Tara Franklin and James Barry sat down with local theatre critic Mark Auerbach to talk theatre and cookies! The couple discussed what it’s like to be a theatre family working in Western Mass. Great insight from two fabulous actors/directors who...

Over the course of the summer, we have been introducing you to the 2019 cohort of CTC Summer Interns. This is our third and final installment in the series. This week, we’d like to introduce you to Laura Staudt, our...

Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to the 2019 cohort of CTC Summer Interns. This is our second installment in the series. CTC’s 30th anniversary season is well on its way, and our summer interns have...

Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to the 2019 cohort of CTC Summer Interns. This is our first installment in the series. CTC’s 30th anniversary season is well on its way, and our summer interns have...

Luke Hofmaier joins Lilli Hokama (previously seen in 2017’s I and You) in our second show of the season, Carly Mensch’s Now Circa Then, under the direction of Sean Christopher Lewis. Rehearsals started Monday at Chester’s historic train station. The production will...

Chester Theatre Company is thrilled to have James Barry, Joel Ripka, Marielle Young, Justin Campbell return to the Town Hall stage, and we welcome Nick Ullett as rehearsals kick off for the first show of our 30th season, The Night...

Company was a marvel. Our discussion of this production traveled across how its reimagining with a woman at the center revitalized the piece, and how well director and Marianne Elliott and designer Bunny Christie (who also collaborated on The Curious...

Greetings from London, where we’re underway with what we think might be our largest group ever on Chester Theatre Company’s London Theatre Tour! We arrived on Sunday, and settled into our rooms in the lovely Royal Lancaster London–directly across from...

Year’s end has always been a time for self-reflection, for “best of” lists, and for revisiting memories from the recent past. While we have much to be thankful for in 2018–including our Berkshire Theatre Award for Outstanding Ensemble Production (for The...

If you’ve been following along, you know our Canadian adventure began with three days at the Stratford Festival. Then, on Thursday morning, we boarded our charter bus to Toronto, and the Le Germain Hotel in the heart of the Entertainment...