LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company will present in-person screenings of Speak What We Feel, a documentary by Patrick J. Toole about the Company’s acclaimed Fall Festival of Shakespeare, on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Tina Packer Playhouse. The first feature-length film project in the Company’s 44-year…
by Macey Levin An isolated lighthouse sets the scene for Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs at Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse in Lenox, Massachusetts. James Warwick has directed a quirky and provocative production of one of the classics of The Theatre of the Absurd. The plays of Jean Genet, Samuel…
by Barbara Waldinger Shakespeare & Company’s production of The Chairs has shaved off Ionesco’s sharp edges, anything unpleasant or uncomfortable, focusing instead on the relationship between an Old Man (Malcolm Ingram) and Old Woman (Barbara Sims) who have been married for seventy-five years. The Old Woman begs her husband…
by Macey Levin Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, is currently staging hang by debbie tucker green (green prefer to uses lower case.) The play and production are problematic. The show opens in the dark where we hear crowds yelling protestations that build until we see two law enforcement officials…
by Barbara Waldinger debbie tucker green has been described as “one of the most stylistically innovative and politically engaged playwrights at work in Britain today.”* Her play, hang, is currently receiving a riveting production directed by Regge Life at Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse. green, who spells her…
Shakespeare & Company continues its 2021 season with hang. Directed by Regge Life, the production will run September 10 through October 3. In the dark and poetic comedy written by debbie tucker green, three individuals face off in a stark government room where justice hangs in the balance. A devastating decision…
(Lenox, MA) — Shakespeare & Company is proud to announce the Berkshire International Film Festival’s (BIFF) world premiere of Speak What We Feel,a feature length documentary film by Patrick J. Toole, based on the Company’s nationally-acclaimed The Fall Festival of Shakespeare, and narrated by Director of Education, Kevin G. Coleman. The film…
August 17th, 8:30 PM at the Tina Packer Playhouse Tickets are $25 (Lenox, MA) Shakespeare & Company is thrilled to announce a benefit concert this summer featuring Robert Miller’s Project Grand Slam — the rock, jazz, and Latin fusion band with a NYC groove! The show takes place on August 17…
