Barrington Stage Brings 'Driving Miss Daisy' to Williamstown

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In a special expansion of its 2026 season, Barrington Stage Company will bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Driving Miss Daisy" to Williams College's '62 Center for Theatre and Dance for a two-week summer engagement, June 26 through July 5.
 
Starring Debra Jo Rupp ("That '70s Show," "Agatha All Along") and Ray Anthony Thomas ("Between Riverside" and "Crazy") and directed by Julianne Boyd, the production extends Barrington Stage's footprint deeper into Berkshire County and brings professional summer theater to Williamstown audiences during a season of transition for the region's cultural landscape.
 
"We believe the Berkshires deserve a vibrant summer theater season from north to south," said Alan Paul, artistic director. "Bringing 'Driving Miss Daisy' to Williamstown is an opportunity to share a beautiful production with even more audiences while reaffirming our commitment to the entire Berkshire community."
 
In addition, Barrington Stage announced the return of last season's acclaimed "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground," starring Tony Award winner John Rubinstein as President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The intimate portrait of America's 34th president will return for a limited September engagement on the Boyd-Quinson Stage following its critically acclaimed original run. The production will also be filmed at Barrington Stage.
 
Just announced: tickets are now on sale for "Vanya," directed by Paul and starring associate artist Mark H. Dold. Running Oct. 8–24, on the Boyd-Quinson Stage, audiences will be seated on the stage for the intimate one-man theatrical event inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov.
 
Tickets for all productions are now on sale here.

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Williamstown Picks Curran, Sussman as Library Trustees

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Some 411 voters, or about 9 percent of registered voters, went to the polls on Tuesday to determine the four-way race for two seats on the library board of trustees. 
 
Janet Curran and Michael Sussman, separated by three votes, came in first and second, at 219 and 216. They will join the seven-member committee overseeing the Milne Library. 
 
Candidates Kathleen Schultze polled 205 votes and Martin Mitsoff 97. There were two write-ins and 83 blanks. 
 
Curran was the managing director of Images Cinema until recently and Sussman has served on the town's Finance Committee and Milne's Friends of the Library. 
 
Incumbents Stephanie Boyd and Shana Dixon were each re-elected to three-year terms on the Select Board and Nate Budington for one year to complete the unexpired term of Jeffrey Johnson, who stepped down last fall. 
 
This is Dixon's first full term, having been elected to complete Andrew Hogeland's term last spring; this will be Boyd's second term. 
 
Stephen Dew, current treasurer of the Housing Authority, was re-elected as was Roger Lawrence to the Planning Board. 
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