WAM Theatre Presents “Cry It Out” as First Fresh Takes Play Reading of 2025

LENOX, MA (April 2, 2025) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce casting for the first reading in their 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler (The May Queen, Netflix’s Maid) directed by Molly Merrihew (The Flora and Fauna, Water By The Spoonful). Kicking off Mother’s Month, the production will run…

WAM Theatre Announces Casting for Fresh Takes Reading of “Cry It Out”

LENOX, MA (April 2, 2025) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce casting for the first reading in their 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler (The May Queen, Netflix’s Maid) directed by Molly Merrihew (The Flora and Fauna, Water By The Spoonful). Kicking off Mother’s Month, the production will run…

Shakespeare & Company Awards 2023 Philip Heller Award for Distinguished Service to Sandra Bourgeois of Richmond 

LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has awarded the 2023 Philip Heller Award for Distinguished Service to Sandra Bourgeois of Richmond, Mass.  Bourgeois, a member of Shakespeare & Company’s Board of Trustees and past president of its Volunteer Company, is the sixth and latest recipient of the award, established in 2019…

REVIEW: “Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues” at Shakespeare & Company

by Macey Levin When the audience meanders in to see Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues by Charles Smith at Shakespeare and Company’s Bernstein Theatre they are entertained by recordings of old comedy sketches including “Who’s on First.”  The stage is surrounded by a red gauze curtain offering a glimpse of a…

Revised and Revisited: “Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues” Takes the Stage in a New Form

LENOX, Mass. – With a script that’s been revisited and deepened by the playwright 30 years after it was first published, Shakespeare & Company presents Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues by Charles Smith, at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre through October 30. Directed by Raz Golden, Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues takes place over the course…

Cast Announced for “Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues” at Shakespeare & Company

Appearing at The Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from September 23 through October 30 LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced the cast of Golden Leaf Rag Time Blues by Charles Smith, to be staged at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from September 23 through October 30. Directed by Raz Golden, Golden Leaf Rag…

Actor Brian Cox to Appear at Shakespeare & Company’s Sapphire Gala, June 25

LENOX, Mass. — Shakespeare & Company is pleased to announce actor Brian Cox (Succession, Nuremberg) will join the Sapphire Gala’s performance schedule on Saturday, June 25, at Shakespeare & Company’s Lenox, Mass. campus. Cox joins previously announced performers actors John Douglas Thompson, Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer, Tom Gold Dance, musicians of…

Shakespeare & Company Presents March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings

LENOX, Mass. — Shakespeare & Company will present March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, featuring three contemporary play readings written by women playwrights.  Beginning on Saturday, March 26 at 4 p.m., the weekend includes White Savior by Catherine Filloux, The Islanders by Carey Crim, and Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams.  4…