welcome to a stellar 2024 summer season!
Tickets available now.
performing may 31-aug. 25 Three New Plays on two stages in the daniel arts center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock. One new play staged in association with Shakespeare & Company, in lenox.
Dog People (May 31-June 16, the liebowitz theater)
Two people, two dogs, one day in the park. The dogs are rescues, and their people need some second chances too. Who really rescues who?
It’s a meaningful, affective story by respected actor-playwright Leigh Strimbeck, who developed the script as a member of Berkshire Voices, the playwriting cohort affiliated with GB Public. Associate Artistic Director Judy Braha will direct the soon-to-be cast tow-hander. Dog People plays Thurs-Sat 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun. 3pm, in the Liebowitz black box theater.
Survival of the UnFit (July 6-July 21, the mcconnell theater)
Survival of the UnFit (July 6-July 21) by Oren Safdie takes audiences to an edgy, mercilessly comic meet-the-parents dinner party where honesty is dished up, along with just desserts.
A recent hit at the Moscow Theater of The Modern Play, the story touches on themes of love, loss, loyalty, the acceptance of others shortcomings, and it redefines what family means.
Matt Penn will direct the four-person cast. Survival of the Unfit plays Thurs-Sat 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun. 3pm, in the McConnell mainstage theater.
Night at the Speakeasy (July 26-Aug. 11, the mcconnell theater)
Night at the Speakeasy (July 26-Aug. 11) a new cabaret show spotlighting Janelle Farias Sando’s powerhouse voice and stage talent. Audiences enter a secret bootleg club, for a saucy performance of Broadway showtunes, classic favorites from the American songbook and some surprising genre crossovers.
Night at the Speakeasy plays Thurs-Sat 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun. 3pm, in the McConnell mainstage theater.
Flight of the Monarch (Aug. 3-25, elayne p. bernstein theater, shakespeare & company, lenox)
Flight of the Monarch (Aug. 3-25) written by GB Public Artistic Director Jim Frangione, directed by Associate AD Judy Braha and produced in association with GB Public and Shakespeare & Company, Flight of the Monarch is a dark comedy set on Cape Cod that explores how two siblings’ lifelong connections unravel when one loses her way and makes a bold request.
Featuring Allyn Burrows and Corrina May, it plays Aug. 3-25 in Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theater. Tickets are available on the Shakespeare & Company site and box office only (413) 637-3353.
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Plan now for these Upcoming FREE evening events
PRESENTED AT
SAINT JAMES PLACE
352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
Tuesday, April 30th, 7pm
FREE reading of a selection of new, 10-minute short plays from Berkshire Voices
Co-directed by Liam Castellan and Joshua Briggs
A One Act of Contrition, by Joe Lyman
A Delicious Bite of Your Heart, by Elisabeth Ruthman
Blood Feud, by Max Rissman
Dating in the Workplace and Other Acts of Courage, by Liam Castellan
Neighbors, by Allan Greenberg
Pressed Against Strangers, by Leigh Curran
Rehab, by Carolyn Brancato
Waiting for Catastrophe, by Gabrielle Orcha
Wednesday, May 1st, 7pm
FREE reading of latest version of Anne Undeland’s newest play
Madame Mozart, The Lacrymosa
Featuring actors Tara Franklin, Ryan Winkles and pianist Larry Wallach
Tuesday, May 14th, 7pm
FREE reading of Cucumber Sandwiches, a new play by Leigh Currran, from Berkshire Voices
Director and cast TBD