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Judy Braha Will Join Jim Frangione As Artistic Director Of Great Barrington Public Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 18, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater has announced that Judy Braha will join Jim Frangione as Artistic Director. Braha currently serves as Associate Artistic Director and has expanded the theater’s Berkshires Voices playwright development program. The appointment marks a new phase of leadership for the Berkshires-based theater.

REUNION Comes to GB Public Theater as Part of Stepping Up: Plays in Development
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater has announced the first new work to be presented as part of its latest Berkshire Voices program, Stepping Up: Plays in Development.

Great Barrington Public Theater Will Host Benefit Reading of AMCHITKA
by Stephi Wild - Jul 9, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater has announced new reading of Mark St. Germain's latest play, Amchitka. All proceeds from the reading will go to support GB Public's legacy of New Work and its playwriting development program.

Great Barrington Public Theater To Host New Chat GBPT Series
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 6, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater begins its new talkback series entitled “Chat GBPT” this summer season. The first “Chat GBPT” will take place on June 7th, following the 3pm matinee of How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos and will feature playwright Maggie Kearnan and director Clay Hopper with GB Public Artistic Director Jim Frangione moderating.

Shakespeare & Company Completes 2025 Season Lineup with MOTHER PLAY And More
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 6, 2025

Shakespeare & Company has unveiled the final productions rounding out its 2025 season, including the regional premiere of Paula Vogel’s Mother Play: a play in five evictions, a new family-friendly Shakespearean circus experience, and the return of its Plays in Process and winter programming.

Shakespeare & Company Adds CIRCUS & THE BARD, MOTHER PLAY and More To Season 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 5, 2025

Shakespeare & Company has revealed its remaining titles of Season 2025, including Circus & The Bard, co-created by Allyn Burrows, Robin Eldridge, and Pedro Reis; Mother Play: a play in five evictions by Paul Vogel. Learn more here!

Great Barrington Public Theater Annual Benefit Will Honor Tristan Wilson
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2025

The Great Barrington Public Theater Annual Benefit will take place in June at Saint James Place. This year’s honoree and recipient of the 2025 Black Bear Award will be Tristan Wilson.

Caroline Aaron Will Lead GB Public Theater's THE BEST MEDICINE
by Stephi Wild - May 8, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater has cast its final show of the 2025 Summer Season. Caroline Aaron, from the hit Amazon series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, will take the stage in Robin Gerber's latest solo show, The Best Medicine. 

Cast Set For MADAME MOZART, THE LACRIMOSA at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater has announced the cast of its first commissioned work, Madame Mozart, the Lacrimosa, by Anne Undeland. Longtime audience members of GB Public will recognize the piece from its first staged reading in Season 2023. 

Cast Set For HOW TO NOT SAVE THE WORLD at GB Public Theater
by Stephi Wild - Apr 3, 2025

Great Barrington Public Theater has fully cast its first show of the Summer 2025 season. How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos is a world premiere production by up and coming playwright Maggie Kearnan.

Great Barrington Public Theater Will Host Latest “Conversations With” Series Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Mar 13, 2025

For its final installment of the 2025 Off-Season “Conversations With” Series, Great Barrington Public Theater will host a free online Zoom discussion on Gender Expansion in Contemporary Theater. 

Great Barrington Public Theater To Showcase Female Playwrights for Summer Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2025

In an update to the season lineup, Great Barrington Public Theater has announced a pivot, showcasing a season of female playwrights taking the stage at Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock.

Great Barrington Public Theater Reveals Summer 2025 Season Featuring Premieres of New Works and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 19, 2025

Following its most successful season on record, Great Barrington Public Theater is launchig into 2025 with a full lineup of new works, all written by Massachusetts playwrights. Learn more.

Great Barrington Public Theater Continues Off-Season Programming With 'Conversations With' Series
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2025

After its record-breaking 2024 Summer Season, Great Barrington Public continues to engage Berkshire audiences with the second year of live, sit-down conversations with theater artists and theater influencers in the Berkshires and beyond.

Review: FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH at Shakespeare & Company
by Marc Savitt - Aug 11, 2024

As we filed out after after the two acts (with one intermission) in about two hours, that was well – done and solid was more-or-less my simple, surface level impression and take away. Over the course of the next 24 or so hours, however, something of a metaphysical metamorphosis took place in me. It became so much more.

Shakespeare & Company and Great Barrington Public Theater to Present FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2024

Shakespeare & Company and Great Barrington Public Theater will present FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Great Barrington Public Theater Will Host NIGHT AT THE SPEAKEASY
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2024

Experience an immersive cabaret with NIGHT AT THE SPEAKEASY presented by Great Barrington Public Theater from July 26 to August 11. Enjoy a unique blend of theater and live music in an intimate setting.

Great Barrington Public Theater Premieres SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT In July
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2024

Great Barrington Public Theater will present the world premiere of SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT from July 6-21.

Great Barrington Public Theater & Triplex Cinema Partner on Fundraiser This April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 15, 2024

The Triplex Cinema and Great Barrington Public Theater have announced a special screening of the recent film Freud’s Last Session based on the Mark St. Germain play that originally premiered in 2009 at the Barrington Stage Company.

GB Public Will Host 'A Conversation With Neil Pepe' Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2024

GB Public will present a Conversation with Neil Pepe, influential Artistic Director of the Atlantic Theater Company. All are welcome to join the FREE event, Monday, February 26th, 6pm, St. James Place, Great Barrington.