BTG Kicks Off 2013 MADE IN THE BERKSHIRES Festival Today

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire have announced the full line-up of events for the 2013 Made in the Berkshires Festival being held from today, October 11 to October 13 at The Colonial Theatre, The Garage, and The Unicorn Theatre.

All-Access Passes to the festival will be on sale from August 15 to September 10 for $100. Tickets forMary and Edith are currently on sale for $30. Single-Event tickets for other presentations will go on sale September 11 for $15. Opening Night, which include an After Party with the artists, will go on sale September 11 for $50. Contact the Colonial Ticket Office, located at 111 South Street, Pittsfield by calling 413-997-4444. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org. Ticket Offices are open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from10am until curtain. All plays, presentations, schedules, casting and prices are subject to change.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT THE COLONIAL THEATRE:

Opening Night Celebration and Presentations starting at 6:30pm:

Film: The View from Hurlburt's Hill by Ben Hillman
Dance: Common Ground by Dawn Lane and CATA
Poetry: Dragon Breath by CD Nelsen
Film: Fat Boy Needs Energy by Patrick Toole
Short Story: A Night in the Heavens by Kevin O'Hara
Film: The River by Sam Handel
Dance: Berkshire Pulse
Music: "Cherry Cottage Opus: Five Variants for Piano on an Old Congregational Hymn" The Premiere of Gerard McBurney's original composition with music inspired by Cherry Cottage: The Story of an American House by director Dave Simonds and writer Hans Morris. The film tells the story about the history of Cherry Cottage, built in 1782.

Taste of The Berkshires (immediately following the opening night presentations)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT THE UNICORN THEATRE:

Readings of Short Stories and Short Plays from 1pm to 3pm:
Short Play: Spread My Ashes Near the Rental House by Jane Denitz Smith
Short Story: Spaghetti With Beans by Jim Bracken
Short Play: Haunted by Andy Reynolds, directed by Hilary Deely
Short Story: One Big One by AlBert Stern
Short Play: The Kite Tale by Tom Gladwell

4pm to 6pm
Full Length Play: Old Family Friends by Chris Newbound, directed by Barbara Sims

7pm
Theatre: Mary and Edith: Musings by Women a Century Apart with Kate Maguire, Mary Mott, Kim Taylor, and Tara Franklin in stories by Mary Mott and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Edith Wharton

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT THE GARAGE
9pm Vocalist, Wanda Houston

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 AT THE COLONIAL THEATRE:

Short Films from 5pm to 6pm:
Priorities by Patrick Toole
Imaginarium by Ben Tobin
The Fall of Jack Morgans by Keith Winthrop

Dance from 7pm to 8pm:
Berkshire Dance Theatre Contributing Artist: Chuck Paquette, Choreographer
Berkshire Pulse Dance Company Contributing Artist: Bettina Montano, Artistic Director
"Common Ground" Contributing Artist: Dawn Lane and CATA

8pm to 9pm
Improvisational music with projections by Vikki True

For additional information about Made in the Berkshires, please visit our website at www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org or visit www.MadeInTheBerkshires.org.

The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. Having united in November of 2010 under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, these two institutions are providing the Berkshires and beyond with the finest in Live Theatre, music, dance and the visual arts on five stages in Stockbridge, MA and Pittsfield, MA. The Fitzpatrick Main Stage (400 seats), cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, was originally designed and built by Stanford White as the Stockbridge Casino in 1888. The intimate Unicorn Theatre (122 seats) is a home for emerging artists and new theatrical ideas. The Colonial in Pittsfield (780 seats) re-opened in August of 2006, following a $21 million restoration, and boasts pristine acoustics, classic gilded age architecture and state-of-the-art technical systems. BTG also performs at the outdoor Neil Ellenoff stage, located on the grounds of BTF in Stockbridge, and at The Garage, a music venue located in the lobby of The Colonial. BTG serves over 100,000 patrons per year and reaches over 17,000 students through its educational and outreach programs. For more information on BTG call (413) 448-8084. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or go online to www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org.

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