna Venugopalan as its new assistant curator of performing arts. Venugopalan will co-curate and manage the Fine Arts Center’s performing arts season while also assuming leadership of the Asian and Asian American Arts and Culture Program. Launched in…

Tickets Now on Sale for “Water for Elephants” Musical at Proctors

“Many wonders await audiences in this gorgeously imaginative Broadway musical.” – The New York Times  SCHENECTADY (Oct. 10) – Proctors is pleased to announce the North American tour of the critically acclaimed, bestselling novel WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, hailed as a Critic’s Pick by The New York Times, is coming to Proctors as part of the KeyBank…

The Ghent Playhouse Announces Auditions for “Black Comedy”

BLACK COMEDYWritten by Peter ShafferDirected by Ed Dignum TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 and WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2025 Sign-up 6:30 p.m. // Start time 7:00 p.m. At The Ghent Playhouse6 Town Hall PlaceGhent, NY  12075 The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for Peter Shaffer’s hilarious play, BLACK COMEDY, to be directed by Ed Dignum.…

Chester Theatre Company Seeks Managing Director

Chester Theatre Company in Chester, MA seeks a full-time managing director to partner with our co-artistic directors and our board of directors to lead our critically acclaimed summer theatre. Now in it’s 37th season, Chester Theatre Company produces contemporary professional Equity theatre in an intimate setting, creating community and offering audiences…

Smith College Theatre Department Presents “Eurydice”

Smith College Theatre Department presents Eurydice October 29, 30, 31, November 1 at 7:30 PM Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she…

Valley Players Present An Evening of New Plays to Benefit The Literacy Project

Valley Players will hold its first Take Ten celebration on Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 at Black Birch Vineyard, 108 Straits Road in Hatfield. The evening will showcase staged readings of six new 10-minute plays by playwrights from around the Valley, featuring a company of twenty Valley actors and directors.…

The LAVA Center Hosts Play Festival from Climate Change Theatre Action

The LAVA CenterThe Time Is Now play festival Oct 24, 2025 at 7:00 PMRepeat 10/25/2025 @ 7 p.m. ; Repeat 10/26/2025The LAVA Center 324 Main Street Greenfield, MA 01301 Performance times:
Friday 7 p.m. RESILIENCE “Science is Dead!”, “Consultation”, and “We’re Running Out of Chairs” dir. Ash Goverman Saturday 7 p.m.…

“Borderline Visible” To Be Performed at UMass Amherst, Smith College, and Amherst College

Join us for a performance of Borderline Visible by the German-British artist Ant Hampton / Time Based Editions, which will be held at UMass Amherst, Smith College, and Amherst College on Oct 7, Oct 21, and Nov 20, respectively.  This is a novel approach to book-based art, where pages become the stage…