Adams Theater Announces 2023 Season

ADAMS, Mass. — Starting in May, the Adams Theater is presenting a programming season featuring concerts, dance performances, a comedy, a musical homage to the Spirit of Ukraine, and the official kickoff to PRIDE weekend in the Berkshires.

Community members and visitors are invited to come see how construction has progressed in the theater.

"The Adams Theater is a work-in-progress," said Founding Executive and Artistic Director Yina Moore. "Over the past two years, the local communities have witnessed and supported our physical transformations as a building. This year, they will have the opportunity to participate in our programmatic development as an arts and performance venue that focuses on accessibility. We see this season as a collective learning and growing process between the Adams Theater, our artistic partners, and the local communities."   

Spring/Summer 2023 Calendar

Buy tickets and learn more at https://www.adamstheater.org/upcoming.

Berkshires' Academy of Arts and Musical Studies 3rd Anniversary Benefit Concert

Friday, May 26, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Gina Coleman & Misty Blues: Queens of the Blues

Saturday, May 27, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Majesty of the Berkshires

Friday, June 2, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $12

Isabel Hagen

Saturday, June 3, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Gettin' it Together: dysFUNKcrew Turns 10!

Sunday, June 4, 2 PM

Tickets: Starting at $10

Ruckus featuring Emi Ferguson, flute, and Rachell Ellen Wong, violin

Thursday, July 6, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Rewritten with MCLA Arts & Culture

Friday, July 28, Saturday, July 29

Tickets: Starting at $10

Floating Tower: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Saturday, July 1, Sunday, July 2

Details: To be updated

Fern Katz and Collaborators

Saturday, September 2

Tickets: Starting at $10

A New Community Engagement Hotline

Starting March 29, on Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m., the theater's new Community Engagement Manager, Dawn Martin, will be answering phone calls and helping fill the community in about the theater project, the 2023 season, and more. Patrons can call 888.401.5022 and ask questions live from 12-6 pm on Wednesdays, or leave a message any time.

Partnering with Local Restaurants

The Theatre is collaborating with local restaurants and hospitality entrepreneurs for many shows this year, including Firehouse Cafe, Bounti-Fare, Berkshire Cider Project, and more. Theatergoers can opt to purchase dinner tickets, which include dinner and a drink before the show. 

Buy a ticket, give a ticket

All local students 17 and under can attend at least one Adams Theater show for FREE with pre-registration (email info@adamstheater.org). Theater patrons can help pay it forward by purchasing a Community Ticket in addition to their own. 

Season packages
The theater is also offering season packages, offering exclusive access to behind-the-scenes events and savings on ticket prices. 

The Adams Theater's programming season is supported by grants from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Mass Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, and 1Berkshire.

About The Adams Theater

Located in the heart of downtown Adams, the Adams Theater is under development to become a multi-functional Performing Arts Center. It will provide a new stage for regional artists and cultural entrepreneurs to collaborate and expand the creative economy in Berkshire County. Learn more at www.adamstheater.org.

Berkshire Arts & Tech Grads 'Grateful to Be Weird'

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
06:30PM / Saturday, June 06, 2026

Class speaker Liliana Choque says she was thankful to be 'weird with all of you.' See more photos here. 

ADAMS, Mass. — Among the things that Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School senior Lilianna Choque was thankful for on Saturday was the fact that she knows all her classmates.

 

"In preparation for today, I have read and watched a lot of other graduation speeches," Choque said during her "senior reflection" at the school's graduation exercises. "All of them, without fail, had some version of the same throwaway line: 'Although I don't know all of my classmates,' or, 'Some of you may not know me.'

 

"But the beautiful thing about a graduating class of 32 is that that doesn't apply. I do know all of you … quite well."

 

And, Choque said, she likes what she knows.

 

"Maybe the rumors are true, and we are the weird kids," she said. "But — and you have to forgive me, because I'm going to invoke the right I've been given as a BArT student to be a little cringe here — I'm so grateful to be weird with all of you."

 

Choque was not the only one to extoll the virtues of what she called her "32-ring circle of friends," and she was not the only one to talk about the kindness exhibited by the Class of '26.

 

Head of School Jonathan Igoe set that tone in his opening remarks.