Student Musical Staged at Simon's Rock

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GREAT BARRINGTON — "Dreaming in East Berlin," a new musical with book/music/lyrics written by Thomas Morini, a senior at Bard College at Simon's Rock, will open on Thursday, March 20. There will be three additional performances over the weekend.

The musical is written as a required senior thesis, and is directed by Christopher Dea.
 
It is a tale of four characters in 1989 — an aggressive young woman who is tired of taking care of those around her; an actor with his head in the clouds; an orphan in East Berlin who longs for love; and a young communist with a secret. It  includes communism, the Stasi, forbidden love, and two sisters who are separated by the Berlin Wall.
 

The four performances will take place at the Liebowitz Studio Theater of the Daniel Arts Center. Three performances are scheduled at 8 p.m., March 20-22, with a Saturday matinee at 2 on March 22. Admission is free, but seating is not guaranteed without prior reservation. Call 518-821-4144 to make a reservation.
 
Cast is as follows: Hannah MacDonald as Mary Kaufman; Margaret Dobbins as Juliana Kaufman; Thomas Morini as Simon Stone; Torin Rozzelle as Alex Fischer; Richard Vaden as Artem Baumer; Melanie Snyder as Rebecca Delaney; Daemien Collins as Jason Frasier; Carissa Dagenais as Marge Goodwurth; Alexis Koda as Mimi Haisenklaus; Harry Marker as Oliver Rubert; Stephanie Waldo as Frau Wolsk; Briana Wolf as Swing; Gigi Teeley as Caroline Stone; John Snyder as Man; and Cody Jones as Hollitz.
 
Call 413-841-6793 or e-mail dea.christopher@gmail.com for more information.
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Companion Corner: Freya, Fudge & Charlotte

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — If looking for the perfect feline pet, why not triple the fun? There's a threesome at Berkshire Humane Society waiting for a family to call their own.

iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home.

We highlighted Freya, Charlotte and Fudge last month and they are still looking for their new home together. 

Kittens Fudge and Charlotte and their mother, Freya, have been at the shelter and in a foster home since April. All three have tested positive for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), often described as feline HIV/AIDS

Feline/small animal adoption counselor Alyssa Petell introduced us to them. 

"They originally were brought in from animal control. The conditions weren't the best in the home. But when they came in, they were tested positive for feline AIDS (FIV). We do send our kittens normally to foster programs to get socialized with the mom. So they got sent to a foster program for about two months to get socialized," she said.

The shelter preferably would like the three to as a family, and to a home with respectful children that will keep them inside.

"We would prefer if they could all go together, but they are a very sweet trio of kitties. They would have to be indoor only because of them being feline AIDS positive," Petell said. "It is OK for them to go into a home with other cats. We prefer if they go into a home with feline AIDS-positive cats, but even if they are negative for feline AIDS, as long as they're not actively scratching each other and biting each other to transmit it, then it should be OK."

Each cat has their own personality. The two kittens love to play with an abundance of toys; one is shy and the other is outgoing. They both like to curl up and sleep in your lap once they get to know you.

It turns out that Fudge is actually a girl. In our previous article, he was mistakenly identified as a boy. 

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