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NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS

Summer Theatre Experience in the Berkshires

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ACTIVITY LEVEL: Moderate
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EasyFor people looking to exercise their minds more than their bodies. There’s minimal walking and not too many stairs.
ModerateThese programs get you on your feet and include activities such as walking up to a mile in a day through a city and standing in a museum for a few hours.
ActiveFor people who enjoy walking as much as two miles a day, perhaps to explore historic neighborhoods or a nature trail.
Moderately ChallengingFor hardy explorers who enjoy a good physical challenge, spending most of their days on the go.
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Come discover theater at its best in the Berkshires and Vermont. Attend four plays selected from among the following venues: Williamstown Theater Festival, Shakespeare & Company, Oldcastle Theater Company, Barrington Stage Co., Weston Playhouse, Berkshire Theater Festival and the Colonial Theater.

Highlights

• An award-winning actress, director and professor of theater arts leads you through exploration of the play's characters, themes and production.
• Enjoy one or more of the following: backstage investigations of a theater, pre- or post-production talks, and special guest speakers or artists.
• Excursions to two museums enhance the cultural experience.

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Walking less than one mile, some uneven, unpaved.
Date Notes
7/7/2013
Round-trip bus transfer from New York City or Connecticut available for an additional $50. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: Berkshire Theatre Festival THE LlON IN WINTER by James Goldman directed by Robert Moss featuring Treat Williams at The Fitzpatrick Main Stage Williamstown Theatre Fest ANIMAL CRACKERS George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind MusicLyrics by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Directed by Henry Wishcamper Barington Stage Company ON THE TOWN Music by Leonard Bernstein Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Main Stage Shakespeare & Co LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST By William Shakespeare Directed by Lisa Wolpe Featuring Mark Bedard and Jonathan Croy Round-trip bus transfer from New York City or Connecticut available for additional $50 with a stop for lunch on your own and return to same pick-up points. See website for further details.7/21/2013
Round-trip bus transfer from New York City or Connecticut available for an additional $50. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: At Berkshires Theatre Festival EXTREMITIES by William Mastrosimone directed by Karen Allen at The Unicorn Theatre Encounter Williamstown Theatre Fest PYGMALION By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Nicholas Martin With Robert Sean Leonard Weston Playhouse NEXT TO NORMAL Vermont Premiere! Music by Tom Kitt, Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey The Pulitzer and Tony-winning rock musical THE CHOSEN at Barrington Stage Co. Adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok From the novel by Chaim Potok Main Stage Round-trip bus transfer from New York City or Connecticut available for additional $50 with a stop for lunch on your own and return to same pick-up points. See website for further details.8/18/2013
Round-trip bus transfer from New York City or Connecticut available for an additional $50. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: THE CAT AND THE CANARY at Berkshire Theatre Festival by John Willard at The Unicorn Theatre What's Included Highlights 2: Travel to Pittsfield to Barrington Stage Co. GARDEN OF ALLAH By Mark St. Germain A world premiere play St Germain Stage What's Included Highlights 3: Weston Playhouse 42ND STREET Music Harry Warren, Lyrics by Al Dubin Book by Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes What's Included Highlights 4: Shakespeare & Co MOTHER COURAGE By Bertolt Brecht Directed by Tony Simotes Featuring Olympia Dukakis, Apollo Dukakis, and John Douglas Thompson Round-trip bus transfer from New York City or Connecticut available for additional $50 with a stop for lunch on your own and return to same pick-up points. See website for further details.
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