by Jeannie Marlin Woods The 2025 Berkshire Theatre Season is beginning to wind down and the reflection on the season as a whole is beginning. One theme that has emerged is the need for humor and laughter in what many feel are dark days. So, I suppose it is not…
Chester Theatre CompanyMR. JOYBy Daniel Koa BeatyDirected by Vernice Miller AUGUST 7 – 17 What happened to Mr. Joy? A Harlem community takes stock when a Chinese immigrant’s shoe repair shop mysteriously doesn’t open one morning, causing an array of customers to realize what the shop owner has meant in…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The title, A Case for the Existence of God playing at Chester Theatre Company gives little hint to the theme of this moving play between two actors. Playwright, Samuel D. Hunter, best known for his Oscar winning screenplay adaptation of his play, The Whale, opened this play…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods The landscape of grief and loss can be a perilous territory in which to find oneself and those boundless emotions can plunge one into darkness and hopelessness. However, in Tatty Hennessy’s play, 100 WORDS FOR SNOW, that landscape becomes a place of wonder, beauty, and danger…
By all appearances Jay Sefton, co-author and star of “Unreconciled”, which plays tonight and tomorrow night (June 26 & 27) at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield MA, is your average mid-career actor with a day job. After years waiting tables while auditioning, performing, and chasing the dream, he returned…
by Macey Levin Mark St. Germain. a prolific local playwright, is known for “Freud’s Last Session,” which was filmed starring Anthony Hopkins, and “Becoming Dr. Ruth” among other wonderful productions seen in the Berkshire area. His most recent play, “Magdalene,” is a mesmerizing exploration of memory and interpretation under the…
Chester Theatre Company announces the casting for Mark St. Germain’s newest play, Magdalene to run June 19-29, 2025. Eighteen years after the death of Christ, Peter seeks out Mary Magdalene, whom he banished after the crucifixion. Peter needs an ally against a self-proclaimed Apostle angling for power in the growing church. In…
Chester Theatre Company announces the return of Bill Bowers in Between Us, stories with and without words. Hailed by critics as the most accomplished and renowned mime of his generation, Bill Bowers currently performs and teaches the art of physical storytelling throughout the world. His methods and exploration of universal truths transcend the…
