OLLI PLAYERS, a group that performs at Berkshire Community College, is seeking two African-American actors, a female and a male, for a reading of two short plays on the afternoon of October 19th. Mum Bett’s Minute is about the case that won Mum Bett (Elizabeth Freeman) her freedom in Massachusetts;…
OLLI at BCC Performing Arts Initiative Presents:The Nancy Vale Memorial Talk Kate Maguire, Artistic Director, CEO of Berkshire Theatre Group will speak on: The Vision and Reality of Making Theater in the Berkshires Thursday September 11, 2025 at 4:00-5:30 pm Free and open to the public, registration required.Registration closes September 4.…
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Community College Players will hold auditions for its fall show, Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” on Thursday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept. 19 from 6:30-9 p.m. Auditions will be held in the Boland Theatre on BCC’s main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. According to…
West Stockbridge— On August 18th at 7 p.m. and August 19th at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Second Street Second Chances (“2nd Street”), in collaboration with The Foundry, presents “RECLAIM,” an original work-in-progress theater piece. “RECLAIM” seeks to raise awareness of how incarceration affects not only the incarcerated individual, but also their families,…
(PITTSFIELD, MA – July 8, 2025) — Barrington Stage Company’s Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund’s Devised Theatre Ensemble (DTE) is proud to present an original, high-energy musical: Jack & the Beanstalk, running July 26–31 at the Boland Theatre at Berkshire Community College (1350 West Street, Pittsfield). A delightful theatrical experience for audiences of all ages, this modern…
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Community College (BCC) Players will present the musical “Lucky Stiff” by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty during the weekends of May 2 and May 9 at the Robert Boland Theatre. The production is directed by BCC alumnus Joseph Sicotte. “Lucky Stiff” is a musical farce…
by Mark G. Auerbach Ali Louis Bourzgui, the Pittsfield actor who starred in the recent Broadway revival of The Who’s Tommy, takes on the role of Orpheus in Hadestown, beginning May 6. For details: https://hadestown.com/ Eliza Gonzales, UMass Theatre Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting, makes her Broadway debut as voice and dialect coach…
The Performing Arts season opens with Olli‘s Berkshire Previews on April 4 where ten artistic directors will present their season by Zoom over six weeks, each Friday morning, beginning at 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Each artistic director will have 45 minutes to talk and take questions. The opening class features a Critics…
