Berkshire on Stage

Chester, MA – Co-founded by Vincent Dowling and H. Newman Marsh in 1990 with the belief that every town should have a professional theatre, Chester…

by Macey Levin After establishing her credentials with Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation and The Aliens,  Annie Baker won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Drama…

by Macey Levin When you go to see Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar at the (which you should,) brace yourself for a compelling story, intense When you…

by Barbara Waldinger Metaphor:  the oft-repeated word describing Rabbi Michael Levitz-Sharon (Tara Franklin)’s view of biblical stories in Mark-Leiren-Young’s Bar Mitzvah Boy.  The Creation of…

More performances, an American Premiere, a special theatre event, and the return of many favorite artists mark CTC’s 29th season. Chester, MA (February 16, 2018)…

The four critics who review for BerkshireOnStage.com – Gail M. Burns, Roseann Cane, Macey Levin, and Barbara Waldinger – have each listed their favorite regional…

Our critic Gail Burns says: “Moms, bring their daughters to see Memory House, any Friday or Saturday night during the play’s run your ticket is half price with the purchase of your daughter’s full price ticket.”

Reviewer Gail M. Burns tells us about a play in which a Founding Father, a British Victorian novelist and a Russian revolutionary find themselves locked in a room in Chester, MA from which there appears to be no exit.