by Gail M. Burns “Theresa Rebeck is a fierce defender of the right to bear witness, an organizer, a galvanizer always willing to take big risks for the good of the theater. She is a powerhouse and a star of the first magnitude, and everybody knows it.” – Paula Vogel…
by Gail M. Burns Forever Plaid has been around for 30+ years now and I have seen dozens of productions, starting with one at The Theater Barn in 1995. It is one of my very favorite shows and I always have a great time. So I was really shocked when…
by Gail M. Burns The Ko Festival of Performance kicks off its 2022 Season with Canary in a Gold Mine, a solo online performance piece created and performed by Jonathan Mirin of the Piti Theatre Company. “This piece is not Zoom Theater, but a work made especially for the web…
by Gail M. Burns The PantoLoons are back! The Ghent Playhouse has reopened its doors post-pandemic with its signature family-friendly laugh-fest, based on the British holiday tradition of the Panto. What is a Panto? Well, it is a British theatrical tradition for the holiday season. Basically you take a familiar…
October 21-24 MaConnia Chesser, an actor well known to Berkshire audiences, seen this past summer as Goneril in “King Lear” at Shakespeare & Company, will be performing in the solo show “An Iliad” at the Ancram Opera House. “An Iliad” by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare based on Robert Fagle’s…
On October 15 and 16 dancer, writer, and actor Mimi Quillin will bring her “entirely true, middle-age coming-of-age story” Call Fosse at the Minskoff to the Mahaiwe. In this 90-minute solo performance, directed by Michael Berresse, Quillin will take audiences along with her into the inner sanctum of two of…
Gail M. Burns: Why did you choose “A Doll’s House”? What do you think it has to say to actors and audiences today? Robin Frome: I chose A Doll’s House (or better known, as a master class entitled, “Building A Doll’s House”) because during this past winter of the pandemic…
by Gail M. Burns A pollinator fable for the whole family Piti Theatre (based in Shelburne Falls, MA) has pivoted to a streaming distribution model for both it’s popular “To Bee or Not To Bee” piece about pollinator disappearance colony, which is currently streaming as part of the Toronto Fringe…
