Valentine's Events and New Workshops

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KISS THIS ~ A Valentine's Cabaret

Join some of our hottest Musical Theatre Lab writers as they share their version of the perfect Valentine Day’s song: funny, serious, loving, not-so-loving and outrageous! Featuring: Demond Green (BSC’s Funked Up Fairy Tales and Spelling Bee), Nikos Tsakalakos (BSC's Poolside at the Hotel Bel Air) and others.

Show Times: Friday, February 13 at 8pm (Tickets: $20)
and Saturday, February 14 at 9pm (Tickets: $25).

BSC's Stage 2 - VFW Hall, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield
Order now online. or Call the Box Office (413) 236-8888.

Great Deal on a Mission Dinner/Theatre Special February 13th ($40)

Buy your Mainstage FlexPass by February 28 and pay no handling fee!

Buy your Mainstage FlexPass by February 28 and pay no handling fee!
Order yours today for the best seat in the house for our exciting 15th Anniversary Season!
Click here to buy a FlexPass for our Mainstage season.

Stage 2 Passes (includes all 3 shows) also available for $50. Click here to buy.

KidsAct! Improv and Workshop Series!

February Vacation - KidsAct! Improv and Workshop Series
Tuition: $150

February 16-20, 1-4pm
36 Linden Street, BSC Stage 2
Partial scholarships available based on need - Click here to download forms

Theatre enthusiasts ages 8 to 15 are invited to spend their February vacation learning about the essentials of theatre and improvisation. Participants will study the art of improv and acting, and take specialized workshops in the areas of movement, mask making and more.


Saturday Morning KidsAct!
Tuition: $200

February 28-April 18
Saturdays, 10-noon
36 Linden Street, BSC Stage 2


Partial scholarships available based on need - Click here to download forms

Children ages 8 to 15 will work on improv, acting, movement, creating dramatic scenes and more! Participants work with a group of their peers to write and perform an original production open to family and friends.


For additional information, please contact Cynthia Quiñones at 413-499-5446 x 118
or by email at education@barringtonstageco.org

Audition Workshop!

Audition Workshop
with Debra Jo Rupp, actress of That 70’s Show, and Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director of BSC

2 sessions, March 28 and April 4, 11am to 1pm
1st week will be in Stage 2 -the 2nd week on the Mainstage
36 Linden Street, Barrington Stage Company Stage 2

Audition for the pros! Find out from professionals in the field how to present one’s self at an audition, how to select a piece to perform, and what it takes to get the role. Interested participants should prepare an initial monologue and audition to be accepted into the program.
(February audition date TBA)

Tuition: $100

For additional information, please contact Cynthia Quiñones at 413-499-5446 x 118
or by email at education@barringtonstageco.org

Playwrighting Workshop!

Playwrighting Workshop with Chris Newbound
6 sessions, Tuesdays, 6-8ppm
March 3, 10, 17, 31 & April 7, 14
58 Union Street, BSC Mainstage

Aimed at mixed abilities from complete novice to more experienced writers, this playwrighting workshop will explore the art of writing a one-act play, the goal being for each class participant to complete a one act play of their own by the end of the workshop. We will also be reading a few selected texts aloud in class by more established playwrights who have excelled at the form, hopefully to inspire and instruct. Students must be willing to “act” (read aloud) in other people’s plays.

Tuition: $200

For additional information, please contact Cynthia Quiñones at 413-499-5446 x 118
or by email at education@barringtonstageco.org

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Pittsfield Council Passes $232.7M Budget

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council unanimously approved a $232.7 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year. 

It is a modest, almost 2.9 percent increase from FY26. 

"I do want to give the community kind of a heads up as we move forward on budgets. What we see coming out of the federal government that's trickling down to the states, it's going to be harder and harder for us as a community to meet our needs under the Proposition 2 1/2," Councilor at Large Alisa Costa said. 

"We're going to have challenges, as we've seen communities across the state trying to override the Proposition 2 1/2, because we have dwindling amounts of money coming from the state and federal government." 

She pointed out that, at the same time, utility bills are going up for both residents and the city, as are the costs of pavement and other items. 

The amended budget of $232,777,720, down from the $232,782,090 originally proposed, includes cuts to the Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the restoration of funds for councilors to attend the annual Massachusetts Municipal Association conference. 

The Pittsfield Public Schools' $86,855,061 budget includes $68,886,061 in state Chapter 70 funding and $18 million from the city. With $345,000 in school choice and Richmond tuition revenues, it totals $87,200,061 and is an approximately $300,000 increase from the Pittsfield Public Schools' FY26 budget of $86.9 million. 

The district's budget will fund 13 schools, as Morningside Community School will retire in the fall, and includes the middle school restructuring. 

Councilors also approved the use of $2 million in certified free cash to reduce the tax rate, and appropriated $450,551 for parking-related expenditures. 

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