The 2024 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards, aka The Berkies, were presented on Monday, November 11 in the Zion Lutheran Church Community Room, on First Street in Pittsfield MA. Presenters included J. Peter Bergman, Paul Sugarman, Mark G. Auerbach, and Berkshire on Stage critics Macey G. Levin, Barbara Waldinger, and Paula…
by Emily Edelman In Dorset Theatre Festival’s world premiere production of “True Art” by Jessica Provenz, museum art curator Jodi Dean acquires a world-famous work of art as well as a new intern while navigating the inner workings of institutional politics and personal relationships. Provenz’s funny and clever dialog coupled with…
(Dorset, VT– August 6, 2024) Dorset Theatre Festival has announced that Jayne Atkinson, best known for her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April, will lead the World Premiere of True Art by Jessica Provenz, directed by Michelle Joyner, playing August 21 through September 7, 2024 at the Dorset Playhouse (104 Cheney Rd, Dorset, VT 05251). “We…
Adams— On July 13th and 14th at 3 p.m., the Adams Theater will present a staged reading of “Iodine” by writer/director Michelle Joyner, adapted from the novel of Haven Kimmel. Tracey Sue Pennington is living a highly functional if impoverished existence after running away from her abusive home and is forced to…
(Dorset, VT – March 8, 2024) Dorset Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 47th Main Stage Summer Season beginning June 21, 2024, including Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane (June 21 – July 6); Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías (July 12 – July 21); Sidekicked by Kim Powers (August 2 – 17); and the World Premiere…
Great Barrington Public Theater plans busy winter and spring, with free readings of new plays from Berkshire Voices, and a series of live, sit-down conversations with theater influencers. On the heels of a successful, ten-week summer that brought four new plays to the stage and increased ticket sales, Great Barrington…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced its second annual Plays in Process series, spotlighting two new, in-workshop plays. Plays in Process offers patrons an opportunity to peer into the process of playmaking, celebrating Shakespeare & Company’s long-held mission to champion and nurture theater’s creative process. The two new works…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The Stones by Kit Brookman, in its American premiere at Great Barrington Public Theater, was first presented the summer of 2022 at the Edinburgh Festival. Director Michelle Joyner, intrigued by the provocative and compelling plot of this one-man show, elegantly directs Ryan Winkles as Nick, a teacher…
