FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center has added two programs to its year-round schedule: a world-premiere cabaret performance from dance company Pilobolus on November 21, and the first event in a new storytelling series called Shire Stories on November 23. Both events will take place at the Mahaiwe’s Indigo Room.
Pilobolust
Rebellious dance theater company Pilobolus turns up the heat with tantalizing talent, bawdy bewitchment, and scintillating scenarios in their full-bodied, censor-unfriendly Pilobolust, Friday, November 21 at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. In this daringly disarming cabaret, unrestrained beauty and cheeky mischief refuse to stay onstage. If you are ready to surrender to immersive seduction as it unfolds all around you, we invite you to join us for an experience that is undone, uninhibited, and unforgettable. This program contains partial nudity. Ages 21 and over. Tickets are $100, general admission café table seating, first-come, first-served. Mahaiwe Members will receive a discount.
About Pilobolus: Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and power of connected bodies since being founded at Dartmouth College in 1971. Pilobolus has performed on Broadway, at the Oscars, and the Olympics, and created over 160 dance works. The mission of Pilobolus is to create, perform, and preserve dance, expand and diversify audiences, and teach dancers, non-dancers, and organizations to harness creative and collaborative potential through the joy of movement. Visit pilobolus.org for more information.
Shire Stories
The first event in a new storytelling series – Shire Stories – will take place on Sunday, November 23 at 4 p.m. In honor of Thanksgiving, Shire Stories presents an evening of local storytellers sharing their light-hearted but conflict-ridden stories under the theme of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” Sheela Clary, storytelling teacher, workshops stories with storytellers ahead of time and emcees the event. Tickets are $20, general admission row seating, first-come, first served.
About Sheela Clary: Sheela Clary teaches storytelling and Italian and organizes live storytelling events around the region, partnering with individuals, towns and nonprofits. She’s also a freelance journalist, contributing regularly to The Berkshire Edge and curating Clarity, her Substack newsletter. She serves on the board of the Berkshire Waldorf High School, lives in West Stockbridge with her family, and can be spotted swimming in the Green River, year-round.
Tickets
Tickets to Shire Stories go on sale on Saturday, October 11 at noon.
Tickets to Pilobolust go on sale to Mahaiwe Members on Saturday, October 11 at noon, and to the public on Wednesday, October 15 at noon.
Tickets can be purchased online at mahaiwe.org, or by calling or visiting the Box Office, 413-528-0100, on Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
To learn more about Mahaiwe Membership, contact Brenna Hull at 413-644-9040 x107 or brenna@mahaiwe.org, or visit mahaiwe.org/membership.
About the Indigo Room
The Indigo Room is a flexible performance venue in the former Great Barrington firehouse building at 20 Castle Street, next door to the historic Mahaiwe theater. Audience capacity ranges between 75 and 150 based on the floor plan for a given performance. Concessions include beer, wine, soft drinks, hot beverages and snacks.
About the Mahaiwe
Located in downtown Great Barrington, Mass., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 27,000 students from 77 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see mahaiwe.org.
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