Just two weeks remain to catch the runaway hit of the Berkshires’ Fall season: The Hound of the Baskervilles. Written by Steven Canny and John Nicholson and directed by Artistic Director Tony Simotes, this madcap adaptation features Company favorites Jonathan Croy, Josh Aaron McCabe and Ryan Winkles.
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By Tony Simotes
Printed in the Berkshire Eagle, Wednesday, Oct. 28, Page A5
What a ride.
I’m one of that plucky gang who came up to the Berkshires and founded Shakespeare & Company back in 1978, and I’ve been back as an artist and teacher almost every year since. By any measure, I arrived this summer as Shakespeare & Company’s second-ever artistic director, taking over the reigns from founding Artistic Director Tina Packer, right in the thick of things with our season at full force.
I came back at a key moment in our history, when a fresh approach — informed always by the hard-earned wisdom of the past — is absolutely necessary. Change is hard, but it’s also necessary. And it’s an opportunity as well.
Many media outlets have reported on the bad news we’re currently confronting. They’ve done so responsibly and fairly, given some of the stark numbers floating around in a financial report prepared by the Nonprofit Finance Fund, in response to the request we made to the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The big picture presented by this report is indeed correct: We need to re-organize ourselves to find a better way to keep doing what we’re doing on our Kemble Street property. The accompanying part of this, one we’re not so sure has made it into the zeitgeist thus far, is that we’re already taking action, and are deep into the needed process of re-organization. Continue reading ‘Shakespeare & Company here for the long haul’
The schedule for the 21st Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare has been posted!
The Festival weekend in Founders’ Theatre will be as follows. Visit the Fall Festival of Shakespeare page for details on in-school performances the week before.
Click here to buy tickets now for the 21st Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare!
Thursday, November 19
6:30 – Chatham High School – Pericles, Prince of Tyre
8:30 – Lenox Memorial High School – Julius Caesar
Friday, November 20
6:30 – Lee High School – King John
8:30 – Mt. Greylock Regional High School – As You Like It
Saturday, November 21
1:30 – Taconic High School – Macbeth
3:30 – Mount Everett Regional High School – Romeo and Juliet
6:30 – Monument Mountain Regional High School – Richard III
8:30 – Springfield Central High School – The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sunday, November 22
1:30 – Taconic Hills High School – King Lear
3:30 – North Andover High School – As You Like It
5:00 – The Reverence
Also check out the latest Common Class video — the Tech Common Class! (Available at the Fall Festival of Shakespeare’s Facebook Page)
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The 21st Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare is just around the corner—November 19–22 in Founders’ Theatre—and we couldn’t be more excited! Check out the Fall Festival on Facebook by visiting http://www.facebook.com/fallfestival. Become a fan to get updates as we progress, including photos and video of the Festival in action!
To start, here’s a video of last week’s Common Class in Dance/Movement:
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