THEATER LISTINGS
Bridge Street Players • 44 West Bridge St., Catskill, NY • bridgest.org/uncle-vanya-tickets
• “Uncle Vanya” • May 9-19 • Thu.-Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 2 pm
BerkshireTheatreGroup.org • Unicorn Theatre • 6 East St., Stockbridge, MA • 413-997-4444
• “4000 Miles” • May 16-Jun. 1 • Tue.-Sat., 7 pm • Sun., 2 pm
Claverack Library • 629 NY-23B, intersect. Rte. 9H, Claverack, NY • Adv. tckts: TheTwoOfUsProductions.org or 518-758-1648
• Terrence McNally’s “It’s Only A Play” • May 10-19 • Fri. & Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 3 pm
Dorset Players.org • 104 Cheney Rd., Dorset, VT • 802-867-5570
• “9 to 5 - The Musical” • May 17-26 • Fri. & Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 2 pm
FortSalem.com • 11 East Broadway, Salem, NY • 518-854-9200
• “Godspell” • May 31-Jun. 9 • Fri. & Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 2 pm
Museum to open summer season with anniversary celebration
Mass MoCA will celebrate the museum’s 25th anniversary and open its summer season May 25 with a community celebration and a day of live performances, a conversation between director Kristy Edmunds and founding director Joseph Thompson, and a concert by Son Lux, an Academy Award-nominated trio that blends soul, hip-hop and experimental improvisation.
The museum also opens the summer with the immersive art and theater experience, “The Plastic Bag Store,” as Brooklyn artist Robin Frohardt, an award-winning theater and film director, partners with Williamstown Theatre Festival in a blend of performance, film, puppetry and sculpture.
Other highlights of the museum’s summer season include:
• The Solid Sound Festival returns June 28-30.
• Bang on a Can’s LOUD weekend returns Aug. 1-3 with new compositions and contemporary music.
• Internationally recognized artist Osman Khan opens his new exhibit, “Road to Hybridabad,” on Aug. 24, as the storytelling and fantastic beings from Scheherazade and “The Thousand and One Nights” weave and evolve through “as-yet-imaginary technologies.”
Williamstown contra dance May 11
North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance on Saturday, May 11, with calling (teaching) by Quena Crain, and live traditional fiddle music by masters of the New England contra dance repertoire.
The dance will run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church at 906 Main St. Admission is pay-as-you-can, $12 to $20 suggested, and barter is also welcome. For more information, visit www.NorthBerkshireDance.org.
Contra dancing is a contemporary take on a living tradition. The music is live, the dances are taught, and anyone is welcome, with or without a partner; people change partners fluidly for each dance. The caller teaches dance moves and skills as needed.
Crain will call (teach) all dances, starting the evening with easy dances friendly to newcomers and families with children.