Season Preview on Mass Appeal
Host Patrick Berry welcomed James Barry and Tara Franklin to talk about the upcoming season on Mass Appeal this week. Check out their appearance here.
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Give it a listen!
Tara and James spent the morning at WAMC talking about the 2023 season. Learn more about what’s in store by listening here!
Debra Jo knows!
Thanks to Debra Jo Rupp for telling Berkshire Magazine what we have known all along–we have the best audiences in the area! Berkshire Magazine: “You’ve also done work for Williamstown Theatre Festival and Berkshire Theatre Group?” Debra Jo: “All of...
Our Next Play Discussion: Indecent
Next up: Indecent Hello, Friends! We hope you will join us for the third installment of our Spring play reading series. (We plan to pick back up after the summer season!) We will be discussing Paula Vogel’s Indecent. If the title sounds...
Season Preview in the Berkshire Eagle
From the Berkshire Eagle: CHESTER — Works by MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker; Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph; and Loy A. Webb and Peter Sinn Nachtrieb are on tap this summer at Chester Theatre Company. The season,...
The 2023 Season is Here!
Chester Theatre Company Announces Its 2023 Season Under the Leadership of James Barry and Tara Franklin Chester, MA – Recently appointed Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin are pleased to announce Chester Theatre Company’s 2023...
NSFW Play Reading Discussion
We are fresh off our first play reading discussion, and it was wonderful! On Monday, a group gathered to talk about Pearl Cleage’s Flyin’ West. We shared a rich discussion about a remarkable piece that we wish we could have seen...
New Play Reading Series
We are so excited to invite you to our inaugural play reading event. We will be discussing Pearl Cleage’s Flyin’ West on Monday, January 23 at 2pm on Zoom. Click here to register. (Registrations will close January 20.) All you need to do is get...
Changes in Leadership
After seven successful seasons as Producing Artistic Director at Chester Theatre Company (CTC), Daniel Elihu Kramer is leaving to focus on his increased responsibilities at Smith College and his work as a freelance theatre artist. Chester audiences are already familiar...
Pride@Prejudice is the #1 pick of Rural Intelligence
Check out this Berkshire area summer theatre preview from Rural Intelligence, featuring our upcoming production of Daniel Elihu Kramer’s Pride@Prejudice as their first choice! Pride@Prejudice is a reimagining of the beloved Jane Austen classic filled with bloggers, chat rooms, Austen enthusiasts,...
