Berkshire County Students Set to Take the Stage at BTG Next Week

Berkshire Theatre Group presents the first annual High School Student Cabaret at The Unicorn Theatre on Wednesday, May 10 at 7pm, and the fourth annual Encore! An Evening to Celebrate High School Musicals at The Colonial Theatre on Friday, May 12 at 7pm, directed by Travis G. Daly. Ticket proceeds benefit BTG PLAYS!, Berkshire Theatre Group's year-round education program.

Director Travis G. Daly says, "For the past four months, I have been working with BTG Interns, Emma Foley (Taconic High School student), Hanna Koczela (Hoosac Valley High School student) and Julianna Salinovici (Crosby Elementary School student) on the High School Student Cabaret and Encore! An Evening to Celebrate High School Musicals. Emma, Hanna and Julianna have been really involved with helping to prepare and structure these events, and will be acting as hosts for both evenings. For Encore! this year, we are excited to have the Taconic High School choir and the Hoosac Valley High School jazz band play along with the performances. We're thrilled to host High School Student Cabaret for the first time, which will be a fun evening filled with comedy, songs, poetry and more."

Ticket proceeds benefit BTG PLAYS!, Berkshire Theatre Group's year-round education program. At the heart of BTG PLAYS! is a passionate commitment to bring live theatre, and all its inherent excitement and creativity, to children throughout our region. In addition, for many of these students, this is the first theatrical experience on a professional stage. BTG hopes this experience will stimulate a life-long love of theatre and help produce the next generation of playgoers, actors or other theatre professionals.

Tickets to the High School Student Cabaret are $10. Tickets to Encore! An Evening to Celebrate High School Musicals are $12 for students, and $15 for adults. Contact the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield by calling 413-997-4444, or online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Saturdays 10am-5pm, Sundays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain.

High School Student Cabaret
directed by Travis G. Daly
at The Unicorn Theatre
Wednesday, May 10 at 7pm
Tickets: $10

BTG's first annual High School Student Cabaret features students from all over the county performing songs, poetry, dance and more! This cabaret-style setting celebrates student collaboration and features tried and true favorites and original works.

Encore! An Evening to Celebrate High School Musicals
directed by Travis G. Daly
at The Colonial Theatre
Friday, May 12 at 7pm
Tickets: Adults: $15
Students and Children 16 & under: $12

The fourth annual Encore! An Evening to Celebrate High School Musicals features ten-minute encore performances from this year's Berkshire County high school musicals.

Join over 100 students from: Hoosac Valley High School, Lenox Memorial, High School Taconic High School, Miss Hall's School, Mt Everett High School, Mt. Greylock Regional High School, Pittsfield High School, Drury High School, Wahconah Regional High School and more.

About Berkshire Theatre Group

The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. In 2010, under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, the two organizations merged to form Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG). Berkshire Theatre Group's mission is to support wide ranging artistic exploration and acclaimed performances in theatre, dance, music and entertainment. Every year, BTG produces and presents performances to over 68,000 attendees and, through our Educational Program, serves over 13,000 Berkshire County schoolchildren annually. BTG's celebrated stages reflect the history of the American theatre; they represent a priceless cultural resource for the community.

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