Berkshire Theatre Festival reshapes summer theatre lab in Stockbridge
Mitton Buss notes Berkshire Theatre Festival remains a 200 member experimental company in Stockbridge. The piece highlights new plays, workshop productions, and a 1968 season plan after John Lewis Carlino’s The Exercise. It emphasizes the festival as a laboratory for theatre and audience support.
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Mitton R. Buss
Stockbridge
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Bill Gibson
Arne Bancroft
Lugene Ionesco
Paris
BTF
John Lewis Carlino
New York
Arthur Penn
BIF Festival Expands Workshop Program and New Plays
The festival expands staff and embraces a full workshop program to train artists in all theatre departments. Barry Primus directed his first show and Pat Cooper, a novelist, produced six new plays, directing two and acting in one. The group seeks quality over easy answers and invites audiences to share ambitious dreams for seasons ahead.
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BIF
Barry Primus
BIE
Pat Cooper
BTIF Workshop Presents Plays Tomorrow Night
Voices from the Berkshire Theatre Festival will be staged Wednesday and Thursday at 8 30 p m in the Barn Theatre Stockbridge open free to the public Patricia Cooper directs and acts in one play while Arthur Storch directs the other on the BT festival grounds.
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Voices
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Patricia Cooper
Berkshire Residents Attend Boston World Premiere of Alice Film
Several Berkshire County residents attended the world premiere in Boston of the film Alice inspired by the town. Attendees included Police Chief William Obanhein of Stockbridge and Mrs Obansein, Judge and Mia, John J. Dwyer, Joseph Pelkey and Mrs Mary Pelkey of Stockbridge, and others connected to Alice Brock whose life inspired the plot. Chief Obanhein plays a leading role alongside Arlo Guthrie who stars in the film and has earned strong reviews from critics.
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Stockbridge
Boston
William Obnanhein
Claire Bloom
Millard Elkins
John Dwyer
Berkshire County
William Obanhein
Mia
John J. Dwyer
Joseph Pelkey
Pittsfield
Mary Pelkey
Alice Brock
Chief Obanhein
Movie Timetable Listings Across Local Theatres
Local cinema schedule lists Capitol Little Cinema Palavo Paris Sunset Berkshire Filtsticks Colby Noopsac Walt Disney West Springfield Cinmea 2 and 3 showing a mix of classic and new releases. Titles include Dracula Hag Risen From the Grave Night of the Living Dead The Great Bank Robbery Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Oliver! Midnight Cowboy Bear Country Peter Pan and more with matinees on select days and dusk showings at drive-ins.
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Palavo
Dracula Hag
Chairman
Sunset Drive-In
Berkshire Drive-In
Peter
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