Once again, the remarkable Berkshires theatre scene was replete with variety, excellence, and creativity. Writing in December, as I look back on a season that stretched from October 2024 to October 2025, there were successes and a few productions that were not yet ready for prime time. However, this reviewer…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Prepare to be immersed into a world that is fantastical – sensual, humorous, captivating. The current offering at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre, METAMORPHOSES, is all that and more. The play is an imaginative re-telling of a dozen or so stories from the Roman poet…
Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Artistic Director, CEO Kate Maguire are thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for the highly anticipated fall production of Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman’s Tony Award-winning and Drama Desk Award-winning masterpiece. Directed by Isadora Wolfe, former Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director of Sleep…
by Barbara Waldinger The second most important announcement by the Berkshire Theatre Group, after its decision to produce THE WEIR, an exquisite play by Conor McPherson, was the name of the director: Eric Hill. Once that was established, we knew this delicate play would be in capable hands and the…
Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are excited to announce casting for the upcoming production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir, a haunting tale of Irish folklore and revelation. At The Unicorn Theatre The Weir written by Conor McPherson directed by Eric Hillmovement direction by…
by Barbara Waldinger Oxford Languages’ English dictionary defines farce as “a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay, and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.” For those, like this reviewer, who are not avid fans of slapstick comedians like the Marx brothers, Abbott and Costello, Harold Lloyd, Buster…
(Pittsfield, MA – June 6, 2024) – Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Alan Paul, is pleased to announce casting for four of the company’s 30th anniversary season productions. “As we launch Barrington Stage Company’s 30th anniversary, we are so proud to welcome a range of extraordinary talent to…
