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A stellar box office report from our 2010-11 Season

Published on June 1, 2011 in 2010-2011 Season and 2011-12 Season. 0 Comments Tags: Nicholas J. Puma, Tony Simotes, Women of Will.

Artistic Director Tony Simotes is pleased to announce the successful close of Shakespeare & Company’s 2010/2011 season with a substantial 16.7% increase in ticket earnings over our 2009/2010 box office figures.

“I am extremely proud of the entire Company for its dedication and hard work during our 2010/2011 Season,” says Simotes. “This has been a team effort, not only from our artistic and administrative staff, but also from our Board of Trustees, our Board of Overseers, and other key supporters. This past year has been extremely successful for us, and has enabled us to remain in good financial standing and report a healthy increase over last year. This past season literally put us in the black, which is almost unheard of for non-profits these days. As we open Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer’s critically-acclaimed Women of Will, The Complete Journey: Parts I-V and begin rehearsals for all of our other summer 2011 offerings, I’m hopeful that another fabulous season is already underway for S&Co.”

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In the News: Tony Simotes, Peter Davenport on WAMC

Published on December 20, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, In the News and The Santaland Diaries. 0 Comments Tags: Peter Davenport, Roundtable, Tony Simotes, WAMC.

Tony Simotes and Peter Davenport, the director and star of The Santaland Diaries—which plays through next Thursday in the Bernstein Theatre—were heard on WAMC’s The Roundtable a few days ago alongside Elizabeth Aspenlieder to chat about the charms and challenges of Sedaris’ piece. Listen below, or visit WAMC.org »

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“Santaland” now on stage! (Photos)

Published on December 6, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, Photos, Reviews and The Santaland Diaries. 0 Comments Tags: David Sedaris, Peter Davenport, Tony Simotes.

David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries is now playing in the Bernstein Theatre (“a stunning performance…not to be missed” says Berkshire On Stage) in a production directed by Tony Simotes and featuring IRNE Award nominee Peter Davenport as Crumpet the Elf. Check out the photos from the production below.

Sneak Peek: Tony & Tina’s Nuptial Interview

Published on October 6, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season. 0 Comments Tags: gala, Tina Packer, Tony Simotes.

Tony Simotes and Tina Packer enjoy a stolen moment

In preparation for Tony and Tina’s big day on Saturday, we’re giving you a sneak peek at an upcoming interview with the happy couple:

While the bride and groom are keeping a lid on their wedding day details, we did learn this much during a late night interview at an undisclosed location, near the Forest of Arden…

How did you two meet and when did you know it was for real?

Simotes: It was back in 1978 and I had just left NYC to come up to Shakespeare & Company and work with Tina on A Midsummer Night’s Dream for our inaugural season at The Mount. Yes…I remember it well… [here he closed his eyes] …it was a dark and stormy night and I was studying my lines when I thought I smelled something burning and suddenly realized it wasn’t my crumpets that were on fire but my heart. That’s when I knew this love affair of shear ‘Will’ was for real. It didn’t take a detective to know how the next 30 years of my life would be spent. I mean, if this were play’d upon the stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.

Packer: It was back in 1978 and I was in NYC auditioning actors for my upcoming season and I saw Tony in a production of Richard III. I remember it well… [here she closed her eyes] …there he was dark, short, feisty and Greek. A perfect actor to play Puck, I thought to myself, and then as I screeched out of the parking lot in a dreamlike state of satisfaction I realized it wasn’t my emotions that were fogging up the windshield but my tires were on fire. Well it didn’t take a Shakespeare scholar to know how the next 30 years of my life would unfold. That’s when I knew Tony was the ‘one’, ah yes, my salad days when I was green in judgment.

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“Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” Photo Album

Published on October 6, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season and Photos. 0 Comments Tags: gala, Tina Packer, Tony Simotes.

We’re just days away from our Annual Fall Gala: Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding benefiting our Education Program and honoring Artistic Director Tony Simotes and Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer. To celebrate “the happy couple” and their work at Shakespeare & Company, we’ve put together this album of photos from their years at the company.

We’ve also launched the Gala Auction (start bidding today online ») which features fantastic items like these from Shakespeare & Company and our supportive local business friends:

Tickets to see John Douglas Thompson as Macbeth in NYC, plus a backstage tour and post-show drinks with the actor, and an overnight stay at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Gift Certificates and Packages from Berkshire businesses (Casablanca, Shooz, Tanglewool, Purple Plume, Cranwell, and more)
Shakespeare & Company artifacts (Othello‘s Cavalry Sword, Sea Marks model homes, The Winter’s Tale Satyr masks).
and a lot more—dozens of items to bid on!

Get your tickets to the Gala now, or visit the online auction to contribute to Shakespeare & Company »

Greet the Glorious Summer! (Full Summer Season Announced)

Published on March 9, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, Comedy of Errors, Richard III, The Taster and The Winter's Tale. 1 Comment Tags: Elizabeth Aspenlieder, John Douglas Thompson, Jonathan Croy, Kevin G. Coleman, Tina Packer, Tony Simotes.

In December we announced our Founders’ Theatre shows for Summer 2010. Now we are proud to announce the rest of our Summer 2010 Season, titled “Greet the Glorious Summer!” A brief note from Artistic Director Tony Simotes:

It is with great humility as well as unbridled excitement that I launch my first season as Shakespeare & Company’s Artistic Director, taking over the reins from the indomitable Tina Packer. She began her mission 33 years ago, along with a merry band of theatrical revolutionaries that I was very pleased to be a part of. Our quest has been to bring the transformative power of theatre alive for our audiences through Shakespeare’s plays as well as ground-breaking new works. My mission is to build upon this priceless legacy while helping to bring us to exciting new places.

Read the rest of Tony’s Welcome Letter here, or in our 2010 Summer Season brochure—which is on its way to your mailbox now. (Or if you just can’t wait, click here to check it out online).

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Two weeks left to catch “Hound”! (Video)

Published on October 29, 2009 in 2009-2010 Season, S&Co Video and The Hound of the Baskervilles. 0 Comments Tags: Jonathan Croy, Josh Aaron McCabe, Ryan Winkles, Tony Simotes.

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.