Chester Theatre Company announces their 37th annual summer season, building off last year’s incredible success under new Co-Artistic Directors Christopher Baker and Michelle Ong Hendrick. The 2025 season garnered 5 Berkshire Theater nominations and 2 wins, and 2 productions were named the 10 Best of the Year in the Berkshire Eagle.    “What...

  “Chester Theatre Company recently announced its new co-artistic directors, Christopher Baker and Michelle Ong-Hendrick. The two are both college educators who bring a wealth of theater experience to their new positions. Baker worked with Hartford Stage for 15 years,...

Wishing you had signed up for our upcoming Canada Theatre Tour? Join us for the next one, our London Tour from March 13-25. Our Enrollment Form can be found here. The trip includes: Eight days and seven nights Flights and...

Elie Berman is a Stage Management Intern from outside of Boston. She is hoping to go into a career in arts administration, be it stage management, box office management, artistic direction, etc. Elie is a Jewish studies minor and loves...

Here we are with part two of our Meet The Interns series! This week we’ll be introducing one of our Stage Management Interns, Nico Fernandez, and our Costumes and Props Intern, Sophie Potts! Nico was the Assistant Stage Manager for...

We are so thrilled to welcome our latest crew of interns to the intern house at 4 Main! The internship program at Chester is a hugely important part of the work we do here. Interns have the opportunity to make...

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.

Tara and James spent the morning at WAMC talking about the 2023 season. Learn more about what’s in store by listening here!

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...