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ACTION Players
“The Duke of Mulberry Street”
July 30 & 31 at 8 p.m.
August 1 at 1 p.m.
at the Saratoga Arts Center

Actors Circle Theatre
“The Merry Wives of Windsor”
August 7-8 &14-15 at 5 p.m.
at Depot Square Park

The Actors Theatre Playhouse
“Fuddy Meers”
Through August 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Staged reading of “The Seafarer”
August 21 & 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Adirondack Children’s Troupe
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”
July 30 & 31 and August 1
at Glens Falls High School

Adirondack Shakespeare Company
“Romeo and Juliet”
July 31 at 2 p.m.
“Macbeth”
July 29 and August 1 at 2 p.m.
at the Boathouse Theatre, Schroon Lake, NY

Adirondack Theatre Festival
“Murder for Two: a Killer Musical”
July 29 & 30 at 8 p.m.
“An Unexpected Evening with Howie Michael Smith”
Through July 31 at 9:45 p.m.
at the Charles R. Wood Theater

Ancram Opera House
“Self Portrait in a Convex Mirrror”
July 31 & August 1

Arm of the Sea Mask & Puppet Theatre
“Turtle Island Medicine Show”
Jun 13 at 1 p.m.
at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
“City That Drinks the Mountain Sky”
August 29 at 5 p.m.
at PS/21
“Esopus Creek Puppet Suite”
August 13 & 14 at 8 p.m.
at the Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park, Saugerties, NY

BARC Youth Theatre Company
“Bye-Bye, Birdie
August 13 & 20 at 7 p.m.
August 14 & 21 at 1 & 7 p.m.

The Barre Players
Summer Youth Program presents
“Night of The Living Beauty Pageant”
August 19-21 at 7:30 p.m.
August 22 at 2 p.m.

Barrington Stage Company
“Pool Boy”
Through August 8
“The Memory Show”
August 18-29
“Bill Nelson’s All-Male Revue”
August 26 & 27 at 9:30 p.m.
August 28 at 10 p.m.
on Stage 2
“ART”
Through August 7
Reading of “ART”
August 4 at 2 p.m.
in the galleries at MASS MoCA
Absurd Person Singular
August 12-29
on the BSC Mainstage
Conversations with…
“The Making of ‘The Memory Show’”
August 24 at 4 p.m.
at Stage 2
Barrington Stage Youth Theatre
“Into the Woods”
Through August 8
at St. Joseph’s High School
August 10-15
at Pete’s Motors, 396 Stockbridge Rd., Great Barrington, MA

Becket Arts Center
“And Now . . . Mark Twain”
August 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Marmalade Productions‘ Big Puppet Day Performance
August 11 at 3 p.m.

Berkshire Children’s Theater
“The Wizard of Oz”
August 5 & 6 at 11 a.m.
August 7 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
at the Berkshire Museum

Berkshire Fringe
“Monster”
July 29 at 9 p.m.
July 30 & 31 at 7 p.m.
August 1 at 4 p.m.
Pi Clowns
July 29 at 7 p.m.
July 30 at 9 p.m.
July 31 at 4 p.m.
August 1 at 6 p.m.
August 2 at 8 p.m.
“Quake: A Closet Love Story”
July 29 and August 1 at 8 p.m.
July 30 at 4 p.m.
July 31 at 9 p.m.
August 2 at 6 p.m.
“Give Us Bread”
August 4 at 8 p.m.
August 5 at 9 p.m.
August 6 & 7 at 7 p.m.
August 8 at 4 p.m.
“Viva la Evolucion”
August 5 at 7 p.m.
August 6 at 9 p.m.
August 7 at 4 p.m.
August 8 at 6 p.m.
August 9 at 8 p.m.
“It or Her”
August 5 & 8 at 8 p.m.
August 6 at 4 p.m.
August 7 at 9 p.m.
August 9 at 6 p.m.
“Draw the Circle”
August 11 at 8 p.m.
August 12 & 14 at 9 p.m.
August 13 & 15 at 7 p.m.
“Ridgefield Middle School Talent Nite ”
August 12 & 14 at 7 p.m.
August 13 & 15 at 9 p.m.
August 16 at 8 p.m.
Staged reading of “Bird of Paradise”
[date] at 1 p.m.
EarlyStages Readings
August 15 at noon, 1:30 & 3 p.m.

Berkshire Museum
BTF Plays! presents
“The Mummy’s Tale”
Through July 31 at 11 a.m.
Berkshire Children’s Theater presents
“The Wizard of Oz”
August 5 & 6 at 11 a.m.
August 7 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Castle Hill Theatre Company presents
“The Bremen Town Musicians”
August 14, 21 & 26 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
August 15, 22 & 27 at 1 & 3 p.m.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab
Staged Reading of “Better Than Chocolate”
August 11 at 8 p.m.
Staged reading TBS
August 25 at 8 p.m.
at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Berkshire Theatre Festival
Unicorn Theatre
“Babes in Arms”
Through August 28
“Story Time Cabaret”
August 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 10 p.m.
Main Stage
“The Guardsman”
Through July 31
“Macbeth”
August 3-14
“A Delicate Balance”
August 17-September 4
Theatre for Young Audiences
“The Mummy’s Tale”
Through July 31 at 11 a.m.
at the Berkshire Museum
Friday Reading Series
July 30 and August 6 at 2 p.m.
locations TBA

Bird-on-a-Cliff Theatre
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Opens July 30
Outdoors at Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY

Bridge Theater
“Crossroads to Freedom”
August 13, 14, 20, & 21

Capital Repertory Theater
“The Marvelous Wonderettes”
Through Augist 1
Summer Theatre At The Rep (STAR) Performance
August 6, 7 & 8

Castle Hill Theatre Company
“The Bremen Town Musicians”
August 14, 21 & 26 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
August 15, 22 & 27 at 1 & 3 p.m.
at the Berkshire Museum

Charles R. Wood Theater
Depot Theatre presents
“The 39 Steps”
August 6, 7 & 12-14 at 8 p.m.
August 8 & 15 at 2 p.m.

Chester Theatre Company
“See Rock City”
Through August 8
“Gulf View Drive”
August 11-22
The Trilogy in a Day
August 14 & 28 from 1-10 p.m.

Circle Theater Players
Youth Theatre Players present
“William’s Widow”
July 31 at 7 p.m.
August 1 at 2 p.m.

Classic Theater Guild, Inc.
Helderberg Theater Festival
“Macbeth”
July 31 and August 1, 7 & 8
“The Princess and the Pea”
July 31 and August 1, 7 & 8
Director’s Project: including productions of
“The Zoo Story,” “After Hours,” and “Maker Of Dreams”
July 30 & 31 and August 6 & 7
at Indian Ladder Farms, Altamont, NY

Cohoes Music Hall
$1,000 Talent Show
July 29
C-R Center Stars present
“I Am…”
August 11 & 12 at 11 a.m.
August 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Colonial Little Theatre
“Nunsense”
August 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 8 p.m.
August 15 & 22 at 2 p.m.

Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA
“If You Ever Leave Me…I’m Going with You!”
July 31 at 8 p.m.
Betty Buckley: Broadway by Request
August 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Colonie Summer Youth Theatre
“Once On This Island”
August 4-6 at 7:30 p.m.
August 7 at 2 p.m.
at Colonie Central High School

Comical Mystery Tour
August 10 & 24 at 6 p.m.
At the Huke Lau in Chicopee, MA

Cranwell Resort
The Capitol Steps
Through September 5 at 8 p.m. every night except Tuesdays
in the Olmsted Building

Curtain Call Theatre
“On Golden Pond”
Through August 21

Debuts Jr. Theater Program
“Zanna Don’t”
August

Depot Theatre
“The 39 Steps”
July 29 & 30 at 8 p.m.
July 31 at 2 & 8 p.m.
August 1 at 5 p.m.
at the Depot Theatre
August 6, 7 & 12-14 at 8 p.m.
August 8 & 15 at 2 p.m.
at the Charles R. Wood Theater
“Tonight Only”
August 11 & 18 at 8 p.m.
at the Depot Theatre
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
August 6, 9, 11-14, 16 & 18-20 at 8 p.m.
August 7, 15 & 21 at 2 & 8 p.m.
August 8 at 2 p.m.
August 22 at 5 p.m.
Gala Benefit
August 8 from 6–10 p.m.
At the Westport Country Club, Westport, NY
“The Drawer Boy”
August 27, 28 & 30 and September 2 & 3 at 8 p.m.
August 29 and September 4 at 2 & 8 p.m.
August 5 at 5 p.m.

Dorset Theatre Festival
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
July 31 and August 7 & 14
“Murder on the Nile”
Through August 15
“The Novelist”
August 18-29

Double Edge Theatre
“The Firebird”
Through August 1, August 4-8, 11-15 & 18-22 at 8 p.m.

DragonFly Performing Arts, Inc.
“Noises Off”
August 20-22 & 27-29

The Egg
Too Deep Entertainment presents
10 Year Celebration
August

The Elevens
“Dr. Sketchy’s Northampton”
August 6 at 7 p.m.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
CactusHead Puppets presents
“The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
August 10-13 at 1 p.m.

The Exit 7 Players
“Once On This Island”
Aug 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, & 21 at 7:30 p.m.
August 11 at 1 p.m.
August 15 at 3 p.m.

First Congregational Church of Williamstown
Starlight Stage Youth Theatre presents
“Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There)”
Through July 31 at 8 p.m.

Fort Salem Theater
Main Stage

“110 in the Shade”
July 30 & 31 at 8 p.m.
August 1 at 2 p.m.
“Into the Woods”
August 6 & 7 at 8 p.m.
August 8 at 2 p.m.
“StarCrossed”
August 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 8 p.m.
August 15 & 22 at 2 p.m.

Glove Performing Arts Center
“Little Woman”
August 13-15 & 20-22

Gypsy Layne
July 29 and August 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 11:30 p.m.
Upstairs at The Red Herring, 46 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA

Hampshire Shakespeare Company
“The Tempest”
Through August 1 at 7:30 p.m.
At the Hartsbrook School

The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall
The Children’s Theater Group presents
“Half a Sixpence”
July 30 at 7 p.m.
July 31 and August 1 at 2 p.m.

Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre (HHOT)
“Hansel and Gretel”
Pay-what-you-will Understudy Show August 12 at 8 p.m.
August 13, 14, 19 & 20 at 8 p.m.
August 22 at 2 p.m.

Ja’Duke
“Rent”
July 31 and August 1 at 8 p.m.
August 2 at 2 p.m.
At The Shea Theater

Ko Festival of Performance
“June Bride”
July 30 & 31 at 8 p.m.
August 1 at 4 p.m.
“Loup Garou”
August 6-8

Lake George Dinner Theatre
“Our Son’s Wedding”
Through October 14
at the Holiday Inn Resort, Lake George NY

Lake George Youth Theatre
“The Music Man”
July 29 & 30 at 9:30 a.m.
in the Queensbury High School Auditorium

Last of the Mohicans Outdoor Drama
“The Last of the Mohicans”
Evenings August 5-10
in the courtyard of the Fort William Henry Museum, Lake George, NY

Little Theater on the Farm
Student Talent Show
August 20 at 7 p.m.

Mac-Haydn Theatre
“Damn Yankees”
Through August 1
“Mame”
August 5-8 & 11-15
Mac-Haydn Musical Theatre Workshop presents
“The Pirates of Penzance”
August 9 at 5 & 7:30 p.m.
“Showboat”
August 19-22 & 25-29 and September 1-5
Mac-Haydn Children’s Theatre
“Jack and the Beanstalk”
July 30 & 31 and August 6-7 at 10:30 a.m.
“The Frog Prince”
August 13-14 & 20-21 at 10:30 a.m.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Berkshire Playwrights Lab presents
Staged Reading of “Better Than Chocolate”
August 11 at 8 p.m.
Barbara Cook (Elaine Stritch had to postpone her performance)
August 15 at 7 p.m.
Berkshire Playwrights Lab presents
Staged Reading TBA
August 25 at 8 p.m.

Main Street Stage
Nutshell Playhouse presents
“Pirates!”
July 30 at 11 a.m.
The Redroom
August 5-7 at 9 p.m.

Majestic Theater
“Stones In His Pockets”
Through July 31
Pauline Productions presents
“Parallel Lives”
August 27
Children’s Theater
“James and the Giant Peach”
August 1-4
“Clorinda”
August 8-11

Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Youth and Shakespeare Performances
August 4 at 1:30 p.m.

Massachusetts Dance Festival
August 28 & 29
at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst

MASS MoCA
Barrington Stage Company presents
Reading of “ART”
August 4 at 2 p.m.
in the Sol LeWitt galleries

Memorial Hall Center for the Arts
The Southern Vermont Players present
“Harvey”
July 29-31 and August 5-7
“Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! Songs and Tales from a Life on Broadway”
August 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Mettawee River Theatre Company
“The Woman Who Fell from the Sky”
July 30 at 8 p.m. at Crown Point State Historic Site, Crown Point, NY
July 31 at 7:30 p.m. on the Mountain School lawn, Shrewsbury, VT
August 1 at 8 p.m. on Pettingill Field, Main St., Cummington, MA
August 3 at 8 p.m. on the Georgi Museum lawn, Shushan, NY
August 4 at dusk *Lantern Procession* Lake Lauderdale, NY

Mill City Productions
“The Lives of Saints”
“Variations on the Death of Trotsky”
“Captive Audience”
“Sure Thing”
third & fourth weekends in August
in Building 4 (next to the Visitors’ Center) in the Western Gateway Heritage State Park

Minerva Stage
Shakespeare Workshop Performance
August 5
Little 2 Big Performance
August 26 & 27 in the evening
August 28 matinee and evening

The Mop & Bucket Company (MopCo)
Improv Show
July 30 at 8 p.m.
Underground at Proctors
Improv Jam
July 29 at 8 p.m.
at The Muddy Cup

The Mount
The Wharton Salon presents
“Summer”
August 18, 19, 25 & 26 at 5:30 p.m.
August 21, 22, 28 & 29 at 10:30 a.m.

New Century Theatre
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”
July 29-August 7
at Theatre 14 — Smith College, Green Street, Northampton, MA

New England Youth Theatre
“Murder at the Ballet”
July 30 at 6 p.m.
July 31 at 8 p.m.
August 1 at 1 p.m.
“The Picture that was Turned to the Wall”
July 30 at 8 p.m.
July 31 at 6 p.m.
August 1, at 3 p.m.
Musical Workshop Performances: “The Pajama Game”
August 6-8 & 11-14
Theatre Adventure Program Performance
August 13

NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center (NSPAC)
“A Thousand Clowns”
Through July 31 at 7:30 p.m. p.m.
August 1 at 4 p.m.
Nutshell Playhouse presents
“Pirates!”
July 31 at 11 a.m.
above the Beacon Cinema

New York State Theatre Institute
Summer Theatre Institute presents
“Seussical the Musical”
August 12 & 13 evenings
August 14 matinee

North Hall Theatre
“Lizzie Borden at Eight O’Clock”
August 26-28 at 8 p.m.
August 29 at 2 p.m.

Nutshell Playhouse
“Pirates!”
July 30 at 11 a.m.
at Main Street Stage
July 31 at 11 a.m.
at the NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center (NSPAC)
August 1 at 4 p.m.
at the Topia Arts Center
August 21 at 11 a.m.
at Main Street Stage

Oldcastle Theatre Company
“Leading Ladies”
Through August 1
“A Song For My Father”
August 20-September 5

The Other Theater
Outdoor tour of “Tartuffe”
last two weeks of July

Our Own ProductionS, Inc.
“The Wiz”
August 19-21
in Freedom Park

Paint Box Theatre
“The Three Musketeers”
August 4-7 at 10:30 a.m.
in Theatre 14, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts

Paramount Theatre
“Menopause: The Musical”
August 14 at 4 & 8 p.m.
August 15 at 2 p.m.

Park-McCullough House
“Murder at the Mansion”
August 7 at 7 p.m.
Sherlock Holmes Playhouse on the Veranda
“A Scandal in Bohemia”
August 10 at 7 p.m.
“The Final Problem”
August 24 at 7 p.m.

Park Playhouse
“Annie Get Your Gun”
Through August 15, Tuesday-Sunday at 8 p.m.
Park Playhouse II presents
“The Wiz”
July 29 – August 15

Pauline Productions
“Parallel Lives”
August 27
at The Majestic Theater

PS/21
Walking the dog Theater presents
“Our Town”
July 29-August 1 at 8 p.m.
Arm of the Sea Theater Company presents
“City That Drinks the Mountain Sky”
August 29 at 5 p.m.

The Poultney Summer Theatre Co.
Shakespeare on Main Street
“The Tempest”
July 30 – August 1 and August 6 & 7 at 7 p.m.
August 8 at 2 p.m.
“Macbeth”
July 31 and August 1 at 2 p.m.
August 5 at 7 p.m.

Proctors Theatre
The Mop & Bucket Company (MopCo) presents
Improv Show
July 30 at 8 p.m.
in association with Pittsburgh CLO presents
“Miss Saigon”
August 10-15
“Forever Plaid”
August 20-September 12

The RPI Young Actors Guild
“A Pirate’s Life for Me!”
July 30 & 31 at 7:30 p.m.
“Hairspray”
August 5-8 at 8 p.m.
at the RPI Playhouse

The Rutland Youth Theatre
“The Comedy of Errors”
July 29 at West Rutland Town Hall at at 7 p.m.
July 30 at the Godnick Center in Rutland at at 7 p.m.
July 31 at Middlebury at at 7 p.m.

Sand Lake Center for the Arts
Youth Theatre Players present
“William’s Widow”
July 31 at 7 p.m.
August 1 at 2 p.m.
Staged reading of “Murder at Weatherfield”
August 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Saratoga Arts Center
ACTION Players present
“The Duke of Mulberry Street”
July 30 & 31 at 8 p.m.
August 1 at 1 p.m.

Schenectady Theater for Children
“The Reluctant Dragon”
August 28

Seagle Music Colony
Vespers
August 1, 8 & 15 at 5 p.m.
“Romeo and Juliet”
Through July 31 at 8 p.m.
“Carousel”
August 11-14 at 8 p.m.

Shakespeare & Company
Founders’ Theatre
“Richard III”
Through September 5
“The Winter’s Tale”
Through September 6
“The Taster”
Through September 6
Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
“Bad Dates”
August 4-September 12
“Mengelberg and Mahler”
Through September 9
“The Comedy of Errors”
Through September 4
“Sea Marks”
Through September 5
Rose Footprint Theatre
“More Words! More Play!”
August 12-September 5
Shakespeare & Young Company
August 18 & 20 at 5 p.m.
“The Amorous Quarrel”
Through August 28
Bernstein Studio 3
“Women of Will: The Complete Journey” (Parts 1-5)
August 25—27

The Shea Theatre
Ja’Duke presents
“Rent”
July 31 and August 1 at 8 p.m.
August 2 at 2 p.m.

The Southern Vermont Players
“Harvey”
July 29-31 and August 5-7
at the Memorial Hall Center for the Arts

Spotlight Players Community Theater
“Curtains”
July 29-31 at 8 p.m.
August 1 at 2 p.m.
in the Columbia High School Auditorium

Stageworks/Hudson
“Imagining Madoff”
Through August 8
“The Amish Project”
August 18-September 5

Starlight Stage Youth Theatre
“Through the Looking-Glass (And What Alice Found There)”
Through July 31 at 8 p.m.
at the First Congregational Church of Williamstown

Starlight’s Youth Theatre
“Les Miserables” School Edition
Jully 23 & 24 at 7 p.m.
in the Belchertown High School Auditorium

Steamer No. 10 Theatre
C.A.S.T. (Creative Arts at Steamer Ten) presents
“Bye Bye, Birdie”
August 19 & 20 at 7 p.m.
August 21 at 2 & 7 p.m.
August 22 at 2 p.m.

Stockbridge Library
“Shady Porches: 5th Annual Shades of Stockbridge”
July 31 from 1-4 p.m.

Taconic Stage Company
“Senior Moments”
July 30 & 31 and August 6 & 7
Dinner at 7 p.m.; show at 8 p.m.
“Private Lives”
August 20, 21, 27 & 28 and September 3 & 4
dinner at 7 p.m.; show at 8 p.m.
at the Lighthouse Marina on Copake Lake
“Lady of Letters”
August 21, 22, 27 & 28 and September 4 & 5 at 4 p.m.
at St John’s in the Wilderness

The Theater Barn
“Lies & Legends”
July 29-August 8
“Altar Boyz”
August 12 – August 22
“The Full Monty”
August 26-September 5

Too Deep Entertainment
10 Year Celebration
August
At The Egg

Tri-Arts
“A Boy With Dreams”
July 31 at 8 p.m.
“Oklahoma!”
August 5–22
“The Playhouse Stomp”
August 17 at 8 p.m.
“Divas Do Broadway”
August 28 & 29 at 8 p.m.
August 30 at 5 p.m.

Valatie Community Theatre
“How to Eat Like a Child”
July 29-31 at 7 p.m.
August 1 at 2 p.m.
“The Grapes of Wrath”
August 19-22

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
“Revels and Revelations”
July 31, August 7, 14, 21 & 28 and September 4 at 4 p.m.
August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 and September 5 at 10 a.m.
July 30, August 4-6, 11-3, 18-20 & 25-27, and September 1-3 at 7:30 p.m.

Walking the dog Theater
“Our Town”
July 29-August 1 at 8 p.m.
at PS/21

The Warner Theatre
“Willy Wonka”
July 31-August 8

Westfield State College
Masters Festival of the Arts

Actors Company presents
“Boston Marriage”
Through July 31 and August 5-7 & 11-14 at 8 p.m.
August 7 at 2 & 8 p.m.
in the Ely Studio Theatre

Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
“Avenue Q”
Through July 31
“Damn Yankees”
August 5-21
“Death of a Salesman”
August 26-September 5
Other Stages
“The Marvelous Wonderettes”
August 12-29

The Wharton Salon
“Summer”
August 18, 19, 25 & 26 at 5:30 p.m.
August 21, 22, 28 & 29 at 10:30 a.m.
at The Mount

Williams Summer Theatre Lab
“Viva la Evolucion”
August 1 at 7 p.m.
Open Lab Weekend
August 21 & 22

Williamstown Theatre Festival
Main Stage
“Our Town”
Through August 8
The Naughtons in Concert
August 2 at 7 p.m.
“Fifth of July”
(Co-production with Bay Street Theatre)
August 11-22
Nikos Stage
“After the Revolution”
Through August 1
“The Last Good-Bye”
August 5-20
In the Directing Studio
The Fellowship Play
August 8 & 10
In Goodrich Hall
WTF Cabaret
August 12-14
Greylock Theatre Project Playmaking
August 2 at 5 & 8 p.m.
At the Paresky Center
Fridays@3
July 30 and August 6 at 3 p.m.