2025 was an exciting and innovative season—a mix of new plays and classics, chock full of exceptional performances, directors and designers. Barbara Waldinger’s Top Ten Plays For first rate ensemble performances: Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Robert Egan. Dorset Theatre Festival The Piano Lesson by August…
Once again, the remarkable Berkshires theatre scene was replete with variety, excellence, and creativity. Writing in December, as I look back on a season that stretched from October 2024 to October 2025, there were successes and a few productions that were not yet ready for prime time. However, this reviewer…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has presented the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, on Monday, November 10, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This is the ninth time in ten years that these awards have…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies. The awards will be presented on the evening of Monday, November 10, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Prepare to be immersed into a world that is fantastical – sensual, humorous, captivating. The current offering at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre, METAMORPHOSES, is all that and more. The play is an imaginative re-telling of a dozen or so stories from the Roman poet…
Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Artistic Director, CEO Kate Maguire are thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for the highly anticipated fall production of Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman’s Tony Award-winning and Drama Desk Award-winning masterpiece. Directed by Isadora Wolfe, former Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director of Sleep…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The beauty of being a resident of the Berkshires is having to travel less than 15 miles to see excellent theater, as in Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles at the Berkshire Theatre Group‘s Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. A Tony nominated playwright, Herzog’s 4000 Miles ran Off-Broadway in…
Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are excited to announce casting for its upcoming production of 4000 Miles, a play redefining family, loss and healing. ABOUT Amy Herzog’s acclaimed play, 4000 Miles, offers a compelling exploration of human connections, grief and the unanticipated…
