by Paula Kaplan-Reiss EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was written in response to a preview performance of 1999. As with any world premiere production, some changes may have been made before the official opening. Having the opportunity to see a preview of the world premiere of 1999,, I am confronted with…
LENOX, MA (September 4, 2025) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce its 2025 Fall Mainstage production: 1999, an electrifying world premiere production written by the acclaimed playwright Stacey Isom Campbell (Cicadas, The Loophole) and directed by WAM Theatre’s Artistic Director Genée Coreno(Alien Girls, fragments of Outside, Madge Love). This timely and powerful performance features Zoë Laiz (Cry it Out,…
by Barbara Waldinger Barrington Stage Company ends its 2024 summer fare with a dynamite production of Eboni Booth’s PRIMARY TRUST, this years’ Pulitzer Prize winner, a perfect vehicle to conclude a varied and exciting season. It is a simple, poignant story, narrated by the main character, Kenneth (Justin Weaks), who…
by Jess Hoffman If you are looking for a world premier of an award-winning modern playwright without having to travel to New York City, you may be in luck! Three Mothers by Ajene D. Washington won the Next Act! New Play Summit in 2022 and it is now being produced…
by Barbara Waldinger Pondering why Million Dollar Quartet is so popular, Berkshire Theatre Group Director/Choreographer Greg Santos attributes its success to the “nostalgia factor”—the hit songs of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”: Elvis Presley. However, if this production consisted only of…
by Barbara Waldinger Barrington Stage Company’s ABCD is a slick World Premiere filled with a great deal of action but not much substance. The first-ever production of playwright May Treuhaft-Ali, its subject is the failure of an educational system that encourages cheating by both teachers and students. George…
by Macey Levin In a program interview Tara L. Wilson Noth, the author of “B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching” says, “I would love for people to acknowledge that change is not possible if we aren’t willing to see that different realities and different truths exist and that’s what informs choices, outlooks…
A timely story about a woman, representing a black teenager accused of murder, who is forced to face truths about her marriage, race and choices she’s made. Pittsfield, MA – The world premiere of B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching written by Tara L. Wilson Noth and directed by Kimille Howard will…
