Top Honors Split Four Ways PITTSFIELD, MA (November 13, 2023) – At an SRO ceremony held at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield, the Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) presented the Berkshire Theatre Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, on the evening of Monday, November 13, 2023. This was the seventh time the awards…
1. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play: Nominees: A. Bella Merlin, The Contention, Shakespeare & Co. B. Jasminn Johnson, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Barrington Stage Company C. Sally McCarthy, Invitation to a March, Ghent Playhouse D. Marinell Madden-Crippen, Our Town, Sharon Playhouse E. Geneva Turner, The Lion in Winter, Bridge…
A Message from Will Rucker, Executive Artistic Director of the Dorset Theatre Festival It has been an incredible 46th Dorset Theatre Festival season. We’ve seen great stories magnificently told and welcomed record-breaking audiences to the Dorset Playhouse all summer long. Just this past weekend we opened our hilarious season finale,…
(Dorset, VT– August 17, 2023) Dorset Theatre Festival will conclude its 46th Season with Larissa FastHorse’s hilarious and groundbreaking satire, The Thanksgiving Play, directed by Raz Golden, beginning performances at the Dorset Playhouse on September 1, 2023. The cast for The Thanksgiving Play will feature actors Kate Maccluggage, who recently co-starred in the feature film version of Judy Blume’s Are You There…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON – APT. 2B at the Dorset Theatre Festival is a rollicking and thoroughly entertaining farce currently onstage at the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont. Award-winning playwright Kate Hamill provides a new twist on that classic sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his partner…
by Jana Lillie The world premiere of Still at the Dorset Theatre Festival is stunning and needs to be seen. I do so enjoy seeing new plays. There is no lingering memory of how so and so did it, or why that set designer made those choices. New plays give…
“Madam Secretary” Stars Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson Join the Cast (Dorset, VT– June 27, 2023) Dorset Theatre Festival has announced full casting for the World Premiere of Still by Lia Romeo, which will begin performances at the Dorset Playhouse on July 21, 2023. Film, theater, and television star, Jayne Atkinson, best known for…
by Jana Lillie Friday night, I went to the Dorset Theatre Festival see the preview of Misery, the play by William Goldman, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. Executive Director Will Rucker, informed us that this would be the first full run-through of the play.…
