Berkshire on Stage

by Jess Hoffman Sand Lake Center for the Arts is continuing its eclectic season with a play by Capital District native Brendan Mack about a murder trial and barnyard animals–a play that combines the wonder of children’s classic Charlotte’s Web with the gritty real world of mental illness and criminal…

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Editor’s Note: Berkshire on Stage critic Paula Kaplan-Reiss had the opportunity to work on the other side of the footlights when she was cast as Kate Keller a production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” directed by Ed Dignum, which ran from February 9-12, 2024, at the…

by Jess Hoffman Arthur Miller is perhaps best known for Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, but also amonghis notable works is All My Sons. Like Death of a Salesman, All My Sons concerns a seeminglyordinary businessman with a checkered past. But unlike Death of a Salesman, which is…

by Jess Hoffman The Nether originally premiered in 2013, but seems even more relevant today than it was then. The current production at the Ghent Playhouse makes it painfully obvious that we have only moved closer to the imagined future of The Nether in the last ten years. The Nether…

Circle Theatre Players presents the thriller SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer on stage at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts 1880 NY 43, Averill Park, NY, just 30 miles from Pittsfield.  The show runs July 8, 9, 15, and 16 at 8 pm and July 10,17 at 2:30 pm Andrew…

Due to health concerns, the opening night of SLEUTH is postponed till July 15th at 8pm.  The show will run that weekend and the next. Circle Theatre Players present the thriller SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer on stage at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts 1880 NY 43, Averill Park,…

What could be more inauspicious then a dog park and high minded than opera? In playwright Joe Di Pietro’s play The Last Romance this lowly setting becomes the backdrop for a budding romance between two people “ of a certain age” and the arias fly. This is at first glance a simple…

Sand Lake Center for the Arts and George Filieau present a live Zoom reading of Down in Mississippi, a celebration of a movement that gave birth to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is a drama about three college students – a black man, a white woman, and a…