A month ago, I threw all my worldly possessions into my trunk and drove from southern California to Massachusetts to be Barrington’s first year-round education intern. It’s not often that a 23-year-old has the opportunity to travel across America, but my life’s savings and a great internship on the East Coast made it possible! Theatre [...]
Wow. It's my last week here! So I've been letting you down. Big time. I know you've been checking every morning and every evening to see if I have updated the world on my exciting life yet. And I haven't. You see, my life has just been too exciting! For a week there, we didn't have KidsAct!, [...]
Today was the day of the final performance for KidsAct! in Great Barrington! It was a smashing success, if I do say so myself. The audience laughed, cried, and generally had a fabulous time, as did the actors. Here's a little snapshot of our wonderful cast: We have a week off from KidsAct! now, but [...]
So... maybe I accidentally skipped Week 5. Whoops! I have a very, very good reason, though. For the last week and a half, I've been hanging out with a bunch of cool kids from our Great Barrington KidsAct! camp. KidsAct! is a musical theatre camp where students learn improv skills, music, dance, and all about [...]
Preface: Our intern housing is great. Especially my roommates. It's so interesting to me how quickly people seem to recreate a familial home base no matter where we are. Plus, as Tristan Wilson, our Director of Production, said in a recent intern workshop, we'll all probably get to work together again. I'm so looking forward [...]
Whew. Crazy, crazy week! We had the annual Gala on Saturday night, which was a blast. Sweeney opened (Harriet Harris is so amazing!), Freud's Last Session opened, and Into the Woods started rehearsals! Plus, we've all been busy getting ready for KidsAct! which starts on Monday. We had a meeting last Friday which went very well; I'm excited to start [...]
It's hard to believe it's the third week already! Time flies when you're having fun. Sweeney Todd previews start TOMORROW! Whipping Man is still in its extended run, and we'll be changing over soon to Freud's Last Session, which will open next Tuesday. (It's Freud's Last Session's last session at Barrington Stage before it heads to off-Broadway, so [...]
Whew! It's been such a crazy day. A crazy-good day, that is! We started off this morning with an intern workshop led by the Producing Director here at BSC, Richard Parison. He was so informative and so willing to answer our questions. It was incredibly interesting AND there were free bagels to be had, which [...]
It's Monday! Possibly not my favorite day of the week, but I joined about five other people from the office to go get coffee this morning, so I'm ready and rearing to go! Mmmmm soy lattes... Aside from caffeine, there's plenty to be excited about here. On Saturday, we had our first official production meeting for Into The [...]
My name is Cortney, I'm the intern here in the education department. This summer, I'll be providing a first-hand account of the various programs Barrington Stage Company offers, including KidsAct!, Youth Theatre, and the Professional Internship Program. I am here under the Professional Internship Program, so my experiences with that will definitely be the most personal. I've [...]
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