Berkshire on Stage

[Ancram, Aug. 27, 2025] — Ancram Center’s fall season kicks off with Penelope, a cabaret-style musical retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey told from the point of view of Penelope, Odysseus’s long-suffering wife. With music and lyrics by Alex Bechtel and a book by Bechtel, Grace McLean and Eva Steinmetz, who also directs, Penelope will be staged Sept.…

Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center announces four new live shows added to its year-round schedule: “Odyssey,” a new play by Lisa Peterson, on October 14 and 15; the dance company BODYTRAFFIC on November 10 and 11; Mat Kearney with an acoustic trio on November 17; and comedian Samantha…