Valley Players Announce Cast for June Production of “The Tempest”

HATFIELD – Valley Players has cast its first full Shakespeare production with a company of local actors from across the region. The Tempest will go up June 11–12 and 19–21 as a picnic-theater performance full of music, magic, and dance on the rolling lawn at Black Birch Vineyard (Hatfield, MA) as…

Valley Players Announce Auditions for “The Tempest”

AMHERST – Valley Players will hold auditions for its June 2026 production of Shakespeare’sThe Tempest on February 23 and 24 at the Bangs Community Center (Amherst, MA). The showgoes up June 11–12 and 19–21 as a picnic-theater performance on the lawn at Black BirchVineyard (Hatfield, MA) as a benefit for the Center…

Valley Players Present An Evening of New Plays to Benefit The Literacy Project

Valley Players will hold its first Take Ten celebration on Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 at Black Birch Vineyard, 108 Straits Road in Hatfield. The evening will showcase staged readings of six new 10-minute plays by playwrights from around the Valley, featuring a company of twenty Valley actors and directors.…

Valley Players Holding Auditions for Benefit Evening of Ten Minute Plays

Valley Players will hold auditions for their October event Take Ten on September 9, 6pm to 9pm, at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst. Take Ten is a staged reading showcase of five new 10-minute plays by Valley playwrights, being held as a benefit for The Literacy Project. Valley Players seeks…

On the Boards New Play Fest Concludes at The LAVA Center

WHAT: On the Boards ’25: “Jane Austen Ruptured My Spleen” + “Glaucman’s Syndrome” & On the Boards ’25: Table Read Sunday WHEN: Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, 7p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.); table reads Sunday, July 29, 3 p.m. WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield MORE…

Valley Light Opera Announces Cast for “H.M.S. Pinafore”

November 6, 7, 8, & 9at the Academy of Music, Northampton, MA Cast List Sir Joseph PorterMichael Budnick Captain CorcoranJonathan Evans (John Healy, cover) Ralph RackstrawMichael Gonzalez (Steven Williams, cover) Dick DeadeyeMatt Roehrig (Bart Bales, cover) BoatswainJohn Healy (Christopher Allison, cover) CarpenterSteven Williams (Bart Bales, cover) JosephineLeah Najimi (Nichole Kelly, cover)…