After its record-breaking 2024 Summer Season, Great Barrington Public Theater continues to engage Berkshire audiences with the second year of live, sit-down conversations with theater artists and theater influencers in the Berkshires and beyond. “We’ve really enjoyed having our audiences engage with us year-round for our developmental readings and discussions.…
by Emily Edelman Immediately upon entering Bard College at Simon’s Rock’s McConnell Theater for Great Barrington Public Theater’s “Night at the Speakeasy,” one is met not by the usual rows of theater seats, but by a meandering alleyway filled with vines and garden statuary ending at a bright red door,…
by Emily Edelman The North American premiere of Oren Safdie’s “Survival of the Unfit” from Great Barrington Public Theater showcases the story of 39-year-old Samuel, who brings new girlfriend Mallory home to have dinner with his parents. What seems in the beginning to be an ordinary dinner with passive aggressive parents, their…
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—Bard College at Simon’s Rock’s Theater Program will perform She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen on April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 2:00 p.m. at the McConnell Theater at the Daniel Arts Center. Directed by faculty member and Simon’s Rock alum Sara Katzoff, this production brings together…
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA— The Bard College at Simon’s Rock Theater program presents The Moors, an anachronistic dark comedy by contemporary playwright, novelist, poet, and screenwriter Jen Silverman. Set in the 1840s(ish), The Moors follows spinster sisters Agatha and Hudley, their overworked scullery maid Marjoy, and their despondent Mastiff as they all live out…
by Roseann Cane Written in 2017, with a Broadway premiere in 2019, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me garnered a slew of awards and nominations, including the honor of being a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for drama. After seeing the show at Capital Repertory Theatre, I can…
The Theatre Institute presents… She Kills Monsters Written by Qui Nguyen | Directed by David Baecker September 29 – October 7, 2023 James L. Meader Little Theater She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage…
ALBANY (Sept. 8) – Capital Repertory Theatre opens its 2023/24 season with “What the Constitution Means to Me,” Heidi Schreck’s personal and timely exploration of how the U.S. Constitution shaped her life and the women around her. “What the Constitution Means to Me” begins previews at theREP Friday, Sept. 15,…
