by Barbara Waldinger WHERE WE STAND, the 2025 summer production of WAM Theatre, was written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays in order to create community. One performer, using storytelling and music, is tasked with removing the barriers between audience and actor, and in their stead, facilitating a communal response.  Grays…
by Macey Levin The Chester Theatre Company is known for producing off-beat plays. They have topped themselves with the intellectually and emotionally challenging The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath. Hilda (Tara Franklin) has an opening monologue in which she describes her relationship with her grandmother who has taught her how…
Chester, MA – Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin are pleased to announce the full casting for Chester Theatre Company’s 2024 season, the second under their direction, and the 35th for CTC. Barry and Franklin are proud to celebrate this milestone season with the extraordinary artists and audiences that make Chester Theatre Company so special. “Welcoming…
by Macey Levin Four acting hopefuls have enrolled for a creative dramatics class in the imaginary town of Shirley, Vermont. The group, led by the wife of the community center administrator, finds to their consternation, that in spite of the seemingly innocuous and at times mystifying acting exercises, their lives…
Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to present Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, performed at Chester Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester, MA, from August 10-20. In this work by Pulitzer Prize winner, MacArthur fellow, and Amherst native Annie Baker, five very different people come together in a Vermont community…
by Macey Levin The theatre, the world, and life are at the core of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s complex play-within-a-play The Making of a Great Moment at Chester Theatre Company, Chester, Massachusetts. Terry Dean (Bill Bowers) and Mona Barnes (Esther Williamson) are an acting team whose company is named Victoria…
Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to present The Making of a Great Moment by Peter Sinn Nachtreib, at Chester Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester, MA. The Making of a Great Moment runs June 22 to July 2, with performances Wednesday at 2pm, Thursday at 2pm and 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm,…
Chester, MA – Recently appointed Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin are pleased to announce the full casting for Chester Theatre Company’s 2023 season, the first under their direction. Barry and Franklin are known for their award-winning work on the Town Hall Theatre stage, and they are excited to now be heading the organization and programming…
