PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company’s Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare will stage a free, public performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth directed by Kirstin L. Daniel and Kevin G. Coleman at the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield’s Public Library, on Saturday, March 29 at 2 p.m., with a post-show forum to follow. Sponsored by The Friends of the…
LENOX, Mass. – Theater enthusiasts are invited to go Behind the Curtain this spring and summer, through Shakespeare & Company’s series of discussions led by Shakespeare scholar Ann Berman. Held on select Saturdays throughout the spring and summer at the Shakespeare & Company campus, these free public talks offer audiences insight into the…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company‘s Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare has begun: from now through May 2, the dark and powerful tale of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Kevin G. Coleman and Kirstin L. Daniel, will be unleashed across the region. Daniel, Shakespeare & Company’s Education Tour and Professional Development Manager, explained…
A World Premiere, a New Play Reading Series, and a Return to August Wilson join the Bard LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced its first titles of Season 2025, including a World Premiere, two Shakespeare productions, and a new Jewish play reading series. Allyn Burrows, Shakespeare & Company’s Artistic Director,…
LENOX, MASS. – Shakespeare & Company has announced a $25,000 Match Challenge made by an anonymous donor to benefit the Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Every dollar contributed to the company’s Education Program before the close of Fall Festival Weekend, November 21 – 24, will be doubled up to $25,000. Now in…
by Barbara Waldinger “Did you know that loneliness is as lethal as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day?” Spoken by a character named Anna in the World Premiere production of Carey Crim’s play THE ISLANDERS, the line epitomizes the feelings of this middle-aged woman who has chosen to live alone on…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company’s 2024 Gala celebrating the company’s award-winning Education Program and its founder Director of Education Kevin G. Coleman, will take place Saturday, June 29, at 5 p.m. on the company’s 33-acre campus. The Gala will begin with a cocktail hour under the Tina Packer Playhouse tents, followed by…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company presents a staged reading of Hamlet featuring Christopher Lloyd and Finn Wittrock, Friday, Sept. 1 through Sunday, Sept. 3, 2 p.m. Murder both intentional and accidental as well as madness both piteous and pretended will haunt the Tina Packer Playhouse as Shakespeare & Company for a three-performance-only reading…
