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Summer Performing Arts

Tanglewood
Gloucester Stage
1 5
Company
MAP B3 • 297 West St, Lenox
• 413 637 1600 • late Jun–early Sep MAP G2 • 267 E Main St, Gloucester
• Adm • www.bso.org • 978 281 4433 • May–Oct • Adm
Supreme musicianship and • www.gloucesterstage.com
elaborate picnics are equally Home is a former fish-packing plant
characteristic of the Boston adjacent to Rocky Neck Art Colony.
Symphony’s summer home. Award-winning playwright Israel
Horowitz is a company co-founder.
Wellfleet Harbor Actors
6
Theater
MAP H4 • Rte 6, Wellfleet
• 508 349 9428 • May–Oct • Adm
• www.what.org
Humor, passion, a sense of the
absurd, and a sharp political edge
are hallmarks of this small troupe.
Cape Playhouse
7
MAP H4 • 820 Rte 6A,
Dennis • 508 385 3911 • mid-Jun–
Williamstown Theatre Festival Oct, 2nd half Dec • Adm
• www.capeplayhouse.com
Williamstown Theatre
2 America’s oldest professional
Festival
summer theater puts on classics,
MAP B2 • 1000 Main St, Williamstown comedies, mysteries, and musicals.
• 413 597 3400 • Jun–Aug • Adm
Berkshire Theatre
• www.wtfestival.org 8
Film and TV directors and actors Festival
come here to hone their stagecraft; MAP B3 • Main St, Stockbridge • 413
celebrity-spotting is a summer sport 997 4444 • mid-Jun–mid-Sep • Adm
in town when the festival takes place. • www.berkshiretheatregroup.org
The 1888 Stockbridge Casino by
Shakespeare &
3 noted architect Stanford White
Company
makes a grand setting for new,
MAP B3 • 70 Kemble St, Lenox • 413 classic, and contemporary theater.
637 3353 • late May–mid Sep • Adm
Jacob’s Pillow Dance
• www.shakespeare.org 9
Famed for their Shakespeare Festival
performances, this company also MAP B3 • 358 George Carter Rd,
develops and produces new plays Becket • 413 243 9919 • mid-Jun–late
of social and political significance. Aug • Adm • www.jacobspillow.org
Enjoy performances by leading US
Barrington Stage
4 and international dance companies
Company
in a magical setting.
MAP B2 • 30 Union St, Pittsfield • 413
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
236 8888 • mid-Jun–Oct • Adm 0
• www.barringtonstageco.org MAP F2 • 290 Northern Ave,
A wellspring of new plays and Boston • 617 728 1600 • Jun–early
musicals, Barrington Stage incu- Sep • Adm • www.livenation.com
bates electrifying theater that often This harborside pavilion is a dynamic
winds up playing on Broadway. venue for various performers.
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