Barrington Stage Company
PO Box 946
Great Barrington
Performing at:
Consolati Performing Arts Center
Berkshire School Road
PO Box 946
Sheffield, MA 01257
http://www.barringtonstageco.org
Founded in 1995, Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is now in its seventh season, its most challenging and innovative season ever.
BSC's mission is two-fold: to produce and develop top-notch professional theatre and to develop a local audience by establishing a strong community relationship with residents of Berkshire County and the adjoining tri-state area. BSC believes that the foundation for developing new audiences is services. Barrington Stage has, since its inception, offered a state-licensed nursery for children 2 to 8 years, free tickets for students 13 and younger and half-priced tickets for students 14 and older.
Berkshire Theatre Festival
413-298-5536
Main Street, Box 797
Stockbridge, MA 01262
http://www.berkshiretheatre.org
Miniature Theatre of Chester
Box 722
Chester, MA
413-354-7770 (business office)
413-354-7771 (box office)
http://www.miniaturetheatre.org/
The Miniature Theatre of Chester provides an intimate setting in which audiences may view highly acclaimed professional artists performing works that include both world premieres and plays by local talent. Founded in 1990 by actor, director, and former artistic director of Ireland's Abbey Theater, Vincent Dowling, the Miniature Theatre is described by Jeffrey Borak of the The Berkshire Eagle as "the little miracle".
NYS Theatre Institute
155 River Street
Troy, NY
(518) 274-3200
http://www.nysti.org
Beginning its 24th season of performing and teaching, the NYS Theatre Institute was created by state legislation in 1974, based on a concept of founding director Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder. The Institute's mission is to produce professional theatre of the highest artistic standards and to use its productions as a means of teaching within the school curriculum. Performers, technicians, staff, and guest artists use theatre to reach beyond the stage into the classroom, motivating students to find new interest in their daily subjects.
Oldcastle Theatre Company
P.O. Box 1555
Bennington, VT
(802) 447-0564
http://www.oldcastle.org
Richmond Performance Series
Box 199
Richmond, 01254
413-698-2837
http://www.berkshireweb.com/rps
Shakespeare & Co
Administration: 413-637-1199
Box Office: 413-637-3353
The Mount
2 Plunkett Street
PO Box 865
Lenox, MA 01240
413.637.1199
http://www.shakespeare.org
Founded in 1978, Shakespeare & Company aspires to create a theatre of unprecedented excellence rooted in the classical ideals of inquiry, balance and harmony; a company that performs as the Elizabethans did -- in love with poetry, physical prowess and the mysteries of the universe. With a core of over 120 artists, the company performs Shakespeare, generating opportunities for collaboration between actors, directors and designers of all races, nationalities and backgrounds. Shakespeare & Company provides original, in-depth, classical training and performance methods. Shakespeare & Company also develops and produces new plays of social and political significance. Shakespeare & Company's educational programs inspire a new generation of students and scholars to discover the resonance of Shakespeare's truths in the everyday world, demonstrating the influence that classical theatre can have within a community.
StageWorks
133 Warren Street
Hudson, NY
518-822-9667
http://www.mhonline.net/~stagewrk
Williamstown Theatre Festival
1000 Main Street
Box 517
Williamstown, MA 01267
413-597-3400
http://www.wtfestival.org
The heart of the Williamstown Theatre Festival is a summer-long celebration of theater which brings together a vast and impressive array of artists and offers the community varied cultural experiences.
For eleven weeks every summer, WTF presents eleven productions of classic and new plays on its Main and Nikos Stages, a production for family audiences, Cabarets, and countless readings, workshops, other special events including a program for disadvantaged youngsters in North Adams called the Greylock Theatre Project.
In addition, WTF offers nearly two hundred students who are aspiring theater artists an opportunity to study acting or serve as interns with professional designers, directors and managers.
