Late-Night Cabarets
The Williamstown Theatre Festival has a long history of providing one of the only late-night cabaret scenes in the Berkshires. On a number of magical nights each summer, Goodrich Hall on the Williams College campus is filled with tables and chairs, a bar, lights and a full band. The cabarets feature a mixture of Tony-winning Equity actors and members of the non-equity and apprentice corps. 2010 Cabaret Schedule
July 8 & 9 at 11pm and July 10 at 11:30pm
July 22 & 23 at 11pm and July 24 at 11:30pm
August 12 & 13 at 11pm and July 14 at 11:30pm Tickets are $30 and are available by calling the box office at 413.597.3400. Free Theatre
Williamstown Theatre Festival’s annual Free Theatre production is our way of giving back to the community at large. Each summer, this family favorite opens on the Main Stage for one week only, complete with full costumes, lights and members of the Festival’s non-equity and apprentice companies. This year, the Free Theatre production is the world premiere of a brand new musical entitled Camp Monster, which runs on the Main Stage from July 5 through July 10. On Saturday, July 10, at 9:30 am, the performance will be preceded by Kids’ Day, complete with crafts, games and ice cream!
Greylock Theatre Project
The Greylock Theatre Project is an outreach program that brings together professional theatre artists with youngsters from neighboring North Adams to create original theatre. One-on-Ones
Monday, July 12 at 5 pm & 8 pm, Goodrich Hall Adult actors and Greylock Theatre Project child actors perform together in short plays by professional playwrights. Playmaking
Monday, August 2 at 5 pm & 8 pm, Goodrich Hall Williamstown Theatre Festival actors perform original plays written by young Greylock Theatre Project playwrights, ages 8–15. Free admission. Contact the box office to make reservations and for more information at 413.597.3400. Workshop Projects
Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Workshop has been the training ground for countless famous actors, directors, and designers. Each year, members of the Non-Equity company work with a director and the writer of a new play to create the world premiere of a brand new production. This happens once in July with a new musical, and once in August to form an original play. This year’s Fellowship Projects are being presented in the Directing Studio at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance and run as follows: Fellowship Musical:
July 19 and 20 at 7pm and 11pm Fellowship Play:
August 9 and 10 at 7pm and 11pm In addition to the Fellowship projects, directing interns and assistants have the opportunity to pair together for short productions of any number of works. Contact the workshop office for more information.
The Naughtons in Concert
They sang together at the 1896 House in the '80's
They sang together at the White House in the '90's
And this summer, they will be back in OUR House! Greg and Jim Naughton are coming back to Williamstown! Join us for this special ONE NIGHT ONY event on Monday, August 2nd at 7PM. Tickets are on sale now!
$50 for orchestra, $40 for first balcony, and $25 for second balcony. | |
Fridays @ 3
Fridays @3 is Williamstown Theatre Festival’s annual reading series presented to showcase the new works of emerging playwrights. Each Friday from July 2 – August 13 join us at the Paresky Center at 3pm to listen to these new works read aloud by Williamstown Theatre Festival actors. Admission is $5.
July 2
HOW. WHAT. NOW. written and performed by Michael Warner
Directed by Campbell Scott
How. What. Now. Stories of redeption, hope, killing gophers and how bubble gum pop can save your life. July 9
THE SUBSTANCE OF BLISS by Tony Glazer
2009 Weissberger Award Winner
In The Substance of Bliss by Tony Glazer, 2009's L. Arnold Weissberger Award, a couple, Donna and Paul, wait up for their troubled son to come home. What they learn about yard fairies, neighborhood cats, the grouchy lady next door, Mrs. Johnson, their son, each other, and ultimately, their relationship will change them forever. July 16
GOOD ON PAPER by Michele Lowe
For a community service credit, 16-year-old Miles returns to the daycare center in his father's work where he was cared for as a small boy. Even though he has never really understood why his dad left him and his mom, Miles knows it has something to do with this place, once a revolutionary program for children of working parents. Michele Lowe's Good On Paper asks us to question when we feel--and when we actually--safe. July 23
MIDNIGHT SUN by Chris Eigeman
Directed by Steve Lawson
In association with the Williamstown Film Festival
Chris Eigeman's screenplay Midnight Sun dawns on a cold morning in 1943. When Max Coleman and Jack Priest, two doctoral candidates at Columbia get selected to participate in a secret project, they drop their jazz-filled lives in New York City and move to a remote makeshift village of physicists in the desert. There they begin working on the biggest bomb ever known to mankind. But is it a glorious testimony to the capabilities of mankind and the greatest peacekeeping tool ever invented or a weapon of mass destruction?
July 30
ELEMENO PEA by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Amanda Charlton
When Simone invited her older sister, Devon, for a weekend at her boss’ house in Martha’s Vineyard, she never could have anticipated Devon’s reaction to the expensive luxuries which Simone enjoys daily. Not one to get caught up in this world, Devon points to the men in “pink pants” as just one example of the outrageous values to which the Kells subscribe. Molly Smith Metzler’s Elemeno Pea explores what one must give up in order to have “everything.”
August 6
KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT by Kyle Jarrow
Directed by John Rando
After losing his job as an accountant, Will, with much urging from his wife, Macy, digs out the old screenplay. The local drama teacher thinks it brilliant, a student of his now L.A. actress, Chloe, thinks its genius, together they will make a short to pitch to Chloe’s connections in L.A. Knock Down Drag Out by Kyle Jarrow brings the cutthroat world of Hollywood to Cleveland, OH where Macy, even though she has always wanted her husband to pursue his dreams, begins to resent the fact that everything she’s ever done, she’s done it for him.
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