Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2026 Season

(Dorset, VT – March 2026) — Dorset Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 49th Main Stage Summer Season beginning June 19, 2026. The four-show lineup includes Deceived, a chilling new adaptation of the classic thriller Gaslight, by Johnna Wright & Patty Jamieson (June 19 – July 4); The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck (July 10 –…

Classic Theater Guild Announces Auditions for “The Waverly Gallery”

Classic Theater Guild will hold auditions for The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan on Sunday, January 2nd at 4pm and  Tuesday, January 4th  at 7pm.  Auditions will be held at the Congregation Beth Israel, 2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectedy NY.   Performances will be from Thursday March 10th  through Sunday, March 20, 2022.  Tech week will begin Sunday, March 6th and will be…

Classic Theater Guild Announces 2021-2022 Season

Classic Theater Guild is thrilled to announce our lineup for the 2021/2022 season! We expect all of these to be live productions (cross your fingers and toes, folks). We’ll come back soon with details on the plays, as well as the 2 directors who are new to working with CTG.

REVIEW: “The Waverly Gallery” at Shakespeare & Company

by Macey Levin   Kenneth Lonergan’s play The Waverly Gallery had its off-Broadway debut in 2000 and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize the following year. It dramatizes the story of Gladys Green who, over a two-year period, slips from mild senility to full-blown dementia. The original production and the recent…

Shakespeare & Company Announces 2019 Summer Season Casting

(Lenox, MA) –  Shakespeare & Company is proud to announce its 2019 Summer Season casting. Under the direction of Artistic Director Allyn Burrows the Company’s Summer Season includes a roster of audience beloved artists, critically-acclaimed actors, and a host of newcomers. The season opens Memorial Day Weekend with Pulitzer Prize finalist The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by founding Artistic…

Shakespeare & Company Announces Full 2019 Summer Season

(Lenox, MA) –  Shakespeare & Company is thrilled to announce its 2019 summer season, May 23 – October 13, 2019. Under the theme, “The Strings of the Heart,” the season includes Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew, and, in a special work-shop production, Coriolanus. The contemporary plays this season are the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth…

REVIEW: “The Waverly Gallery” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “The Waverly Gallery” is an exciting chance to see legendary actress Eileen Heckart give a fascinating performance as octogenarian Gladys Green who is alive and kicking, but whose brain is slowly being consumed by Alzheimer’s Disease. And that’s about it. Playwright Kenneth Lonergan…