REVIEW: “Scrooge in Rouge” at the Bennington Theater

by Emily Edelman If you’re a fan of the traditional British Christmas panto, Bennington Theater’s current show will be of definite interest to you: With the premise that all but three members of an English music hall cast of “A Christmas Carol” fell ill just before showtime, “Scrooge in Rouge” is…

Milne Library Presents Reading of “The Book Club Play”

On Saturday, May 4th at 10:30 a.m. at the Milne Library and on Sunday, May 5th at 2 p.m. at Sweetwood, Milne Library presents two free staged readings of ‘The Book Club Play,’ a comedy about the meltdown of a book group by Karen Zacarias. The play looks at the great national…

PREVIEW: “ALIEN/NATION” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

by Gail M. Burns In 2020 Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield attended “American Dream Study,” the Forest of Arden Company‘s site-specific performance in Columbia County, NY, and invited director Michael Arden to come to Williamstown and collaborate with the WTF’s Community Works program to produce something similar here.…

Williamstown Theatre Festival Presents “ALIEN/NATION” Immersive Theatrical Experience

Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director) presents ALIEN/NATION, the world premiere immersive theatrical experience in two parts from The Forest of Arden, written and devised by Eric Berryman, Jen Silverman, and the company of The Forest of Arden, and directed by two-time Tony Award® nominee Michael Arden. From Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden and the company…