FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
BSC Berkshire Press Director Charlie Siedenburg
551.655.0968

BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY WELCOMES
CHRIS DODIG and ARNOLD KOTLEN
TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES

(Pittsfield, MA) December 2017  – Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, is pleased to welcome Chris Dodig and Arnold Kotlen to the Board of Trustees.

“We are thrilled to welcome Chris Dodig and Arn​e Kotlen to the Barrington Stage family. We look forward to working side by side with them in bringing the best of theatre and education programs to our audiences and to the youth of Berkshire County,” said ​Artistic Director Julianne Boyd.

Chris Dodig is a longtime partner in the firm of Donovan O’Connor & Dodig, LLP, with offices in Pittsfield, MA, North Adams, MA and Bennington, VT. Active throughout the Berkshire County community, Chris has served on the Board of Directors of the Family Life Support Center, The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, the North County Community Development Corporation, the Northern Berkshire United Way, and presently serves as an elected member of the Mt. Greylock Regional School Committee. Mr. Dodig has also served as President of the Berkshire County Bar Association. He resides in Lanesborough with his wife and two daughters.

Arnold Kotlen is a graduate of the Pratt Institute. A recent retiree, he was an architect with the NYC Planning Department and a principal architect in the firm, Development Consulting Services, a zoning consulting company in New York City, where he and his partner were involved in the zoning analysis of over 2000 buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn.  An avid traveler and endless lover of the arts, he is a long-time supporter of Barrington Stage. Arne is a father of two daughters and grandfather to Alek and Jake. He resides in Great Barrington and New Jersey.

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