Jugando N Play Presents IN MY DREAMS/EN MIS SUEÑOS
Jugando N Play presents In My Dreams/En Mis Sueños: an outdoor multilingual interactive theatre piece that transports young audiences and their families into a dream world/un mundo de sueños. How can exploring our dreams together connect us to our familial and cultural past to inspire our future? (español abajo)
NJPAC & Johnny Mercer Foundation Selects 5 New Jersey Middle Schools for Theater Program
Celebrating their fifth year of introducing New Jersey middle school students to the magic of musical theater, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) announced that five new schools and two new teaching artists have joined this year's program. The Johnny Mercer Foundation/NJPAC Musical Theater Residency Program offers students, in grades 6 to 8, an immersive study of the history of the American musical and the essential tools to create their own musical.
The New Acting Company to Present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
The New Acting Company is celebrating its 15th anniversary with, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. A Midsummer's Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies and has been updated and reimagined to fit the modern time. The production is directed by The New Acting Company's Producing Artistic Director, Stephen Michael Rondel, and choreographed by Ede Thurrell. The script has been reimagined and adapted by Mary Jo Bono.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns to Colonial Theatre, 12/14-22
Berkshire Theatre Group has announced the reprise of its annual community production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Eric Hill and co-directed by Eric Hill and Travis G. Daly and presented for the fourth time at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. This year's production includes 30 talented young Berkshire county actors many of whom are returning to the Colonial Theatre and some who are performing for the first time.
BWW Reviews: Mystery of Poet's Death Unresolved in POE
Berkshire Theatre Group presents the world premiere of POE by Eric Hill at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, imagining the last days of the writer before his untimely death in Baltimore in 1849. In the title role, David Adkins breathes life into the man, but the play needs life support. Kate Maguire mesmerizes with her recitation of 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' showing that Poe's own words can best provide the necessary drama.