Adams Theater Presents A Staged Reading of “The Refuseniks” by Alison Bendix

A universal tale of courage in the face of authoritarianism and police brutality ADAMS, MA—The Adams Theater is bringing a staged reading of the new play “The Refuseniks” to audiences at 7:30 p.m. on Friday August 9 and Saturday August 10, and at noon on Sunday, August 11. Tickets can be…

Staged Reading of “Rhinoceros” on August 27

Rhinos – are they in Great Barrington? RHINOCEROS – by Eugene Ionesco Directed by Ken Cheeseman and Chris Noth Produced by Elizabeth Aspenlieder, Ken Cheeseman and Chris Noth It’s Absurd! Or is it? ONE-NIGHT ONLY! A Staged Reading…Or is it?! Saturday, August 27th at 7:00 pm St. James Place, 352…

REVIEW: “Gertrude and Claudius” at Barrington Stage Company

by Barbara Waldinger Gertrude and Claudius, Barrington Stage Company’s newest offering by Mark St. Germain, based on John Updike’s 2000 novel by the same name, might well have been called simply Gertrude, for this is her story.  A prequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the play traces thirty years in the life…

REVIEW: “Naked” at the Berkshire Theatre Group

by Barbara Waldinger Many twenty-first century theatre audiences, who expect real life behavior onstage, much like reality TV, may not know how to react to the work of Luigi Pirandello, whose play Naked is currently on the boards at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre.  Pirandello, writing just after the devastation…

Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Casting for 2018 Summer Season

Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director/CEO) are thrilled to announce casting for Berkshire Theatre’s 90th Anniversary Season. Church & State by Jason Odell Williams directed by Charlotte Cohn at The Unicorn Theatre The Larry Vaber Stage BTG’s Stockbridge Campus, 6 East Street Running: Thursday, June 14…

REVIEW: “The Taming of the Shrew” at Shakespeare & Company

by Gail M. Burns, July, 2005. Just when you thought we were well north of hurricane alley, Hurricane Kate makes landfall at the Founders’ Theatre in Lenox, where Daniela Varon and her energetic cast of 18 are presenting a relentlessly lively production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. To say…