Barrington Stage Company Announce More Titles for 2026 Season

07:48AM / Sunday, March 08, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Alan Paul and Managing Director Greg Reiner, announced four titles for the theater's 2026 season.

More productions, concerts, and cabarets will be announced soon.

"Our 2026 season is a celebration of extraordinary storytelling in all its forms—timeless, uproarious, and boldly new," said Alan Paul. "From Pulitzer Prize-winning classics like 'A Chorus Line' and 'Driving Miss Daisy,' to the delirious theatrical mayhem of 'Noises Off,' this season features works that have shaped the American theater. At the same time, we're thrilled to introduce a world premiere, the powerful 'Estate Sale,' which reflects our deep commitment to developing new voices and new stories. Together, these productions embody what BSC does best: entertain, challenge, and connect our audiences through theater that feels both essential and alive."

"BSC is deeply committed to our home in the Berkshires, producing as many or more shows this summer than ever before, for a devoted and engaged audience. We are serving the field, and our mission, by premiering the work of at least 3 emerging playwrights – new and distinct voices that invite us to explore a panoply of worlds and characters we've not yet seen at BSC – some still to be announced," said Greg Reiner. "And we are continuing our deep work within this community, showing up where it matters to bring new audiences theater that matters." Reiner continues, noting, "And the hits just keep on coming! Even more shows, as well as concerts and cabaret shows, will all be announced in a few short weeks."

BOYD-QUINSON THEATER

The season will feature a new production of "A Chorus Line" (July 15-August 8), the Broadway musical that won nine 1976 Tony Awards and the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It be directed by Alan Paul. A "Chorus Line" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com.

The Boyd-Quinson Theater, BSC's mainstage, will also include Michael Frayn's "Noises Off"(August 19-September 6). It will be directed by Gordon Greenberg.

ST. GERMAIN STAGE

The season at The Blatt Center for the Performing Arts in the St. Germain Stage will open with "Driving Miss Daisy" (May 27-June 21), starring Ray Anthony Thomas and Debra Jo Rupp, and Matthew Korinko. Directed by BSC Founding Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. "Driving Miss Daisy" is a collaboration with Palm Beach Dramaworks.

The St. Germain Stage, largely dedicated to new plays and musicals, will feature the world premiere of "Estate Sale" (June 30-July 25) by Keelay Gipson. Afro-surrealist artist, professor and award-winning playwright Gipson is a BSC Sparks Grant recipient.

More work from new playwrights and further details on the 2026 BSC season, including additional productions, concerts, cabarets, and the company's annual star-studded gala, will be announced in the coming weeks.

THE BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY 2026 SEASON

Boyd-Quinson Theater

A "Chorus Line"

Conceived and originally directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett

Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante

Music by Marvin Hamlisch

Lyrics by Edward Kleban

Directed by Alan Paul

July 15-Aug. 8

Opening Night: Sunday, July 19

17 dancers audition for a coveted spot in the next hot Broadway show. To make it, they must prove they have more than just talent – this will take grit. In a major musical production, Alan Paul directs the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical that eclipsed all others when it shot to fame 50 years ago.

"Noises Off"

Doors slam, actors don't know their lines, the leading lady can't find her sardines, the ingénue is on auto-pilot — and they haven't even raised the curtain yet! Noises Off, the ultimate farce, invites us behind the scenes as a bumbling cast rehearses a fantastic flop.

St. Germain Stage

"Driving Miss Daisy"

By Alfred Uhry

Starring Debra Jo Rupp, Matthew Korinko, and Ray Anthony Thomas

Directed by Julianne Boyd

In Collaboration with Palm Beach Dramaworks

May 27-June 21

Opening Night: Saturday, May 30

Debra Jo Rupp and Ray Anthony Thomas star in this beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning play that explores the life-changing relationship between two people bridging societal divides. Set in 1948 Georgia, Daisy, a Jewish widow, and Hoke, her Black chauffeur, surprise each other – and themselves – as they develop a 25-year relationship built on respect, understanding, and affection.

World Premiere

"Estate Sale"

By Keelay Gipson

June 30-July 25

Opening Night: Sunday, July 5

A son confronts the impossible task of clearing his recently deceased parents' home in this World Premiere play. Award-winning playwright and multi-disciplinary artist Keelay Gipson's semi-autobiographical Estate Sale reveals how the objects of our lives inform, reveal, and preserve our personal mythologies.

Season subscriptions are now on sale. Single tickets for the 2026 season will go on sale in early spring. For more information, visit BarringtonStageCo.org.

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Potential Berkshire Mall Developer Outlines Plans for Property

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
05:12AM / Wednesday, August 12, 2026

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board heard from Cypress Equities of Texas on its potential plans for the Berkshire Mall site.

Cypress's managing director Scott Harrington gave the audience information about the real estate development company, some of its other developments across the country, and what its hopes to do with the defunct mall.

"We thought now would be a very good time for us to make an introduction to the community. There's a lot that I can't say quite yet, but I can share kind of what we've done and where we are," Harrington said.

Cypress Equities was established in 1995 in Dallas and has been building shopping centers around the country.

Harrington said Cypress is under contract with mall owner JMJ Holdings to purchase the entire property, not including the independent Target. The goal is a closing by the first quarter of next year.

He said the plan is to develop the entire site, not to break it up in pieces to sell.

"We build and we lease and we do all kinds of shopping centers. And I brought a couple here to share with you guys, just to give you a little taste of what we've done," he said. "This isn't necessarily representative of what we're going to do here. We're still in the early learning phases of what might work."

Harrington showed properties like The Hill in Dallas, Legacy Square in New Jersey, Bayshore in Wisconsin, University Station in Westwood, and Berkshire Crossing in Pittsfield.

He said they try to get the best national brands and to utilize a lot of green spaces and outdoor events for the community.

"They may be franchise operators, but we want to get UPS and Tropical Smoothie and Five Below, and Footlocker, and all those guys. So you'll see in some of these subsequent slides, we like a lot of public space, green space, and outdoor seating," he said. "We're big in the restaurant business, and we think it's important to create these spaces that the community can be really proud of."

Harrington said they make sure there are no boring walls and like to hire local artists and muralists paint the exteriors, making sure to bring in a local touch.

"You'll see as well we're big in the arts. In this project and the one you'll see in Milwaukee, we hired roughly 25 to 30 artists and muralists that are all local in the market," he said. "We've got a design director who manages all that, and he interviews them all. They submit their little test sheets, and he selects the best versions of the locations. And you take a boring gray wall and turn it into something kind of cool. And these are all local artists that we use."

He said there are already two large tenants interested in the area.

"We've got two large format acre tenants that will be disclosed in the future, that are super traffic generators, and we will effectively have about five and a half to six acres of other land. We call them 'out parcels,' but it's other land for us to build on, and we'll be building retail shops, restaurants with outdoor spaces."

The plan is to stay within the existing improved and paved mall area and upgrade internal roads, ring roads, and infrastructure. They aim not to expand into new undeveloped areas to avoid triggering lengthy Massachusetts environmental and jurisdictional reviews.

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