Building on the success of her show, 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER, funny-woman Judy Gold returns to the stage in this hilarious look at her amazing life through the lens of the classic sitcoms of her youth. With multimedia, original music, laughter, and love, Judy shows us how she balances family and ambition in a world where she sometimes does not fit. Festival Artistic Associate Amanda Charlton directs.

It's Jewdy's Show: My Life as a Sitcom

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The Romans are coming! With a nod and a wink to Plautus, director Jessica Stone helms an all-male troop of actors into the comic fray with this fresh, "old" take on American master and Pulitzer Prize winner, Stephen Sondheim's raucous musical classic. With Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald leading the charge as Pseudolus, a slave who must win his freedom by playing matchmaker for his master, this toe-tapping, zany romp through ancient Rome is a paean to the Gods of Comedy.


Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A

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Samuel J. surprises his adopted brother Samuel K. with a trip back to his birth country of Cameroon for college graduation--but Samuel K. has no desire to face a place and a past that abandoned him. SAMUEL J. AND K. challenges the traditional definitions of family and asks if a place we've only imagined can become home overnight. Festival Artistic Associate Justin Waldman directs this hard-charging world premiere after a successful reading as part of Fridays@3 last summer.

Samuel J. and K.

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One evening can alter the course of many lives. Into a Manhattan couple’s nightly discussions of art deals and dinner reservations, a charismatic stranger arrives with stories of a famous father and promises of walk-on roles in Cats: The Movie. Could he possibly be for real? This Olivier Award winner and Pulitzer finalist stirs the pot of privilege with often hilarious and ultimately heart-breaking results. Anne Kauffman directs John Guare’s sensational masterwork of interconnected worlds.

Six Degrees of Separation

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Set not far from the Festival’s Berkshire home in the fictional Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, Wilder’s masterpiece finds the beautiful in the seemingly mundane lives of people in a small town. Artistic Director Nicholas Martin brings together a family of Williamstown favorites, including Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker, Jessica Hecht, John Rubinstein, and Campbell Scott as the local townsfolk whose hopes and memories are chronicled in America’s most beloved play.

Our Town

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A legendary love. A transcendent artist. Shakespeare’s classic verse meets the driving, passionate rock of iconic singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley in the world premiere of The Last Goodbye. Conceived and adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Michael Kimmel with the music and lyrics of Jeff Buckley arranged by Kris Kukul, an ensemble of fourteen singer/actors bring to life the lyrical beauty of two great poets set in a world of youthful angst, grandeur, and grit. Fall for Romeo and Juliet all over again in this incendiary new musical.

Last Goodbye, The

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As friends and family gather to remember a lost loved one, a group of thirty-something prodigals from the rebellious post-Vietnam generation return to their rural Missouri home, finding themselves older and wiser, yet still searching. Long-buried rivalries and burning secrets reignite on a late summer evening as this motley tribe struggles to adapt to the changes wrought in their lives. Tony nominee Terry Kinney directs this gentle comic drama from Lanford Wilson’s beloved Talley trilogy.

Fifth of July is a co-production with Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY

Fifth of July

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Free Theatre, now in its 24th season presents CAMP MONSTER. For years, the sons and daughters of the world's most famous monsters have spent their summer at Camp Flonster...but this year the camp has a new director. Join us as the young monsters try to keep the world safe--for even the strangest among us.

Camp Monster

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House of Home - Fellowship Play

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Western Country - Fellowship Musical

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All 2010 Programs

It's Jewdy's Show: My Life as a Sitcom

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A

Samuel J. and K.

Six Degrees of Separation

Our Town

Last Goodbye, The

Fifth of July

Camp Monster

House of Home - Fellowship Play

Western Country - Fellowship Musical

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All 2010 Programs

It's Jewdy's Show: My Life as a Sitcom

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A

Samuel J. and K.

Six Degrees of Separation

Our Town

Last Goodbye, The

Fifth of July

Camp Monster

House of Home - Fellowship Play

Western Country - Fellowship Musical

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