Triplex Cinema Hosts A Staged Reading of 'His Girl Friday'

09:32AM / Friday, September 11, 2026Print Story | Email Story

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington will hold fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 19 with an abridged staged reading of the 1940 film classic "His Girl Friday."

Actors Michelle Gomez and her husband Jack Davenport will read the roles made famous by Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant.

According to a press release

BAFTA TV Award nominee Gomez, is known for her iconic role as Missy in "Doctor Who" as well as many other television shows and films. Her new film, "The Incomer," will be released nationwide this fall. Davenport, an Olivier Acting Award recipient, is known for his roles on British and American TV, including the recent Apple TV hit "The Morning Show" and Masterpiece’s "The Forsytes." He was Commodore James Norrington in all three of "The Pirates of the Caribbean" films. Both Gomez and Davenport are well-known stage actors on the West End in London, but this will be the first time they have ever shared the stage together.

Actor David Rasche, who recently starred on Broadway in "Cult of Love" and won an Emmy for "Succession," will read the role of the Mayor in this famous play about newspapermen. He will be joined on stage by a group of much-loved Berkshire actors and theater-makers: Kevin Coleman, Robert Zuckerman, David Joseph, Jim Frangione, MaConnia Chesser, Matt Neely, Greg Boover, Daniel Osman, John Viscardi, Thom Whaley, Maya Jackson, Chris Brophy, Robbie Robles, Dave Edson, and Kevin O’Rourke. Matthew Penn will direct the staged reading. Penn has directed and or produced over 200 shows, most notably "Law and Order" for which he won an Emmy nomination for best director, as well as directed many of the "10 x 10" short plays at Barrington Stage.

The screenplay of "His Girl Friday" was adapted by Charles Lederer from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s play "Front Page." The film was directed by Howard Hawkes and became part of the Criterion Collection in January 2017.

Nicki Wilson, the Triplex’s former President of the Board of Directors and the producer of the staged reading said: "It has been truly gratifying to see how many actors are willing to contribute their talent to this fundraising event because of their appreciation of what the Triplex means to them and the community at large. We’re also grateful to Barrington Hall for their immense cooperation. We hope everyone comes outto support the Triplex for what promises to be a truly fun night!"

The staged reading will be held at Barrington Hall at 426 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA. The reading will start at 6pm, followed by a paddle raise and different culinary offerings. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by going to the website thetriplex.org.

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Lee Wants Bioremediation in Housatonic River Vernal Pool Study

05:24AM / Thursday, September 03, 2026

LEE, Mass. — The town has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric to include PCB bioremediation in its vernal pool study on the Housatonic River.

Lee officials are urging the EPA to require GE to add a bioremediation treatment arm to the vernal-pool study or provide the public with a clear explanation for why such testing is being excluded.

"This is exactly the kind of question EPA and GE should be asking before final remedy decisions are locked in," Select Board Chair Bob Jones said in a statement released to the press. "The town is not asking to slow the cleanup. We are asking EPA and GE to make the cleanup smarter, less destructive, and more protective over the long term."

An open house was held in Pittsfield earlier this summer for the Vernal Pool Pilot Study on Reach 5A of the Housatonic River, a five-mile stretch between the river's confluence and Lenox border.

EPA has required GE to conduct a Vernal Pool Pilot Study as part of the Housatonic River Rest of River remediation, comparing excavation and restoration with activated-carbon-based treatments, including a product called SediMite and powdered activated carbon, the town said.

Ten vernal pools will be cleaned of polychlorinated biphenyls in total, five with excavation and five with active carbon, and seven additional vernal pools will be monitored as controls. Construction will be complete around October, but the pools will be left to their natural processes and monitored with surveys and sampling for three years.

The Lee PCB Advisory Committee wrote a letter calling for the 21st-century approach it said could reduce long-term toxicity, avoid unnecessary destruction of sensitive habitats, and improve the effectiveness of the cleanup.

It states that Lee supports the study's purpose and agrees that EPA and GE must understand how cleanup activities affect sensitive vernal-pool ecosystems.

"The current pilot includes 10 treatment pools and seven control pools, while local officials understand that roughly 100 vernal pools may occur in the broader remediation corridor," the Aug. 27 letter reads.

"That makes the pilot study consequential: the methods tested now could shape how many sensitive wetlands are excavated, reconstructed, treated, or left with PCBs managed in place."

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