"Charming work filled with humor and affection... the performers are near perfect."
--Troy Record

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The 25th Annual Putnam County SPELLING BEE
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Concept by Rebecca Feldman
Additional material by Jay Reiss
Choreographed by Dan Knechtges
Directed by Jeremy Dobrish

June 11, 2008 - July 12, 2008

Created, workshopped and developed by BSC in the winter of 2004 and presented that summer to sold-out audiences -- this hilarious and heartwarming musical moved to Broadway where it took home two 2005 Tony Awards! Six young spellers learn that winning isn’t everything, and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. Don’t miss out on the fun -- give the Bee a real Berkshires welcome home!

Sponsored in part by Legacy Banks.

Additional support provided by CompuWorks.

A co-production with North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA.

Mainstage performances at
30 Union Street, Pittsfield.

"A wonderful new work of serious whimsy, glittery style and dark substance... balances heights of wit with depths of feeling."
--New York Times

"Gorgeously written observations about life, love and literati."
--Newsday

The Violet Hour
by Richard Greenberg
Directed by Barry Edelstein

July 17, 2008 - August 2, 2008

Written by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, The Violet Hour, set in 1919, tells the story of young, up-and-coming New York publisher, John Pace Seavering, who has enough money to print only one book. John is caught between his old friend, Denny -- a talented writer with an epic manuscript -- and his secret lover Jessie, a popular black jazz singer who has written her memoirs. Adding to John’s dilemma is the arrival of a strange machine which spews pages from books written in the future, books that contain information that throws all plans into turmoil.

Mainstage performances at
30 Union Street, Pittsfield.

Private Lives
by Noël Coward
Directed by Julianne Boyd

August 7, 2008 - August 24, 2008

A classic comedy of bad manners, Coward’s masterpiece is filled with razor sharp wit, sexual sophistication and sparkling repartee. Two divorcees, on honeymoon with their new spouses, find their old passion for one another reignited. A brilliant reflection on love, truth and the nature of relationships.
Sponsored by Sydelle and Lee Blatt.

Mainstage performances at
30 Union Street, Pittsfield.

Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers & Lyricists You Probably Don't Know, But Should...

August 29, 2008 - August 30, 2008

SONGS BY RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED
composers and lyricists you probably don’t know, but should... (summer finale—year 3)

Narrated by William Finn and sung by a cast of four, this is a Labor Day weekend celebration of extraordinary new songs and favorite Musical Theatre Lab numbers. Finn shares with the audience what makes a good lyric, why some work and others don’t—you’ll feel as if you’re in a master class in songwriting taught by the master himself. Two nights only—don’t miss out!

Mainstage performances at
30 Union Street, Pittsfield.

To Kill A Mockingbird
Adapted by Christopher Sergel
Based on the novel by Harper Lee
Directed by Julianne Boyd

October 8, 2008 - October 26, 2008

Both a Southern gothic and the quintessential American courtroom thriller, To Kill a Mockingbird is a powerful exploration of racial injustice, class tensions, courage, compassion and the loss of innocence in the American Deep South. It remains as compelling today as the day it was written nearly 50 years ago, giving us, in the character of Atticus Finch, one of the most enduring and finely-textured heroes in American drama.

Mainstage performances at
30 Union Street, Pittsfield.