At the Tina Packer Playhouse

Blending the poetry of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with physical theater, aerial performance, and rambunctious comedy, Midsummer Dreamers reimagines Shakespeare’s classic as a surreal, seductive journey through a couple’s subconscious. Performed by just two actors, this 90-minute whirlwind explores love, resentment, reconciliation, and the mysterious forces that shape our inner worlds.

Tickets are $35 for Adults; $22 for Ages 13-22; $15 for Ages 3-12, and on sale now at shakespeare.org, or by calling the Box Office at 413.637.3353

Content Advisory: This production includes strobe lights, suggestive content, and brief staged violence.

In collaboration with Becket Dark Skies, join us for an evening of wine, cheese, and stargazing led by local astronomer Rick Costello. Rick will guide participants on a tour of the night sky, noting constellations, visible planets, and more.    Dress for the weather and bring your own chair or blanket. Will be rescheduled to 9/3 for rain or cloudy skies.   If you have a telescope, please feel free to bring it along!    RSVP to receive rescheduling notices.

Shakespeare & Company Presents: Midsummer Dreamers, Created by Kirsten Peacock and Nick Nudler of Cosmic Mirth atthe Tina Packer Playhouse

Blending the poetry of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with physical theater, aerial performance, and rambunctious comedy, Midsummer Dreamers reimagines Shakespeare’s classic as a surreal, seductive journey through a couple’s subconscious. Performed by just two actors, this 90-minute whirlwind explores love, resentment, reconciliation, and the mysterious forces that shape our inner worlds.

Tickets are $35 for Adults; $22 for Ages 13-22; $15 for Ages 3-12, and on sale now at shakespeare.org, or by calling the Box Office at 413.637.3353

Content Advisory: This production includes strobe lights, suggestive content, and brief staged violence.

Join farmer, flower essence practitioner, and organizer, Sunder Ashni of Mumbet’s Freedom Farm for a journey inspired by the life and living legacy of liberation of Elizabeth Freeman. Utilizing the lens of the natural world, we will explore, lift up, and celebrate the inspired life of this beloved land steward, mother, friend, and community leader.

RSVP appreciated.

Shakespeare & Company Presents: The Norwegians by C. Denby Swanson, Directed by James Warwick.

September 4-October 4th at 2 pm and 7 pm at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

Set in a Minnesota bar where heartbreak is served alongside beer, The Norwegians is a sharp, surprising dark comedy about love gone wrong—and the lengths we go to set things right. Betty and Olive, two women reeling from romantic betrayal, hatch an unlikely plan: hiring a pair of Norwegian hitmen to deal with the men who wronged them.

Tickets are $30-$88 and on sale now at shakespeare.org, or by calling the Box Office at 413.637.3353

$34 - $69

For Los Lonely Boys—brothers Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza—family has always been at the heart of their music. After years of touring, the trio took a break in 2019 to focus on their families, returning to the road in 2022 reinvigorated and even opening for The Who.

https://mahaiwe.org/event/los-lonely-boys/

The Becket Athenaeum presents the 29th Manhattan Short Film Festival. This collaborative event brings together 100,000 film lovers across the world in more than 500 cities on six continents to view and vote on the 10 finalists' films. Additional dates at the Dalton, North Adams, Sheffield, Stockbridge, and Williamstown public libraries. The same films will be shown at each screening. RSVP appreciated.

Bohemian drag star Tammie Brown returns to The Foundry with "Bonkerz!" One moment she's belting, the next she's philosophizing, then she's dancing like a vintage cartoon brought to life. Tammie Brown is the stage name of Keith Glen Schubert, an American singer, actor and drag performer, perhaps best known for his appearance as a contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 1" and "RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars."

More information and tickets here.