PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield High School’s Proteus, in collaboration with Shakespeare & Company, has announced a joint production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Hamlet.” The production features a student-led creative team, including directors Darius Journigan and Naire Poole, costume designer Michelle Hathaway, and production designer Alec Westmoreland. The show is scheduled…
LENOX, Mass. – Since 1988, Shakespeare & Company’s Education Program has brought together high school students from across the region to introduce and nurture a love of theater and language through the Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Back for its 37th year, the Fall Festival of Shakespeare includes nearly 500 students from 10 schools…
LENOX, MA (June 24, 2025) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce casting for the July installment of its 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Alien Girls, written by Drama League Nominated and 2024 O’Neill Finalist Amy Berryman (Walden, The New Galileos, God’s Flesh), directed by WAM’s Artistic Director Genée Coreno (Fragments of Outside, Madge Love).…
LENOX, Mass. – July begins at Shakespeare & Company with Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret, a mash-up of modern music and Shakespeare verse co-created by Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and Jacob Ming-Trent. Directed by Burrows, Shake It Up premiered in 2024 and returns July 1 through 6 at the Tina Packer Playhouse. It…
by Sierra Pasquale Ah, me, Shakespeare. Hearing the name of The Bard, can evoke one of many reactions among folks; “THAT guy?”, “I don’t understand Shakespeare”, “I know Romeo and Juliet”, “They made me read Hamlet in High School” and many others that could be laced with various colorful language…
LENOX, Mass. – William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors takes over Shakespeare & Company’s outdoor mainstage this summer, directed by Kate Kohler Amory July 13 through August 18 at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre. The Bard’s fast-paced and farcical story of mistaken identities begins with two sets of twins separated by a storm…
by Emily Edelman Barrington Stage Company’s 10X10 New Play Festival is a welcome break in the doldrums of winter in the Berkshires, and this year’s 13th annual edition continued the tradition of ten 10-minute plays by diverse writers in a fast-paced evening of bite-sized vignettes. The opening number, a lively…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Summer in the Berkshires is chocked full of delights and Shakespeare and Company is offering a super-duper production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. The play, with multiple love stories, magical fairies, and gorgeous poetry, is always entertaining. This version, under the masterful direction of artistic Director…
