FRIDAY, MARCH 13 TalkBack opened on Friday with a departure from our usual process. Intrepid Robert Tutnauer found himself volunteered to participate in an Acting 101 exercise. So that he could work with a text that he knew, he was...

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 TalkBack Thursday morning gave us an opportunity to explore the ramifications of the re-imaging of a classic play by a visionary director, in this case A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE in the hands of Belgium born and...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 The TalkBack Wednesday morning gave us a chance to compare adaptations — just as THE CURIOUS INCIDENT… was adapted by Simon Stephen from Mark Haddon’s novel, BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS was adapted from Katherine Boo’s National Book...

Tuesday opened with our first TalkBack, held as always in the upstairs lounge of The Swan and moderated by CTC Artistic Director Byam Stevens and Robert King, Professor of English at Elms College. Our topic — the National Theatre’s hit...

  CTC produced its first London Tour in 2005. That year we invited Matt Wolf, Theatre Critic for The International Herald Tribune (now The International New York Times). He so captivated us that for the succeeding ten years we have...

As we assembled in the parking lot at Elms College, catching up with our fellow travelers from previous London tours, there was the faintest hint of Spring in the air. After months of subfreezing temperatures, the mercury nudged over the...

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Vilord, owner of Chester’s new restaurant, Roscoe’s, located in the old Pioneer Grill/Wyld Thyme space on 30 Main Street. Roscoe’s is CTC’s season sponsor this year and we look forward to the cuisine and vitality...

Founded in 2010, WAM (Women’s Action Movement) Theatre is a professional theatre company based in the Berkshires. Inspired by the book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM Theatre’s philanthropic mission...

In honor of our 25th Anniversary, CTC is bringing back a wildly successful one-woman show for a special limited engagement! Written by Leslie Ayvazian, HIGH DIVE was first performed at CTC in 2002. In HIGH DIVE, comic misadventures pile up...

TALKBACKS Thursday matinees and Saturday evenings; post-performance TalkBacks are our signature post-performance discussions on the craft, art, ideas and themes of our thought-provoking plays. Led by Artistic Director Byam Stevens, or Associate Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer, TalkBacks occur after...