Weekly Preview | July 19-25

THE REVIEWS ARE IN!
Critics agree, Six Degrees of Separation is a "superb production!"


Ato Essandoh, Tim Daly, and Margaret Colin. Photo by Sam Hough
"Six Degrees of Separation ended up being a totally spellbinding evening of theatre, one which I would not hesitate to see again."
-Berkshire OnStage

"A near perfect revival"
-TheaterMania

"Led by Colin's elegant, witty Ouisa and Daly's scrappy, driven Flan, Kauffman's production moves with certainty and without blemish in any of the performances. Her uniformly fine cast gives Guare's play wind, harnesses its energies and rides that wind for all it's worth."
-The Berkshire Eagle

"Director Anne Kauffman guides this top-notch production with a nimble and steady hand."
- Schenectady Daily Gazette

"90-minutes of first-rate theatre"
-Rural Intelligence


Don't miss this rarely-revived play!
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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATIONBY JOHN GUARE
DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMANNOW THROUGH JULY 25
We're all connected...or are we? This Olivier Award winner and Pulitzer finalist stirs the pot of privilege with often hilarious and ultimately heartbreaking results. Don't miss this sensational masterpiece of interconnected worlds.


Tickets can be purchased by phone at (413) 597-3400, in person at 1000 Main Street in Williamstown, or by clicking here.

AFTER THE REVOLUTION JULY 21 THROUGH AUGUST 1 by Amy Herzog directed by Carolyn Cantor It's 1999, and three generations of a radical leftist family meet in New York to celebrate the law school graduation of Emma, the family's youngest torchbearer. A public revelation about her late grandfather, a victim of the blacklist, sends Emma reeling as the family begins to fracture. Shaken and betrayed, she must weigh her fierce politics and family loyalty to decide if the ends really justify the means. Developed from scratch as part of the 2009 Fellowship Projects and directed by former WTF Directing Fellow Carolyn Cantor, Amy Herzog's provocative world premiere questions love, family secrets, and the American Left. Tickets can be purchased by phone at (413) 597-3400, in person at 1000 Main Street in Williamstown, or by clicking here. Before you see the show, check out these rehearsal photos and the video interview with playwright, Amy Herzog. Mare Winningham and Peter Friedman Photo by Sam Hough Katharine Powell and Elliot Villar Photo by Sam Hough Mark Blum and Peter Friedman Photo by Sam Hough

Join us this weekend for another wonderful cabaret! Festival family, both established and emerging, sing, dance, and surprise you in these unforgettable and intimate evenings! Apprentices Gracie Terzan, Mary Katherine Bushnell,  and Mallory Portnoy, singing back-up for Chivas Michael from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Photo by Sam Hough Thursday, July 22 at 11PM Friday, July 23 at 11PM Saturday, July 24 at 11:30PM Cabarets are held in Goodrich Hall, just a few blocks from the theater. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the WTF Box Office or by calling (413) 597-3400. If you can't make it  this weekend, be sure to join us August 12-14.

FRIDAYS @3 is WTF's original play reading series.Join us for the first look at America's finest new plays read by festival artists.
Here's what's coming up this week:

FRIDAY, JULY 23

MIDNIGHT SUN by Chris Eigeman
Directed by Steve Lawson
In association with the Williamstown Film Festival

Chris Eigeman's screenplay Midnight Sun dawns on a cold morning in 1943. When Max Coleman and Jack Priest, two doctoral candidates at Columbia get selected to participate in a secret project, they drop their jazz-filled lives in New York City and move to a remote makeshift village of physicists in the desert. There they begin working on the biggest bomb ever known to mankind. But is it a glorious testimony to the capabilities of mankind and the greatest peacekeeping tool ever invented or a weapon of mass destruction?


Readings take place in Paresky Center and there is a $5 suggested donation. Reservations are recommended and can be made through the Box Office by calling (413) 597-3400.

MONDAY, AUGUST 2

THE NAUGHTONS IN CONCERT

Don't miss Greg and James Naughton as they return to Williamstown this summer for ONE NIGHT ONLY in a special benefit performance!

7PM on the WTF Main Stage
Tickets are $50 for orchestra, $40 for first balcony and $25 for second balcony.
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JULY 20 SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATIONSarah LaDuke from WAMC's The Roundtable will be on the panel for this talkback. JULY 23 SPECIAL FRIDAY TALKBACK!AFTER THE REVOLUTIONEditor-in-Chief of Berkshire Living Magazine, Seth Rogovoy will be conducting a special talkback for this world premiere.   AUGUST 3 OUR TOWN Joe Donahue from WAMC's The Roundtable will be here on Talkback night to discuss his favorite play, OUR TOWN.