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    S&Co. Company Member Johnny Lee Davenport Wins Elliot Norton Award

    Congratulations to Johnny Lee Davenport who recently won the prestigious Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor at a Mid-size Theater for his work in  “Broke-ology” (Lyric Stage Company of Boston). Davenport is also featured in this month’s issue of Boston Magazine profiling the awards.  ...

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    Shakespeare & Company announces receipt of Kresge Challenge grant

    Shakespeare & Company has just received an $800,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation. The funds were released after the Company raised an additional $1.5 million bringing its $10 million Capital Campaign, launched at its 30th Anniversary Gala in May 2007, to a successful conclusion....

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  • Shakespeare & Company Announces Financial Breakthroughs

    Shakespeare & Company Announces Financial Breakthroughs

    In a move that signals the organization’s emergence from a period of pronounced financial stresses, Shakespeare & Company today announced a crucial restructuring of its bank debt, and the simultaneous out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit pending with a major vendor. Shakespeare & Company has restructured...

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  • Be part of the filmmaking industry in the Berkshires!-Berkshire Film and Media Commission Launch Party

    Be part of the filmmaking industry in the Berkshires!-Berkshire Film and Media Commission Launch Party

    The aim of the Berkshire Film and Media Commission (BFMC) is to promote and facilitate filmmaking and new media opportunities in Berkshire County, western Massachusetts. In a state known great tax incentives, BFMC agregates area resources, locations and talent to: attract film, television and new...

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  • Shakespeare & Co. Poised for Restructuring

    Shakespeare & Co. Poised for Restructuring

    Shakespeare & Company, a Berkshire cultural mainstay since 1978, announces results of independent financial study and plans to remedy financial crisis. Geoff Edgers writes in today’s Boston Globe, ” Shakespeare & Company, central to the artistic life of the Berkshires for more than three decades,...

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  • Olver, NEFA and MCC Announce Arts Stimulus at Norman Rockwell Museum

    Olver, NEFA and MCC Announce Arts Stimulus at Norman Rockwell Museum

    The Berkshire Eagle reports:”Cultural institutions play a crucial role in the economy of the Berkshires, and artistic and legislative leaders from across the state gathered at the Norman Rockwell Museum on Friday to announce an influx of funding to help through these tough economic times....

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  • From the Berkshire Eagle

    From the Berkshire Eagle

    The arts get a reward By Trevor Jones Saturday, September  19, 2009 STOCKBRIDGE — Cultural institutions play a crucial role in the economy of the Berkshires, and artistic and legislative leaders from across the state gathered at the Norman Rockwell Museum on Friday to announce...

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  • Four Berkshire Theaters Collaborate to Create Greater Affordability for Patrons during the 2009 Summer Season

    Four Berkshire Theaters Collaborate to Create Greater Affordability for Patrons during the 2009 Summer Season

    “Theatre 4 Less” Ticket Stub Discount Program Marks the Collaboration’s First Initiative Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Shakespeare & Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival areexcited to announce a collaborative effort to provide more affordable theater opportunities for residents of and visitors to Berkshire County....

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  • David Scribner Reviews How Local Cultural Organizations Are Faring

    David Scribner Reviews How Local Cultural Organizations Are Faring

    “I think really great work is going to come out of this,” she predicted. “This is what artists do. We turn adversity into art. We are going to suffer through it like the Greeks.”- Kate Maguire, Berkshire Theatre Festival Executive Director David Scribner touches base...

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    I love it when you call me big PaPA…

    We at Berkshire Creative would like to welcome a new addition to the Berkshire County Creative cluster; Shakespeare & Company’s PaPA Production and Performing Arts center! This new facility will not only be an asset to Shakespeare & Co., but it is what Berkshire Film...

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